The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-04
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ponents CT having Democratic lean
ings, and I have many warm personal
friends In that organization, but there
never was time in my whole life
when I would have been willing to
commit the destiny of the country to
the Democratic party. and there is less
reoson now for doing so than ever be-
fore
SO long as | look upon the constitu-
tion as command to look after the
welfare of the people, rather than a
mere injunction against invading the
rights of the states. there will be an
impossible gulf between the Demo-
cratic party and myself.
The character of the problems
which now hold the first place in the
American mind makes the Republi-
can view of the constitution vital to
the common good. / admit that the
differences between Republicans are
many and that they are important;
but any Republican who, by reason
of these differences, votes for DEM
ocratic candidate, will find that he
has jumped from the frying pan into
the fire.
Vote for Party Candidates.
reiterate what have always said
in every campaign during the stormy
decade i'm which / have been in pub
lie office. We will fight with all the
strength that is in us before the NOM
nations are made, but when they are
made in the appointed way we will
stand shoulder to shoulder for the Re-
publican candidates, and in this spirit
| appeal to every Republican in the
state to give his voice and his vote
to every candidate on the ticket
whether national or state.
Protection.
With these preliminary observa-
| tions, | proceed to the consideration
| of the definite principles which touch
| our party faith and which make up
our party history The policy of tax
| ing imports. not only for revenue but
| for protection to domestic producers
| established in the very beginning Of
| Alexander Hamilton. adopted by the
| Wings, and inherited by the Repub-
lican party, has beyond dispute help
ed to make the United States the
mightiest nation i'm the world.
There Is not a Republican any
where who does not yield to the pro-
| tective system unreserved and unwav-
ering allegiance. Aldrfch. Lodge, Hale,
Cannon, Payne and Dalzell may be its
sincere and earnest advocates. but in
zeal for its perpetuation, and in the
eloquence of its defense they cannot
surpass Nelson, Clapp, Beveridge. La
Toilette, Dolliver and Bristow.
| There has been no controversy, and
| there can be none, between Republic
cans as to the soundness or value of
| this doctrine. The divergence appears
when we come to apply 1t to interna-
tional trade, and to a consideration of
that divergence | now ask your fair
minded and dispassionate attention. ,
So long as there was full and free
! competition in our own country It
mattered little how excessive the du-
ties were, because the rivalry among
domestic producers could be depend
ed upon to bring prices to a fair
| American level. We did not therefore,
seriously concern ourselves about a
scientific adjustment of the tariff. Our
manufacturers were protected against
competition from abroad, and our
consumers were protected by the nat
ural laws of business at home. If
the duties were higher than they
| should have been, and undoubtedly
| they were in many instances, there
was no complaint for no injury re-
suited to the great body of the peo-
pie who bought and used dutiable
commodities.
AS time passed on, however, there
appeared a new factor in the industrial
and commercial life of the United
States, and the era of consolidation
and monopoly began. With a rapidity
that even now 1t is hard to compre-
hend, business of all kinds rushed into
close union, and scattered capital was
drawn into the strong embrace of
trusts and consultations.
Safe from the competition of other
countries, 1t became the chief object
of our manufacturers to destroy COM
petition in their own country. They
accomplished their purpose so effec-
tually that years ago in neary every
important field of production prices
ceased to be the result of the time
| laws VI tidut, anu DONtI
of determining profits fell into the
hands either of a monopoly or an
acknowledged master in protected in
dustry.
Then came a demand for a revision
of the tariff. 1t originated In the
necessities of the people, and was
founded upon the fundamental in
stinct for justice. Deprived of the
safeguards which competition at home
had furnished them, the people knew,
without reasoning upon it, that they
had a right TO an intelligent readjust-
ment of the tariff, They felt the du-
ties should be so modified that the
continued insistence upon unfair
prices would expose our manufactur.
ers TO the correction of foreign COM
petition.
In this demand there was no dis
loyalty to the doctrine of protection,
although for a short period the bene-
ficiaries of excessive duties succeeded
In confusing the issue.
Standpatism Means Monopoly.
Ii was then that the standpatter
adopted the name which he now bears,
and his campaign cry was Let well
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