The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-11

Asiatic wages and in direct compe-
ution with the pauper labor Of Eu-
rope VIII either the gentlemen
from the Fourth or Ninth egpouse
the Affirmative OF that proposlton7
Not in the open. Mr.. Speaker. but
their argument inevitably lands them
on that side Of this proposition.
But that is not the only snake" that
Is In this Democratic proposition. Let
Us go a step further Mr.. Webb, af-
ter saying that he wants the cargoes
from other countries brought TO this
country in American bottoms" an
nounces that the second companion
method OF the Democratic party for
/ building up a merchant marine Is
what? Listen. Here 1t Is:
! We Democrats also stand for the
right Of an American citizen 10 buy
/ his ship anywhere he can buy IL
cheapest. and register 1t in the
/ United States. and fly on IL the
American flag"
Then we are 10 destroy the protec-
/ ton of every other American indus
try for what? For the industry of
building ships. and for the labor en-
gagged in the work? No; but TO force
free trade, even in that industry, and
/ thereby force the man who wants q
ship not TO build 1t in America, with
American material and by American
labor, but to go abroad and buy a
foreign-built ship. built out of for
eign timber and foreign steel and by
foreign labor. Every foreigner on
= earth will applaud that Democratic
un-American doctrine, and it ought
to be condemned by every American
citizen as unpatriotic and nu-Ameri-
can. What pride or profit can an
American citizen feel in seeing ship
: come into harbor OF an American
port bearing the American flag, but at
the same time knowing that that ship
, was built in foreign shipyard, out
of foreign material, and by foreign
labor, and that every piece of goods
in the hold of that ship was also
made out of foreign material and by
foreign labor? In short, the only
thing American about that ship and
its cargo is its flag, and the Demo
cratic party would have that flag to
l speak a lie-an American flag-pros-
l tituted in the interests of foreigners
D and at the expense of American citi-
zens We are building the Panama
Canal at great cost. Are we doing
it for the benefit of foreign ships?
That is what the Democratic policy
means.
No, Mr.. Chairman, the American
4 people will never indorse that policy.
Now, the Republican policy to es-
tablish a merchant marine is not to
: destroy the protection under which
J. to-day both labor and capital in
D America in every line of industry is
S prospecting, but it is simply to appro-
: pirate a certain part Of the nation S
[ growing wealth to foster and estab-
: lish an efficient merchant marine.
u Such an appropriation will not dis
turb the business interests of the
country, or affect the welfare of the
u country's labor and capital, but it
: will be the appropriation of a small
I part of the nations great and grow
n ing wealth to foster new and neces-
a sary enterprise to complete and
e round out our great industrial de-
t velopment and growth under the
g American doctrine of protection.
Such an appropriation will, indeed
s be an investment, in harmony with
= protection, which will return a profit
/ a hundred-fold. In short, the Re-
e publican method and the Democratic
Il method for building up a great mer-
r chant marine presents square issue
h between protection and free trade
l. and will determine whether the Pan
IS anna Canal shall be used for the ben
II eft of foreigners or for the benefit OF
n the South and all Americans.
e The overwhelming majority Of the
e American people are for protection
e 1t is the great American doctrine Of
n progress, the great American doctrine
a that has made this Nation what it is
'e The Republican party has demon
t. strated that it, and it alone, has the
g brains and ability to conduct the af
l. fairs of this Nation to the satisfac
70 ton and for the well-being Of all The
er people My friend from the nintf
N district may voice tndL 1dlSe uOClI liz
,e as being a Democratic policy, blu
a. when he does it he is helping to doom
10 his party to continued and deserved
1T defeat.
lie Mr.. Chairman, the Republican par
at ty, with its great doctrine of protec
i'd ton, and its other great constructive
N policies and principles, is to-da!
al Of in 6I1c vi
a. velopment not only in North Caro-
Of lima, but all over our fair land o
a Dixie. It has brought to US wealth
in and prosperity, and these benefcen
~ results, with increased information
N are working at the same time won
derful change in political though
IN and feeling, which will cause our PEG
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