The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-09-30
NATIONAL ISSUES DEFINED
BY CONGRESSMAN MANN
Republican Leader Of the House Of
representatives, at Republican
Meeting in ST. Louis. Yesterday.
Republicans of the great State of
Missouri:

Republicans of the great State of
Missouri:
Your State ought to be a Republican
State. 1t ought to give its support in
Congress and elsewhere to the domi-
nant ideas of the Republican party. 1t
is your duty to your State, to the
Nation, even to the civilizing influence
of prosperity, to put this State in the
Republican column at the next election,
and l believe you will do your full duty.
1t is the duty of the Government, at
the least, to permit prosperity at home,
to provide means of defense against
aggression from abroad and so secure
the rights of American citizens and
their property the world over.
A proper protective tariff is neces-
sarY for all of these purposes.
Such tariff should be the means of
raising large amount of revenue, in
the main paid by the foreign exporter.
1t should give reasonable degree of
protection to the American producer
against the undue competition of cheap
er labor abroad We cannot maintain
our high standard of living otherwise.
Our producers. who pay high wages for
short hours and exclude child labor.
who pay high taxes for our costly gov
ernments and our fine schools, must
not have their industries destroyed by
the competition of those who do not
contribute any taxes for our use.
The first duty of the Republican
party when it comes into power again
will be to write protective tariff law
and provide for tariff commission of
disinterested experts.
The business, labor and industries of
the country cannot we'll wait for
tariff revision until after the tariff com
mission has reported. We want to
start up every old industry and many
new ones at the earliest possible
moment.
The tariff commission will investigate
and ascertain the facts more complete
lY than has been done heretofore and
tariff schedules of the future will be
based upon tull information obtained by
scientific methods. Tariff schedules
should be high enough TO secure fairly
the American market to American pro-
ducers, but not 50 high as to permit ex-
orbitant charges for the things produc-
ed. In other words, the rates should
be reasonable
The recent experience of other coun-
tries bring to mind wildly the need of
our country to foster and protect in
dustries at home in order that we may
have their benefit if we should be en-
gagged IN war.
The rights of capital should be fairly
well ascertained and secured. We can
not otherwise obtain the most complete
investment of capital in great and new
undertakings. The markets Of the
world are ripe for our picking. We
need great sums of money in order to
more fully develop our resources and
spread our trade at home and abroad.
That money may be readily secured If,
and only if, its investment offers fair
returns. Government, instead of en-
deavoring to prevent or hamper the use
of great combinations of capital, should
endeavor to provide fairly the oppor-
tunitY of reasonable rewards for such
investments. Large sums of money
cannot be used in furthering industries
at home and trade abroad without
greatly increasing the employment and
wages of labor.
The rights of labor should be secured
and maintained everywhere in our
country. The increase in our national
wealth, augmented by developing in
dustries and trade, should be partici-
pated in by those who do the manual
and brain work as well as those who
provide the working funds. No nation
ever before had the opportunity FOR IN
dustrial and trade developments which
lies before our country now in this IN
exampled condition of the worlds af-
fairs. If we act wisely IN our own in
terest we will give a situation of ma
terial prosperity and intellectual and
NOR aroWth to all our people of every
degree and class, such as was never
known before. If the government will
only aid and lot hinder, our growth and
development will become the wonders
of the world. But the job is too big
for the statesmen of the Democratic
party.
While we are adopting means and
methods for our trade and industrial
development, let US also, in view of the
conditions in foreign lands, put our
house in order to defend and protect
itself against any foreign nation or
nations Our wealth will soon excite
the envy, if not the cupidity of the out
side world.
succession of steps, chain is number
of links an individual character is made
of little acts of duty well done.