Semi-weekly herald., 1916-06-15


reserves, already drilled and disci-
plined, who can be called at once TO
the colors when the hour Of danger
comes.
We must have navy as strong
and SO well proportioned and equip
ped, SO thoroly ready and prepared,
that no enemy can gain command of
the sea and effect landing in force
on either our western or our eastern
coast. To secure these results we
must have coherent and continuous
policy of national defense which even
in these perilous days the Democratic
party has utterly failed to develop,
but which we promise to give to the
| country.
| TARIFF:
The Republican party stands now,
for the policy of tariff protection to
American industries and American
labor and does not regard an anti
dumping provision as an adequate
substitute. Such protection should
be reasonable in amount but suffici-
ent to protect adequately American
industries and American labor and
De so adjusted as to prevent undue
exactions by monopolies or trusts. 1t
should, moreover, give special atten-
lion to securing the industrial indie
pendence Of the United States as in
/ tta rau. f,F Iv~ ~efurrc
Thru wise tariff and industrial leg
islation our industries can be so or
ganized that they will not be only
a commercial, but u powerful aid to
national defenses.
The Underwood tariff act is d
complete failure in every respect.
Under its administration imports have
enormously increased in spite of the
fact that intercourse with foreign
countries has been largely cut off by
reason of the war, while revenues
of which we stand in such dire need
have been greatly reduced.
| Under the normal conditions which
prevailed prior to the war, it was
clearly demonstrated that this act de
prived the American producer and the
American wage Garner of that pro
lection which entitled them to meet
their foreign competitors, and but
for the adventitious conditions Gre
ated by the war would long since have
paralyzed all forms of American in
dustry and deprived American labor
of its just reward.
1t has not in the least reduced The
cost Of living which has constant,
advanced from the date of the enact
ment. Welfare of our people le-
mands its repeal and the substitution
of measure which in peace as vel
as in war will produce ample protec.
ttion to all forms of American pro.
duction in mine, forest, field and fac.
tory.
We favor the creation of a tariff
commission with complete power tx
tgather and compile information foi
the use of congress in all matters re
lating to the tariff.
Business.
The Republican party has long be
lievcd in the rigid supervision an,
strict regulation of the transporta
tion and great corporations of tn,
country. 1t has put its creed int
deeds, and all really effective laws
regulating the railroads and the great
industrial corporations are the work
of the Republican congress and presi.
dent. For this policy of regulation
and supervision the Democrats, in 6
stumbling and piece-meal way, arr
undertaking to involve the govern.
ment in business which should be left
within the sphere of private enter.
orise and in direct competition will
its own citizens, a policy which is
sure to result in waste, great expense
to the taxpayer and in an inferior
product.
The Republican party firmly be-
ieves that all who violate the laws
IN regulation of business, should be
individually punished. But prosecu-
ton is very different from persecu-
lion, and business success, no matter
how honestly attained, is apparently
regarded by the Democratic party as
n itself crime. Such doctrines and
beliefs choke enterprise and stifle
prosperity. The Republican party be
iieves in encouraging American bust
ness, and as it believes it will seek
to advance American interests.
Rural Credits
We favor an effective system Of
rural credits as opposed to the inef-
fective law proposed by the present
| Democratic administration.
| Rural Free Delivery
We favor the extension of the ri,-
raj free delivery system and condemn
| the Democratic adn,ip;otrat;o,, e..