El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-31
FAIRBANKS SAYS DEMOCRATS
REPUD|ATE THEIR PLATFORMS
Republicans Redeem Pledges He Asserts-Nation Must
Prepare for Foreign Commercial Invasion-De-
nounces Free Trade Measures Demands Per
manent Duty on Sugar Wilson's Aggression.

, parties which are appealing for the
! popular suffrage The democratic
! party has esta hlished an unChallenEed
| reputation for the reputation Of IFS
! Platform utterances Al its viii. We
never know what covenants il will keep
/ or what ii viii reject when clothed
/ with power
Republican, Pledge Redeeming Party.
! Political parties have individualitiez
! by which we may easily identify them
We readily recognize the Republican
I party by its long and successful conduct
OF the public business. its efficient adj
ministration OF our political concerns.
| IL has been pledge making. pledge
redeeminE party. To keep faith with
the people has been its supreme desire
-DcmOcrafs Represent Minority
The Democratic party came into
rover through an unhappy division
within our own ranks II represented
4 minority Of the people and does not
today hold = commission from the ma
iority. When invested with power II
Immediately set to work to force down
the threats or the majority policies TO
which thew were and ever since have
been opposed Democracy stands. and
has stubbornly stood for many years.
for free trade or revenue tariff: while
the Republican party stands. as IL has
always Loyalty stood. for the great doc
trine of American protection. our fu-
ture industrial prosperity depends upon
our choice between the two in the
pending campaign. What protection and
free trade means we know from our
actual experience; they are not in the
domain OF the academic.
Free Trade Works Infinite Damage.
The present free trade OF tariff for
revenue law. which Democracy regards
with such high favor. has worked in
finite damage This Law. which is to
lie maintained II Democracy triumphs.
must stand or fall not by what Demo
cratic committees say of il. but by what
il has said for itself under normal trade
conditions Even before II was approved
by Mr.. Wilson. who took pride in the
executive act. business began to furl lis
sails The coming storm was apparent
and prudence took possession OF our
neople- The certainty Of the law spread
fear among us Our competitors in Eu-
rope and the orient were filled with JOY.
Underwood Law Disastrous
With the loss or work and wages
under the Wilson administration the
public revenue diminished The Under
y God law proved not only disastrous 10
Ia Dor. but failed as a revenue producer.
The melancholy experience of the years
following the repeal Of the Mckinley
law were being repeated under the Tn
derwood enactment, the experiences Of
the years beginning with 1928 were be
Ing repeated in 1918.
War Prosperity But Temporary
Hope was fast diving out when all |
Ohristendom was shocked by the Eu-
ropean war Demands from the bel
ltSerent nations were made upon US for |
urgent military requirements. our idle :
men were recalled 10 the fields or in
dustry- our foreign commerce rose To |
colossal figures and the golden currents Z
sought our shores, prosperity returned l
TO us IN many quarters not because OF 4
he mOcracy. but in spite OF it. II : not !
the prosperity OF peace IL is not pros !
neritv thoroughly diffused throughout |
the country, ~ is the prosperity Of war. /
based upon the misfortuneS Of others. |
10 IS prosperity which is known TO he /
hut temporary there Is no thought OF /
pc rmanence- all Is spectacular artificial /
sphemeral
Threw Away Millions
The Democratic party threw away /
millions OF dollars a. our customs /
houses BY the enactment Of their IN
wise law. Many millions were given
10 our foreign competitors without the
Sain 20 us or a dollar. mis- is strik-
nSly illustrated in 4 number Of in ]
stances. 7 shall ADVERT 10 one or the
largest II is but type OF the others
democrats VIII Hill Sugar Industry
When the Underwood law was en-
acted il provided that the tariff upon
sugar should he gradually reduced IN
I'd II reached the free list May /. 1915. /
This was a staggering blow to the
great industry and a tremendous loss
Of public revenue Forced BY the ne
cessities Of the administration, congress
repealed the free trade clause Of the !
Underwood sugar schedule, not because
the tariff aided an industry but for
revenue only. The appeal was effected !
a short time before sugar was sched- 1
Iled TO 90 upon the free list This re-
versal of the hostile policy OF the