The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-15


publican members Of congress. aided
BY few patriotic Democrats.
We reiterate our unqualified ap-
proval OF the action taken in Decem-
Der, 1911. by the president and con-
gress to secure with Russia. as with
other countries. a treaty that will rec
ognize the absolute right Of expatria-
tion and prevent all discrimination of
whatever kind between American citi-
zens. whether native born or alien
and regardless Of race. religion, or
previous political allegiance. We re-
new the pledge to observe this prin-
ciple and to maintain the right of asy-
lum which is neither to be surrend-
cred nor restricted. and we unite in
the cherished hope that the war which
is now desolsting the world may
speedily end, with q complete and
lasting restoration OF brotherhood
among the nations Of the earth and
the assurance of full equal rights,
civil and religious, to all men in ev-
cry land.
| ADEQUATE ARMY AND NAVY.
In order to maintain our peace and
make certain the security of our peo-
pie within our own borders the coun-
try must have not only adequate but
thorough and complete national de-
fense, ready for any emergency. We
must have a sufficient and effective
regular army, and a provision for am
pie reserves, already drilled and dis.
ciplined, who can be called at once to
the colors when the hour of danger
comes.
We must have navy SO strong and
SO we'll proportioned and equipped, so
thoroughly ready and prepared, that
no enemy can gain command Of the
sea and effect a 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 AID TO AMERICAN
PLANTS.
The Republican party stands now,
always has. in the fullest sense, for
the policy of tariff protection to Amer
ican industries and American labor
and does not regard an antidumping
provision as an adequate substitute.
Such protection should be reasonable
In amount, but sufficient to protect
adequately American industry and
American labor and be so adjusted
as to prevent undue exactions by
monopolies or trusts. It should, more
over, give special attention to secur-
ing the industrial independence of the
United States, as in the case of dye
stuffs.
Through wise tariff and industrial
legislation our industries can be so
organized that they will become not
only commercial bulwark but a pow
erful aid to national defense.
The Underwood tariff act is a COM
plete failure in every respect. Under
its administration imports have enor-
mously increased in spite of the fact
that the intercourse with foreign
countries has been largely cut off by
reason Of the war, while the 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 demon
strated that this act deprived the
American producer and the American
wage Garner Of that protection which
entitled them to meet their foreign
competitors. and but for the adventi-
tious conditions created by the war
would long since have paralyzed all
forms of American industry and de-
prived American labor of it's just re-
ward.
1t has not in the least reduced the
cost of living, which has constantly
advanced from the date of its enact
ment. Welfare of our people demands
it's repeal and the substitution of a
measure which In peace as we'll as in
war will produce ample revenue and
give reasonable protection to all forms
of American production in mine, for
est, field, and factory.
We favor the creation of a tariff
commission with complete power to
gather and complete information for
the use of congress in all matters re-
lating to the tariff.
SUPERVISION OF CORPORATIONS.
The Republican party has long be-
lieved in the rigid supervision and
strict regulation of the transporta-
tion and great corporations Of the coun-
try. 1t has put its creed into its
deeds, and all really effective laws
regulating the railroads and the great
industrial corporations are the work
Of Republican congresses and presi-
dents. For this policy of regulation
and supervision the Democrats in a
stumbling and piecemeal way, are un-
dertaking to involve the government
in business which should be left with
In the sphere of private enterprise
and in direct competition with It's own
citizens, policy which is sure to re-
suit in waste, great expense to the
taxpayer, and in an inferior product.
The Republican party firmly be-
lieves that all who violate the laws In
regulation Of business should be in
dividually punished, but prosecution
is very different from persecution, and
business success, no matter how hon
estly attained, is apparently regarded
by the Democratic party as in itself
crime. Such doctrines and beliefs
choke enterprise and stihe prosperity.
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