The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-06-07


linked with our industrial self-reli-
ance. and the nation worth dying for
must first be worth living for. out of
natures prodigality we have meal
culabIe resources and limitless posi-
bilities. and there is need only for
the unhindered application Of man 8
genius and industry to make us as in
dependent industrially as We are free
politically Ample defense rests on
Industrial freedom and self-reliance as
well as patriotic sacrifice, and indus
trial preparedness gives that assur-
ance OF material good fortune in
peace on which must be founded all
our higher aspirations
The Protective Policy.
Subsistence is the first requisite OF
existence, and we have the higher
American standard OF living because
of the Republican protective policy
which makes of Americans the best
paid workmen In all the world. out
OF the abundance of employment and
higher compensation. together with
the beckoning opportunity which of
fers every reward, we Americans have
attracted the laborers OF the earth,
and set new standards here.
II is not for me to put the stamp OF
relative Importance on pending is
sues-the Intelligent voters will de-
termine that for themselves. But l
know what they are thinking, and
they believe that the protective policy
which made us industrially and com
Ia n
preserve that eminenoe. / know they
want II restored and maintained. For
myself. | prefer a protective and pro
ductive tariff which prospers Amer
lea first. | choose the economic pol
icy which sends the American work
ing men to the savings banks rather
than the souphouses. | commend the
plan under which the healthful glow
Of prospering business is reflected In
every face from the great captain OF
industry to the schooling child OF the
daily wage-earner.
The Democratic party is always con
cerned about the American oonPumer
Our Republican achievement ID the
making OF a nation OF prOspering pro
ducers, and by producerr l mean ev'
cry human being who applies muscle
or skill or brain or all to the cOnyer-
sion OF natures abundance into the
necessities and luXuries OF life OF par
ticipates in the ways and means OF
their transportation and exchange
Far better a high cost OF living and
ability to buy than a lowering OF cost
attended by destruction OF purchasing
capacity.
Square Deal for Business.
No honest business in this country
is too big to be good and useful, or
too little to be protected and encour-
aged. and both big and little deserve
the American shield against destruc-
tion by foreign competition. and pro
lection from the raiders. political or
otherwise. at home Business and its
agencies OF transportation are so In
separable from each other and from
the common veal that the political
party which does not pledge them
square deal. no more and no less. does
not deserve the confidence of the peo-
pie The strength OF the business
heart shows in every countenHnce in
all the land, and the weakness OF that
heart holds a nation i'll. We must
strengthen the heart of American
business in government cooperation
rather than official opposition.
It is not inspiring to recite Demo
cratic failures / shall not dwell on
that party's insincerity or incapaclty.
The country indlcts and the record
convicts. 1t proclaimed the sacred
ness of its pledges and then profaned
them It professed economy and is
staggered by its own extravaganza.
It has turned adequacy or revenue un-
der direct and unfelt taxes to INSULT
cheney and direct taxation.
The National Expansion.
The president has said ours is
provincial party. evidently forgetting
the federalist founding of our nation
ality and Republican expansion to
greater national glory. The Demo
cratic party not only fails to grasp
our immensity and Importance. 1t is
sectional on the mainland and unheed-
ing of our island possessions. Its VI
sion does not catch the splendor Of
Old Glory in the sunlight OF the world.
Right now when the devouring flames