The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-06-17

can citizens. whether native born or
| alien, and regardless of race, religious
or previous political allegiance. We
renew the pledge to observe this prin-
| ciple and to maintain the right of
asylum which is neither to be sur
| rendered nor restricted, and we unite
in the cherished hope that the war
which is now desolating the world may
| speedily end, with a 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 eve y
| land.
In order to maintain our peace al
| 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-
| Tense, ready for any emergency. We
must have a sufficient and effective
| regular army, and a provision for
ample reserves. already drilled and
| disciplined. who can be called at once
| to the colors when the hour of danger
comes.
We must have navy so strong and
30 we'll proportional and equipped. so
thoroughly ready and prepared, that
no enemy can gain command of the
sea and effect a land in force on either
our western or our eastern coast. To
secure these results we must have a
coherent and continuous policy of ma
tional defense. which even in these
perilous days the Democratic party
has utterly failed to develop, but
which We promise ogive to the coun-
try.
TARIFF.
The Republican party stands now,
as always. in the fullest sense for the
policy of tariff protection to Ameri-
can industries and American labor and
does not regard an anti-dumpirg pro-
vision as an adequate substitute. Such
protection should be reasonable in
amount, but sufficient to protect ade-
quately American industry and Ameri-
can labor, and be so adjusted as to
prevent undue eXactions by monopol-
les or trusts. 1t should, moreover,
give special attention to securing the
industrial independence of the United
States as in the case of dyestuffs.
Through wise tariff and industrial
legislation our industries can be so
oroganized that they will become not
only a commercial bulwark, but a
powerful aid to national defense.
The Underwood tariff act is a com
plete failure in every respect Under
its administration imports have enor-
mousolyo oincreased in spite of the
fact that 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 de-
monstrated that this act deprived the
American producer and the American
Wage-earner of that protection which
entitled them to meet their foreign
competitors. and but for the adven-
tltlous conditions created by the war,
would long since have paralyzed all
forms of American industry and de-
prlved American labor of its 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. The welfare Of our people de-
mands its repeal and the substitution
of measure which in peace, as wei.
as IN war, will produce ample revenue
and give reasonable protection to all
forms of American production in mine,
forest, field and factory.
We favor the creation of q tariff
commission with complete power to
Gather and compile information for
the use Of Congress in all matters re-
lating to the tariff.
BUSINESS.
The Republican Party has long be-
lleved in the rigid supervision and
strict regulation of the transportation
and great corporations of the country.
has Dut its creed into its deeds. aud
al really effective laws regulating the