Evening journal., 1916-06-07


American institutions There is 20 be
no surrender of cherished ideals. With
that yearning for peace which has
marked our continued development,
with that same committal to justice
which has given us front rank in the
onward march of civilization, with
that rare unselfishness which led us
to unsheath the sword for humanity's
sake and put all territorial aggran-
dzement aside, with that belief i'm the
square deal. individual. national and
international. which is the foundation
of American faith, we mean to 90 on,
an exemplar of peace to all the ma
tons, an arbiter of justice to all the
world. a promoter of righteousness to
all the people of the earth.
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.
u choose the economic policy
which sends the American working
men to the savings banks rather than
the soup-houses. I recommend 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. Moreover | like
the abiding consistency Of our un-
changeable nosition upon this policy.
Temporary Prosperity.
mo one disputes a temporary pros
perity in our land today. But it is
sectional in Its factory aspect. abnor
NAL in it's fevered rush fictitious in
its essentials. and perverting in its
tendency. Worse. II is the gold
sluiced from the river of blood. pour
ed cut by the horrifying sacrifice o
) millions Of our fellowmen. God forbiC
that we should boast of a prosperity
wrought in such waste of human life
) We had rather rejoice in the prosper
ity of peace.
, The Cost of Living.
1T is worth while to recall the mag
, nifed Importance given to the higf
cost of living four years ago; hrst
TO emphasize Democracy's failure Il
reduce it. though it riskcd and almos
accomplished the ruin Of our gooc
fortune in attempting il; second. e
declare there is no such thing. Wha
was thought to be the high cost were
!. only the higher demands. and the lar
ger capacity to buy. which were th'
natural refexes of the higher STANDARD
of living reared under Republican
, protection.
} "The one notable advance in cos
s has profted the American farmer fol
' whose befitting share in good fortune
1 we have stood unfailingly and sin
4 cerely. His reward is Republican
: achievement and we prefer 10 cling Il
t. the conditions which brought TO agri
\ culture its delayed but deserved re
!, ward and hold il secure in Republi
o can maintenance Of a home marke
= unmatched in all the world. More
. we want our basic prosperity to b.
o home-created and home-sustained
4 and not dependent on condition.
/ abroad.
j. Let us agree-nay, let us boast
that American industry can compet
with any in all the world, under lik
r. conditions. But we also boast con
.. dition, created through isolation an
,d maintained by protection, wherein
= the rate of American wages is twic
ie or thrice to ten times that OF old
:. world competition. Reduce our wage
NJ and VIC shall have conditions NOR
nearly equal. but no Republican vii
y consent to that. We are willing I
,a stGndardize the wages of the worl'
.. We are as fit to lead in doing that a
4. we were 10 fix the newer guarantee
4. of liberty and independence; but W
MI Republicans do not mean to lower ou
~ scales to effect the leveling We wan
iii the world measurements raised to OIL
a. heights Until it is done we sha
70 cling TO American wages for Amer
~. can workmen. American markets fo
y. American products. and hold the Re
cr publican guaranty Of our materis
n. good fortune.
nd Square Deal for Business.
e. "No honest business in this coui
he try is too big to be good and useful. ,
av too little to be protected and encou
W aged. and both big and little deser'
on the American shield against destTu
Ie. ton by foreign competition. and pr
w lection from the raiders. political
an otherwise. at home.
re "It is not inspiring to recite Dem
'u' cratic failures. I shall not dwell ,
that party's insincerity or incapacii
le The country indicts and the reco
: convicts. 1t proclaimed the sacre
u ness OF its pledges and then profan
,. them II professed economy and
- staggered by its own eXtravaganC
= II has turned adequacy of revenl
y. Under indirect and unfelt taxes
II insuficiency and direct taxation.
,s has espoused the freedom of the sc
10 and wrought only the freedom OF {
IN Panama Canal. II reaffirmed its 4
cs votion to Jeffersonian principles a
Il simplicity of government and is VI
r ing millions OF the public treasu
m to the establishment of federal IA
ce tories to destroy private industry.
Is. declared for enlarged shipping faci
~ ties without added burdens upon I
public treasury. and now propos
that fifty to five hundred millions
of public funds shall go to shippiT
e. federslly owned and privately ma
ee aged, with every menace that fedel