The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-08-20
ours IS THE PARTY
OF JEFFERSON


certainly. And all Democrats "Ours
is the party of jefferson, the 1924
Democrat boasts.
But is it? Would jefferson own as
his the party that would lead US into
the fires of Europe, TO be scorched
by the flaming hatreds of wrandling
nations?
Would the statesman who was OPP
posed to giving advantage to foreign
over our domestic manufacturers
subscribe to, or even condone, the di-
atribes his political posterity now d.
reefs against the Republican protec-
tive tariff policy?
While the Davis-Bryan Democrats
are marshaling forces for attacks on
the Fordney- McCumber tariff law,
would it not be well to thumb some
old records to see again just how the
Jefferson-M adison-J Jackson brand of
Democrat stood on this issue?
Thomas Jefferson in his sixth an
nual message said:
"Shall we suppress the imposts (du-
ties) and give that advantage to for
eign over our domestic manufactur-
ers? On few articles of more gen
eral and necessary use, the suppress
sion in due season will doubtless be
right; but the great mass of the ar
ticles on which imposts are laid are
foreign Injuries, purchased by those
only who are rich enough to afford
themselves the use of them"
my own idea is that we should en-
courage home manufactures to the ex-
tent Of our own consumption of every
thing of which we raise the raw ma
ter.ais. (From letter TO Humphrey
In 1877 he said, in accepting an
election to membership in a Society
for the Encouragement of Domestic
Manufactures:
"The history of the last twenty
years has been significant lesson
for us all to depend for necessaries
on our selves alone; and | hope TWEEN
ty years more will place the Ameri-
can hemisphere under system of its
own essentially peaceable and indus
trious and not needing to extract its
comfor.s out Of the eternal fires
raging in the Old World"
James Madison in his special mes
sage to Congress in 1902 said:
at will be worthy OF the just and
provident care of Congress to make
such further alterations in the laws
as will more especially protect and
foster the several branches Of manu-
facture which have been recently in
stituted or extended by the Iaudable
exertions Of ourcitizens.Y n
James Monroe in his inaugural mes.
sage showed how clearly he realized
the Importance Of home market il
the following words:
"0ur manufactures will likewise re
quire the systematic and fosteeins
care of the Government. Possessing
as we do, all the raw materials. tn
fruit Of our own soil and industry, Va
ought not to depend, in the degre,
we have done, on supplies from othe
countries. Equally important is it t
provide at home market for our raw
materials, as by extending the com
petition it will enhance the price an,
protect the cultivator against the cas-
nalties incident to forign markets"
And in the seventh annual messag
he said: Having Formerly communi
Gated my views to Congress respect
ing the encouragement which ough
to be given to our manufactures, an
the principles on which it should b
founded | have only to add that thos
views remain unchanged. recon
men tarevieao,da 4vra?
mend review of the Tariff for tn
purpose of affording such additions
protection to those articles which W
are prepared to manufacture. or whic
are moee Immediately connected wit
the defence and independence of tn
country"
Andrew Jackson said in 1924 in ii
United States Senate: "Providenc
has filled our mountains and o,
plains with minerals-with lead. iro,
and copper--and given us a cIimat
and soil for the growing Of hemp an
wool. These being the greatest m;
terals Of our national defence the
ought to have extended to them adj
quate and fair competition with tho.
OF Europe; and that we may ha,
within our country a supply of tho,
leading and important articles so e
sentiai in war. We have been Il
long subject to the policy Of BIRTHS
Merchants. 1t is time we should b
come a little more Americanized; an