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- ii is now; and yet, whilf up' . rithta of the wvtki" A roerH - . i.-s aaint foreign agKresion; .,'.l.lMtKin l"t tipPUrlU- l nil out i iww week equity mould come mm mi, an that whoever claim Wb a light nutrt ftfpl the respon s liuit e with the exercise of the i our opponent object to what .- n jvfwenw to the petition or i adMi against the Khiheneir drtii the pro ew h . i-t of th Jew in rloumanta ct - anrts that hatre been made Hi ..f the Anmni;ms In Turkey T No -i ,i,uinuUiuiii la hirtwiy. ih . ,l(utnmNil in the world, has more - -lenHy stood for the broadest pi" . .c.berhood i our ionumw huniaahy is held m)l resolute attitude 1 (he en ihaiticn of the a.ge. at latrtio . ,-,..td. Lo cur opponents objeet to . . I that lb IniematiiJiiwl tribunal ut -'li irw was f!cUMl from Impotence, t nulled intrf a poient insiruroetu f" . . nioti 4ft1 nations? 'I'M ovrn I ha um4 that tribunal, and tlfo- j US Uhe h OtnWH, purauHmr i-ohcy to promote tha cause of inter- . ....ii V f"od fc,J hu'f .i. methods. carrying out th y. it has settled dispute after rtt , r by friendly r a-llonrbllra bpt -e I,y arbitration or by friemlry rt . , t. It 1ms bcliavcd tuward all trui)K W wsuk, l,u "'-"i"8-'". ;v ami Justice; kntl it la nW on excel - t turn with alL iHt our opucinnt to tlio j tu ...U of th AtankA bounJnry line? ! .y rt.jevt trt fart that aru r frre- ..uaaK Witt. It t'nllrd Slate. hil t sume Mm kmin nnval at on , i, Wnl providlnir aamt lt tuW , iiita cha. or blK conquered by anj ;,ltSn power? I-o they object to U , t tliut nr now flirt ovr Pont ,.) Ha twy olijwt t the iJtiiKlti'jn r il.ivtauT Ortt y "iujulert lwn ui th.-rv; have rftl it aealn; do . v itnt unoe more to huul it duwnr 't!n object td the part w play4 in , ;..a Do lwy nat know that tlw voioe r t!i Cnlted IBtate would now eount r nothmc tn th far tint if we hd , umlowd the Philippine al refused to .I what wa done in ChlnaT l' thy . . uvt tft th fact ttjat thl government . uN'd a peaceful aettlenwrit of the ( ubios la Vn-utla two year ago? o r-y objt'rt l th prnoo of th uhlp- War ttcwkm wten Um revolutittifilt . ,t in iinama, ond whun only the pres . n. e of thin ship anvi tha Uvea of Amer. ,n ritiwnn and prevented insult to ftatt? Do hy object tt th fact that . .'i-ralt 'arhpH-tttped promptly at trtrt of Beirut when-an , effort had ..i nu1o to asintwlnaio an Anierlt'twi . iu l.-.i, and the port or Tangier when t Amerioan oitiw liad Iwn ai.diKtifU ...l ili.it in each citae the wrong eumplalit I tif v rluUtod and expiated? and tUitt ii Uiin the uuft Iw days the Halt of " ' ti.vrn.hlt squadron to tf:uyin J to .' J by-tlie lo-dt'la.yi uonceasiim . i.-(r Jut rhU I" ihwa Americana ison-..rii-d in eduiatlonal worn in "lurKey: i tuy otJt to the tnuli- treaty wK' intui, ski iuil of adViintajji- for iht Anmr ,. in rt-in.io in th tut uif.' Do they ou -t to the trt that l:w i m'."" iu4li,nul Halt low hj.-e a hiKlii i.tnuird than vVr befor.' ill marUmuan .i.i; and .in e.inmnKhlji, ust indivkiuul uj.d a component :arts or aquari j.-r.fi nnd fl.uf ii they bbct to ai.y u. ail of ilws'thini!S. wt- in.n ,ssij win ti. in. iur foreiK" Pli':y has teen not i i. iv highly BrfvaiituBtous to the tlnlU'd. : iitt, but hardly lea aJvaniasUH m ti,e wM-!d as a vrhole. 1'i-ave and o.id viill bnv followed in.it (ootte:i. The I . t.MrumeM has ahown tiReii u ie ua. , itns to respect the rights of others than distent tiiat the right of Americans respected hi return, Aa for tUe navy, j it has been and U now the moat potent i iiaranUNi Of peace: and it Is such ehieny .cause Jt la formidable, and reu4y for use f KNCKOACHMENT OK THE EXKCU- ' TIVK. When our npponenla speak of "en- io;t hnM tits" by the Kxeputlve utmn the auiborlty of Congresa or ihe Judiciary. i)'l.rently the act tluy ordinarily have 'i view la pVnaioa order No. Js, issued un iief the authority of existing law. This i.ider directed that hereafter any veterftjn -,t the civil war who had reached the ;! e of sixty-two should be presumptively entitled to the pension of six dollars a month, given under the dependent pension i iW to those whose capacity to earn their livelihood by manual Intwr has been de- irascil (0 per cent., und that by the t.me the age of seventy was reuched the r esumption should be that the physical inability waa comnlete; the nge being i rented as an evidential fact In each case, 't his order was made In performance of :. duty, imposed upon the President by ii n act of Congress, which requires the l.teeulive to make regulations to govern ti.e subordinates of the Pension Office In iii-ierminlng who are entitled to pensions, l iesident Cleveland bad already exercis ed thla power by a regulation which de clared that aeventy-five should be set as the age at which total disability should be conclusively presumed. Similarly Pres l.lenl McKlnley established sixty-five n the age at, which half-disability should ! conclusively presumed. The regulation now in .uueatlon, In the exercise of the nine power, supplemented these regula-n.-ns made under Presidents Cleveland Mid McKlnley. . The men who fought for union and for litterty in the year from Mil to IMS nut i nly saved this nation from ruin, but rendered an Inestimable service to all mankind.? W of the United State owe iie fact that to-day w have a country to what they did; and the nation has d i rr-ed by law that no one of them. If dis abled from earning his own living, shall i.u-k the pension to whloh he la entitle.!, not only aa a matter of gratitude, but u si a matter of Justioe. It Is the policy of the Hepublloan party, steadily continued through many years, to treat the veterans t (he civil war in a spirit of broad lib erality. The order In question carried out thisp ollcyi and la Justified, not merely on li anl grounds, but also on grounds of I lii.llc morality. It is a matter of common Knowledge that when the average man who depends, for his wages upon bodily 1 bor baa reached the ae of rfxty-two im earning ability Is In all probability less I v half than it was when he waa In Ids 3 lme; and that by the time he has reach ed, the age of seventy he has probably lest all earning ability. If there is doubt ti'on this point let tiio doubter examine t lie employes dclng manual labor in any ?t eat manufactory, or on any great rail road, and find put how large Is the pro !i ril'sn of men between the agea of sixty i vv-a nd seventy; and whether these men ( to Rtill employed at the highly-paid tasks which they did In their prime. As a tier of fact, many railroads pension ji.eir tmplovea when they hove reached t iiesfl ages, and in nations where old age I unions prevail they a! way begin some w !'.-re between the twfl limits thus set. It is eaay to test our opponents' sincerity in litis matter. The order in question Is r-voenble at the pleasure of the Kxeou- ivi: if our opponents come into power !'-ey can revoke this order and announce e .it tiiey will treat th veterans of slxty i to seventy v as presumably In full ',ly vigor and not entitled to pension, i 1 (hey how authoritatively state that ' -y intend to do this?. If so. we accept !- t'sue. If not, then we have the right ; k- hyi they raise an Issue, which. i mixed they do not venture to meet, ulltion to those acts of the admln n which they venture - to assail .. ti-r misrepresenting them, there are n which they dare not 'overtly or of-.- attack, and yet -which they cov- , . i ! row of the party. "In certain great end with certain great Interests : ii. portent make every effort to show i die settlement of the anthracite coal by the Indivfduril aot-of t h Pres ' r rul the curcssfu1 suit against the . '-rt Returilies Oimianyth mentor 'I'lermken by the Itepartment of , were nets J)eeause or -which the t iiilmlnKtrutlon should 1m? thrown wer. Yet they dare not openly i cHher acU They dare not lii . imritittive or formal manner say . . u her cace WTong waa dona or "imted'in the method of ae- i the choline of instrument for . ...t action intoffect. tint what not manfully assert in open v M-i-k to use furtively and m-al thJtt an ndnfk so cowduelod (ihnnhl im made, muiietiine- on tu grouna nt u.a mtM h, Sometime on the grouud that lltti, hil Ijww oone, some oi our i,porit'iit 'ooniplulft ' because uiiflw the lnitl-truMS ana inier-maie cvrnmrnt ww suits wrris unJert.iken which liav been guccewf ul : oihers. lxwMua sulls wei-e not jndertakeii which woukl nave oecn un uccewtul, Tho twrnocratie State fcon fetitlotf tn' J? Ynvk den.lt with th aft thracli roal strike by demanding in He- lilirraie and foinml t.innn tntu tne na tional government should take pm-snsiion jf th Cui.ll flvics; ei rnnn.pions ini -(.in'Mitlnii'a cause now condemn the fart that there nv action by thu Preil- et si ulitho'ieh they iniift know that l wis e.nli this actl..ii by Ihe jpldelit hlcli ii-ev-Tttid the movement' for na iionstl 1uwmM;il: of the toaJ Welds ftom yiliilnjr what miiil.t well have been an ,rrviv tii.ic inineuix. nm-n Hiuto.iiij o"- rtruotlve i-rltirism." furnish an adequale in ufui e of (he chance for coherent ac tion o cfiuKtiwtlvp legislation If our up (ilits should given power. I'OI.H"! Kit Ol" TUB UKMiM'TtATS. o much f r v.!in: our opponent oiwnly i,i aivrtlv adv.iiic" in the wa- of an at tack on the acta of the administration. When we come to cons-ider the- policies or whili it-.ey profefs to stand we are net with the difficulty always arising ,hn Kiuieim-nt ' f policy are so made .hut H.ey an he interpreted In different v!,. on come ut the most vital quea llor'is Ihot k.ve eonfrontod the Anierua ;ni)ple in ilie lal dwade ur.ojnnents lake U'C li!ll.ll dial silence Ik the bet IH iHible way to convey their views. They KKtend that their lukewarm attitude o partlat geijiileswnce in what others have iccompllKhed entitles lhni to made th , ostodinus of the financial honor and iomrmrclul Interests which they have hut recently sought to ruin. Beihg unable to tgree among themselves as to whether the gold standard Is a curse or a bless ,ig, and a to whether 'we ought or ought i.ot to have free ond unlimited coinage .f sllier, they have uppareiilly thouKlil it expedient to avoid any committal on ihe subjects, and Individually each to follow his particular bent. Their nearest up; roach to a majority Judgment seems to be that It Ik now Inexpedient to assert ihc-lr convictions ne way or the other, end that the establishment of the gold .standard by the Republican liiirty abould not he disturbed unless there is an altera .H.i. In .he relative quantity of produc tion of silver and gold. Men who hold Mncere conviction on vital questions can reapoct equally sincere men with whose views they radically differ; and men may confess u change of faith -without com promising their honor or their self respect. But It Is difficult to respect an attitude of mind such as has been talrb ifeMiritoed above: and where there Is ho re xpect there can be no trust. A policy e lilt slender a basis of principle wouU not stand the s4tr.nu of a 'Single year oi ..uelnesM adversity. We, on the contrary, believe Hi the gold itandard as llxwl by wis usage utid veruii t ..( i in- uusltiesM world, unu in hu.iiio ..lonetiiiy ajsivm as mutters or principle. . iiiaticit. not of monetary jiolitlcal ex ...i.i.n. i. Inn of oeiiitanent. uraunic liol- ' .i, in k-SO and I'Kulit in lsHXi .lur-slghted ..'.a, ivHiiotu reguid to unu party u-ili.. ..i me ii.t-tl, Joined to work ugttiitHt witai . t.v itanieo a a debused monetary syn icni, 'I lie policies wiacii iln j i .i..o.pi". u navu bt-tii steadfastly udhered to by .lie atluiuiitinaiion; unu l,j me ,.n'ti II, 1; to, Ooiigl ess estahlislied the .l.Ble feoltl htJllUui.i ah tl,, ..... i,i...etary value. TMa-aet received ue support of every Kepubjican in the, .inU ol every i,ejMiiltcau e.Ai'cpt '. w,e ben.llo. OI ,-Ur o!iille,il.l, .ceu .suppbiU'd it in the House und two .i u.s ,ni . und one uuiidrvd and lliiy ..j-iKuteu u in Um House and twm -fcight in the Senate. The record of the last seven years proves that the party now n power can be trusted to take the addl iicuai action necessary to improve and strengthen our monetary system, und ttia. iur opponents cannot be tto .trusted. The luiulauientnl fact Is thai In a popular Kovernment such as ours no. policy is ir .evocably scUIihI by law unless the people i.iep In control of the govenimenl men who iJlleve In that policy as- a nut Iter of iteoYi-rooted conviction. Laws can, al ways bo revakc-i; it Is the Hpuil uud tlic purpose of thon responsible ror Oielr en actment und admlnstratlon which munt ie fixed and unchnngeahK: It is idle to suy that the monetary standard of i he nation Is Irrevocably fixed so long as the party which ut the last election cast approximately ill per cent. of. the total vote, refuses to put In . Its., platform any iitatement that tne question Is settled. A determination to remain silent cannot ie accepted us equivalent to a recanta tion. Until our opponents as a party ex l llcilly adopt the views whloh we" hold and upon which we have ucted and are acting, in the matter of sound currency, the only real way to keep the question i'rom becoming unsettled is- to keep the Republican party in power. CAPITAL AND lABOR. As for what ;ur opponents say in refer ence to capital and labor. Individual or corporate, here ugaln all we need by way of answer is to point to what we have actually done, and to say that If contin ued in power we shall continue to carry out the policy we have been pursuing, and to execute the laws as resolutely ami iearlesHly In the future us we have ex- cuted them in the past. In my speech of acceptance I said: "We recognise tho organisation of cap ital and thw organization of labor an, nat ural outoomes of our Industrial system. &ch kind of organization Is to be fa vored so long as it acts In a spirit of Jus tice and of regard for the rights of others. 1-Jnch is to be grunted the full protection of the law, and each in turn Is to be held to a strict obedience of the law; for no mini Is above' it and no man below it. The humblest Individual Is to have bin rights Safrffuffrded us scrupulously us thone of ihe strongest organization, for each Is to receive Justice, no more and no less. The problems with which we have to deal ii our modern Industilal and social life are manifold: but the spirit in which it is necessary to a noma c$M heir solution 1b .-dmply the spirit of honesty, of courage and of common sense." The action of the Attorney General in enforcing the anti-trust and inter-State commerce laws, nmi the action of the Inst I't-niirestt In enlar ;ing the sooe of tin inter-State commerce l.iw. and in creullag lh? Department of Commerce and Lubor, clih a Bureau of Corporations, have for the first time opened a chance for the na tional government to deal intelligently ind adequately with the questions affect ing society, whether for good or for evil, because of the accumulation of oMptt.nl In great corporations, ond because of the new relations caused thereby. Those laws are now being administered with entire efllclency; and us. in I heir working, ntjed Is shown for amendment or addition to them whether better to secure the proper publicity, or better to guarantee the rights of shippers, or In any other direction this need'will lie met. It is now asserted "that the common law. us developed, af fords a complete legal remedy against 'jfonnpolies." Hut there Ik no common law of the United States. Its rules can be enforced only by the State courts and officers. No Federal court or officer could take any action whatever under them. It was this fact, coupled with the Inability of the State to control trusts and monop- lies, which led to the passage of the Federal atatutea known as the Sherman anil-trust act and the Inter-State com merce act; and It Is only through the ex ercise of the powers conferred by these ct, and by the statutes of the last Con gress supplementing them, that the na tional government acquires any. JurisdlC ticn over the subject. To aay that action Hgalnst. trusts and monopolies should be limited to the application of the common law Is equivalent to saying that the na tknnl government should take no action whatever to regulate them.. ' ANTI-TRU8T MOVEMENTS. l"nuoubtdry. the mjllipiiration of trust rid tbelr increase in power has been largely due to. the, "failure of officials -rtnrgea witit the duty of enforcing tlx taw to take the necessary procedure.' iuh sU-Ktur upon the failure of the omcini ir the notional government tt do their duty in this mailer la rwrfnlilv pot wholly undeserved as far as ihe ad- mui'biruiioii pieceaing rrrotaenc McKln ley ' Is.cortrorrtel; but It has no applica t!c at all to Republican administration (t Is at undoubtedly" true that what in must needed Is "ofllclals having both the dh poslttun and the courage to enforce " i, . "i , -1-1,'r", A , , ,1.1,, .fjtlsllng IThl I precisely (he neud tnit 4m b-eii met by the consistent and le ttllv continued action of tlto Uei)rt- ment of Jostle under the present adinllt- ' Mo tr as the right of tho Individual Vtice-worker and "be individual capitalist in- coiwerned, both a regards one an llier, .im rerards Hie utiblic, and as re rwrds orsatitceti catiltu) and labor, the 'i;uon of tiu Mdminlsiraiio!! nss uccn w dtar that lhwt Is no -excuse fof mis T resenting it, iud no trround for opposi ng Jt unlen misreprtsentct). Within the in Its delineil by the nut tonal contltullon 1 nsllon.tl adminlstratioii has sought to MCture to each man the full enjoxnein .1 bis right to live his) life and dispose oi lis property and his labor as ii deems jfM, Mi long ftf he wrongs no one emr t has shown in effective fashion that In ndavorhig to mnks good this gimranti-e. t treats Mil men, rich or poor, whatever I elr creed, their color, or their ,birth 'iute, us stun IliMt alike befoie tbe law r.iler mr ftrm of aoverninent lh splien- r. which ihe nation as distliiiiulsliexl from be Hlate can ut t Is nariowly cinrum nlbeii: but within that rn!au nil dmi could Ik- dune ban bi-en done. All thlnkliiM .eri nr uwhm. of the rstrlcikn upon the ower of anion of the national govern- niit In such matters. Being ourselves nlndful of them, we have been acrupu- .taasiy ciy eful on ihe oh hand to b inoti- late In our promises, and on tn otner Kin-l to keep tlieae prumisiuv la leiier snn tiplrit. Our opponents have lieen hm- ted by no such cot.sldttrntlons. lliey mve uromlsed. and many or mem now toinlse, ucllon which they could by no s-fslbility take In the exercise or const!- utlonal miwer, und" which. If uttemptod. v,,uld bring business to a standstill; they ,ive used, and often now use, language t wild lnvsatlve and appeal to ail the user pasaiana wmcn tena to ex cue one .a of Americans against their teiiow- tmerlcnns: and yet whenever they have ta Hiwer they Isive fittingly supplo- iretiti-d this extravagance or promise uy bsolutc nullity In performance. ICQl'AL TRI3ATMENT OP ALU This ov?rnment Is based upon the fun damental Idea that each man, no matter v;uat his occupation, his race, or nis re ligious belief. Is entitled to be treated on his worth as a man, und neither favored dor dWcrlnilmiteil against tiecause of any t-eldent In his position. Kvcn Here at .cine mere is puinrui nimcutiy m me fieri to reallie this Idea; n rut the at- tnipt to ricure from other nation nn- kni.wledgnitt of It sometimes encounters t Miles that are well-nlgn inuoerai'i" or there, nr J many nations wnicn in me lew procession of the ages have not yei nched that point where the principles which Americans regard as axiomatic, oh- ii in any recognition whatever, one or me I. lef dlflleultles arises In connection wun rialn Amerlcnn cltlsena of foreign birth. of particular creed, who desire to avel n I road. Russia, for Instance, re- iirvtt to atirnlt ana proieri .tewn. itiiitf) t'fi,ei to mlmlt ontl protect certain sects i Chri.nlaii". This government mis con- isiet.llv deniiintletl equal protection broad for all American cltltsens. whether ilive or untmalixed. On March 27, 1MI1. j let n t iry May cent a letter of Instructions .1 all the diplomatic and consular officers r ihe I nit t-tl Kin tes. in which he said: TIiIh Department docs not dlscrlmlnnte "'tween iiiilive-l. urn anil ivituralized citl lens In :ic(-,)rdiinv them protecllon whll' ! !t v are iihnv.vl. eriiallty of trefitmoh' ! 'icing requlreil by the laws of the I n" , d f'dates. Thexe orders tn our acrn throat! have been repealed ngnln und I'eln, -11111 are tif-aletl as Ihe funditmenlal : 'tile of ci.ntluct laid down for them, pro ceding upon the theory "that nil nntur ll7e,l citizen.! of the 1'nlteil StateH while a foreign countries, Hre entitled to and thall receive from this government the mmc protection of persons and proper-j 'v which Is accorded to native-born clll- in iBBuing passports uio ntaie ue nrtment nvcr dlcrlmlnnt"s. or alladei 'n nnv nun's religion; and In granting U verv' ArrTlcin clfzen, native Or nitur i lls-e-tl . Christian or Jew. the same pass rt. so fur as H has power It Insists that ill felelKli Hll et timelltu shall accept tlv prn-spoit as pi I mil faelo proof that the erscn lle-r-'in dcseriheil is a cttlsen of Mhe I'lilted Slales and entitled to protec llon as such. It Is a standing -order t" ..very Aiiiel'lcin tllnlamatlc and consular .)(' to protect every American cltlsen, of whatever faith, from unjust molesta 'ion: find our ort'eers abroad have been -stringently required to comply with this uder. Under such circumstances, the deinnin' if our opponents that nee illations he ie gun to secure equal treatment of al' Anarleans from those governments, which do rot nt,w accord II. shows either Igno i nice of the facts or Insincerity. Nc I'bunge of policy in the method or man lier of negotiation would ndd effective ness to what the State Department has dt hp and Is doing. The steady pressun which the Department has been keeping n In the past will he continued In the future. This administration has on al' nroer occasions Kiven clear expression i the belief of the Amerlcnn people thn' llscrlmluatlon and oppression because of ellglon. wherever practised, are acts of Injustice before (lod and man; and In -miking evident to the world the depth of American convictions In this regard we have gone to the very limit of diplomatic i: a-e. It 1 a striking evidence of our oppo nents' insic-erlty In tills mntter that with heir demand for radical action by ihe "tale Department they couple a demand 'nr it reduction In our small military es-'-iblishment. Yet they must know that he heed paid to our protests against III reatment of our citizens will be exactly nroportlonate to the belief In our ability to make theoe protests effective should he need arise. ( I Ml. SKRVICK LAW, Our opi , mails hove now declared them 'ilves in favor of the civil service law. h-- repeal of which they demanded In !!it and in If eonsisii-nl. they should a vi- g.uie one step further an(I con 'ifttul.iied Ihe country upon the way In hi li th. civil service law Is now admin istered, and the way in which the elassl- U d sci vice has been extended. The ex epilet.s from examinations are fewer by ar Ui in t vi-c before, and are confined o Individual case, whcie the application if the rules would he impracticable, un ivise or unnecesstiry. The administration f the great body of the claastlled civil I Ice Is free from politics, and appoint ments and removals have been Dut upon t business basis. Statistics show that here is little, difference between the ten- are of the Federal classified employes and hat of the employes of private business corporations. Iess than 1 per cent, of the lassltled employes are over "0 years of ge, and in Wie mnln the service rendered s vigorous and efficient. Where the merit lyslem was of course most needed was In he Philippine Islands, and a civil service iw (if very advanced type has there been tut Into operation and scrupulously ob served. Without one exception every np aolntment in the Philippines has been nude in nccni-dnnee with the Btrlctst itandartl of fitness, and without imed to my other consideration. , Finally, we come to certain matters upon which our oppanents do In their iila t form of principles definitely take is ue with us. and where. If they are sin- ."err. their triumph would mean disaster ,o the country. Hut exactly as It Is Im ixisslble to csll attention to the present promises and past record of our oppo nents without seeming offensive, so it is impnsttlble to compart their platform with .heir other and later official utterances ind not err ate doubt as to their sincerity in their private or unofficial utterances many of them frankly advance, this In- qncerity as a merit, taking the position that tis regards the points on which I um ibout to speak they have no Intention of keeping their promise or of departing from Ihe policies now established, and ;hat therefore they can bo trusted not :o abuse the jpower they seek. , , : giRliAT QUESTION OF Vlitl TARIFF. When we take up the great question of the tariff we nro at once confronted 'by the doubt as to whether our opponents jo or uo noi mean what -they nay. They say that "protection is robbery," and Vomlse to carry themselves accordingly f they are given power, Vet prominent (tersona among them assert that they do not really mean this and that If they -ome inro power tney will adopt our policy is regards the tariff: while othoru seem to prove tha It is aft to give them par- 1101 power, oec-iuse rue power would bo r ly partial, and therefore thev would not be able to do miachlef.' Thi last la cer-- inlnly A riirlotM plea ttt advance n lie half of a party weking ta obtain control of ihe government, - , At thw outset it 1 worth whilst tr Say a word to llm atlemcL lit identify tbe yufslon f tariff -revision W tariff reduc tion wlth, sol u l ion of the trust question. This hi Wlwii ya a sign of desire to avoid any rent effort to deal adequately with the trust qm-Mttnn. In gpeaking on thi point at Mil itiiapolls. on April i, l'XO, I said: ' "The citiiftlun at tariff revision, wak ing broadly, stands wholly apart from the question of dealing with the trusts. No eiisiiSci In tariff duilett cun have anv sub itumlu) effect in solving the so-called tri.st ttroblem. Ceituin areat trusts or gTe.it corporations are wholly unaffected by the tarli?. Almost alt the others that ire oi any Importance hiive us a m.itUjr of fact numbers of smaller Amerk-sn miielltrs: and of course a change In .; (arlfr which would ' work Injury to ho la rue corporation would work not puly injury ;ht dentruetion t its si-i.ill r f ompt lllors; niidnultv of tourse sucl i chaiiKc would mean illHiister to all lh vngu-Wulkf-rd connected With either the 'firiio or the siiimII cor'wirittl'ins. v Ton Hv Attiinl) i nit of tltose lltt'rted In tu solution of the trust problem such a hange would therefore merely mean that th trust was relieved of: the (-otnfietltlor 'tt Its Weaker Amarlcan -mpetttors. am hrown only Into competition with forclg n ;,i :itinh; ami that. ,!.: iirst r..-t t met tht's new competition" would lie m i-l y t'titting down wages, and would (here fori be primarily ut the cost ,-f htitoi. ! rt'ti caiw of m ini of our great --it tt tsU shi'Ii a chin e might confer ' mm Hum a r-usltlve benefit. Speaking broadly, it I' evident that the changes In the tariff wll' stffect the trusts for weal or for woe sim ply as they affect the whole country. Tip tariff affects trust only aa It affect al' 3ther Interests. It make all these inter sis. large or small, profitable; and Its benefits: can be, taken from the large only tinder penalty of taking them from, the timill also," There Is little for me to add to this. It Is but ten years since the last at mpt ves made, by meant of lowering thn tariff., to prevent some people fron 'irpsperlng too much. The attempt war htirely successful. The tariff law of thu" 'ear was among 'the lea use which In that ear and for some time afterwards ef-'t-clnitlly prevented anybody from pros pering too much, und labor from prospi r og at all. Undoubtedly It would, be pos Ihle ut the present time to prevent any f the trusli from remaining prosperous ' y tho simple expedient of making such i sweeping change in the tariff as to pnr lyite the Industrie of the country. The mots would cense to prosper; but their nall-r competitors would be ruined, and ' h" waae -workers would starve, while It onld not nv the farmer to haul his endue" Lo market. The evils connected Ith the trusts enn be reached only by lltinal effort, step by step, along the ikm taken by Congress and the Executive 'nrii'-r the past three years. If a tariff 'aw Is passed under which the country rosperx, as the country has prospered ndcr Ihe present tariff law, then all i ..-,.! w, simre in the prosperity. If a ' i riff low Is passed aimed nt preventing he pi-ORperlly of some of our people, II i as certain as anything can he thnt this m will be achieved only by cutting down c prnr.pl rl'v of all of our people. of eouete. if our o;'(ionents are not sin re In their proporal lo nhollsh the sys '111 of n nrfit'-tlv I -riff !--vp Is - In arguing the matter nt all, save by , Intlnrr out again thnt !f on one gnsii sue thev do not mean what thf-y nay ' Is hardly Fiife to trnt them on any I her Issue Hut If they are sincere In 1 is matter, then their idvetit to no we' ould menu domestic nilsfo.rtuue and mls ry as widespread and far-reaclilnif : hat which we saw ten vcars aan. WIm hey snenk of protection us "robbery," hey of course, must mean thnt It l lm lornl to enart n tariff rlesl-rfied Is th "csent protective tnrlff) to secure to, the Mnrrlcm wage-worker the l)neflt of the ' igh slar.dai'd of living which we deslrt i see l-cr,t im in this country. No-v Ir r-eak of the tariff in thl sense as "rob ' erv," tlu-reliy giving it ,n moral relation . not merely rpetorle-il : it Is on it fact "ilsc. The oiiestlon of whitt tariff la lies' or our people in prlraurily.fnno of expcdl ncy, to he ilcterinlnetl ' not on obstruct endemic, ground, but In the light of eX--ernce. It Is a matter of businers; tor 'itiidament'illy ours Is a bicdness people ianufiictur'i-s. merchants), farmeex. w:i-e-orkers. pnifesslonul men, nil alike. Our xperience as a people In the past has rlulnly not shown u-i thut we could af ord in this matter to follow those ro sslninil eoiinst llm s who havp conllued hemselves to study In the closet; for tin icttial working of the tariff has emphntl ally contradicted their theories. From time to time schedules must undoubtedly he re-arranged and, re-adjusted to meol the shifting needs of the country; but thlt an with safety he done only by those who are committed to the cause of the - rotectivc system. To uproot and destrov 'hit system would be to Insure the pros tration of business, the closing of tht factories, the Impoverishment of the far mer, the ruin of the capitalist, and the starvation of the w.is-v-worker. Yet. If ii'fdectlon Is Indeed "rphberv." n-d If our pponents really believe what they say. then It Is precisely to the d struction am" iprooting of the t iriff, and therefore ( nr hnsiness and Intliislr'-. thnt they nr-i-Vdged. When our opponents last obtain d now or It was on n platform declaring prntet live tariff "unconstitutional;" ant' lie effort to put this declaration Into prnc 'ice wis one of the cause-- of the general -nllonnl prostration lasting from 1893 to If a protective tariff la cither "un--oiistltutional" or "robbery," then It Is lust as unconstitutional. Just as much rob ' ery, to revlf-e It down, still leaving It rotectlve .is it would be to enact It. In Iher words our opponents have commit ted themselves to the' destruction of the ri'ti-etlve principle of the tariff, using winds which if honestly used forbid them fri m oermittlng this principle to obtain In ex en the smallest degree. imciPROCITY. Our opponents c.ssert that tney believe n icclprot it y. Their action on the most mportunt rcclpi-ocity tre-itv recently ne i tlatetl that with Cuba does not bear ut this assertion. Moreover, there can he no reciprocity unless there Is a sub tantlul tariff; free trade und reciprocity ire not compatible. We are on record as avoring arrangements for reciproi:al Irade i-elatijna with other countries, these nrrangements to be on an equitable basis r,f benetlt to both the contracting parties. The Republican party stands pledged to every wise and consistent method of in creasing the foreign commerce of the country. That It has kept its pledge It proven by the fact that while the do mestic trad-- of this country exceeds in volume the entire export Irade of (lit World, standing llrst among the nations tr lilH respect. The United States has ex horted during the last seven years near ly ten billions of dollars' worth of goodi m an average half as much again uA nunlly as during the previous four year when many of our people were consum ing nothing but uecessnrie. and Rome of them a scanty supply even of these. Two years ago. in speaking at Ixigans port. Indiana, 1 said: "The one consideration which must ever be omitted In a tariff change is-the Imperative need of preserving the Ameri can standard of living for the American woi hlnsmun, The, tariff-rate must never toll below that which will protect the Amerlciu- worklngman by allowing for the Mfirrence between the general labor-cost here and abroad, so as at least to equalise the conditions arising from the difference n the standard of labor here and ubrond a difference which It should be one aim fouler In so far as It represents the needs .if better educated, better paid, better fed, and better t lathed workingmen of o hlsh sr type than any to be found In it foreign wmuy. At all haiurds, and no matter what else Is sought for or ncctm-t-hB y changes of the tariff, the American worklngman must, lie protected in his stiindnrd of wage, that te. In his stimdar if living, and must be sfeured the fullest tippnrtunity of employment. Our lawe iliould in no event afford advantage to foreign Industries over Amerlcnn Imitis., tries. They should in no event do lesgf I V. a n mh. ,L. Jl , ., ,. .v I ..- -.. (.rence in conaitioiis at home and abroad." , 7 POTBCTIVR TARIFF SHOULD BE AC CEPTED AS SETTLED, It Is a matter of regret that the protec tive tariff policy, which, during the last forty odd .years, has become purl of the very fiber af the country, is not now Hi.- ' f , ( J "- -, ll Making; Friends 4- t Every :.DayK4 TbUcaa JmthfaltybeiAldof . . ' Ida Groom tbe new prodact tdi aukln-f the wort oelkioo lot craun voa svor ata everirtiung i the packag-a. Motbing taatea so good la but weather. All grot-en re placing ft In slock. If yur gi-oeer cant sapP'T llla,Ctbocolate,!itrwberrf and Unflavored. .Address, tin ueneae rare rooa ve os wh " wn" ,:,.,,. ,J n ,lwl,A1 .tntnhlf .al,,! "3ietVllJI .A'l'IISU W U-.OI1IVIZ1 T,1BWI1HW ... - mve a rlaht tu say that It has paused be yond the domain of theory, mid a right u exueft mat not only Ita original tidvo- -utei-, hue those who ut cne time rtudniHt- -d If on thooi-etle grounds, i-fluuiu now uc lulcsce in the results that have been prov t! over and over again by actual eXperl- nce. i hes iorty odd years nave oeen tm most prispeious yaavs this nation has jver seen, mvro prosporous year than iiv oilier nation has ever fteen. Beyond jtit-slion this prosperity could not have :omc If the American people had not pos lessed the necessary thri ft, energy, and nislriesn Intelligence to turn their vast na terliil resources to account. But It , no less true that It Is our ecunomle pol- cy as regards the tariff and linance which ins enabled us as a nation to make ouch .-ood use of the Individual capacities of ur citizens, and ths natural resources or aur country. Every claa of our people is .enetlted by the protective tariff. During the last few years the merchant has seen Uie export trade of Ibis country grow lister than ever In our previous history. l'ho manufacturer could not keep his fac- ,ory running It It were not for the protec ave - tariff. The wage-worker would do well to remember that if protection , Is 'robbery," and is to be punished accord ugly, he will be the first to pay the peii- iliy; for either he will be turned adrift ntirely, or his wages will be cut down o the starvation point. As conclusively diowu by the bulletins of the Bureau of jiibor. lite purchasing power of the aver- ikc wage received by ihe wage-worker has iown later tfun the cost of living, and his in spite of the continual shortening of working hours. The accumulated sav- ngs of the workingmen of the country, as shown by the deposits in the savings nanus. Iiuva increased by leaps and ounds. At no time in the history of this r any other country has there been an -in so productive of material benetlt alike ,0 worklngman and employer, us during he seven years that - huve Just passed. The farmer has benefited quite as much is the manufacturer, the merchant, unu ,he wage-worker. The most welcome and mpresalve fact established by the last census Id the wide und even distribution at wealth among all classes of our coun-1 rymeni. '1 he chief agencies In producing bis distribution me -mown by tue censu o be me development of manufactures. mil the application of new inventions to uiVL-rsal uhu Tim result lias necn an in . easing iiiler-ilepi ndericy of agriculture and manufactures. Agriculture Is now, it aiwi.js mis ueen, me uasis oi civili-, -alion. The six ru'lliort farms of the .'nlted States, operated by men who, as u lass, art- steadfast, single-minded and in- lustrious, form the basis of all the Other ichlevements of the American people ana tie more fruitful than all their other re- ources. The men on those six million farms receive from the protective tariff what they most need, and that Is the best of all possible markets. All other lasses depend upon the farmer, but the farmer la turn depends upon the market they furnish him for his produce. The innual output of our agricultural proaucts s nearly lour billions of dollars, t neir in rease In value hus been prodigious, al I'ough agriculture, has languished in most llier countries; and the main' factor In ills- Increase is the corresponding In crease or our manulacttiring nittustnes. American farmers have prospered because the growth of their market has kept puce with the growth of their farms. The aa- litional market continually furnianea tor igricultural products by domestic manu facturers haa been far in excess of the utlet to other hinds. An export trade in farm products Is necessary to dispose of ur surplus; and the, export -trade or our itrmi rs both In animal products and In hint products, has very largely Increased. vV'lthout the enlarged homo market to kn p thins surplus down, we should nave i reduce production or else teed the wuriu t less l htm the cost of production. In he forty years ending In 1900 the total alue of farm property Increased twelve nd a half billions of dollars: the farmer ruiaing evoa more during tins perinu tiian he. ma mi fact u rcr. hong ago over-proauc-lon would have checked the marvelous de velopment of our national agriculture, nit for the steadily increasing demand or American manufacturers for farm pro- lucts required as raw materials for stead- ly expanding Industries,. The'farmer Das ecome dependent upon the manufacturer o utilize that portion of his produce which does not go directly to food supply. n KM) M pur cent. ,or a little over luiir, f the total value of the farm products if the nation watt consumed in munufar- uring Industries as the raw materials of he factories. Evidently the manufactur r is the farmer's best and most dlroct tiHtomer. Moreover, the American man- ifacturer purchases his farm supplies al most exclusively In hi own country. Nine-tenths of all the raw materials or very kind and description consumed in raeiican manufactories are of American noductlon. The manufacturing establlsh- nt nts tentl steadily to migrate Into the icart of the great agricultural districts. he tenter of the manufacturing industry n 1!JU was near the middle of Ohio, and It a moving westward at the rate of about Dirty miles In every decade; and thla novement is Invariably accompanied by marked Increase In the value or rarm nds. Ijocal causes, notably the compel!-i tlon between new farm lands and old farm. uiids. tend here and there to obscure w hut s h.-ip)nlng; but it Is as certain ns the Per.ttlon of anv economic law. that In ho cinintry as a whole, farm values will ontlnne to Increase as the partnerahlp be ween manufacturer and farmer grows ore Intimate through furthtr advance I industrial science. The American manu ncturer never could have placed this na' :bn at the head of the manufacturing na lons of the world If he had not had be- ilng him, securing him every variety of aw material, the exhaust less resources i the Amiin farm, develnpea by tne kill arid the enterprise of Intelligent and (located American farmers. On the other iiiml, the debt 'of the farmers to the man ufacturers is equally heavy, and the fu ture of American agriculture is bond up In he future of American manufactures. 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