| Show A i TO FAIRBANKS FAll FAI S FORMALLY Y ACCEPTS Discusses Issues of or tho Letter Lotio Ills IUS In n of or O Administration by monds ids H is tho tim tao Revision of 01 Should Only bo i Made When Public I Demands un Gold Standard 4 i nd md Relt t t ISen I prill lotter C nomination tendered him tilt f 4 E waa II I Il f Call 0 tt 1 I noot Chairman Ch cC vC lIhU r II 1 ett fl In with lur p ir lr I r lie 1 made when hell you formally t r for tor Ico 1141 ot flY I i avail myself ot of this thiM on onto P Pr ri I r to 10 submit to you and r lu flU 10 to my lilY m mi I g i her hr view lh r Ie p Vet ct cl to 10 tho thoi a i i in IPU More Iho people f are so o frankly v Th i expressed In tho tilo plat J fl 11 pled pl d by b the Ibo M 1111 h hI 1 meet met with my In I val ral In fl the they have havet cid to 10 the Ihl test ot of f ex U 1 t have been ln found to be bed ber beNI r MI NI d to 10 our nul Industrial and nd nn tin tinI His iii HI Thy They The have hail I brought hl w UA u to 10 toI I 1 all ale of ol material l nt I I 1 r mule mild the Ihl ib nations name re to tor i 1 t Of nt the artis the II po 11 r mom r of or P pertIN S h In Iii the light ot of that t 1 Inn ii which they ht I them when with lIh u It ii I not alone alono what v nl they the tho say ll Ihl will 1111 do 10 which should T determining 4 l their capacity tn to tor a r I public affairs administrations In W ll J i S had two which hive Havo hon r p ven n yearS year 1 I by ty the III same WIt u r g tilt the th Ih trade tr reports In III I mid nud midi when the Ihl ono er fr r t 1 P i began h Doth noth wore obliged vast expenditures for 0 mui I 11 r K i unite works Tho The rapidly Ill pi d PK I I i M neIs tit fl the rj riX r x K 1 RI must be If II met Inel Tho The national t it koll k op lm p 6 wll with our l yet t with due doe nf It lound econ f fI fX 1 the lh Ih principles We e have hAo rr p lk expenditure i f I no policy on tho the thoe II e C fj 1 I nor n l Indulged d In III uninsured the tho t C ri t I ther th r We WI S have lUlu t by b the public I I D Df f did In Ha Ito Hai r i nf CIt t the 11 nf f Thin lJ ji ed by the tho l lWI f We WI the lie haute Itsue 1 lue with lIh The lii president assumed I tim tho r Ill to 11 nt nf chief elite with a 1 at at t I rutty cany out tilt the Ih policy poll of at his hla hlat t 1 Mid lamented 1 l nr lie Mo tir IF of ft Ir MIln f d of statesmen of eminent ill l whom the country placed on Ill II II III 1 carried 11 t work i ork faithfully and r The TiIE pledge Ims hn been bl 11 H a the o tins linn 1 n 1111 Peace and good ord r rV V M MI 11 Ponette mid t i 1 hll anti and e f unity been be n preserved I i n w policy of the tho RIl i v hi ien r and 11 ri hs hR for the I of M r f R Time and events have havet h e er t r us UK a I rg r place In III h rj f fE hlll e 0 have enlarged our HM 11 g i wn have hit vo rd i not lint with the vi 1 hut bul through tho Iho peaceful c I j have hao boon beon concluded I r and to the tho relIt credit iV Some of ot then thele i AN r Importance Among I umber BIO tr the he eolo Irl ji I the Iho I i which lood lit Iii the II way Ill IllI r i of Hit Mn l ra CR rath rathe the th Panama treaty I rent the tho treaty Ireal and rommer J It with China hina end with Cu Cult lt h POLICY h t in the far u cast tait suggest lug el the I ru rk I anti and of ot a I r foreign policy 1011 C We have havo ha 0 XI between and At Al tho the beginning kl war r between them they H 14 I the hI Bugge made by b the nil Hil 11 II n the io zone f of tinS hoa hoaf ho hor sc f r This tends to 10 preserve the open opeti p the ih h orient SH so I Important and so KG o oH H It dr in Iti the expansion lon of our Th P It is II th policy polley p ll p of the tho nil lid d dr I r r ann upon Ulon th the r M 1 prudence to tn 1 vc 1 f t h co po far tic nr as 1111 1101 1 IK k w IllIa I differences 11 lead Iad tn n 0 friction Ion It fl fi I Ih the adjustment ol or i lIn I by h b nn an appeal to tn tnt than Ihan ti 10 t arm A grent nf of f the Ihl th which arise Arl ArlI I II e i nations may without compro i I the th h national honor ho bo I 1 on The admInIstratIon of or orI McKinley dId wall 11 to toof aid In I fh lIon tio of oC Th The tribunal 1 l I J o I l Is entitled to I IX r 1 J MI 11 for beIn the tho first nfl to 10 In X ll llon In lit th the r rf i lint fund 1 cases p Ih the world lorld S 0 f V We W l barn hlo vo avoided till all allt ul r ging n aini In iii I he 10 inn In ii t r L c t MI f r th secretary of ot tho thu thul l Mate no we 0 lire without nn an filly all and without wit an All enemy T rU M Tho the convention red In iii favor flor of ot protection which i tind ml develops our and that tho the measure ure of protection n should at Least equal tho the difference III In the Ih rout cost of production nt It home mid abroad This Thill was In III the tho platform of the tho convention which nut first nominated Abraham und anti It hats continued to be one of ot the tho cardinal naI 8 of or the Republican party dur durIng Ing the 41 Ii y vents nr which have hayo elapsed since thou then It 11 titus his been heon Incorporated late Into the tho law und and 11 nIl ban hits the of or our Industrial system It hits hll been regarded by the Republican party an its a II and appropriate exercise of or tho the power pOI r when duties upon Import Imports to ills dig dl criminate In III favor ot at American Indus Industries tries tried This In Is dictated by h a II adue adue due du regard for Cor or our own enterpriSe and industry Indu lt and anti l is III founded upon the tha highest of ot national In crest tr HI Tho rho Democratic which lately hatel nt at B 61 ft lIou ns as n u robbery of ot the ninny many to enrich the few tew and favored a Ii r re and gradual reduction of the lie lieThe tariff The Tho leslie U is thus thue dIstinctly made It 11 ItIs ItIs Is III by no means a allOW now one ona o lie for or while tho thu Republican party h has haR n uniformly adhered to tho the policy ot of protection the lie Democratic I mirty has been consistent In ltd Its It has ban held to 10 tho the doctrines of ot a II revenue tariff and alid alii lilt dill durIng InK big till nil tho ho years of ot the contest tine hAs maintained that lint the Hit Ih system III was wan opposed uP o cd to 10 good In contra contravention of ot the Constitution and amid till II In vio violation yb lation of ot sound soun economies economic This The lions bus which are Rr now urged agaInst It are arc only a repetition of ot tho Iho those l which have hlo found utterance for tor many years year Tho rho fh between tho lie parties Is IR IRr radical r and fundamental It Involves tho Ih principle of protection timid tint not simply the lie measure of the tho duties to lO b blaid he be laid laidA A revision of ot bo be m made d donly only when Condition 10 so changed that the public Interest demands their alt alteration und and timid they th should bo be so re revised revised as 1111 to It preserve and not nol destroy the protective principle A revision revl and nd reduction rl by b those who regard r the lift tariff as a IL robbery must awoken awaken serious apprehension holl lon among till all whole capital Is III employed or who art are engaged at nt labor In the tho various arlou enter enterprise prise throughout the Ihl country 1011 n 11 which depend In lii large measure upon the tho main of ot the lie protective system A re rl revision vision I lol of the tariff along revenue lines linen moans tho Increased Importation of the products of ot foreign manufacture which come into competition with our domes domestic tic production It meant means a loss lose to 10 tho the American earners anti And to Ameri Amerl American ran can capital This ThIll IK Is therefore not a theoretical question which Is III present presented ed tl to 10 them hut but Is III ono one of ot Immediate anti practical moment H Jl can ran bo ho set lel tied 1 by b them and by h them only SOME History abundantly shows that tho greatest Industrial development of the tho Country hall haa occurred during the period when the tho protective tariff has been maintained and Ind that during this thill tub time limo labor hat has received Its lis largest rewards and capital boon most profitably The tue development of the tho country dot dur during log ing the Iho last 41 years yearn Is III a complete via vin vindication of ot tho the virtue Irlue and of a II protective system Its benefits have ha teen diffused through all nil sections of the country and amid among nil alt our people U Jl titus hns enlarged our nur homo bionic market until U It has become the tho greatest in tho the world This Thill we e should not unnecessarily sur surrender surrender render Wo Ve have havo believed It Il to be a airlee wise wille national policy to preserve tho the American market markel for American producers producer ers er and to secure to our workingmen an nn Increased wage cage scale ecal In 1860 the tho value aluc of our exports and manufactures was Willi Twenty years later It Il was wall and Ind last year The Tho pretension of tics its opponents that the protective tariff Is Inconsistent with the tho extension lon of ot our foreign commerce Is III thus this dented denied by ac tic actual lual results In considering the tho effect of o the respective tariff polices of ot tho the Republican and Democratic parties we weare lire are fortunately able ablo to 10 consult past ex experience experience What a 0 revenue tariff will accomplish we know for wo we have havo huh hith hitherto erto how It Il has Lute arrested sled Industrial development and embarrassed ed enter eater price prise to the tho ho Injury of both bolh labor and capital Neither escapes Its 1111 blighting effects effect Commercial 1 reciprocity r with foreign n countries consistent with the tho of protection has long lon boon been one onn of or the he well eil recognized policies of ot tho ho Republican party Tho The present admin administration In the th face fare of ot serious Demo Democratic cratic opposition secured a n treaty of or reciprocity with Cuba utia which promises to lo give gle us its control cor of a II largo large share of tho tim commerce of that Island Roth Iloth President McKinley Mcl and nOM Roos Roosvelt velt et attempted to negotiate II a treaty of or reciprocity with Canada That sublet together with the tho Alaskan boundary find other matters wn was wall submitted to n a I Joint high commission for Cor thin lon but bul the thc differences which arose ao e be ho between b tween lie tho American and end the British l with respect to tl boundary mado It I impossible for Cor the Ihl commission to agree upon lon any of nf th Ihl the remaining subjects submitted for Its do de d determination termination Ill BOUNDARY R The Tho American commissioners desired to remit the tho boundary dispute to the Ihl two 10 governments and to proceed with the Iho consideration ron of or all al other questions Including reciprocity but the tho British loner declined to proceed fur ther while the thc lie boundary remained un tin UI determined tho time hound bound II ury ry slon was wn nod Ind the boundary lino him no tins has hlll been settled but hu no ito 10 hns has been readied reached for Cor or fur tur further ther th r consideration of ot the remaining embraced In the protocol It I Is I hoped that Ihal the tho two lo governments may In ho 0 ebb to agree In Iii duo due course cour n to 10 take tip up 11 tim tho subject of nC reciprocity with Can on nn onada ada to the principles laid down dowl form In Iii the Republican national plat piat TRUSTS The Tho platform appropriately nixes fuses nf of capital und tint labor laborn n nit the tho Ihl outgrowth of our economic de do development and MX us entitled to the tho equal Cull sund r subject to the like ro re of lt if the law In The Tho Administration has hall enforced the antItrust net tin which wits wan Wil ot or Republican origin In cases canes where have been he 11 formed in iii Mo io 10 laton of Us Its 11 provisions Th Thu law l which was regarded l as M Ineffective by hy a ft 1 Democratic administration has hM been InvoKed Ino rd ed by h the president against 1 com coin roa In restraint of wholesome commerce the tue courts iund nd it I hits has been beel uphold by II Tho The Congress last year CRr enacted a 1 law Jl to 10 expedite thin tho hearing and aLien alon of suits arising under tho the trust rust I and interstate commerce nets so J that the ends of oC Justice might not nt bo be defeated def det by b delay drill It I created the do of commerce and IUd labor with wih authority to 10 obtain necessary n c l ary with wih respect tn p the lie creation crealon I and operation of ot corporations corporation engaged In iii II Interstate commerce It I ulio ed oil th ha interstate commerce law hl no so 10 an as II effectually to lo abolish the thu Ih pernicious system HIIm of rebates under which hIl lure lunte shippers could their cOl These Then Th sea are Important practical slept sidle taken by H Republican president and ami A 11 a Republican Congress tot for the tue protection of the Ihl this the th encroachments of ot combined The Ph Democratic party has hOI luti don nothing toward safeguarding te mate male tn and restraining com coin combinations COi offer Af effected led Id for tor extortion or alIt oth other er or Improper It I propose aa nl a principal remedy tot for unjust combinations to 10 remove the Ih tariff front from trust mist little Rods gods Kol thereby Inviting the Ihl foreign to 10 occupy our home market In hi 1 an en 1 attempt In to regulate our own ova OWl In lit It I has hAn that limit the no so 1 calM called trusts trl l are lre either created or fos foi fostered Co hy h the th tariff The assumption In is fallacious Trusts are aN found In Jt free trade IrAd countries ami they control com coin commodities In this country which ore me up upon upon upon on lie tho Ihl free list Hut 1111 The Tho Republican party Is II more moro direct and rational It I does Iou not mint nl down good and ind bId bad alike It I invokes the tho lie au so authority I of or Congress antI tho the pow t of or 1 time the tl courts to 10 deal with wih specific wull ul defined combination In restraint rights fwd and Interests of the tha p people ople It ItIs I itIs Is II an as RI Insistent upon the protection of employed In wholesome ole enter enterprise Inter I Price prise as IR In itt 11 preventing Its 11 us In con COl of or the public Interests llie GOLD STANDARD The convention very er ery properly de declared It to be tho the duty dUly of ot the tho lal party to uphold the tho lie gold fUnd ld There Ther la is 1110 no more duty than lhnn to the thc stability Mla and tho ho character of ot the money of the t 1 people Their manifold exchanges should hould be he ef rt acted In II a n currency as free frIo from blent blem lab Ish as no 18 the lie th national The Re no Republican publican party part has fins his been essentially Pt nt I I tho the guardian of the lie financial credit of oC the tho country and the tho steadfast supporter slipperier of or ofa ofa a 1 sound currency It I has maintained the tho national credit and preserved the tho soundness of or our monetary system agaInst persistent stint Ild powerful op 11 position 1051 tiomi Tho Pile money mone question has seemed to be hI nettled lettel nt nl various alou times but bul the contest contes has been b 1 revived by hy the tie ene enemies nl tales mies of or sound money whenever they have havo thought that they hwy might al hl be he b site Hue 1081 Wo We o should not relax our vig vl ilance In iii upholding the Integrity of or our currency no long as all u R considerable cle clement el ment of tt our country are AlI at war with It II When Democratic call can cannot not l hope hOI to 10 wil preferment In iii n a na iou national la tonal convention without ly h their monetary views view nod whan hol Democratic national and |
