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Show A GOOD POLICY TO CONTINUE. Those Baihocrats and Free Traders who would give up our present policy of protecting our own industries and building up our home market, should have their attention called as frequently as possible to the great advance which this country has made under this policy Inaugurated and maintained by the Republican party, with the exception ex-ception of only two years, during the past generation gen-eration and mdre: The United States today, with only 7 per cent- of the area, and only 5 per cent of the population of the world, owns 25 per cent of the wealth; has 23 per cent of its gold, 39 rjer cent of its railroad mileage and 42 per cent of its steel production. On the other hand, we have only 3 per cent of the world's debt, and never in time of peace has the Republican party increased in-creased our debt, but on -the contrary has constantly con-stantly reduced it; while the record of the Democratic Dem-ocratic party shows that It has even in time of peace increased our debt and thrown new burdens bur-dens upon the country to be met by future generations. gen-erations. , This Is the difference between Republicanism and Democracy, and it is for the voter to say on the 8th of next November whether we shall continue con-tinue a party which has brought the country to a leadership among the nations of the world, to a supremacy su-premacy in every line of human endeavor, to a minimum debt, with a credit which stands first among the nations of the world, or whether we Shall make another change to. Democratic control con-trol with its bond-selling and debt-Increasing habits. ' |