Show TARIFF PLANKS the republican party is the party 0 of f the people it is 13 the friend of tha the farmer the mechanic the merchant and the laboring man in any and every vocation in in lifa life in 1856 the democratic party promulgate mu legated J the doctrine of free trade progressive free trade throughout the world they called it and their national convention affirmed reaffirmed re this doctrine in 1809 1860 the latter year the tariff plank of the republican platform said that while providing revenue for tha kuppart of the general government by amies upon imports bound sound policy requires such an ad of time at al to encourage the development of the industrial a du interests int rests of the whole country and we coi commend miend that policy of na dional exchanges which secures to the wor kingmen liberal wages to arri an cu culture iture remunerative prices to mechanics and manufacturers manufacturer san an adequate reward for their skill labor and enterprise and to the nation commercial prosperity proa panty and independence |