Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-20

assessed valuation OF the taxable prop.
etty In such municipal corporations,
am the rate u Interest charged should
not exceed the SEXUAL cot oi issuinu
me loan, and all loans should bu paid
10 the GOvUrnmBnt by the municipal
computations tCCeiviug the loanB, In nu.
nual iustallments, each inslalimnnt
MOI TO exceed four per cent OF tue tuui
lOaIui.
TARiFt.
We recogDiEs that tue government
must have revenue with which to ray
tue oxpen'es therooi,but iu Wow u tho
constant agitntiDu ui the question he.
volved Ia turitl legislation anu the
uuseltied condition ~ business brought
about by such agitation, We demand
mat COngfuss pass law providing Tor
non'pattisan tsrifi commission, on
which commission oil the laboting,
manufacturing, agricultural anI min.
INK Industries OF the country shall be
selected IRON the different states OF the
Union, whicn said commission shall
collect oil tho facts anu data ns TO the
operation OF the various laws passed on
tue subject Of tafin, and shall annually
report the same to Congress iofa ID
Information, TO the end that Congress
may have authentic knowledge 10 10
tbs operation Of sald tariff laws, 81
that the same may be from time to time
amendsd In the interest Of Justice alike
To the manufacturer, the agricu ltutisi,
tbs miner ana the American lsbofuf
10 that the protective features, N any
snail extend to tho whole body
American Industry. And VIZ demand
that all tsfin legislation be 80 framed
and enforced as 10 prevent tho lorna.
lion OF trusts anu other combinations,
which Tor their own prOiit reduced the
wages Of tho labOTer aud enhanced the
price OF the product 10 the consumer,
OTHER DEMANDS.
This proposed platform also demands
that tue government own Rud operate
the railroads, That II establish Aud
maintain schools Ia which American
youth shall be taught the science OF
railroad building, equipment aud trans
potiatioi that it own nnd operate the
telegraph and telephone systems, TO bee
part of the postal department. IL de.
mandh that tue government at once
build the Ningafh canal ana operate II;
that tbs people should have tho right,
through the initiative anu referendum,
10 declare their viii on oil questions
touching the domestic ana financial
policy OF the government anu on nil
queHtiOne pertaining 10 national and
International Improvements aud tfoa-
ties with foreign natOnt; that the
President and Vice PftHidunl be elect.
cd by the direct vote OF the whole
people, United States senators TO be-
chosen Ia the same way; that women
should have the righ. 10 vote; that
thotc should be- graduated In.
Gene tax; that land should not be
owned Tor speculative purposes, suI
that oil alions, resident anu n1u-rtsi.
dent, should be prohibited from owning |
any land la this county, aui to pre- |
vent nud destroy "laud monopoly" |
there should be- graduated land tax; |
that every enterprise OF public utilijy |
which requires lne aid Of thu sovereign |
power OF eminent domain OF taxati1E |
should be owned anu controlled by the /
government; that Congress should |
pass au effective law against foreign |
anu that such law should |
Do rigidly OF reed 20 tno exclusion Uf |
oil foreign immigration which directly |
OF Indirectly completes with the Amer.
eau laborer, aud to accomplish this
nnd per capita tax ~ favored; that
lho Monroe doctrine should 40 on.
forced. sympathy Il extended TO Cubn.
Tbs Issuance OF government bonus 10
denounced ~ uno1nstitutional In Law
and viciou, ana unjust IN morale, "a.
iotcst beading bonus should moi be-
s'uei except by act Of Congress. Op-
position To the Pacific railroad funi.
ng Oil Is expressed. ami tue demand
made that tie government proce, d 20
,niofce the collection OF all deuts,