Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-10-30

ur individuals. We thercfure de-
nounce The issuance of notes intended
To circulate as money by national
banks as in derOgatiUu OF the cnnSti-
tuition, and we demand that all paper
which is made legal tender for
public aud private debts or which Is
receivable Tor duties to the United
states snail bc Oc ISSUED 10y the guv-
eta I.aL OF Tie Unibci States an
shal Jc rcdccuable ia coin.
TARIFF.
We hold that tari1t duties should be
levie for purpose ut reNeuuc, such du
tics To bc so adjusted as TO operate
equally throughout the country aud
no disc intimate between class Ur SEE
tiuu, aud that taxation sGUuld be
limited 10y the needs Uf the govern
ment honestly aud economically adj
miuiStrated.
We denouuce as disturbing To busi-
ueSs tue Republican threat tn restore
tie Mckinley law, which has twice
been eOndenurd' by the people IN na-
tlOnal electiuus, aud which, enacted
under the false plea ~ protection TO
liuuie Industry, proved prulltc
breeder OF trusts aud mOnopulleS, en-
riciied the few by tile expense OF the
many restricted trade, and deprived
the producers of the great American
staples OF access to their natural mar
kets.
INCOME TAX.
Until the money question Is settled
we are opposed 10 any agitation for
further changes In our tariH laws, eN-
cept such as are necessary To meet the
deficit ~ revenue caused by the adj
verse decision Of the supTeuir court on
the income tax. But tor this decision
by the supreme court there would be
no deficit in the revenue under the law
passed by Democratic consleSs la
strict pursuance Of the uniform deci-
sionS of that court for 100 years, that
court having in that decision sus-
tained constitutional objections To It's
enactment which had preciOISly been
overruled by the ablest Judges who
have ever sat on the bench. We de-
clare that il Is the duty of congress 10
useall the constitutional power which
remains after that decision, or which
may come from its reversal by the
court as IL may hereafter be consti-
tuted, so that the burdens of taxation
may be equally and impartially laid,
to the end that wealth may bear its
due proportion of the eXpense OF the
government.
LABOR.
We hold that the most efficient way
of protecting American labor Is to
prevent the importation of foreign
pauper labor to compete with 1t in the
home market, and that the value OF
the home market to our American
farmers and artisans is greatly reduced
by vicious monetary system which
depresses the prices of their products
below the cost of production, and thus
deprives them of the means of pur-
chasing the products of our home
manufactures, and, as labor creates
the wealth of the country, we demand
the passage of such laws as may be
necessary to protect Tin all its rights.
We are in favor of the arbitration
of differences between employers en-
gagged In interstare commerce and
their employees, and recommend such
legislation as is necessary to carry out
this principle.
The absorption of wealth by the
| few, the consolidation OF our leading
railroad systems, and the formation
of trust and pools require a sticter
control by the federal government OF
those arteries of commerce. We de-
mand the enlargement Of the powers
of the interstate commerce commiss-
| ion and such and such restrictions and
and guarantees in in the control OF
railroads as will protect the people
from robbery and oppression,
TAXATION.
We denounce the profiigate waste
of the money wrung from the people
by oppressive taxation and the lavish
appropriations of recent Republican
congresses, which have kept taxes
high while the labor that pays them
is unemployed, and the products OF
the peoples. toll are depressed in price
till they no longer repay the cost OF
production.
We demand a return to that sim
plicity and ecohOmy which benefits a
Democratic government and reduce
tion in the number of useless offices,
the salaries of which drain the sub
stance of the people.
FEDERAL INTERFERENCE.
1--WE denounce arbitrary interferences
by federal authorities In local affairs
as a violation of the constitution OF
the United States and crime against