Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-23

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can workingman has always peen,. anu
is now, fundamental principle OF our
I organization. 1T must not De assumed
that because the Iowa platform oil l9ol
suggests modification of the duties up
on imports, that we yield Ealr
breadth in our adherence to the primer
PIE which has inspired the tarlft laws Oh
which the republican party is the au-
s thor. The central thought OF all tariir
legislation enacted by republican con-
crosses, and approved by republican
presidents. has been to preserve the
american manufacturer, farmer ana az
tisan from destructive and prohibitiVe
competition: that Is TO say, to enaoie
the American producer TO open UP ana
, develop the bountifui resources of ms
own country, to pay his employees sooo
wages and to sell his product as iaif
the principle and enthusiasm for IT'S en-
suits nave rather increased than dlInih-
lshea win the process oil tiine' LOT
4 nriniy believe that the United STATS,
Mi.hout the pehefclent procession "iiich
tr'o,ic WISDOM OF wing, ana atterwara
4 fepuoilcan' statesnansh'p' woulu De
.ahs uishins IN opscura.s instead OF sl.-
4 ing ~. PROUD ,oiseincsioh at ehe very
A n . Oh the taoie around Which gamers
.he council VI ha'io'iSs. =. il'use ne ie-
inelhpetea, however that tue spirit Oh
ehose Jaws was 10 pui,a up me people ol
our own county anu "iieh ever liies
can pe inoaiileu or apfosatea 70 ehe az
au.ase VI ou' y" ~ =. YOU may
Wen expect ehe repuoiicaii party 70 als-
sefH tue oppor.u'''ts ana 10 meet Win
Aeeh il,.eies. Tue new eollultiohs. ~ :
sorisct.s unoerstaiio .lle temper u ehe
s.s eoiiN eil..ot' eio .ns sie"s
u tle eminent Iep..p'ieahs WHO COLT
poaeu lne eoii''iite.ee w iesoiusions, .ne
paias u our Pa lioiili Mi.ieil I'd e
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.hal' i''ouii,caeiol u 'iie ,afill ~ piopei
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VI Tue most stiihins esiuehees " iiiou-
erh lhcustrial me is .he teNaehcy 10
"aru co.lioit'atloh. me .enaehey 10
iiot pecuiiar 10 ehe hialuiactuIeis any
eap'taiis,s Oh tue y hlteo otases ior ~
has traceu its iiAes Win ciea ' sis int
ness IN an tHe misunderstanding lts NATIONS "
EUROPE. Wltnin cert ti. lil'its. winch
no man can accutateiy oei!he, put when
VIII ne UNDERSTOOD Wnen say "ithln
the ziiinits OF economy IN production anu
dis tripution. concentration Is not oniS
natural out healh1ul, Tor II eliectiVe
competition remains. the wages OF Inc
iaporer VIII De increased the proht Oh
capital VIII not pc diminished ana the
consumer VIII pay less Tor the proauct.
When, however, a combination attempts
or attains practical monopoly IN the
field embraced and uses or intends to
use the unlawful and destructive power
thus acquired to arbitrarily fix the
price of Its products. 1t becomes the en-
envy OF good government imperiis the
peace and good order of society, and IN
fiic,s upon the people an Injustice
against which they ought to, and VIII
rebel. 1t does not seem to me either
wise or logical IN order to meet this evil
to put Unfortunately every article
4 which may be produced by such coni-
binatlon upon the free list, for in so
doing we would annihilate many an
honest business. irnpoverish thousands
4 of honest manufacturers and cast into
\ idleness an army of our best working
men. II, however, congress, In looking
over the field, finds a commodity or
4 product which is thus clearly monopo-
lied, and finds that the tarin which
prevents foreign competition is enc OF
the factors which enables the vicious
tninnufacturer to maintain the monopo-
~. then II Is the command OF 1ne iowa
j PLATFORM, expressing as nelieVe II aces
the unanimous Judgment OF iowa re-
pupiicans, that the tarlIi upon sueil an
article or such commonly snaii ne sc
i reduced or aoohshea az 10 release ehe
american PUBIC from the grasp u .ie
4 greedy producer.
would not nave you pelieVes that !
A regard the revision sot the tariiI as
remedy Ior the evll OF the trust. = shall
not De aple upon thls occasion 70 eN. -
anime the various propesNions Wh!ch
A nave been supHltteu, looking &c tle
4 subyersion or VICIOUS COMBINATIONS.
can only pause TO suggest that ~ they
i are destroyed tney must pc oirecl.y, n nov
Indirectly. attacked. Inc keenest. lntelli-
gence and the finest courage OF the lana
are increasingly at work upon the PROB.
lem and failure is Impossible.
To, the question OF taxation, Mr.. Cum
minis devoted considerable time, and
made his position plain. He said In
part:
II would, however, regard my duty
/ as but partially performed Il left you
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