The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-03
TRUSTS FIRST TREAIE
imperialism Occupies NJ
Space than Any Other lssl
The Reciprocity "Humbug1 co1n9
in for Acknowledgements Dloun
Aimed at the Republican \
Tariff System.

Washington. Sept. 2.--(speciai. )--xA4
Democratic Congressional COMMITTEES l.
busily engaged today in distributing -
first copies of the Democratic campexGu
book for 1902. which has just been ~
ceived from the printers. Adv2nce
copies of the book have been avallable -
several days past and all Democrats WHO
have read it seem to be throughly well
satisfied. The Republicans admit thax
1t contains much matter which they VI.
experience great difficuity in counteraof~
ing. and still other points which are On
solutely unanswerabIe. On the whole
the opinion Ia that the book may be uned
to great advantage during the coming
campaign and that 1t reflects much credit
on its authors and compilers. u
The volume is paper bound and contains
sS4 pages of we'll written and well -
ranged matter. AS has been generally
understood for some time past. It IL prin
cipally devoted to the presentations ox
facts and arguments regarding the SUBJ
ject Of the tariff and trusts and Of inn
perialism.
TRUSTS Elrst treated.
The latter subject comes FIRST 50 far ~
its position in the book 10 concerned. but
rather more prominence is given the mat
ter of the administrations Philippines
policy and its position toward Cuba.
The Democratic platform OF 1900 II
printed In full, as are the resolutions
adopted by the Democratic members ok
the House at the conferences held 1a9k.
June. Certain planks of the Republican
platform of 1860 are also given.
A complete chapter Is devoted to =
criticism of the Republican text hack
which. as Is well known by anyoAe WAS
| has perused that volume, Is certainly
| open to criticisms. The various points
made in this chapter have already been
set forth at some length In the Demo
cratic press of the country.
Under the head of imperialism the fol-
lowing subjects are touched on: General
review of the Philippine policy; state
| ment of the Democratic position on the
Philippine question:: history of the war
in the Philippines: Gardener cases the
Smith courtmartial: torture as poIfcys
our Macabebe troops; protests from dis
| gusted Republicans; shifting the white
| mans burden; vice and loathsome dis
eases inflicted on the Philippine islands
by q monarchical policy; chattei slavery
and polygamy under the protection Of
the United States nag.
The subjects touched on in the section
on tariff and trusts are as follows: pfmx
ocratic policy on reciprocity with CnbaS
reciI rocity humbug: the worlds sugar
problem: export price-list of articles sold
cheaper for export than for home CON
sumption; corrupt legislation and Jug
eled statistics; men on the free list; rec
ord of the two parties on trusts: rail-
r. ad combinations; list of corporats
trusts; the steel trust; the wire rope
trust; the steel and wire trust; the borax
I; uet; the window glass trust: the plate
glass trust: the lead trust; table OF prices
frcm 1895 to 1902.
Section on Labor.
The section on labor is divided as fol-
lows: labor legislation; Chinese exclusion;
government by Injunction; immigration
End labor.
The subject of subsidies Is thoroughly
gene into, the following subjects being
hsrdled: Ship subsidy bill and history
of pending legislation; subsidies the cii-
max of protective superstition; subsidy
pretensions.
Under the head of foreign affairs, the
South African Republics and the attitude
of the United States toward the Beers.
the Alaskan boundary matter, and the
position of the administration toward
Cuba are the subjects touched on. The
decline of popular government. so far as
the House Of Representatives is concerns
ed, the rule of the triumvirate in the
House. and the Reed rules. form another
interesting section. Under the head of
scandals of the administration. reference
is made to the matter of the public funds
squandered in Cuba, the frauds in the
army transport service, the Schley case
and the case of Miss Rebecca Taylor.
The closing chapters are devoted to q
-
dunn, wages and prices and to series
of statistics on interesting subjects