Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-31

10 illustrate, the removal OF the tariff
on cattle if it had any effect would
help, not hurt the beef trust, by simp-
ly enabling it to buy cattle cheaper to
the detriment of the American farmer,
but would not necessarily in any way
relieve the people from oppression, be-
cause the chief complaint against the
trust evil rests upon the contention
that it can and does by its power hold
the price of what it sells out of due re-
latlon to the cost OF production.
When a trust has so far developed
It's industry as to be able to compete
in the market places of the world, and
when its domestic competitors have
not so far developed their business as
to be able to SO compete, removal of
the tariff would destroy not the trust
but the competitors of the trust, and
thus make the monopoly complete.
Where a trust controls the produc-
ton of an article here and the foreign
production of the same article is con-
trolled by another trust, the removal of
the tariff would serve not to release
our people from the clutches of a
trust, but to simply transfer them
from the clutches of domestic trust
compelled by tariff law to produce its
| goods here with domestic labor to the
clutches of a foreign trust that would
| produce its goods abroad with foreign
labor.
(, If these three propositions are cor
rect it appears that the proposed plan
is on a par with the wisdom of demo-
lcratic craftsmanship generally, and
that the democratic party would if it
had the power injure perhaps inciden-
tally some of the trusts, at the same
time fatten others by increasing their
already unjust profits, rob the Ameri-
can laboring man of that work which
is justly his and bring about another
starving time.
Republican Policy.
THE republican policy is far differ
ent. 1t will thoroughly test the exist
ing laws in the courts and if it is found
that they are in any way deficient will
cause them to be amended and
strengthened so far as congress has
constitutional power to do SO. We
have seen the great courageous and
honest man, who now occupies the
White House attack the Northern Sc.
curities Co. and the beef trust under
the law as it is, and it will require
something more than the baseless in,
situations of democratic statesmen to
convince the American people that the
fight thus instituted is not battle to
the death. The republican party will
1 fearlessly use every means in its
power to reach this great evil and
where notifications of the tariff
would be useful to that end, without
serious injury to the laborers of this
country, will not hesitate to resort
thereto. 1t may as well be understood
however, that the republican party
will neither consent to abandon its
cardinal doctrine of protection nor TIC
the oppression of the people by the
trusts. It's cry is not for commercial
freedom at the expense of prosperity
7 but commercial freedom and prosper
4 ity.
Demanded Freedom of Cuba.
: Hardly was the republican party
: safely returned to power when the de
. mand for the freedom of Cuba became
! almost UNIVERSAL and to that end wa
l, was undertaken with Spain, with lit
1 1 tie foreknowledge of the great prob
4 lens that were to arise out of tina
4 war to veX us long after the purpost
Z of the war was accomplished. Witt
I doubts in the minds OF many as tt
. the wisdom of the pledges made w,
sacredly kept the faith with the Gu
ban people, and on the Goth day of las
May the flag Of free Cuba was every
/. where raised in the island, and th,
, Cuban republic took it's place anon,
. the nations of the earth. AS she ha
= been the recipient of our boundles
r bounty in our treasure and in gu
\ blood, so she will always have on
cordial good will, and we trust tina
a she will demonstrate to the world tn
h capacity of her race to long maintain
e genuine republic, based upon the will
S of the people, governed and controlle,
c by law.
a Results of the War.
S "Out of the war with Spain we cam
i into possession of Porto Rico and tn
l. Philippines. The former gladly ac
S cepted our form of government and j
e already enjoying large measure O
J. benefit The development that is Their
d going on can be no better illustrate
/ than by saying that in March,, 1896
j there We're between 10000 and 27,O0
It scholars in the schools and there ar
# now $4,000. The doubling of schoc
e attendance in three years marks tn
e progress being made in Ameriganizin
r the island, for there is nothing that S
2, tends to that end as the America
: school house and the American teach
e er.
# Philippine Question.
Il SIN the Philippines we were not s
e generously welcomed. An insurrectio
against US broke out before our It'll
u was perfected by treaty. The treat
y with Spain was ratified by Democrat
, and republican votes and the title c
! Spain passed to the United States. N
. republican president would orde
= American soldiers to retreat before tn
- onslaught of the semi-civilized an
- treacherous foes that were in arm
:, against us in the islands. and the wa
Il went on amidst difficulties greater
many respects than ever confronte
American soldiers except perchapc
d in some of the Indian wars. Faced b
II foes that buried captives alive an
d mutilated the living and the dead, on