The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-03
DEMOCRATS ISSUE
CAMPAIGN BOOK
Devoted to Discussion of lmpe-
rialiSm and Trusts
CONDEMNS ARMY SYSTEM
1926 Pages Are Devoted to the Trusts
and the Tariff, Showing That
Goods Are Sold Abroad Much
Cheaper Than at Home.

Washington, September 2.-The demo-
cratic congressional campaign book
which made Its appearance today is a
volume of Ss4 pages, the major portion
Of which is devoted to the discussion OF
Imperialism and trusts, 240 pages being
given to these two topics, 115 to the for
mer. and 125 to the latter. Upon the title
page is the democratic slogan: Equal
rights to all, special privileges to none. =
The volume opens with the platform Of
1900 and the resolutions adopted by the
their conference July 10 arrnigning the
republican party for failure to give relief
to Cuba and to enact proper antitrust
legislation. Then follows an extended
criticism of the republican campaign
book many of the statements contained
therein being challenged as to accuracy,
especially those dealing with the trust
question. Under the head of Imperialism
there is long general review of the
Philippine policy under the following
heads:
Attempt to divert the ISSUE partisan
censorship. war department policy of sup
preston, farcial Investigations, war de-
partment investigation and that of the
senate contracted a courtmartial stopped
because 1t would prove too many court
martial trials a farce, cruelty committed
and encouraged, crimes of war and not
of soldiers, expansion versus Roman Inn
perialism, colonialism and trade. statistics
against Colonialism; Keep American cap
ital at home, the burdens of militarism,
Philippine venture beginning Of general
policy of Colonalism, our warlike Presi-
dent, Philippines a source of weakness,
shall we spend peoples taxes at home or
In distant lands, a government for carpet
baggers and spoliation, statehood for the
Philippines"
This review Is succeeded by chapters on
General Miles and the administration.
disgraceful record of the military au-
thorities at both ends of the line in the
Gardner case, the Smith courtmartial,
torture as a policy, review of evidence
involving the war department and GER
tain army officers in the Philippines in
violation of the laws of war, the system.
not the individual to blame:
Democracy the remedy for barbarities,
fundal ~ental objections to the Philippines
government act; slavery and polygamy
under the protection of the flag, and vice
and loathsome diseases in the Philippines,
The chapters on the tariff and trusts
are crowded with statistics and figures,
much attention being devoted to an at
tempt to show that the protected trusts
and manufacturers get the benefit of all
tariff in our markets and sell in foreign
markets at greatly reduced prices. Fac
SMILES of the export price lists are given
and comparisons are made with domestic
prices of like articles A number of big
trusts is discussed in detail to show that
they sell their products abroad much
cheaper than at home and the whole
question is summarized in a chapter on
the evidence of protected trusts.
/. Political corruption.
g Watered stock.
g. Concealment of export prices.
4. Juggled and manufactured statistics.
The records OF the two parties on the
trust question are contrasted Reciprocity
generally is denounced as a "humbug."
The remainder of the volume is devoted
to a variety of subjects, inclsding gov
eminent by injunction, the ship subsidy
bill, Chinese exclusion, foreign affairs
and the Schley case.