Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-10-25

What Democracy Repre-
SentS and Opposes.

With the Tariff and Trust questions
as the issues of this campaign, and with
a consistent record for honest opposition
to Trust. breeding, monopoly shelter.
ing tariff, and to the great Trust evil
which is becoming such serious men,
ace to the welfare of this government
and its people, the Democratic party is
ready to rest its case and let it go before
the great jury of American voters for
their verdict. 1t only asks that that
verdict be the result of deliberate and
unbiased judgement and that it be in
accordance with the facts and evidence
which has been submitted through the
press and from the hustings. 1t asks the
jury to rememer that Democracy is op-
posed to the Dingley tariff for the follow
ing reasons:
l. Because, according to indisputable
testimony, it enables American manu-
factures to compel American consumers
to pay more for their products than
they charge European and other foreign
consumers for the same products.
2. Because it has been demonstrated
that the tariff DOES foster Trusts. and
that it protects them IN their outrages
upon the people.
3. Because the primary object of a
protective tariff is to enable the manu-.
facturer to charge the consumer more
for his goods than that consumer would
otherwise have to pay. which is an in
justice.
4. Because it taxes the masses in or
der to enrich favored few, making
those few immoderately rich at the ex.
pense of the very people they afterwards
oppress.
5. Because. while protesting to be for
the benefit of, and in the interest of Ia
Dor, in reality it does nothing but build
up great fortunes which are afterward
inimical to all the interests of labor, as
the tyrannical Coal Trust, for instance.
6. Because it is discriminating, and
lends the governmental machine to the
rich and expressing Trusts in order that
they may be sheltered in their unholy
purpose of sitting competition, and
forcing the consumer to pay the prices
they in their greed and avarice may see
fit to name.
Z. Because its author himself said
that they had purposely made it too
high.
s. Because when the Republican Text
Books boasts that we are competing with
the world in the open markets of the
world. it leaves not solitary sane reason
why it should be continued
g. Because it violates that great and
just principle which would give every
man an equal chance to earn compe-
tence and an equal right to live
10. Because it is unfair, unjust and
undemocratic.
And it asks the jury to remember that
Democracy's grounds for opposition to
Trusts are:
/. Because they are dangerous to the
welfare and well being of the people and
of the government.
2. Because they are arrogant and
overbearing and crush out legitimate in.
dustry and competition. gobbling up
everything IN sight for themselves.
3. Because they combine and conspire
to cheat labor out of it's just earnings,
and to defraud it out of its lawful rights
They are beneficiaries of the tariff rath.
er than the men who work for them.
4. Because they first throttle compe.
tition and then charge exorbitant prices
for their products.
5. Because they add to the already
almost intolerable burdens of the poor.
6. Because they corrupt legislatures,
buy themselves or their creatures into
power and carry out their unworthy
ends at any cost
z. Because they are against the peo-
pie and against the right.
s. Because they are in close alliance
with the leaders of the Republican par
ty, whice helps them on the "you- tickle
me.and I'll-tickle you" plan.
9. Because the Trusts are against the
Democratic party.
In these premises Democracy is one
with the people of this country, and up
on them it confidently awaits their yer.
dict.