The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-20


unsoundness of the whole Republican +,
position in the subject of tariffs"
Proceeding on this topic, he said:
"The whole Government favoritism
whereby the constitutional power to tax
for the purpose of providing revenue for
the needs of the Federal Treasury. is
improperly used to build up one mans
business at the expense of another's, by
discriminating in favor of one industry
as against another-is a vicious system
which has long afflicted the country. and
which has grown more and more intol-
cradle with years and against whichh the
Democracy has ever protested.
1T is not believed that it is the prov
ince of the Democrats in Congress to as
sist in the consummation of any such in
adequate and questionable schome.
LET the injustice be wholly or sub
stantially righted, not by piecemeal
legislation, but by complete and com
prehensive measure based upon sound
Democratic principles and along right
lines.
"A reciprocity measure is a misnomer
which does not contemplate at least fifty
persent reduction of the existing tariff
burdens. When the people of Cuba are
asking for bread we should not offer
them a stone."
Mr.. Hill asserted that the logic of
events had demonstrated the soundness
of many Democratic contentious of re-
cent years. He recalled that portion of
the Kansas City platform, which con-
demned the Dingley law as a trust
breeding and said that this measure. had
not only succeeded in creating more
trusts than ever before in the history of
the country, but it has also succeeded in
sitting competition to gerater extent
than was ever known. He declared
further that it had succeeded in un-
necessarily raising the cost of living and
had caused more strikes on the part of
the working men than at any period in
our histories.
PLAYING WITH THE PRESS.
THAT there has existed for some time
a popular sentiment demanding relief in
some form trust extractions is quite APP
parent. Acting upon the assumptation
that the threats should be prosecuted by
their friends and not their enemies, the
national administration was at last con-
strained to institute some evil suits to
test the efficacy of the Sherman act
What has been the net result a few tenn
porary injunctions have been obtained
with the tacit consent of the truck them
selves, or at least with little or no op-
position, which in general terms restrain
the trust from violating the sherman act
| (Which they expressly deny that have
violated, or are now violating, and lit
tie or nothing else has been accomplish
de, and the courts will soon adjourn or
nothing else has been accomplished, and
the courts will soon adjourn for the
summer. The business is continued and
prices remain the same. 1t is a suffi-
cient commentary upon the whole pro
| ceedings to say that no criminal prose-
cution has been instituted, non arrest
has been made and no Indictment found
anywhere.
What the people want is immediate
relief from the present high prices ex-
torted from them. That relief can be
obtained by the application of a speedy
and etfectual remedy in the repeal of all
tariff duties upon productions controlled
by the trusts"
1T has unreasonably increased public
| taxation for the benefit of private in
terests," he continued. "And, finally. it
has promoted dangerous speculation to
an extent of which the boldest business
gambler never dreamed whereby millions,
| of worthless stocks have been unloaded
upon deceived public, upon the promise
and examination of dividends which can
not be earned and can never be realized.
creating an alleged prosperity which
might necessarily be false and fictitious:
and when the bubble bursts-as ere long
| it surely must-it will inevitably bring
disaster to the business community, and
the public will have learned to their
! sorrow that lesson of political economy.
which teaches that a people can never
become right by simply taxing them
selves"
DEMOCRATIC UNITY.
Upon the subject of Democratic unity,
| he said:
There is substantial accord among the
Democrats of the country upon all the
timely issues which are now engrossing
public attention
We are all united in favor of the
preservation of constitutional libertv
wherever our flag floats. We are on
posed to the permanent policy of this
Government to the maintenance of de-
pendent OF colonies to be governed out
side of the pale of the constitution.
We are all agreed that the civil should
always be superior to the military pow
er.
We all concur in the principle that
public taxation should be imposed for
public purposes only.
We all favor freedom of commerce
and therefore favor genuine reciprocity
with foreign nations but are all opposed
to sham republican reciprocity which is
only another name for republican hypoc-
riSy.
"There is no division of sentiment in
our opposition to dangerous corporate
commission of capital which create mo-
nopolies, stifle competition and unrea-
sonably enhance prices of the necessa-
ries OF life.
1--WE all stand for free trade in all arti
cles controlled by the trusts
''We all desire justice for Cuba and
justice to the consumers of the United
States also
"NVa all aybaro To ~.