Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-10
urnf Observation-Disclosures anua, Frida 0rtnhrr TO- 1902

| development has been so rapid and St
i general that competition. abundant ant
reflective, has kept American prices at &
! fair level But those days have passed
I possibly forever, and l speak but the
4 sober truth when / say that now, With
/ 4 full demand at home, the producer
| can, and does, use excessive duties as q
\ weapon TO enforce more than rea-
4 sonable price for the thing he produces
! Protection will stand as a shield fol
/ honest labor and a mine for Lawful
profit, but it shall not be used as 8
| sword for Industrial piracy or as a mint
/ tor Illegal gain. Let no man reproauf
j the republican party for not sooner
1 turning its attention to notifications OF
The tariff. The changes have become
necessary thru commercial revolutions
(which have arisen with a rapidity SC
astonishing that the most deliberate
/ reflection and Investigation have been
1 required. II is of the highest impor-
/ lance, too that Whatever is done shall
/ be done after widest discussion, for IL is
/ the very essence of institutions that
every great measure shall be tried IN
4 the crucible of debate before ii is ap-
1 piled to the business which involves The
| welfare of millions of our populate
/. On the one hand have little patience
/ With the suggestion that a free inter-
| change OF views among republicans up
on this fundamental topic, with the
! probability of resulting changes in the
ftariff schedules, Will frighten capital
or tend to destroy the confidence of the
master minds who conduct the indus
! trial affairs of the nation They know,
and we all know. that no harm can
Ifcome to any legitimate undertaking.
| thru any REIMBURSEMENT of tariff sched-
ules made by a republican congress and
approved by republican president.
| The men of capital the protected pro-
ducers of the country, can have just
one thing to fear. and they know II bet
ter than any of their fellow men. IT is
the supremacy of the democratic party.
With its free silver and free trade, With
Its narrow views and weak execution of
the powers of government. Depend up
on it that capital will not imperil it's
iightful interest because it is asked to
surrender its usury.
We know, and they know, that the
orly danger of Democratic success lies
do its duty boldly and fearIessly as in
the past it always has done. We must
do RIGHT first, because it is right: sec
ond, if other motive can be considered
because it is the only way to hold the
confidence Of the peoplc and prevent
the calamity which democratic victory
invariahly brings.
Iowa Wants Reciprocity.
After hearing what l have, already
read, you can not doubt that We are
for reciprocity. Ii what we have said
nsAanyth;ng it means that some or
all of our reciprocal treaties that are
now before the senate Of the United
States, which have been negotiated
with infinite patience and consumate
ability, should be ratified. 1t means
that we think there are opportunities
to increase our exports, even beyond
the magnificent volume to which they
have already attained
Ii means to me that if there are GER
tain parts Of our country which can
get coal from Nova Scotia with which
to build up their tagging factories,
cheaper than they can get it eisaw here,
that reciprocal treaty should be made
that would give il to them; and that if
they can get iron ore from the don1in-
ion of Canada, in the manufacture of
which thousands Of American Iaborers
can be employed, and can not get it
with equal facility from the territory
of the United States, that a reciproca
treaty should give it to them without
duty. TO sum it all up, the republicans
of Iowa believe in the reciprocity for
which Blaine fought, and the reciproc-
ity whose glowing advantages were yet
trembling upon the lips Of Mckinley
when sae fell under the hand OF an as
sassin.s We are not for the idle drea m
of reciprocity, which takes everything
and gives nothing. Reciprocity is
bargain, and It is absurd to assume that
the countries with which we must trade
arc either prainless or benevolent.
Some timid souls sdeprecate any sug-
gestion thatindicates difference of opin-
ion in our. ranks. Their fears are
groundess. Sincere and temperate dis
cussion of varying views should be
neither avoided nor discouraged. The
members of the republican party are as
courageous AS they are Intelligent and
they can and will hold conferences
among themselves without giving either
aid or comfort to the couinnn-Aaaa1lly.
] read again from tlll xass
I'VE assert the sovereignty sof the
people over all corporations and ag-5
gregations of capital, and the right of
the people to enforce such regu.a
tions, restrictions or prohibitions unon
corporate management as will pro-
'"tect individuals and society from the
abuse of power which great combi-
nations of capital WELD We corr
.dially endorse the position of Fresi-
dent Roosevelt in appealing to the
courts to secure regulations that will
control great combinations Of capital
which prevent competition and con-
"trol the industries Of the people with
"out legal sanction or public approval.
I'VE favor such amendments to the in
fully carry out it's prohibition of dis
termination in rate making, and any
modification of the tariff schedules
that may be required to prevent their
"affording shelter to monopoly"
No Fear of Democratic Ground
Gerstand IT, has excited comment thru
out the. length and breadth of the conn
try. This phrase seems to me, not only
SO plain and clear that it is incapable
of being misunderstood, but also the
statement of self-evident truth in
policy. 1t has been ac
cepted in some quarters as an asser
tim Inv fha ,anlrb1jcanS of iowa that