The Atlanta constitution., 1902-12-22
expenses In the shape of pensions.

! tax is dead beyond resurrection. The
people know better today than ever
before i'm American history that the
consumer pays the tax and the issue
that republican policy presents is that
tax shall he paid to home monopolists
for their sole enrichment. The people
need and will ultimately demand fair
trade honest competition. with the ne
cessity of paying no more profits to
home producer than TO any other
| trader
Therefore. let IL he said that the
| party should stand:
First-For tariff laws framed TO pro-
duce the needed revenues of the gov
eminent over and above internal rev.
enue receipts. The basis of the GUS
tens taxes should be for revenue and
tine taxes should be so levied as not
| 10 burden any class or industry OF cit
izens for the benefit of other classes
or industries of citizens within the ma
/ ton. Here the fundamental principle
should rule that equal citizens are en-
| titled To equal rights and taxation
| should lay upon them equal burdens
no more and no less!
The democratic party does not de-
/ mand free trade for foreigners. but
| fair trade i'm home markets. whether
the sellers be native or foreigners, Tor
! the benefit of the home consumer.
Second-The democracy should de-
msnd unrestricted trade between all
/ parts of the national domain. Tar1n
barriers bctEeen the states, territories
| or countries over which float the
! American flag tre net Understandable
/ things TO the American sense of true
nationalism and true patriotism. As
/ Porto Rico and the Philippines are ouf
| Ian is and peoples. and our flag is their
I fia.. our laws. in general way. should
/ be their laws. and freedom OF com
merce should be theirs as fully as 1t
| exists between the states and terrific
/ ries ON the home continent The plan
I that now prevails is a foreign device
and the logic that underlies II Is alien
I 10 every instinct of Americanism. We
should stand for the tearing away of
| all such barriers 10 free intercourse be-
| tween the subjects of the American
| sovereignty.
Third-As regards the trusts the
most direct way OF aifording relief 10
/ the whole body of the people al once
| i~ 10 impose the prosecution of specific
/ trust ofenses upon the civil and Grim
inal arms OF the national judiciary ana
| establish by law the policy oi putting
upun the "iree list" of the taum any
product. raw or finished. that by roa-
son of the tariff rate is made the sub
7 jCct of trust monopoly. When II IS
once certain that the formation of a
I trust 10 control a product viii lead at
orce to the rtmoval oi the taiin boun-
I Is upon its production and The open
I iur of the home market 10 the pro
ducers OF that class OF products from
anv part of the world. the trust-iormins
habit will speedily succumD TO the
Z treatment and the country al large
will again enjoy the equality of rights
and competition between individual
/ and corporate producers that makes
Tor honest prices ANA healthy trade.
+ TIE free listing OF trust monopohzed
goods is a proposition that should
. strike every patriotic consumer rs n
measure oi Justice and sell-prcsefva-
Z tiOn
The strong factor which helped the
victories won by the daU!Ocr5ts IN NO
! Ncmfer was the rrowiug knowledge OF
I the pe8ule that "the tariff is the moth
! e-of tho trusts" and that by it's terms
( those combinations are enabled 10 mo-
nopolize industries. destroy competi-
ton. beat down the prices ot Amcri-
I can raw materials enhance prices al
HEium 10 the American consumer.
and then unload surplus products upon
foreign markets n ESur that seduce
I tie foreign consumer from using the
products of his own country. when
ar American manufacture can take
+ his goods 10 Europe and undersell the
local manufacturer il is inevitable that
what he stands 20 lose ON that deal he
IS allowed by the tarl- bounty OF this
country To make up through eXtortion
practicod ON the home consumer.
This facl is so plain To the common
intelligence. and so defiant Of any ac-
centable justification. that il needs
ONLY to be pressed home on every
voter 20 arouse an Indignation that
VIII bury the system under an ava
lanche OF ballots.
The democracy must stand. there
fore. for a tariff that viii prevent
trusts and enforce fair competition In
trade
Incidental issues viii be declared
upon rs usual and in the spirit OF con
sagyatism and progress that have char
acterized the party always in dealing
with national concerns.
But with unity of purpose among
democrats in al sections OF the union
I, arcomulisn the above specific
Things. when called TO power there
should be ample fighting ground and
splendid courage Tor the democracy
in 1900.
How 10 obtain that unity Of purpose
among democrats is the condition
precedent to party success. And no
democrat should doubt for a moment
how ihat is to be had The dividing
question OF the past must be ignored.
elimination ard recriminatiOn can
never produce harmony Ia party on
earth or among angels in heaven. To
abandon efforts for things no
lcngcr available does not argue
surrender of principles or
convictions The general good should
outweigh the individual preference
where administrative policies alone
are involved Admitting that the par
a. has had divisions in the past. the
way 10 unity now is not i'm demanding
unconditional surrender 10y either Of
the sections. Ii is no more the duty OF
the one 10 fail back and eat art than
d is of the ether. Leaving ont o. the
agreement all question of the right
fulness or wrongfulncss Of past con
tcntious. let all the members of the
PARTY come 20 one heart and one mind
,,,r-, sseuac that 1ffpgf tho future and