Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-30

forces laws already made. Liberty
Will not be safe until the federal
court is made to understand that they
dare not do away with the executive
branch OF the government
The democratic party opposes
government by injunction. But demo
crafts nor wage workers do not take
the position that it should be done
away with entirely. They realize that
1t has proper place and the only
remedy Is for congress to enact a law.
democracy is on record against it.
Republicans have never said anything
ABOUT 1t. either in their platform or in
congress. The republicans do not see
nj TO say they are opposed to govern
ment by injunction. They have been
in control since 1900 and if opposed to
government by injunction why don't
they grant relief?
The Tariff.
"The tariff has been discussed
long time. The question, no doubt you
understand as well as or better than
|. You mn doubt know who the rebub-
licans defend the tariff as a means of
raising revenue The democrats favor
tariff for revenue only. The republi.
cans defend the tariff as protection
for infant industries. We differ in this
issue. We find that the industries they
nave been protecting need no protec-
ton. They have grown into gigantic
trusts. The infant has been growing
until it wears dads shoes and has
Kicked him off the farm 1t is time
to protect dad rather than the infant.
Trusts.
The question of trusts is the all i'm
portant one in this campaign and is
linked with the tariff issue The dem
ocrats always claimed that the tariff
has fostered monopoly They claim
that corporations need no protection
in the way of tariff that they can
take care of themselves without the
tariff. l am glad to note that some
republicans have said that it is wrong
to have tariff that shelters monopoly.
A majority of Iowa republicans say So
We find that while the state plat
form was adopted with this plank yet
many leading republicans are fighting
| 1t. The tariff does shelter monopoly
But leading republicans say, 'protec-
ton has nothing to do with the trusts
say that trusts exist there This does
not prove that the democrats are
| wrong. And why? If it is true that
trusts live in free trade countries and
don't need protection, and that trusts
here can compete with free trade
countries with free trade trusts, we
don't need protection.
The republican party says the tar
| iff protects the American laborer.
AS one laborer l deny the statement.
Tariff does not protect the American
workingman. They say it prote. IS
him against the pauper labor of Eu-
rope. But some who get high protec-
ton ship in pauper labor
Why fight against measures re-
! stricting emigration while republicans
get protection to protect Americans
against pauper labor and then go and
| get pauper labor to compete with
American labor.
IF he will work for small wages in
Europe that's the reason why they
bring him here and tariff that brings
pauper labor here and keeps his pro-
duct out, is the protection that does
not protect.
Secretary Shaw says that some tar
lift is too high, but says that we must
not change it or the captains of indus
TRY will pull down the country. A
great admission. Why admit the allie
cation that the trusts control the re-
publican party? We find other promi-
Inent republicans making the same
statement. They say the tariff must
Ibe revised by it's friends. We might
as well expect twelve horse thieves to
convict horse thief.
"The Iowa republican platform
stirred up a hornets nest throughout
the country. While the democrats and
the republican governor of Iowa are
declaring against high tariff We find
the autocratic speaker of the house
/ resigning because he favors high
tariff. With Cummins on one side;
with Henderson resigning; with Major
] Lacey known to favor the views OF
Henderson, but still runs; with Shaw
and Root differing, the voter would be
justified in asking, Where are we
at in the sixth district?'
The voters of the sixth district
who are in favor of shelter plank if
they want their views respected at
| Washington and a congressman agree
ling with them all will be compelled
to vote for the democratic ticket this
fall. Lacey is like Henderson In his
views. But he is standing on the plat
form that Henderson would not run on
I'VE are informed by republicans
that while five per cent of the trusts
are bad ninety-five per cent are good
Which are bad? The democratic party
believes that they are all bad, but
some of them worse than others. II
five per cent are bad, would suggest
that some strenuous gentleman might
point them out SO that Roosevelt anG
Knox might take action against them
But we find that while five per cent
are bad, no one in the republican camp
will volunteer to point them out
u Democrats believe that after cleo
i ton We might learn which are bad
\ We won't learn before. There is only
one kind of trust in the eyes of the
republican which is bad. They CAM
determine which until they call fol
a campaign contribution. You can RES
assured that the republicans will bus
. the trusts that don't contribute. They
believe in reciprocity between the re
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