The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-03
TIE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Dlnoleyism in Iowa.

After struggling with the Iowa idea and with the campaign subscription list and with plutocracy in general Senator Alison and the other leaders of the republican party have brought forth the finest straddle of the period, as follows:
 Tariff rates enacted to carry this pol icy Into effect should be just, fair and im- partial, equally opposed to foreign con trol and domestic monopoly, to sectional discrimination and individual favoritism' and must from time to time be changed to meet the varying conditions incident to the progress of our industries and their changing relations in our foreign and do- nestle commerce Duties that are too low should be increased and duties that are too high should be reduced.
 We indorse the policy of reciprocity 'as the natural complement of protection. Reciprocity between nations is trade for mutual advantage and both sides must give and take; protection builds up domes- tic industry and trade and secures our own markets for ourselves; reciprocity builds up foreign trade and finds an outlet for our surplus.
 ''We approve the treaty with Cuba re- cently ratified as conferring substantial benefits upon both countries, and urge that the remaining steps necessary to make it effective be promptly taken.
 "We believe that the large corporations commonly called ';S.stsia should be so reg u1atad and supervised both in their organ ization and operation that their evil ten aencies may be checked and their evil practices prevented. In many instances they are efficient industrial instruments and the natural outcome of the inevitable process of economic evolution. We do not desire their destruction, but insist that they shall be regulated and controlled as to prevent monopoly and promote competi- ton and in the fullest measure subserve and advance the public good"
 As a straddle this readily eclipses all former achievements of the republi- can politicians. It is both anti-tariff and pro-tariff, antitrust and pro-trust. There is not a particle of difference in the makeup of the mixture It is xactly and mathematically half and half. Duties that are too low are bal anced against those that are too high, although as a mere matter of fact there are none of the former. There
  are good trusts and bad trusts. The Allison platform desires that all should be preserved There are more of the former although tho Allison docu- ment asserts the contrary, and 1t ex- pressly desires the retention of all, good or bad It wants all trusts re- tained with some mild regulation thrown in, and the trust plank, like the tariff plank, will prove satisfac- tory to tho entire priviledged and sub scription paying class, but whether the Iowa consumers will swallow 1t and be satisfied Is quite another matter.
 It seems to De unueIslOou lndI lHv Iowa tariff-trust plank, devised by the Allisons of the party. is to be adopted by future state republican conventions, and it is to be inserted in the national l..renablica5 platform. It is character istic of the party, It is an attempt to mislead the consumers without harm ing or alarming the priviledged bepeh- carries of republican policy a particle.