Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-17
nopolies in defiance Of law and pub

1 nopolies in defiance Of law and pub
| lie sentiment
We insist that the integrity of the
money of the nation be guarded with
Jealous care and demand that 1t shall
be sufficient in volume to meet the
needs of the business interests of the
country, and that it shall be safeguard
ed by careful legislation, so as to
prevent the gamblers of Wall street
| from cornering the money market
thus intlicting untold Injury upon the
smaller business men, the farmers and
the laborers of the land
We point with pride to the one hun
dredth anniversary of the achieve
ments of that great diplomat and DEM
ocratic statesman Thomas Jefferson,
under whose administration the Louis
lana territory, Of which Iowa was
part, was secured from foreign pow
er in peaceful and civilized way,
without the loss of life, yet with the
consent of the governed.
In the great exposition to be held
in ST. Louis in 1904, to properly COM
memorate this event, the people or
| Iowa should take prominent part
and make creditable exhibit of the
products of the soil and the work of
| the crafts.
We deplore the corrupt condition
| of the government service ,r the pos
office department and demand thor.
ough investigation of that and other
| departments by congressional COM
mittee, publicity as to such conditions
and punishment of all wrongdoers.
AS the most alarming features cf
our present conditions are the evils
which come from trusts and as these
evils are made possible by privileges
and by monopoly of original sources
of supply of natural products, there
fore to the end that the evils connect
ed with the growth of trusts may be
eliminated we call for the removal of
the tariff from all trust goods and de-
mand that all tariff schedules be adj
justed with view to raising revenue
only.
We ask for such changes in our
| laws statutory or constitutional as will
| limit the charges by railroads to such
an amount as will yield only a reason
able return on the capital actually in
! vested and will render it impossible
| for transportation favors to be granted
to any one and such as will make GER
tain that all railway companies Will
be treated alike, such statutes to pro-
vide penalties that will be effectual
to secure a compliance with them.
When the sources of supply of any
product are in the ownership of those
who combine to extort from tine pee
pie an unreasonable amount for such
products then we believe it is the
duty of the government to take such
steps as may be necessary to secure
an equitable distribution thereof, with
| fair compensation to the owners of
| the same, and so that the design of
nature in making provisions for the
wants of man may not be perverted
into means for his oppression
The fundamental principle of demo
crazy, equal rights to all and special
privileges to none" applies IN fuil
force to the subjects of taxation. The
democratic party believes that the
burden of taxation should be borne
equally by all taxable property and
pledge our members of the general
assembly to formulate and urge the
adoption of such laws as will compel
the burdens of taxation to rest on cor
poratfon and individual property alike
without favor to or exemption to any
interest.