The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-10

tyrant's pleas of necessity or superior
wisdom
Imperialism.
We favor the preservation. so far as
we can, of an open door for the
worlds commerce in the Orient with
out an unnecessary ENHANCEMENT in
Oriental and European affairs, and
without arbitrary, unlimited irrespon-
sible and absolute government any
where within our jurisdiction. We
oppose, as fervently as did George
Washington, himself, an indefinite, ir-
responsible, discretionary and vague
absolutism and a policy of colonial
exploitation, no matter where or by
whom invoked or exercised; we be-
Adams, that no government has q
right TO make one set of laws for
those "at home" and another and a
different set of laws absolute in their
character, for those Gin the colonies"
All men under the American flag
are entitled to the protection of the
institutions whose emblem, the flag, is;
if they are inherently unfit for those
institutions, then they are inherently
unfit to be members of the American
body politic. Wherever there may
exist a people incapable of being gov
erned under American laws, in con-
sonance with the American Constitu-
ton of that people ought not to be
a part of the American domain.
We insist that we ought to do for
the Filipinos what we have done al
ready for the CubanS, and it is our
duty to make that promise now, and
upon suitable guarantees OF protection
TO citizens of our own and other cOun-
tries resident there at the time of our
withdrawal set the Filipino people
upon their feet, free and independent
to work out their own destiny.
The endeavor of the Secretary Of
War. by pledging the governments
endorsement for promoters" in the
Philippine Islands to make the United
States a partner in the speculative
lesiSlat ton of the archipelago, which
was only temporarily held up by the
opposition of the Democratic Senator's
in the last session, will, if successful,
lead to entanglementS from which IL
will be difficult to escape. The Dem
ocratic party has been, and will con-
tinue to be .the consistent opponent or
that class of tariff legislation by
which certain interests have been per-
mitted through Congressional favor
to draw d heavy tribute from the
American people. The monstrous
perVerson of those equal opportunities
which our political institutions were
established to secure, has caused
what may once have been infant m
dustries to become the greatest COM
binations of capital that the world
has ever known. These especial IA
vorites OF the government have.
through trust methods. been convert
ed into monopolies, thus bringing TO
an end domestic competition. which
was the only alleged check upon the
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the protective system. These indus
trial combinations, by the financial
assistance they can give now control
the policy of the Republican party.
We denounce protection as rob-
berry of the many to enrich the rev,
and we favor a tariff limited to the
needs of the government economically
administered, and SO levied as not to
discriminate against any industry.
class or section. to the end that the
burdens Of taxation shall be distri-
buted as equally as possible.
We favor q revision and gradual
reduction of the tariff by the friends
Of the masses and for the common
wealth, and not by the friends of its
abuses. it's eXtortions and its dlscrlm1-
nations. keeping in view the ultimate
ends of equality of burdens and
equality of opportunities" and the
constitutional purpose of raising a
revenue by taxation, to-wit, the sup
port of the Federal government in all
it's integrity and virility, but in SIM
plicity.
Trusts and Unlawful Combinations.
We recognize that the gigantic
trusts and combinations designed TO
enable capital to secure more than
it's just share of the joint products or
capital and labor, and which have
nndpr
Republican rule, are a menace to ben
eficial competition and an obstacle to
permanent business prosperity. "A
private monopoly is indefensibla and
intolerable.
Individual equality of opportunity
and free competition are eSsenual TO
a healthy and permanent commercial
prosperity and any trust, combination
or monopoly tending to destroy these
by controlling production, restricting
competition or fixing prices, should
be prohibited and punished by law
We especially denounce rebates and
discrimination by transportation COM
panies as the most potent agency IN
promoting and strengthening these
unlawful cOnspiracieS against trade.
We demand an enlargement or the
powers of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, to the end that the traV-
cling public and shippers OF this coun-
try may have prompt and adequate
relief from the abuses to which they
are subjected in the matter of trans
portation. We demand a strict en-
forcement of existing civil and crlml-
nal statutes against all such trusts
combination and monopolies; ana we
demand the enactment of such turthef
legislation as may be necessary 10
effectually suppress them.
Any trust or unlawful combination
engaged in interstate commerce
which is monopolizing any branch OF
business or production, should not pc
permitted to transact business out
side of the State of it's origin. When-
ever it shall be established in any
court of competent jurisdiction that
such monopoliza6on exists, such pro-
hibition should be enforced through
comprehensive laws to be enacted on
the subject.
Reclamation of Arid Lands and Do
nestle Development.
We congratulate our western clti-
zens upon the passing of the law
known as the NeWlands irrigation act
for the irrigation and reclamation OF
the arid lands of the west: a measure
framed by a Democrat, passed in the
Senate by non-partisan vote ana
passed in the House against the oppo-