Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-04
intended they should have, and to which
they have no moral right.


intended they should have, and to which
they have no moral right.
Even now the argument most fire.
quently urged in behalf of the Dingley
tariff, and against tariff reform gen.
orally, is the necessity of caring for our
infant industries. Many of these In
dustries, after a hundred years Of lusty
growth, are looming up as industrial
giants. In their case, at least, the Ding
ley tarih invites combination and mo-
nopoly, and gives justification to the
expression that the tariff is the mother
Of trusts.
For the aforementioned reasons,
among many others, the people demand
reform of these abuses, and such reform
demands and should receive immediate
attention.
In the words Of our platform we de-
mand "a revision and gradual reduce
ton OF the tariff by the friends Of the
masses, and for the common veal, and
not by the friends of its abuses, its ex-
tortlons and determinations"
| Trust Remedies.
| l pointed out in my earlier Response
the remedy which, in my Judgment.
can effectually be applied against
monopolies, and the assurance was
then given that If existing laws. in
GLIDING both statute and common law.
proved inadequate, contrary to my ex-
pectations. l favor such further legis-
lation, within constitutional limita.
tions, as will best promote and safe
guard the interests of all the people.
whether there is any common law
which can be applied and enforced by
the federal courts, cannot be deter
mined by the president, or by q candi-
date for the presidency.
The determination Of this question
was left by the people in framing
the constitution, to the judiciary and
not to the executive. The supreme
court OF the United States has recent
" considered this question, and, in
the case Of the Western Union Tsle-
| graph company vs. the Call Publish.
! lag company, to be found in the one
hundred and eight-first volume of tho
United States supreme court reports,
at page 80, it decided that common
law principles could be applied by
United States courts in cases involving
interstate commerce, in the absence
of United States statutes specifically
covering the case. Such Is the law
Of the land.
Reciprocity.
In my address to the notification
committee said that tariff reform
sis demanded by the best interests
OF both manufacturer and consumer"
With equal truth 1t can be said that
the benefits of reciprocal trade
treaties would enure to both. That
the consumer would be helped is un-
questionable. That the manufacturer
would receive great benefit by extend
ing his markets abroad hardly needs
demonstration. His productive capac.
ity has outgrown the home market.
The very term Home Market" has
changed in its significance. Once, from
the manufacturers point Of view, It
meant expansion; to-day the mar.
velous growth of our manufacturing
industries has far exceeded the con.
sumptive capacity of our domestic
markets, and the term Home Market
implies contraction, rather than ex.
pansion. II we would run our mills
to their full capacity, thus giving
steady employment to our workmen
and securing to them and to the manu-
facturer the profits accruing from In
creased production, other markets
must be found. Furthermore, when
our manufacturers are dependent on
raw materials In whole or part Inn
ported, 1t Is vital to the extension
Of their markets abroad that they
secure their materials on the most
favorable terms.
Our martyred President, William
Mckinley, appreciated this situation.
He pointed out in his last address
to the people that we must make
sensible trade arrangements II I'VE
| shall extend the outlets for our in
creasing surplus" He said, "a system
which provides mutual exchange OF
commodities is manifestly essential to
the continued and healthful growth
VI OuE cApOIL IIduS. Inc
period Of exclusiveness Is past The
expansion Of our trade and commerce
is the pressing problem. Commercial
wars are improbable. A policy Of
good will and friendly relations will
prevent reprisals. Reciprocity treaties
are in harmony with the spirit Of the
times; measures Of retaliation are
not"
This argument was made in the In
terest Of our manufacturers whose prod.
ucts, he urged, "have so multiplied,
| that the problem Of more markets re.
quires our urgent and immediate
attention" He had come to realize
that the so-called stand pat" policy
must give way-that there must
be q reduction Of duties to en-.
able our manufacturers to cultivate
fotsisn markets.. The list Nvfoe q