The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-22
FAIRBANKS ALSO
SAYS HE'S WILLING
Continued From First Page

,ts opposition. 1t has held to the doc
trme OF revenue tariff, and during
all OF the years OF the contest has main
opposed to good morals, in contraven-
tion OF the constitution and In violation
OF sound economics. The objections
which are now urged against 1t are only
g repetition of those which have found
utterance for many years. The difference
mental It involves the principle OF pro-
dntis ana not simply the measure of the
revision of duties should be made
only when conditions have so changed
that the public interest demands their
as to preserve and not destroy the pro-
tective principle.
Talks Of Loss to Wage Earners
regard the tariff az, robbery must awak-
en- serious apprehension among all whose
capftai IS employed or who are engaged
s. ahro, labor IN the various enterprises
large measure upon the maintenance of
the protective system. A revision Of the
tarin along revenue lines means the In
foreign manufacture which come into
competition with our domestic productions
II means loss to the American wage
esaneEs and to American capital. This Is,
which is presented to them. but is one Of
immediate and practical moment It can
De settled by them. and by them only.
History abundantly shows that the
greatest industrial development of the
country has occurred during the period
when the protective tariff has been main
talned and that during this time labor
has received Its largest rewards and capt.
tai has been most probably engaged.
The development of the country dur
ing the last forty-four years is a COM
piete vindlcation of the virtue and eff
f1CaCV, of a nrOt eettvo cvafap1
Refers to Trusts
The platform appropriately recognizes
combinations of capital and labor as the
outgrowth of our economic development,
and as entitled to the equal protection
and subject to the like restrictions of the
law.
The administration has enforced the
Sherman antitrust act, which was of
republican origin. in cases where com
of Its provisions. The law, which was
regarded as ineffective by a Democratic
administration. has been invoked by the
president against comhina tons in re-
straint of wholesale commerce, and it has
been upheld by the courts.
The congress last year enacted a law to
expedite the hearing and determination of
suits arising under the ANTITRUST and in
terstate commerce acts, so that: the ends
of justice might not be defeated by de-
lay. 1t created the department of com
tain necessarv infornoa ti au'nod ,tS 10 OBJ
TO the creation and operation of corpora
lions engaged in interstate commerce. 1t
also amended the Interstate commerce
law so as effectually to abolish the per-
nicious system of rebates under which
large shippers could crush out their small
er competitors. These are important.
president and Republican congress for
the protection of the people against the
encroachments OF combined capital
Tariff on Trust Made Goods
The Democratic party has done nothing
toward safeguarding legitimate interests
and restraining combinations effected for
extortion or other improper purposes. 1t
proposes as principal remedy for unjust
combina tons to remove the tariff from
trust made goods, thereby inviting the
foreign producer to occupy our home mar
ket In an attempt to regulate our own in
dustrieS. 1t has assumed that the So
called trusts are either created or fostered
by the tariff The assumption is falla-
cious. Trusts are found In free trade
list. -, = : N,0' ''ie = =
The Republican party is more direct
good and bad alike. 1t invokes the au-
thority of congress and the power of
the courts to deal with specific, we'll
defined combinations in restraint of the
as insistent upon the protection of CAPT.
tai employed In wholesome enterprise as
in preventing its use in contravention OF
the public interests.
(Here follows discussion Of the finan-
ciai question:
Defends Panama Course
The presidents course in Panama merits
the most generous approval He dealt
with a delicate and difficult situation
clearly within our national rights in such
q way as to make possible the early COM
pletion Of an isthmian canal which has
long been demanded In the interest of our
commerce and national defense.
The administration In the Philippines
has been dictated by a broad sense of
duty. 1t has not been subversive of our
national ideals but has been in con-
formity with the best traditions of the re-
public.
The archipelago came. to the United
States as the result of war and 1t
became the duty of the administration
to enforce the laws there as elsewhere