The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-09-26

! treaties WHICH ll' htpuhll'uu dAlulu-
lstr1tion. implicitly az least promised
TO negotiate Having on this promise
secured the increased duties, the Re.
publican party leaders, spurred on 10y
protected interests. defeated the
treaties negotiated by the executive,
and now these same interests cling TO
the benefit Of these duties which the
people never intended they should have
and 20 which they have no moral right.
Even now tie argument most FIRE
quently urged In behalf OF the Dlngley
sariff and against tariff reform general
iy II the necessity Of caring for our In.
fant industries. Many of these indus
tries after a hundred years OF lusty
growth are looming up as Industrial
giants. In their case al least the Ding.
ley tariff invites combination and mo-
nopoy and gives Justification TO the
expression that the tariff Is the moth
or Of trusts
For the above mentioned reasons.
among many others, the people de
mand reform OF these abuses and such
reform demands and should receive i'm
mediate attention
The two leading parties have always
! differed as 90 the principle Of customs
taxation. our party has always ad-
! vnuCcd the theory that the object Is
the raising Of revenue for support Of
| the government whatever other results
may incidentally flow therefrom. The
Republican party, on the other hand,
contends that customs duties should
be levied primarily for protection. so
called, with revenue as the subordinate
purpose, thus using the power Of tax
alton TO build up the business and prop
erty OF the few at the expense OF the
many.
This difference OF principle still sub
sists, but our party appreciates that the
long continued policy OF the country,
as manifested In lts statutes, makes IL
necessary that tarif reform should be
prudently and sagaciously undertaken
on scientific principles, to the end that
there should not be an immediate rev.
olutlon In existing conditions.
In the words OF our platform we de
mand "A revision and gradual re
ducuon Of the tariff by the friends Of
the masses, ana for the common veal,
and not 10y the friends OF its abuses,
It's cNtortions and determinations"
II is true that the Republicans, who
do not admit ia their platform that the
Dinglcy tariff needs the slightest al
teration, are likely TO retain major
ity OF the federal senate throughout the
next presidential term and could, there
fore. II they chose block every at
tempt at legislative relief. But il
should be remembered that the Re
publican party includes many revision
lists, and believe IL will shrink from
defying the popular will expressed un-
mistakably and peremptorily at the
ballot box.
The people demand reform OF exist
ing conditions. Since the last Demo
cratic administration the cost of living
has grievously increased Those hay-
ing fixed incomes have suffered kecnly;
those living on wages, II there has
been any increase, know that such in
crease has not kept pace with the ad-
vance In the cost Of living, including
rent and the necessaries of life. Many
today are out of work, unable to Sc
these conditions I'm SO far as Is In our
power should be our earnest endeavor.
Trust Remedies.
! pointed out I'm 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
/ 10.
proved Inadequate. contrary TO my eX-
pectatiOns, | favor such further legls-
lation within constitutional limitations
as will best promote and safeguard the
interests Of all the people.
Whether there is any common law
which can be applied and enforced by
the federal courts cannot be determin-
ed by the president or by candidate
for the presidency.
The determination OF this question
was left 10y the people in framing the
constitution 10 the judiciary and not
10 the executive, The supreme court
Of the United States has recently con
sldered this question, and, in the case
OF the Western Union Telegraph com
pany versus the Call Publishing com
pany, 10 he found in the one hundred
and eighty-ti-st volume Of the United
States supreme court reports, nj page
, %, II decided that common law prin-
, Ciples could be applied by United
, States courts in cases involving inter.
state commerce in the absence of Unit.
ed states statutes specifically cover
ing the case such is the law Of the
land
Reciprocity.
In my address TO the notification
committee said that tariff reform lis
. demanded 10y the best interests Of
both manufacturer and consumer"
, With equal truth il can be said that
, the benefits OF reciprocal trade trea-
, ties would enure 10 both. That the
consumer would be helped is unques
tiunable. That the manufacturer would
receive great benefit by extending his
mnrkets abroad hardly needs demon.
stration. His productive capacity has
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