Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-09-28

I've prices for food. fuel. clothing and
other necessarles OF life II levics du-
ties on mary articles not normally Inn
ported I'm any considerable amount
which are made extensively NJ home.
for which the most extreme protec-
zionist would hardly justify protective
taxes. and which in large amounts are
exported Such duties have been and
will continue 20 be direct incentive
20 the formation OF huge industrial
combinations. which. secure from for
eign competition. are enabled 10 stife
domestic competition and practically
20 monopolize the home market.
II contains many duties imposed for
The express purpose only. as was open
ly avowed. of furnishing basis for
reduction by means OF reciprocal trade
treaties. which the Republican admin
istration. implicitly at least. promised
TO negotiate. FEving on this promise
secured the increased duties. the Re
publican party leaders. spuTred on by
protected interests. defeated the
treaties negotiated 10y the executive.
and now these same interests cling TO
the benefit OF these duties which the
people never intended they should have
and 10 which they have no moral right.
Even now the argument most fire.
quently urged in behalf of the Dingley
tariff and against tariff reform general
" is the necessity Of caring for our in
FAINT industries. Many OF these indus
tries after hundred years Of lusty
growth are looming up aS industrial
giants. In their case at least the Ding
ley tariff invites combination and mo-
nopoly and gives justification to the
expression that the tariff is the moth
er 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 inn
mediate attention.
The two leading parties have always
differed as TO the principle OF customs
taxation. our party has always ad-
vanced 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 10 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.
rs manifested in its statutes. makes il
necessary that tariff reform should be
prudently and saraciously undert. ken
on scientific principles. 10 the end that
there should not be an immediate rev
OlutiOn I'm existing conditions.
In the words Of our platform we de-
mand "a revision and gradual re-
duction Of the tariff by the friends OF
the masses. and for the common veal.
and not by the friends OF its abuses.
its eXtortions and Determinations"
II is true that the Republicans. who
do not admit In their platform that the
Dingley tariff needs the slightest al
terntion. are likely to retain a 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 II will shrink from
defying the popular will expressed un-
mistakably and peremptorily az 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 hav-
! ing fixed incomes have suffered keeuly:
/ those living on wages. il 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 10 Sc
cure any wages at all To alleviate
/ these conditions IN SO far as is in our
/ power should be our earnest endeavor
Trust Remedies.
pointed out in my earlier response
the remedy which. in my Judgment
can enectually be applied against
! monOpOlies, and the assurance was
| then given that if existing laws. In
/ Guiding both statute and common law
/ proved inadequate. contrary 10 my ex-
/ pectations, I favor such further legis-
lation within constitutional limitations
as viii 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 determln.
/ Oh ht-f no l.
| for the presidency.
The determination OF this question
was left by the people in framing the
constitution TO the judiciary and not
10 the executive. The supreme court
/ OF the United States has recently con
| sidered this question, and, in the case
/ of the Western Union Telegraph com
/ pany versus the Call Publishing com
/ pany, TO be found in the one hundred
| and eighty-first volume Of the United
! States supreme court reports. ut page
%, it 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 cove
ing 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 it can be said that
the benefits OF reciprocal trade trea
ties would enure TO both. That the
consumer would be helped is unques
tionable. That the manufacturer would
receive great benefit by extending his