The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-02

but careful and prudent revision Of the tariff, correcting its inequalities and re- ducing the duties on free raw materials wherever the duties burden the home manufacturer. It was declared that the schedules should be revised so as to lessen the cost of the necessaries of life and placing, the burdens upon the lux uries, but primarily the duties collected should be for revenue only.
 Scarcely a state convention held that has not favored the revision of the tariff, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Caro- lima and Wisconsin have all taken the position that the tariff should be re- duced.
 The California platform reads much like a paragraph from one of President Roose- velt's speeches made in the fall of 1902, in which he said that the republican party was not welded to any schedules and that he did not favor revision which would unsettle business, but would favor revision when 1t became necessary. The California platform states that the only difference between the democrats and re- publicans is the degree of protection which is to be afforded and it favors only such protection as will not foster monop- olies.
 Some Pertinent Facts.
 The fact that manufacturers whose pro- ducts protected are selling some of their goods abroad cheaper than at home has attracted the attention of democratic issue makers. Many of the state plat forms favor the abolition of duties on all articles which are thur sold. This would result in the removal of the duties on steel, agricultural implements, and hun dreds of articles that are made in the United States and protected by 50 per cent duties. There Is believed to be lit- tie doubt that this idea will prevail here in the committee on resolutions.
 MT. Bryan. in the Nebraska platform, would go further in lowering the tariff. On raw material and manufactured pro- ducts alike he would cut the duty down to a pure revenue basis He would have no protection about it. and would use tariff revision for destroying ''the pre- datory trusts"
 "One Man Power"
 On the subject of Rooseveltism. or "one man power. the state conventions have spoken almost of one mind. They all put the issue of the President to the front. New York spoke sn favor of a government of law. not of men, against any usurpation of legislative functions by the executive.
 Wisconsin denounced the 'dishonorable intrigue with which the great project of the Panama canal was stained Penn sylvania called MT. Roosevelt "a danger ous President under whom great inter national questions have become the sport of personal ambition" Like most of the other states. Pennsylvania favors the Panama canal project, but condemns the 'intemperate zea1'' with which the treaty was carried out. The Alabama and Ten nessee platforms were particularly severe on the President
 Extravaganza under the administrations of Mckinley and Roosevelt Is also at- tracing attention. This furnished much Of the ammunition of Senator German s platform. He charged that frauds and corruption have been permitted to go on unchecked and unpunished under Roose- Welt, that investigation had been denied that public expenditures have been kep, at war figures, and that the system has gone beyond the control of the party
 Nebraska's Platform.
 The Nebraska platform differs from those of the east in some important re