Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-09

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Food Laws OF every State. Se-A
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They can make times hard, there Is
no question but the fight is going 10
come No reform has ever been ac-
complished without the difficult times.
No movement has ever taken place
without death struggle upon the
part of the capital to squeeze the life
out of the man. But they must be Civ
en- to understand and given to under
stand in no uncertain terms that the
people must and will rule this country
and the sooner they concede that the
better they will be. great many of
our friends in Iowa with us believe in
tariff revision, with us believe that the
corporations have made and now have
too much to say with reference to both
state and national legislation, but they
try to make us believe that they are
going to reform the republican party,
that the party which has always stood
shoulder to shoulder with the tariff
barons of this country, and have while
pretending to get their Inspirations
from the people, listened to the coun-
sci of corporate wealth, have received
their contributions, evidently agreeing
to protect them, our friends who be-
lieve that this can be done will find
they are mistaken. You had as well
undertake to extinguish the fires of
hades with satan as chief Of the fire
| department as to destroy the trusts
and combinations with the republican
party.
Let all good people know that so far
as the republican party is concerned 1t
is to stand pat. Do not tlatter your
selves that President Roosevelt is for
at oyster Bay the other day in which
the congressional campaign was
mapped out. There is to be no revi-
sion. Perhaps there will be a COM
promise in the future II the friends of
protection see fit. Yes, let the friends
| of protection do the revising. 1t would
be like the prohibition party allowing
the saloon-keepers to draw up liquor
law for them, or the convicts to draw
un the prison rules. We are in favor
Of a tariff revision, and we are oppos-
l ed to allowing any protected industry
or political party that has or now re-
ceives it's sinews of way from such In
stitutions, to do the revising. We
want it done by the statesmen whose
only desire is to serve their country
and every provision to be drawn bot
toned on that democratic principle.
Equal justice to all men and special
privileges to none"
81 Let Well Enough Alone.
4 We are met with the argument that
we must not interfere because of the
great prosperity of the country They
point out the immense increase of our
exports under the Dingley bill, of both
manufactured and farm products, and
especially farm products; they are go
ing before the farmer and try to con-
,, vince him that 1t has been the Dingley
. law that has brought about this in
! crease. In this they will be mistaken
Our farmers are fast becoming our
: best business men, and greatest read
> ers and thinkers, and when this argu-
ment is made they will soon see that
: it has not been because of the tariff
. but in spite Of the tariff that they
have an increased foreign market for
their products. They will also discover
, that it is the increased foreign demand
that is giving them better prices and
. that all their products are regulated
, j. by the foreign market where he must
compete with the world. But on his
return trip he cannot buy in the mar
ket Of the world, but must contribute
!. country. The fact of an increased ex-
: port trade of arguing in favor of the
present system speaks with powerful
logic to the necessity of our presen
high rates.
o A large majority agree upon re-
o vision, the only question being to &c
e them to vote for it. Every vote cas-
n for the republican party in Iowa il
n against revision, and every vote cas-
d for the democratic party is in favor o
:. revision. President Roosevelt and tn
2 republican administration have lait
q down the issue. Stand pat is the Slo
n gan and we may as we'll realize nov
II that we have the same fight to max
a against the combinations of the re
s publican national congressional, com
mittee. backed by the sinews Of wa
O furnished by special interests.
= This is all the more apparent whel
it we come to consider what occurred
II few days ago in the City of De
S. Moines Read the tariff plank prepar
If ed. submitted and adopted by Cover
eel has been any one thing more than an
II other that has given Governor Cum
it minis prominence throughout the stat
lie and made him the nominee for thir
: term, it has been his statements as
t. saulting the protective tariff system
But after the campaign has bee
fought and he by one of the creates
political machines that ever existed !!
le the state of Iowa, had the hands
e majority of it's delegates completel
10 tied in such a manner that they coul
g not move a muscle or utter SCUM
lie except by his consent, he writes
st platform which annuls every publ
y utterance he has made that endeare
; him to the people Of this state and ne
t. tion
IL Listen to these statements, aftt
10 meaningless words that cannot be COZ
l. strued to definitely mean anything II
10 platform says: And continuir
G. without reserve all assaults upon II
IL protective system. We favor such ret
nc sonable and timely changes as w
T. keep the tariff in harmony with OF
ay industrial and commercial progress
ey This has been the republican tart
US plank in substances for the last twel
IN ty-fve years. This is an absolu
at refutation and a direct condemnatif
H. Of his own public statements al
OF clearly an exhibition of the viii