Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-30
Progressives Have Prepared
Resolution Which They Will
Submit to Convention
5 REGARDED AS CONSERVATIVE
Railway Domination Declared to Be
Main Issue and Tariff Plank Will Be
in Harmony With the National Plat
form, Declaring for Adjustment of
Tariff inequalities.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July 30.-As stated in
this correspondence last week in the
matter Of the tariff plank which will
be submitted by the progressives in
case they have the making of the
platform-which they will--the tariff
plank will be conservative and one on
which every republican can stand with
confidence. When the progressives
got together a week ago Saturday
they considered informally the plat
form which they would urge upon the
convention. 1t was then considered
likely that the tariff plank would be
made conspicuous, but at the same
time stating conservatively the posi-
ton OF the party as it has frequently
been stated in other state platforms.
When the conferees got together
again Saturday afternoon to consider
more in detail the platform, il was de-
cided, in view of all that has been said
and done lately that the proper form
for an Iowa platform is to make the
great issue Of railway domination the
conspicuous feature of the same, and
to say just as little as possible on the
tariff. The latter has not been and is
not an issue between factions in Iowa.
The railway domination question is
an issue. The republicans of Iowa
have indicated what they want done
on that issue.
The standpatters who We're prepar-
ing to attack the progressive pro-
gram on the theory that it would be
opposed to the national platform Of
the party on the tariff have thus had
their teeth extracted without pain.
The following was agreed upon as
a good basis for the platform COM
mittee to work upon in relation to the
tariff question:
I'VE are uncompromisingly in fav-
or of the American system of protec-
ton. Duties on foreign imports
should not be levied for revenue only,
but should be so adjusted as to pro-
mote our domestic industries, enlarge
our foreign markets, secure remun-
eratiye prices for the products of our
factories ana IaFInS anu lIidlllelll Liz
scale of wages and standard
of living of American labor. Wise and
unselfish tariff laws, maintained in the
interest of the general welfare, equal
ly opposed to foreign control and do
mestic monopoly, are essential to our
and industrial prosperity.
We believe that all inequalities in the
tariff schedules which inevitably arise
from changing industrial and CONNER
cial conditions should be adjusted
from time to time; and condemning
without reserve all assaults upon
the protective system we favor such
reasonable and timely changes as will
keep the tariff in harmony with our
Industrial and commercial progress.
I'VE favor the reciprocity inaug-
urated by Blaine. advocated by Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt and recognized
in republican platforms and legisla-
ton While the growth of cur foreign
trade is most gratifying we believe
that a judicious application of maxi
mum and minimum tariffs will multi
plv our exports without restricting our
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