Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-08-28
MIR, TArT's PLATFORM.

In the great speech of Secretary Taft at Columbus, occurs a significant expression, which will also be found in the address of President Roosevelt at Provincctown, avowcd antagOnism to the "laisscz fairep doctrine of gov. crnmcni. The word k not Gall 's we'll" but still "forward." This may be taken as the keynote of both these important dclivcrnnces.
 As the formal cnunciation of the political principles upon which NIT. Taft submits his candidacy for the presidency to the arbitramcnt of the people, his speech must delight his friends. Here are no platitudcs, no un. ccriaintics, no hcsitancics. Neither Mir. Bryan nor MT. Roosevelt has ever been more explicit, moro frank, more comprehensive, in any of his public announcements.
 While he cmphatically indorses the Roosevelt policies. they are clearly de. fined points of divergence between his ideas and those of the Prssidcbt--in the way of addition or elaboration, chiefly y-which stamp his platform with his own individuality. For instance, in the matter of rcmdy for swollen fortunes, which the President has sug. gcstcd might be found in n revival of the attempt to obtain n national in. come tax law, Mir. Taft declares that hc does not favor either n federal in. bcritance tax or income tax, unless necessary for rcvnuc, but would leave such legislation to the several states.
 Again, when hc makes use of the expression "thosc of us who favor i'm. mediate revision of the tarif," he icitcratcs his disagreement with the Roosevelt policy of postponemont. He has given reluctant acquiesccnce to tne bargain between the party factions, postponing revision until after the next election. He has no option. To do otherwise would he to dcnouncc his own party, without accomplishing my. thing except strengthening the hands of the Democratic free traders. And Mir. Taft Is not n free trader. He out. lines the fundamentals of his protec. tionist doctrine, sancly and clearly, when hc says:
 "The present business system of the country rests on the protective tariff and any attempt to change 1t to free trade will certainly lead only to dis. astsr. It is the duty of the Republican party, however, to see to it that the tariff on imported articles does not exceed substantially the reasonable permanent difYercntial between the cost of production in the foreign coun. tries and that in the United States and therefore, when changes take place in the conditions of production likely to produce n very large reduc. tion in the cost of products in tAc United States, 1t is time that schedules bc re-cxamined and If excessive that they bs reduced 30 as to bring them within the justification of the rule, with just the amount of tarih to be imposed under the protective system properly determined"
 In declaring that the time is near at hand for amendment of the antitrust law, he sounds n note which will be welcome to industrial interests. Tho combinations which serve the purpose of economixing the cost of production are beneficial to that extent, but the attendant evils of restraint of trade and increase of prices to the consum. CT, through monopoly, are pernicious, and must be corrected. He favors the usc of tho injunctive process against the trusts, wherein hc Is not wholly in accord with the administration. His railroad program coincides with that of President Roosevelt federal con. trol over stock issues, and the inhibi. ton of common ownership of com. peting lines.
 Mir. Taft's platform is satisfying. The government will be safe in his hands. They are strong, but not reck. less.
 HE LAID BLAME ON A WOMAN.