The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-27
ASSOC Press


sand sons. He was escorted to
the wy hotel, where he was
forcd hold an impromptu rccep- |
ton,
G1hosts have come from all !
partsloNa TO meet Mr., Bryan and |
fullybO people from out of town |
are qtcd TO attend the two big |
meetlhls afternoon and evening,
when BRYAN enters actually into
tho Sagn by delivering his
speech the tariff
lr. BrJan's Address.
Mr., drman, Ladies and Gentle
met
In notification speech / stated
that, the campaign progressed, !
wouldiscuss the question, Shall
the Pile Rule" as It applies TO the
varioissucs involved in this cam
paign1 begin with the tariff quos-
ton, cause II is the most lasting
OF O economic questions and the
one m which the leading parties
hayeust frequently opposed each
othehOther questions may come
and ,Tbut questions which affect
iaEa1,l like Tennyson's Brook
go doreyer" As the government
t. notLady Bountiful with unlim-
ted ms, but merely an organiza-
tion Ven must collect on the one
hand At y pays out on the other,
the suiect OF taxation is an ever
presentne. We may discuss how
much Vshould collect, what meth
DDS We ould employ in collecting,
and howest 10 distribute, through
appropriSns, the money collected,
but we a,neyer far removed from
the subje of taxation, Iowa has
been seleq for the presentation OF
what deA to say upon this sub
ject becau the Iowa Republicans
were pionIs in the effort to Sc
cure taTiffRvision at the hands OF
the Republic party. come among
them TO dete and defend the Dem
ocratic poison on the tariff CUES
ton, bocau believe it will com
mend itselto them, That the is
sue may d clearly stated, / shall
read YOU b Democratic plank or
this subjec and then the Republi
can plank
The Dentratic platform says.
I'VE welme the belated promise
of tariff rorm now offered by the
Republicanlarty as a tardy recoGni
ton of Righteousness OF the Dem
ocratic potion on this question
but the peole cannot safely entrus
the eXecuth OF this important worl
to a partyWhich Is so deeply obi
gated to Is highly protected inter
ests as is te Republican party. w
call attenth to the significant fac
that the Tnmised relief was post
poned untihfter the coming electlo
an electip to succeed in which
the Republisn party must have tn
same suppot from the benefieiarfr
of the high protective tariff as 1t ha
always heraofore received frol
them: and ia the further fact tina
during years o. uninterrupted powe
no action whaeyer has been take
by the Republican congress to co
rect the admittedly existing tart
iniquites,
We favor the immediate revisic
of the tariff by tie reduction of in
port duties. Articles entering in
competition viii trust-controlle
products should Ne placed upon Il
free list = material reductions shou
be made in the tariff upon the n
cessities of life, especially upon a
ticles competing with such America
manufactures as are sold abro;
more chesply than at home; al
gradual reductions should be made
such other schedules as may be ne
essary to restore the tariff to a rev
nue. basis
Existing duties have given L
manufacturers OF paper a shelter b
hind which they have organized col
binations to raise the price OF pu
and paper, thus imposing tax up
the spread of knowledge.
we demand the immediate
peal of the tariff on wood pulp, pr
paper, lumber, timber and logs, a
that these articles he placed up
the free list"
The Republican platform says:
The Republican party declar
uuequivocally for a revision OF