The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-07
GA MPAIGN BOOK
 OF REPUBLICANS

New York, September 6.-The republic an campaign text book for 1908 was is- sued last night by the republican national committee. It is a volume of 536 pages and contains in detail explanation of the various questions that are under dis cussion in the present presidential cam paign, and the attitude of the republican candidates thereto contrasted in some cases with the present or past attitude of their democratic opponents
 The tariff question Is dealt with at great length, and its history and what it has done for the country brought out strongly.
 Perhaps the most persistent complaint made against the protective tariff,' says the book, lis the cry that the tariff is the mother of trusts to use the careless words of departed monopolist
 Trusts, however, are not product confined to the United States or to pro- tective countries, as free trade England is covered with them from one end of the country to the other
 "Of the many satisfactory reasons for maintaining a protective tariff, the great
  wages insured to the American working man.
 The question of labor conditions is gone into most thoroughly. Tables showing the number of men employed during repub- lican and democratic years are given, and the figures make it appear that there were more persons employed during the administration of Mckinley and Roose- welt than during any period of democratic rule. The tables also show that em- ployes worked fewer hours and received higher wages.
 Much has been said, according to the text book, upon the question of campaign contributions and publicity. It adds:
 "A careful analysis, however of the utterances and pledges of the two candi- dates, the two national committees and the lawmakers of the two parties upon this subject shows that the democratic promises have been in all cases vague and spacious. and In such terms as to really supply little of the publicity which they purpose to supply; while the republicans have already actually prohibited, through republican legislation in Congress, cor poration contributions to campaign funds and provided for absolute publicity far in excess of that vaguely promised by the democratic candidate and committee"
 The charge is made that the democratic pledge of publicity relates only to a part of it's fund and refers to the agreement reached at Fairview by the democratic committee, on the recommendation of Bryan and Kern, to the effect that ''it will accept no individual contribution above $10,0O0, and that it will make public before election all individual contribu- tions above $100."
 Under this proviso of the democratic publicity plan. says the book, those de- string to avoid publicity in contributions in excess of $100 could readily do so by dividing the proposed gift into as many separate contributions of s100 or less as might be required to make the total of the larger sum.
 Of MT. Tafts relations to union labor the text book says:
 Secretary Tafts whole public career, and 1t is an extensive one, contains no in- cident in which he has by word or act ar rayed himself against the principles of trade uDionism. On the other hand, he has been its consistent friend and advo- cate. His record shows that not only were his sympathies with the organiza- tion, but that his actions were those of a friend many years before either he or the American people had thought Of him as e presidential possibility"