The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-07-16

| on behalf of. or consent to the contrl-
button by. a corporation of any money
| or thing of value TO be used in further
| ing the election of a president or vice
| president of the United States or of any
! member of the congress thereof.
We denounce the action of the Re-
| publican party having complete con-
| troll of the federal government, for its
| failure to pass the bill introduced in
the last congress to compel the publ
| cation of the names of contributors and
| the amounts contributed toward cam
paign funds. and point to the evidence
| of their inSincerity when they sought
by an absolutely irrelevant and impos-
stble amc ndment to defeat the passage
of the bill. AS further evidence of
their intention to conduct their cam
paign in the coming contest with vast
sums of money wrested from favor
seeking corporations. we call attention
to the fact that the recent Republican
national convention at Chicago refused
when the plank was presented to 1t to
declare against such practices.
We pledge the Democratic party to
the enactment of 4 law preventing any
corpora ton contributing to a campaign
fund and any individual from contrib
utlng an amount anOYe Il TcaS0n8 be
maximum and providing for the publt-
cation before election of all such con-
tributions above reasonable mini
mum.
Rights Of the states.
Believing. with jefferson in the
support of the state governments in
all their rights as the most competent
administration for our domestic con
anti Republican tendencies, and in
the preservation of the general gov
ernmC mt in its whole constitutional
NiSof as the sheet anchor of our peace
at home and safety abroad" we are OPP
posed to the Capitalization implied in
these suggestions, now frequently
made, that the powers of the govern
mcnt should be extended by judicial
construction. There is no twilight zone
between the nation and the state in
which exploiting interests can take
refuge from both; and it is as neceS-
sary that the federal government shall
exercise the powers delegated to 1T as
it is that the state governments shah
Use the authority reserved to them, but
we insist that federal remedies for the
regulation OF interstate commerce ana
for the prevention of private monop-
oily shall be added to, not substituted
for. state remedies.
Tariff.
We welcome the belated promise of
tariff reform now affected by the Re-
publican party In tardy recognition of
the righteousness of the Democratic
position on this question; but these
people cannot safely intrust the exc
| cution of this important work to
| party which is so deeply obligated to
the highly protected interests as is the
Republican party. We call attention to
| the significant fact that the promised
relief was postponed until after the
| coming election-an election to succeed
! in which the Republican party must
| have that same support from the
| benefciaries of the high protective
ceiVed from them; and to the further
fact that during years of uninterrupt-
! ed power no action whatever has been
| taken by the Republican congress to
| correct the admittedly existing tariff
iniquities.
We favor immediate revision of the
tariff by the reduction of import duties.
Articles entering into competition with
! trust controlled products should be
! reductions should be made in the tariff
upon the necessaries of life, especially
upon articles competing with such
| American manufactures as are sold
abroad more cheaply than at home; and
| graduate reductions should be made in
| such other schedules as may be neces-
sary to restore the tariff to revenue
| basis.
Existing duties have given to the
| manufacturers Of paper shelter be-
hind which they have organized com,
binations 10 raise the price of pulp and
of paper. thus imposing a tax upon the
| spread of knowledge.
We demand the Immediate repeal OF
the tariff on pulp print paper, lumber,
timber and logs and that these articles
be placed upon the free list
Trusts.
a private monopoly is indefensible
and intolerable. We. therefore. favor
the vigorous enforcement of the Grim
inal law against guilty trust magnates
and officials and demand the enactment
of such additional legislation as may
be necessary to make ii lmpossib BILE for
a private monopoly to exist in the Uni
ted States. Among the additional rem
tdicS Nc specify three. First law
preventing a duplication of directors
among competing corporations; second.
| a license system which will without
abridging the right of each state to
create corporations. or. it's right TO reg
! ulatc as it Will foreign corporations
! doing business within it's limits. make
II necessady for a manufacturing or
| trading corporation engaged in inter
state commerce to take out a federal
! license before it shall be permitted to
control as much as % per cent. of the
product in which it deals, the license To
protect the public from Watercd STOCK
and To prohibit the control by such cor
pOratiuu of more than so per cent. OF
the t9tal amount Of any product Son
a INV compelling such licensed corpO-
| ration to sell to all purchasers In All
| ptfts oil tft country On tu' S,slIIc teI ms
after making due allowance for cost OF
transp urtation.
Railroad Regulations.
We assert tho right of congress to
state commerce and the right of each
state TO exercise like control over COM
merce within it's borders.
We demand such enlargement OF the
powers OF the Interstate commerce com
mission as may be necessary to compel
railroads to perform their duties as
! common carriers and prevent dlScrl m
nation and eNtortion.
We favor the efficient supervision and
rate regulation Of railroads engaged
in Interstate commerce, and 10 TINS
end we recommend the valuation of
railroads by the Interstate commerce
commission. such valuation to take into
considtr ration the physical value OF the
property. the original cost cost Of pro
dUruuu and all elements OF value that
Will render the valuation made fair and
just.
We favor such legislation as will pro-
hieit the railroads from engaging in
business which brings them into Compe-
tltIan With their shippers. also legislation
which will assure such reduction IN
transportation rates as conditions Will
permit care being taken to avoid reduc-
tons that would compel a reduction of
wages. prevent adequate service or do
Injustice to legitimate investments. We
heartily approve the laws prohibiting
The pass and the rebate and we favor
any further necessary legislation 70 re
strain control and prevent such abuses.
We favor such legislation as Will in
crease the power of the interstate com
merce commission giving To it the initia-
tive with reference to rates and trans
portation charges put into effect by the
railroad companies. and permitting the
Interstate commerce commission on its
own initiative to declare rate Illegal
and as being more than should be
charged for such service That the pres