The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-09

was taken for dinner.
Tariff Reform.
Inc subcommittee on tarifr found
less oimcuity In reaching a conclusion.
This committee consisted of Messrs
iFettigrew. s. D. Brown of Nebraska
and Alschuler of Illinois. and II was
able TO report to the full sub-commit-
tee by o'clock. That COMMITTEES re-
commended the adoption of a compre-
hensive plank on the tariff, including.
among others. a provision for free nrint
paper. free wood pulp. lumber. logs
| ETC. No definite announcement on the
question OF the Philippine tariff rela-
i've to sugar was made by the SUBJ
committee. Following is the text of
the subcommittee tariff recommend
alton:
We welcome the belated promise of
tarin reform. now offered by the Re
publican party. as a tardy recognition
OF the righteousness of the Democratic
position on this question, but the peo-
pie cannot safely entrust the execution
of this important work to a party
which is so obligated to the highly pro-
tective interests that ii postpones relief
until after the election, and we call at
tention to the significant fact that the
promise now made is wholly vitiated
by the use of the qualifying words I'M
der which the present tariff iniquities
have been fostered and developed.
Immediate Revision.
I'VE favor an immediate revision of
the tariff by the reduction of import
duties Articles entering into competi-
ton with articles controlled by trusts
should be placed on the free list. Ma
terial reductions should be made in
the tariff upon the necessities of life,
especially on articles competing with
such American manufactures as are
sold abroad cheaper than at home, and
graduated reductions should be made
in such other schedules as may be nee
essary to restore the tariff to a reve
nue. basis.
Every consideration of public policy
suggests the conservation of our wood
lands and the removal of those import
duties which put a premium upon the
destruction of our forests. Existing du
ties have given to paper manufactur-
ers a shelter behind which they have
organized combinations to raise the
price of pulp and of paper. and to inn
pose tax upon knowledge.
I'VE therefore demand the immediate
repeal of the tariff on wood pulp. print !
paper. lumber. logs. wood and timber,
placing the same on the free list
Nebraska Preamble.
Inc fuli subcommittee gave cOnSld- |
cradle attention to the subject of a |
preamble for the platform, and there |
was for a time a good deal of rivalry
between the preamble of the New York
platform and that of the Nebraska
platform, the former being championed
by Judge Parker and the latter by Sen
ator Pettigrew and others. Ultimatd- |
y the Nebraska language was accept |
ed because of its brevity.
During a discussion of the preamble |
Senator Pettigrew declared that there |
was too much of a tendency toward the |
making of stump speeches in the plat
form, and he announced his intention |
of moving for the appointment of a |
committee of three for the simplifica- |
ton of the language of the entire doc
ument as soon as il shall have been |
completed.
Division of Sentiment.
Among the other questions discussed
at length during the day were those |
relative to the writ of injunction. the |
expression of confidence in the courts, |
the practical valuation of railroads and
the guarantee of bank deposits. There
was a sharp division OF sentiment upon
many of these, but as the day wore on
it became evident that large majority
of the full subcommittee was complete
ly committed to all of Mr.. Bryan's pol
icies. and while the members did not
manifest a willingness to accept the
language even of Mr.. Bryan in a ma
jority of instances. there was only one
or two opposing expressions with ref
erence to his policies.
So nearly unanimous was the sub
committee that one of the members
facetiously declared that II stood ''16
to u on all propositions, Judge Parker
generally being the one odd member.
Negro Question.
During the day the committee reached
the conclusion that it would not insert any
declaration on the question of the rights
OF the negroes. Mr.. Bryan had made
tentative suggestion against diserimina-
ton on account of race, but the southern
members of the subcommittee expressed
the opinion that the declaration of prin-
cples would be more acceptable in the
southern states IL there should be no IN
timation of the party's attitude on this
subject During the discussion some of
the members of the committee said there
would be no objection to Mr.. Bryan an
nouncing his own personal views on this
subject in his letter of acceptance In case
he should be nominated. Probably the
nearest approach to q clash during the
day was on the subject of the courts.
when Judge Parker and Senator Pettigrew
expressed in sharp language Numerically
opposing views.
Subject Dropped.
Mr. Parker presented a plank announc-
ing the party's confidence In the federal |
courts, in support of which he made a
strong plea He had no sooner taken his
seat than Mr.. Pettigrew took the floor IN
himself he had little or no confidence III
the federal courts, but he was willing to