Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-25

get into power they will see to
that good many of the laws ar
amended or repealed"
Text of Bryan's Talk.
Mr. Bryan in his speech on tn
tariff said:
The Tariff Question.
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen
In my notification speech | state
that, as the campaign progressed
would discuss the question, "Sha
the People Rule as it applies to tn
various issues involved in this can
palgn. | begin with the tariff que.
tlon, because 1t Is the most lasting c
our economic questions and the on
upon which the leading parties hav
most frequently opposed each Other
Other questions may come and ge
but questions which affect taxation
like Tennyson's Brook Ego O
forever" AS the government is no
Lady Bountiful, with unlimite
means, but merely an organization
which must collect on the one han
what 1t pays out on the other, tn
subject of taxation is an ever presen
one. We may discuss how much w
should collect, what methods w
should employ in collecting, and hoy
pest to distribute, through apprc
prlations, the money collected, bu
we are never far removed from TIL
subject Of taxation. Iowa has bee
selected for the presentation of wha
desire to say upon this subject, be
cause the Iowa Republicans wer
pioneers in the effort to secure arif
revision at the hands of the Reput
ncan party. come among them t,
define and defend the Democratic DC
slt1on on the tariff question, becaus,
| believe 1t will commend itself t,
them. That the issue may be clearl
stated, l shall read you the Demo
cratic plank on this subject, an,
then the Republican plank:
The Democatic platform says:
I'VE welcome the belated prom
Use OF tariff reform now offered by
the Republican party as tardy
recognition of the righteousness
of the Democratic position on this
question: but the people cannot
safely entrust the execution of
this important work to a 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 post
poned until after the coming cleo
tion-an election to succeed in
which, the Republican party must
have the same support from the
beneficiaries of the high protec-
tive tariff as it has always hereto
fore received from them; and to
the further fact that during years
OF uninterrupted power, no action
whatever has been taken by the
Republican congress, to correct
the admittedly existing tariff in
EQUITIES.
eve favor immediate revision
of the tariff by the reduction OF
import duties. Articles entering
into competition with trusr-con-
trolled products should be placed
upon the free list; material re-
auctions should be made in the
tariff upon the necessitics Oh
life, especially upon articles COM
peting with such American manu-
facturers as are sold abroad more
cheaply than at home; and grad
ual reductions should be made in
such other schedules as may be
revenue basis.
Existing duties have given The
manufacturers of paper a shelter
behind which they have organized
combinations to raise the price
of pulp and paper, thus imposing
tax upon the spread of knowl~
edge.
1--WE demand the immediate re-
peal of the tariff on wood pulp,
print paper, lumber, timber and
logs, and that these articles be
placed upon the free list
The Republican platform says:
THE Republican party declares
unequivocally for revision Of
the tariff by special session Of
congress Immediately following
the inauguration Of the next pres
ident and commends the steps al
ready taken to this end in the
work assigned to the appropriate
committees Of congress, which
are now Investigating the opera
ton and effect of existing sched-
ules. In all tariff legislation the
true principle Of protection is best
maintained by the imposition Of
such duties as will equal the diff
ference between the cost of pro-
duction at home and abroad, to-
gether with reasonable profit to
American industries.
1--WE favor the establishment of
maximum and minimum rates to
be administered by the president
under limitations fixed in the law,
the maximum to be available to
meet determinations by foreign
countries against American goods
entering their markets and the
minimum to represent the normal
measure Of protection at home;
the aim and purpose of the Re-
publican policy being not only to
preserve, without excessive duties
that security against foreign COM
petition to which American manu-
facturers, farmers and producers
are entitled, but also to maintain
the high standard OF living of the
wage earners of this country,
who orn tha Tnnct 6iract hnno-