Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-17

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support of the state xosernmeuts o.
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ant IL publican tsudcucics aud "a
the pt s..rVeti"n - the general s"v-
srnmcut In its Who'll. constitutional
VISOR - the sheet anchor o. car geae.
| - home and safety abroad ". are %
| r"sed % ths eentfsil~ation Implied N
made. thai thf powers 90 ths govern
meut should b. eNtend.d - Judicial
/ c"nstructisn. There is no tvtliEat ron
between the nation ana ths state iu
v ntcn sNg'iuttinz Interests eau tak
refuse from both. and - b. az uecss-
sAff tnat The tcoeral EoEssrnms ut shalt
cN.rciss tn po~ers deieGated g. ~ aa
= b. that the state saVernmerts shat
us. tho authority reserved a. them ltla
Ne insist that federal remedies for thf
! regulation II Interstate comTns1rce and
] i"r tn prevention Of priNat. monpP.
Tor. stale remedies.
1 Tsri0.
| We welcome the bclafea promise Of
| tarir reform now Affected ~ the Re
! publicnu party "a tardy recognition ef
/ the riahteuuSHrss Of the Detnoc ratio
! position on tbs question. but these
! people canned safely Intrusf the exc
! cution of this important work 10 "a
! party which is 50 deeply obligated to
| the highly protected interests az ~ the
! Republican party. We call attention TO
! the significant fact that the promise. i.
r,llsi ives postponed until after the
! c"mlnx siection-ah election To succeed
]
| have that same support from the
| b"n.nciartes of the high protecttV.
| tartn as II has always heretofore re
| ceived from them. and to tn. further
| fact that during years of unintsrTapt-
| "a power no action whatever mas been
! taken by the Republican congress to
CORRECT the admittedly existing tariff
iniquitles.
tarin by the reduction of import duties.
| Articles entering into competition with
| trust controlled products should be
| reductions should he made in the tsrin
| upon the necessaries Of life. especially
upon articles competing with such
| Amer rican manufactures are sold
| abroad more cheaply than at home and
| graduate reductions should he made IN
such other schedules as may he neces-
| slry to restore the tarin to revenue
bs sis.
Existing duties have given to the
| hind which they have organized com
| blnations to raise the price OF pulp and
OF paper thus imposing tax upon the
| spread of knowledge.
| We demand the Immediate repeal Of
the tarin on pulp print paper; inmeer lumber,
be placed upon the free list.
| rrosss.
| private monopoly is indefsnsible
| and intolerablo. We. therefore. favor
| the vigorous enforcement of the Grim 20
| inal law against guilty trust ma enates
| and officials. and demand the enactment
| of such additional legislation as may
/
! private monopoly TO exist in the Uni
| ted States. Among the additional rem
! edies we 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 u
| create corporations or its right to reg
| ulate as II will foreign corporations
doing business within its limits. make
! IL necessady for a manufacturing or
! trading corporation engaged in inter
state commerce TO take out a federal
| license before il shall be permitted to
| control as much as 25 per cent of the
| product in which it deals. the license TO
| protect the public from watered stock
| and to prohibit the control by such cor
| poration of more than so per cent. of
| the total amount of any product con-
| suned in the United states; and third
a law compelling such licensed corpo-
ration to sell to all purchasers in all
| parts of the country on the same terms
| after making due allowance for cost of
NassrssA Reessasso...
We assert the right of congress to
exercise complete control over inter
! state commerce and the right of each
state to exercise like control over com
merce within ITS 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 discrim-
| nation and eNtorton.
We favor the efficient supervision and
| rate, regulation of railroads engaged
end we recommend the valuation of
railroads by the interstate commerce
| commission. such valuation to take into
| consid. ration the physical value Of the
| property, the original cost. cost Of pro
| duction and all elements of value that
will render the valuation made fair and
| just.
! We favor such legislation will pro-
| hihit the railroads from engaging in
business which brings them into compe-
| tition with their shippers, also legislation
| which will such reduction in
] transportation rates as conditions Will
| permit care being taken to avoid reduc-
| lions that would compel 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 to re-
| strain control and prevent such abuses.
| We favor such legislation will in
| crease the power of the interstate COM
] rnerce commission. giving to il the initia-
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