Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-04-28
The SAME OLD
PLATFORM PROMISES

The Illinois republican convention,
under the guiding hand of that sly old
standpatter, Speaker Cannon, adopted
IL tariff plank in their platform begin
ming with a stump speech that eulogizes
the present high tariff as the cause of
prosperity 1t does not explain, how
ever, why this tariff did not continue
it's beneficent work so as to prevent the
panic or the present business depression.
The tariff plank bears the earmarks of
the standpatters of the Protective Tariff
League tempered by the fear of Payne
and Dalz9ll that tariff revision is COM
ing and the only hope for continued pro-
lection to the trusts is to try to 50
moderate the demands that the voters
can again he fooled into support of the
republican standpatters and their allies,
the tariff protected trusts.
1t is very interesting to see the stand
tariff revision. Uncle Joe's platform
tell us the secret that: "The benefits
conferred by the present tariff have pro-
duced an Industrial situation that sug.
Sests the possibility of securing by the
revision of the tariff additional benefits
for the people of the United States
through the policy Of protection, Of
course, there is IL possibility" that a
republican revision of the tariff might
inure to the benefit of the people, but
iI,N a, P,,f
can platform admits that the tariff has
not given the people square deal for
lit is now apparent that in order to
maintain the scientific accuracy of the
tariff, remove inequalities and prevent
Injustice, some new schedules must be
added to the law, some of the present
rates must br repealed altogether"
Whether the people of the protected
interests would benefit by such re-
vision will perhaps never he known, for
1t would hr evident folly for the people
To intruSt tariff reform to the rcpubli-
can party which has VIGOROUSLY pro-
tectGd the trusts ut the expense of the
people 1t is evident that the republi
cans OF Illinois SO love protection and
the campaign contributions from the
trusts that they have no intention of
dlSrardInG the policy of protection. for
the platform further says: I'VE believe
that IL" people of the United States
will profit by new tariff but it must
hr republican tariff. IL protective
tariff. That shows how hard it is for
StandpattcrS TO surrender TO the newt
able and how impossible it will he for
republicans. such as Speaker Cannon
and the other leaders who now control
congress, to give relief from trust
plundcring under any revision of the
tariff they would vote for.
That can be readily seen by anyone
who will take lhc trouble to read this
Illinois republican platform. which has
evidently been carefully prepared by
the standpat faction of the republican
party as more explicit pattern for the
national convention to follow than the
Roosevelt Taft platform adopted by the
late Ohio convention. Both platforms
declare for revision "aftcr election,
but neither declares for tariff reduction
In fact the Illinois eohyention declares
for minimum and maximum rates
giving full protection" which mus
mean that the minimum rates of tn,
proposed new tariff law will not be an,
less than the present law provides and OF
top Of that much higher maximum rate
TO he charged on imports from thos