The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-17

they have organized combinations to rails.
Ine price or pulp and of paper, thus inn
edge. NV
We demand the immediate repeal of the
t thTim on WOOD pulp, print.paper, lumber
be placed upon the free list
Trusts.
a private monopoly is indefensible and
1ntolerable. We therefore favor the Wig.
ofous enforcement of the criminal law
against guilty Trust magnates and of.
hclals, and demand the enactment of such
to make it impossible for a private mo.
nopoly to exist in the United States
Among the additional remedies. we specify
ton of directors among competing com p, cor.
poTatlons; ~ license system which
yii without +abridgins the right of eaeh
to regulate as it will foreign corporations
doing business within it's limits, make il
corporation engaged in Interstate com.
merce to take out a Federal license before
it shall be permitted to control as much
deals, the license to protect the public
from watered stock, and to prohibit the
control by such corporation Of more than
product consumed in the United States
and (3) law compelling such licensed
corporations to sell to all purchasers in
all parts of the country OH the same terms
after making due allowance for cost OF
transportation
Railroad Regulation.
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 com
mon carriers and prevent discrimination
We favor the efficient supervision and
rate regulation of railroads engaged in
interstate commerce. To this end we rec
roads by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, such valuation to take into consider
alton the original cost of reproduction and
all elements of value that will render the
valuation made fair and just.
We favor such legislation as will pro-
hibit the railroads from engaging in bust
ness which brings them into competition
with their shippers; also legislation which
will assure such reduction in transporta-
| ton rates as conditions will permit, care
being taken to avoid reduction that would
compel a reduction of wages. prevent ade-
quate service or do injustice to legitimate
| Investment.
We heartily approve the laws prohibiting
the pass and the rebate, and we favor any
further necessary legislation to restrain
correct. and prevent such abuses.
f th suer M tba as WI ro
merce Commission. giving to it the init
ative 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 a rate illegal and
as being more than should be charged fol
such services.
We further declare that all agreements
of traffic or other associations Of railway
agents affecting interstate rates. service
or classification shall De unlawful unless
filed with and approved by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
We favor the enactment of law giving
to the Interstate Commission the power
to inspect proposed railroad tariff rates
or schedules before they shall take effect
and Il they be found l4 to be eo unreasonable
Banking.
The panic of 1907, coming without any
party had for a decade been in complete
control of the Federal government fur
willing or incompetent to protect the in
terests of the general public. 1t has SC
linked the country to Wall Street that the
sins Of the spectators are visited upon
While refusing to rescue the wealth pro.
ducers from spOliatiOn at the hands of the
products. it has deposited Treasury funds
without interest and without competition
in favorite banks. 1t has used an emer.
gency for which it is largely responsible
to force through Congress a bill changing
the basis of bank currency and inviting
market manipulation; and has failed t.
country protection in their savings.
| We believe that in SO far the needs
of commerce require an emergency cur
controlled by the Federal government
and loaned on adequate security to ma
tional and State banks.
which the national banks shall be required
to establish a guarantee fund for the
prompt payment of the depostors of any
solvent national bank under an equitable
system which shall be available to al
State banking institutions wishing to ust
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guaranteed bank cannot be secured, an6
that it be constituted SO as to keep the
deposited money in the communities where
policy of the Republican party in pro
viding postal savings banks under plar
Of conduct by. which they will aggregate
deposit the same while under government
charge in the banks of Wall Street, thus
depicting the heir, circulating medium Of tn
the speculative markets.
Income Tax.
We favor an income tax as part Of oul
revenue system, and we urge the subm1S
sion of a Constitutional amendment spe
officially authorizing Congress to levy and
collect a tax upon individual and corpo
rate income. to the end that wealth may
bear it's proportionate share Of the bur
dcns of the Federal government.
Labor and Injunction.
The courts of justice are the bulwarks
of our liberties, and we yield to none il
our purpose to maintain their dignity
Our party has given to the bench i,
have added to the respect and confidence
in which this his. department must be jealous 3,
the Republican party to raise a false issue
respecting the Judiciary. 1t is an unjust
reflection upon a great body of our citi
zens to assume that they lack respect fol
the courts.
1t is the function of the courts to inter.
pref the laws which the people create, and
cial, or political injustice, it is our duty
to change them. The only basis upon
which the integrity of our courts can stand
is that Of answering Justice and nd protee
erty. If judicial processes may be abused
we should guard them against abuse.
Experience has proven the necessity OF
the modification of the. present law relat-
pledge Of our national platforms of 1896
passed the United States Senate in 1896
but which Republican Congress has ever
tempts in Federal courts, and providing
for trial by jury in cases of indirect con-
tempt -
disputes. We deem that the parties to al
| judicial proceedings should be treated
with rigid impartiality, and that injunc-
tons should not be issued in any cases in
industrial dispute were involved.
The expanding organization of industry
makes it essential that there should be nc
abridgement of the right Of wage learners
lection of wages and the Improvement OF
labor conditions, to the end that such la
Dor organizations and their members
should not be regarded as, illegal combi-