The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-16
PLATFORM OF 4HE
UTAH DEMOCRATS
Prohibition Dnounces the Republican
Organization Public Utilities Commission
Tribute Paid to Democratic Party

ing able to retrieve the revenues
! thus squandered.
Revenue.
! All property should hear It's JUS
| proportion OF the burdens Of govern
ment; taxes should be only levied fol
! Legitimate. necessary public purposes
and must be uniform and equitable
public funds and public credit shoulC
! not be given OF loaned to private Indl
| yiduals or corporations
We therefore declare that
j. (TarlfJ Tariff is tax paid
; by the consumer. The modern Re
publican tariff" emanated from thy
necessities for revenue during the
great civil war, and has been per
petrated by selfish and corrupt men
Tor so years, until it threatens the
very life OF the country.
Like all taxation, IL should be for
public purposes only, and not for pri.
vate profit, and should be so levied
as not TO discriminate against any
section. class, industry, pr occupa.
tion. and be limited to the actual
needs OF the government honestly and
economically administered.
To avoid injury to any legitimate
industry through necessary tariff
changes, VIC favor the creation of non
partisan tariff commission. empow-
cred TO investigate economic condl-
ticns and to report publicly to the
congress.
We denounce the "Payne-Aldrich
rif 1f qe - It'd
tice, dictated by special interests and
making remorseleSs .exactions to en-
rich the few at the expense of the
many through the trusts and mon
oDolies which 1t fosters. and braz-
en- violation OF the pledges made by
the Republican party TO the nation
2 (Income TAX We favor an in
come tax as being a just means of
equitably distributing the burden OF
maintaining the government, appllc-
able alike to individuals and corpor-
ations.
3. (Trusts) We oppose all com
binations OF capital organized to ar
bitrarily control trade among our cl.-
liens. and favor effective legislation
and. Its rigid enforcement to destroy
monopolies and to secure individual
opportunity and independence. and
favor penalty OF imprisonment for
all who violate such laws
We call attention 10 the rapid
growth of trusts monopolies and or
gonizationS In restraint of trade and
TO the dangerous conditions which
threaten the industrial and economic
life OF the people-as the direct re-
suit OF Republican rule both I'm the
nation and state-and hold the pres
ent administration responsible there
for
We call attention TO the well.defln-
cd policies of the Republican party
which gives the trusts the advantage
OF free trade in articles which the
trusts consume, while placing protect
i've duties even TO the point OF Drohi-
bition, upon all articles competing
with what the trusts make and sell.
We call attention TO the well-estab-
lished fact that articles produced by
leading protected trusts OF this coun-
try are shipped abroad at consider
able expense and sold to foreign con-
Sumers at lower price than is charg-
ed the American consumers at home.
We favor admitting free OF duty
all goods and products competing
with trustmade articles, and urge the
exercise of all legitimate power for
the suppression and eradication of the
evils connected herewith.
We condemn the INSCRIPTIONS
methods of Republican campaign man
ayers in this state who employ poll
ucal tricksters to convey by stealth
the impression that the church lead
ers say one thing for the public and
say another thing for private ears.
and that the welfare of the church
depends upon the success of a poli-
teal party. On this point we di-
rect special attention to the open.
official declaration OF the church. as
a church, that It fayors. both from
principle and policy, the absolute sep
aratlon of church and state: no DOM
ination OF the state by the church, no
state interference with the functions
of the church or with the free exer-
else OF religion: and the absolute free
dom of the individual from the dom
lnation OF ecclesiastical authority in
political matters. True TO its record
ot century the Democratic party ad-
heres Loyalty to the principles here
set forth, and In the interest Of
justice. peace and good will. we de-.
mand that this principle be accepted
and acted upon In good faith by every
citizen of Utah.
Manufacture and Sale of Liquors.
The Democratic party has always
advocated the largest measure of lib
eIty to the individual citizen con-