The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-07-15
Big CONVENTION
AND WARTS At
SIOUX FALLS
PARTY PLATFORM
Business Of Convention Covered in
Resolutions Which Follow.
Very Little Friction.

the platform as reported by the COM
mittee on resolutions of the Republic
an state convention held in this city
and adopted, after discussion, exactly
as reported:
We, the republicans of South Dako-
ia, In convention assembled, believe
our party is true to the basic princi-
Piles upon which it was founded; that
1t will continue to be the party Of
equality and progress; hat it will
measure up to the requirements Great
ed by the changing economic and in
dustrial condition, holding human
rights above property interests; that
1t will maintain a government for any
and by the whole people with equal
opportunity for all and special privil-
eye for none.
We declare our determined support
OF those great policies developed un-
der Theodore Roosevelt, and demand
that they be given full effect in leg
islation and administration. We com
mend President Taft for his repeated
declarations of loyalty to these prin-
ciples. We endorse his administration
for the many substantial measures of
reform 1t has written into our stat
utes and assure him Of our approval
, and support in all efforts to secure
further effective reform in legislation
and administration.
The true measure Of protection in a
tariff law should be the difference in
cost Of production here and in foreign
countries, as declared for in the last
republican national convention. Thai
difference should be ascertained with
the utmost speed and the present law
modified accordingly. The protective
principle should be applied solely 20
protect American workers in a good
and liberal wage and to secure to
American capital, actually invested in
industries, q fair and reasonable prof
1t, and not to build a wall OF exclusion
behind which giant combinations,
formed to eliminate competition and
~monopolize lines of trade, may flourish
and practice extortion on the Ameti-
can consumer. We believe the Pavne
tariff law, is a step in this direction,
but 1t should have given us at least
free iron ore, lumber and Goa,
and should have made very material
reductions in many other schedules.
We favor a permanent and non-parti-
san taril commission with ample pow
err and duties to be fixed by law.
The amendment to the interstate
commerce law-the railway measure
as finally amended in the senate and
house, passed and signed by the pres.-
dent, Is a valuable addition to the
law. enlarging the power Of the inter-
state commerce commission. and fur
nishing substantial protection n re-
lief. There yet remains much to be
done to properly safeguard the rights
Of the public. The correct physical
valuation Of all railway property OF
the country is absolutely essential to
an intelligent adjustment of railway
rates and charges, and we favor a pro-
vision for such avluation, and pledge
our support to such a law.
The country has been threatened
with monopolistic control of the nee
essaries of life. The danger is not yet
passed. Computations large and small
are necessary to modern business. A
combination Of corporations. for the
purpose Of controlling prices, is both
unnecessary and unlawful. This is the
modern trust.
We endorse the proposal to grant to
congress the power to levy a grad
uated income tax.
We believe in a thorough system of
federal regulation O. corporations in
Interstate m that will prevent
and suppress unlawful m~onopolies.
Free competition is the only safety
for the people against the greed of
monopoly. This is the principle Of
the Sherman antitrust law. New leg
i~slation should not modify this act.
but should aid in its enforcement.
We believe that all our natural re-
sourcts should be carefully conserved
and developed for the general good
and that all public oficials-state and
national-whether holding by election
or under appointment whose powers
extend to the control OF natural r.
sources should be chosen for their Pc
culiar fitness and for their known rec
ord and opinions touching the N
~servation and development Of such
resources.
The dominant national issue is the
wrestling control of national legisla-
ton from special interests and we
heartily approve Of the notifications
of the rules of the house of represent
tatives recently adopted by which the
members of that body are permitted
a larger latitude of individual action,
thereby enabling them more fully to
represent by voice and vote the Will
Of their constituents. We recommend
that the members from this state IA
vor necessary notifications OF the
rules so as to further curb the arbf-
trary influence and power OF the
speaker.
We are opposed to appointment 70
federal ju~dgeships. corporation lawyers
whose environment is such as to ere
ate distrust or weaken public CONT
dence In cases where such corporate
interests may be involved.
No backward steps should be taken
by the republicans OF South Dakota in
the various reform measures enacted
into law by the recent sessions Of the
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