Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-28
WISCONSIN SCORES
ALDR|CH TARIFF LAW
OF STATE coNvEN-
TloN LABORS ALL NIGHT ON
PLATFORM.
TAKES ADVANCED POSITION
ON TARIFF AND TRUSTS
Declares Payne -Aldrieh Measure )
Compliance With Republican Pcs !
PIedses-Favors NonPartisanl II
Committee and Further Re> a.
Antitrust Law Fosters N .oIy

-hddlSOI, w is, s0cDl. ASSp-
lutions committee of the republican
state convention adjourned at 3 O'Clock
this morning. but. had not completed
a platform. 1t met again at o'clock.
when the draft of the platform was
completed.
The republican platform. as adopted
by the committee. praises LaFollette
and the Wisconsin progresstves and
declares the Payne-Al Aldrich tariff law
does not fulfill the party pledges The
present tariff board is declared made
quate. The railroad law should be
amended to allow physical valuation
OF railroads. income tax is favored.
also national control of national re-
sources.
ATdrich Tariff Law Denounced.
On the tariff. the platform says:
The Papne- -Aldrich tariff is not
The Payne-Aldrich tariff Is not
compliance with the pledge of the re-
publican party in its national platform.
The true basis of a protective tariff is
the difference between the cost OF
production at homo and abroad. and
we hold that any increased cost OF
production due to higher wages and
standards Of living OF American labor
should be accompanied by compensat-
ing tariff duties. The present tariff
board has no power of investigation
and is not required to report to con-
gresS. We favor the creation of a
non partisan tariff committee. en-
powered to ascertain the cost of pro-
duction in this and other countries and
required to make frequent reports OF
the information gained to congress.
Upon information so obtained congress
should proceed to revise the different
schedules. Independently OF each other.
according to true protective tariff
principles"
Anti Trust Law Upheld.
The plank on trusts. declares in
general way. that the laws against
trusts should not be changed until the
people have regained control of the
government" declares the operation OF
anti trust laws has been productive OF
unjust inequalities and that powerful
monopolies which control the money
and credit OF the country have dehed
the laws, crushed competition and sup
pressed unions and the CO. cooperative ef-
forts of wage earners. The platform
declares the railroad bill was changed
by the progressives from a menace to
a public benefit, but should be further
amended. so as to provide for physical
valuation of railroads. The postal
savings bank law should be amended
to prevent concentration of savings IN
the largo centers.
Trusts Are Arraigned.
On the trust laws the republican plat
form says: The operation of federal
and state antitrust and conspiracy
laws has been productive of fragrant
and unjust inequalities Tho laws have
been circumvented by the most dam
gerous and powerful monopolies and
trusts which, thru control of banks. the
money and the credit of the country,
centered in Wall street, control the nat
ural resources. food and clothing and
highways of the nation. This money
power, in defiance of laws. has crushed
competitors and has built up financial
monopoles in the interest of specula-
tors and against the interest OF pro-
oucers, wage earrers and consumers"
The plank further declares the laws
have "hecn used to suppress unions and
co-operative efforts of wage earners
and farmers in their struggle to pro-
tect the value and products OF their
labor against monied monopolies.' ard
declares In Flavor of such separate
classification of unions. associations.
monopolies and trusts, as shall estab-
lish real equality before the law
The resolutions favor government
regulation of necessary monopolics:
ship subsidies are opposed. and direct
election of senator's is demanded: Sec
ond choice primaries are urged; pub
lication of campaign expenses demand
ed and the initiative and referendum
favored.