Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-06-30
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
OF PENNSYLVANIA
Adopted Last Week BY The Republic
can State Convention, Strongly
Endorses The President,

We take pleasure in giving an abstract
OF the platform adopted by the Republic
can State Convention of Pennsylvania
feeling sure that every Republican will
be glad to read it,.
ABSTRACT OF PLATFORM
The Republicans of Pennsylvania
through their chosen representatives in
convention assembled heartily endorse
and commend the administration of
President William H. Taft which. less
than sixteen months old, is unique in
its record of accomplishments. He has,
in his own way, carried forward and
developed the policies of William Nc
Kinley and Theodore Roosevelt while
enforcing his own and those in favor
of which the party has. in national plat
form, declared. With unwearying
patience and gentleness of manner, but
with great firmnesssof' purpose and I'M
yielding determination, he will, by the
time the gavel falls at the close of the
present session of Congress, have sue
ceeded in the enactment into law of
more important recommendations than
any other President has ever secured
within so brief a time after his inaugu-
ration.
MOST IMPORTANT BILLS
Among this legislation may be men
toned the revision of the tariff; the bill
for the more complete regulation and
control of railroads; the establishment
of postal savings banks the creation of
a Bureau of Mines; the punishment of
the white slave traffic; the creation of a
tariff board; abolition of the immunity
bath; the establishment of business
methods in various government depart
ments; legislation for the conservation
of our national resources; the creation
of Commerce Court; providing for the
investigation of railway accidents and
monthly reports of the same: important
legislation amending and extending the
laws requiring the use of safety appli
ances for common carriers; the passage
of an act through the House providing
a complete constitution for the govern
ment of Porto Rico and comforting citi-
zenship according to the promises of the
party platform, and the addition of two
stars to the flag, Arizona and New
Mexico, making forty eight states now
in The Union
PRESIDENTS WORK ENDORSED
We call especial attention to this
prompt and effective Intervention to pre-
vent the arbitrary increase of railway
rates; his faithful and impartial enforce
ment of the anti trust laws; his enforce
ment of the law against illegal dealing
in what are commonly termed bucket
shops" the conviction of the perpetra-
tors of the so-called sugar frauds upon
the government, and the indictment of
those engaged in unlawfully cornering
and artificially advancing the price OF
cotton and necessary cotton goods which
enter to such extent into the expense
of every family. We believe the tariff
bill recently enacted is in accord with
the Republican party as expressed in it's
last national platform.
Since the passage of that bill the
wages of employees in this country have
been increased more than $500, 600, 900. 90
per annum. In few instances the tar
itf on luXuries was increased but on
other articles the revision was down
ward. No increase in the price of COM
mon necessities of life can honestly be
attributed to the tariff for the duties
upon them were not raised. We agree
with President Taft thatit "Is the best
tariff bill the Republican party ever
passed"