The Nevada County picayune., 1912-07-05
.odinn Plank of Platform Adopted by Baltimore Con-
 Venti0n.
ehvoRs FIGHT ON TRUSTS
Action of Republican Administration |, Compromising With Standard oil and Tobacco Combines
 Condemned-Vlews on
 Other Subjects.

po,lowing are the principal blanks .f tbe platform adonted by the Demo s-otic national convention at Balu- more
 The Tariff Reform.
 eve declare it to be fundamental ,rircinle of the Democratic party .bat the federal government under inc Constitution has no right or pow ar to impose or collect tariff duties eycent for the purpose of revenue and We demand that the collection of sncb taxes shall be limited to the ne cossities of government honestly and economically administered.
 "Tbe high Republican tariff Is the ,rineioal cause of the unequal distri- hution of wealth: 1t Is system of ,aystion which makes the rich richer ond the poor poorer; under it's opera hons the American farmer and labor Ing man are the chief sufferers t raises the cost of the necessaries of life to them, but does not protect their product or wages.
 "We favor the immediate down ward revision of the existing high. and in many cases. prohibitiye tariff duties insisting that material reduc- tIons be speedily made upon the nee essaFes of life. Articles entering in- to competition with trust controlled products and articles of American manufacture where sold abroad more cheaply than at home could be put apon the free list.
 We denounce the action of Presi- dent Taft in vetoing tho bills to re- tuce tie tariff in the cotton, woolen, metals and chemicals schedules and the farmers free list bills, all of which was designed to give immedi- ate relief to the masses from the ex- actions of the trusts.
 @The Republican party. while | promising tariff revision, has shown by it's tariff legislation that such rs- Tison is not to be in the peoples in- terests and having been faithless to It's pledges of 1908 it should no longer enjoy the confidence of the nation.
 High Cost of Living.
 The high cost of living is a se- nous problem in every American home Tho Republican party fin its platform attempts to escape from re- sponsibility for present conditions by denying that they are due to a pro teetive tariff We take issue with them on this subject and charge that excessive prices result in a large measure from the high tariff laws en- acted and maintained by the kepub, lcan party, and from trusts and com, mere.al conspirators fostered and ell cOuraged by such laws, and We assert that 10 substantial relief can be se- cured fer the people until import du- ties on the necessaries of life are ma erally reduced, and those criminal eonspiracies broken up.
 Antitrust Law.
 A private monopoly is indefenst- ble and intolerable. We therefore ia TOT the vigorous enforcement of the criminal as well as the civil law against trusts and trust officials, and demand enactment of such additional legislation as may be necessary to make ij impossible for private mo- fcpoly 10 exist in the United States. We condemn the action of the Re publican administration in compro- nisng with the Standard Oil Com Nny and the tobacco trust and its hl1re to invoke the criminal pro- sSlons of the antitrust law against 0e officers of those corporations aft 1T the court had declared that from le undisputed facts in the record ney had violated the criminal proyis- loas of the law.
 We regret that Sherman antitrust ag has received a judicial construc- eoa depriying it of much of its ef- uaey, and We favor the enactment of tslslation which will restore to the sNtlte the strength of which 1t has psen deprived by such interpretation. income Tax and Popular Election Of
 Senators.
 We congratulate the country upon ae triumph of two important reforms seuanded in the last national plat. urn namely, the amendment of the 'sueral constitution authorizing an in .Ome tax and the amendment provid Is TOT the popular election of sena ', .M and We call upon the people oi !, st Ae states to rally to the support VI the pending propositions and secure ~ef ratification.
 we note with qualification the s1sllnous sentiment in favor oi
 The old-Fashioned Fire.