The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-17
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elsewhere is that tho representative OF
, privilege in finance and politics control
most of the newspapers, so that the or.
/, dinary man finds the channels OF in.
J mind tho editorial columns being closed
against us, but it is a matter for real
, regret that the news columns are closed
10 us.
1.-THE men for whom We are making
the fight are not politicians and are not
men OF great wealth They are busily
engaged in their daily toll; they do not
appear as speakers at public meetings;
they do not take prominent parts in
political canvasses and they cannot con
tribute large sums Of money for the
furtherancc of the campaign in their
behalf.
Quotes Kansas Man.
/ "Hitherto as standpatter, q re-
dictionary congressman from Kansas
with involuntary truthfulness put it,
these plain people have been regarded
by politicians as only entitled to pay
! the price of admission and sit on the
bleachers and watch the politicians
play the game for their own bene-
fit.
| Progressive doctrine, on the con-
trary, is that the plain people of Amer
| lea are not after this TO sit on tho
| bleschers and look on at the polite
ians play the game, that the plain peo-
pie are TO be their own masters and
masters over all their public servants.
! 'We stand for a protective tariTt,
but we wish 10 SEQ the benefits OF the
protective tariff get into the pay en-
velope of the wage.worker. Instead Of
decreasing, we wish to increase the
amount of the prize money that is
rightfully due those who work hard In
industry, but we stand for more
equitable division of the prize money.
| Moreover, our movement is not only
for economic but for ethical better
ment.
"We intend to work for tho eco
nomic betterment Of the average citi-
| zen, We intend TO insist upon the av-
erage man having greater share than
now Of the good things (which by his
| labor arc produced. But we intend
also to work for a broader and kind
i lier charity Of relationship as between
man and man.
Progressive Platform.
"The Progressive platform has al
ready faced tho real issues of today.
It has done this as regards the trusts,
as regards the rights of labor, as re-
CARDS the tariff. ] do not see how the
people of New England can for one
moment support either the Republican
or the Democratic tariff platform. The
Republican proposal is tariff for
proposal is a tariff for the destruction
Of industry. The Progressive pro
posal is a tariff in the interest Of labor
and industry. At the time when the
Payne e-Aldrich bill was put through
congress it was currently reported that
the cotton schedule, for instance, was
written by then private citizen Of
Rhode Island, now a senator from your
state, Mr.. Lippitt. The Republican
purpose is to have future tariff written
by the Mr.. Lippitts of the party, or
else by the party leaders who are
good to the Mr., Lippltts.
"The Democratic proposal is to hurt
the Mr., Lippitts by hurting everybody,
big and little, connected with the in
duSUrleSs ouT DropoSdl IS NOT uierely
to reform schedules Of the tariff but
to reform the methods and purposes OF
tariff making.
Tariff Revision Plan.
awe purpose to reduce the various
schedules AS to which the duty is un
doubtedly too high We purpose to deal
with the tariff schedule by schedule in
accordance with the reports Of nonpar.
tisau commission of experts who shall
make their reports, not on the theory
of being good to anybody, but with
the theory of doing justice primarily
to the American wage.worker and the
American consumer. In other words,
we shall do Justice to the Lipptt in
dustry. but we shall also do Justice to
the workingmen employed by the Lip
pitts, and we shall see that no protcc-
tion is afforded to the Lippitts unless
a full proportion Of the benefits gets
past the front office into the pay en-
velopes OF the workingmep and finally
we shall see that the general consumer
has his rights fully protected
Currency Problem.
Zone of our national problems cal
ling for immediate solution is that OF
our banking and currency system. It
has been demonstrated beyond question
tnat the present system rs unsclentlhc
and Ineffective and that If we are to
enjoy a full measure of prosperity we
must adopt n modern and proper sys
tenn at least as stable as the financial
systems of France, England and Ger
many.
"This country should have as good a
system ms any in the world. one that
affords protection 10 all legitimate in
terests. ono that insurcs proper and rea-
souable accommodation al Ys1Sonn hi n
rates TO all who may be eutitled to it,
whether they be laborers, farmers. man.
ufacturers or merchants in any and all
parts Of the country. one which will st
least retard and minimize If not fully
prevent imitation and speculation and
OF the people of our country.
"We must have a currency that viii
meet the requirements Of the whole
country. Il must have elasticity. II