The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-07-05
Tariff for Revenue Only the
 Keynote of the Instrument
HIGH COST OF LIVING TREATED
Antitrust Plank Is Especially Strong
 One-The Rights of States.

Antitrust Plank Is Especially Strong
 One-The Rights of States.
 We, the representative of the denl- "cratic l-sIty of the U 1it,ei States in I tional convention IS ;ambled, reaf- fi;'.a D devotion to the principles Of de:aocr;tiic government formulated uy Thomas Jefferson and enforced by long and illustrious line of democra- tic presidents.
 Tariff Reform.
 We declare it to be the fundamental principle of the democratic party that the federal government under the con- stitution has no right or power to inn pose or collect tariff duties, except for the purpose of revenue, and we de mand that the collection of such taxes shall be limited to the necessities of government honestly and economical ly administered.
 The high republican tariff is the principal cause of the unequal distri- button of wealth; it Is system of taxation which makes the rich richer and the poor poorer; under it's opera tions the American farmer and labor ing men are the chief sufferers; it raises the cost of the necesaries cf life to them, but does not protect their product or wages. The farmer sells largely in free markets and buys al most entirely in the protected mar kets. In the most highly protected industries, such as cotton and wool steel and iron, the wages of the labor CTS are the lowest paid in any of our industries We denounce the republi- can pretense on that subject and as sert that American wages are estab- lished by competitive conditions and not by the tariff.
 We favor the immediate downward revision of the existing high and, in many cases. prohibitive tariff dues, insisting that material reductions be speedily made upon the recessaries of life. Articles entering into competi- tion with the trust-coRtrolfed prod ucts and articles of American manu- facture which are sold abroad more. cheaply than at home; should be put upon the free list. ,..-- r-a-.
 We recognize that our system Of tariff taxation is intimately connected with the business of the country, and we favor the ultimate attainment of the principles we advocate by legisla- tion that will not injure or destroy legitimate industry.
 We denounce the action of the pres ident in vetoing the bills to reduce the tariff in the cotton, woolen, metals and chemical schedules and the farm CTS free list bill, all of which were designed to give immediate relief to the masses from the exactions of the trusts.
 The republican party, while promis- ing tariff revision, has shown by it's tariff legislation that such revision is not to be in the peoples interest and having been faithleSs to it's pledges of 1908, it should no longer enjoy the confidence of the nation. We appeal to the American people to support us in. our demand for a tariff for revenue oniy.
 High Cos. of .1ing.
 The high cost of living is serious rlOblem in very American home T he ., >ublican ps- in it's platform, at tempts to escape from responsibility for present conditions by denying that ,hey are due to a protective tariff. We .ake issue with them on this subject md charge that excessive prices re- suit in a large measure from the high .ariff laws enacted and maintained l )y the republican party and form l .rusts and commercial conspiracies ostered and encouraged by such laws.
 Antitrust Law.
 A private monopoly is indefenSibie | md intolerable We therefore favor | he vigorous inforcement of the criIn- | nal as we'll as the civil law against | rustS and trust officials, and de-l nand enactment of such additional | egislation as may be necessary to | make it impossible for a private mo- lopoly to exist in the United States. | We are in favor of the declaration I ,y law of the conditions on which cor ,orationS shall be permitted to engage | n interstate trade, including among 'thers the prevention of holding com ,anies, interlocking directors, of tock watering, discrimination in ,rice, control by any corporation of 70 large proportion of any industry IS to make it a menace.
 We condemn the action of the re- publican administration in compromis- ng with the Standard Oil company nd the tobacco trust and it's failure O invoke the criminal provisions of he antitrust law against the officers If those corporations after the court eclared that from the undiSputed acts in the record they had violated he criminal provisions of the law. We regret that the Sherman antitrust aw has received a judicial construc- ion depriving it of much of its eff iency and we favor the enactment of egislation which will restore the stat te the strength of which it has been eprived by such interpretation.
 Rights of States.
 Believeing that the most efficient esults under our system of govern nent are to be attained by the full Xerciseby the states of their reserved overeign powers, we denounce as the efforts of our opo-