Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-08-12

United national convention assembled reatrm
devotion the principles Democratic government
formulated by Thomas Jefferson and enforced by a long
and illustrious line Of Democratic presidents.
Tariff Reform.
We declare it to be u fundamental principle Of
Democratic party that the federal under the
constitution right power to impose or collect
tariff duties except for the purpose
mand that the collection of such shall limited
the necessities OF honestly economically
administered
The high Republican tariff is the principal
unequal distribution of wealth 1t is system of
which makes the rich richer and poor poorer
Under its operations the American farmer and aborns
the chief sufferers 1t raises the Of the
of life them but does protect their product
or wages The farmer sells largely in free markets and
buys almost entirely in the protected markets. In the
most highly protected industries such cotton and WOOL
steel wages the laooyers are the lowest
paid i'll any of industries. We denounce the Eepub-
ican pretence that subject and that American
wages established by competitive conditions and not
10y the tariff
We favor the immediate downward revision of the
listing high and, many cases. prob;tive tariff duties,
insisting that material reductions be speedily made upon
the neceNsares of life Articles entering into competition
with controlled products and articles of American
Manufacture Which sod abroad cheapY than at
home should be put upon the free list
We recognize that system of tariff taxation is mn
aey connected with the business of the country. aId
ultimate attainment of the principles, M
voce 10y legislation that Will not njure or destroy 'st
industry
the bs reduce the tariff in the cotton wooen metals
and chemical schedules and the farmers free list bill AL
of which designed to give immediate relief to the
from the eXlcons of the trusts
The Republican party, while promising tariff revision,
has shown by its tariff legislation that such revision
not to be in the peoples interest and having been faith
its pledges 1905 should longer enjoy the
confidence of the nation We appeal the American
pie to support in demand for tariff for revenue
only.
High Cost Of Living
he cost of is
American home The Republican party in its platform
attempts escape responsibility for present cond
lions by denying that they due protective tariff,
We take issue with them this subject and charge that
excessive prices result in large measure from the nigh
tariff laws enacted and maintained by Republican
party and from trusts and commercial conspiracr oS
tered and encouraged by such laws and assert that
such substantial relief be for the people
until import the of life materially
reduced and these criminal conspiracies broben up
Anti trust Law.
A private monopoly is ndefensible and intolerable
therefore the vigorous enforcement of the crin
we'll the civil law against trusts and trust Off
cias demand Of such additional legis-
ation as may necessary make it Impossible for
private monopoly exist in the United States
We favor the declaration by law Of the conditions
upon which corporations shall be permitted to engage in
interstate trade including among others the prevention OF
holding companies of inerlockng drectorates OF stock
watering discrimination in price and the control by any
corporation of large proportion OF any industry
make it Il menace to competitive conditions.
We condemn the action of the Republican admlnlstra-
zion in connromsnr with the Standard Oil company
and its failure to invoke the criminal
,uu;.ian f +h .nttr,s+ law ,r,inst rho officers of
those corporoo,s after the court had declared that
tho unisnued focts in the record they had violated
criminal provisions of the law
W. r,r+ ot tho sherman antitrust law has received
y iudicnl construction deprivns it of much of it's ELI
clancy and ". ovor the enactment of legislation which
the statute the strength OF which it has
been deprived by such interpretation
Banking Le9isiaton. ,,,
we oppose l"e so c"hed A"' ~ I'm "a ' . 80.
ment o. Il centrum p'AN' anu we n'N'e wa ..,
,. ,,i ,,,.iro.s 1nurossion nv such n systelttic re-
- 49,, - ann l,,,L in. I,us ,s win render Temporary re-
re IN 10 ti. II, which Nnch relief is needed with pro-
tti, fran, contro or dominion by what is known
money tr:;t
tNi~ tor t!r Nhi!pl'lol ol lhe iup'V anu