Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-07-24
Comparison Of Chief Clauses In the
Democratic and Republican Platforms
DEMOCRATIC.

United States in national convention assembled reatrm
devotion the principles of Democratic government
formulated by Thomas jefferson and enforced by long
and illustrious line of Democratic presidents.
] Tariff Reform
We declare it to be Il fundamental principle of the
Democratic party that the federal under the
constitution has right power to impose collect
tariff duties for the purpose Of and de-
collection Of such shall be limited
the necessities of honestly and economically
administered.
The high Republican tariff is principal of the
unequal distribution of wealth. 1t is system of
which makes the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Under its operations the American farmer and aboring
the chief sufferers 1t raises the cost of the
essares of life to them but does not protect their product
The farmer sells largely in free markets and
buys almost entirely in the protected markets. In the
highly protected industries such cotton and WOOL
steel and iron the of the aborers the lowest
paid in any Of industries We denounce the Repub
can pretence that subject and assert that American
established by competitive conditions and not
by the tariff
We favor the Immediate downward revision of the
listing high and, in many prohibtve tariff duties
insisting that material reductions be speedily made upon
the necessares of life Articles entering into competition
with trust controlled products and articles of American
manufacture which sold abroad cheaply than at
home should be put upon the free list.
We recognize that system OF tariff taxation is init
matey connected with the business Of the country and
favor the ultimate attainment of the principles ad
vocate by legislation that will not nure destroy eg
mate industry.
We denounce the action of President Taft in vetong
the bills to reduce the tariff in the cotton wooden, metals
chemical schedules and the farmers free list bi all
of which designed to give immediate relief to the
from the exactions of the trusts
The Republican party, while promising tariff revision,
has shown by its tariff legislation that such revision is
be in the peoples interest," and having faith
less to it's pledges of 1908 should longer enjoy the
confidence of the nation We appeal to the American
pie support in demand for tariff for
only.
High Cost Of Living
The high of living is a serious problem in every
American home. The Republican party in its platform
attempts escape from responsibility for present cond
tons by denying that they due to protective tariff
We take issue with them this subject and charge that
excessive prices result in large from the high
tariff laws enacted and maintained by the Republican
party and from trusts commercial conspiracies fos
tered and encouraged by such laws and assert that
such substantial relief be secured for the people
until import duties the necessaries of life materially
reduced and these criminal conspiracies broken up.
Antitrust Law
private monopoly is indefensible and fntolerable
therefore the vigorous enforcement of the crm
we'll the civil law against trusts and trust off,
Gals and demand the enactment of such additional legis
laon may be necessary to make it Impossible for
private monopoly to exist in the United States
We favor the declaration by law of the conditions
upon which corporations shall be permitted to in
interstate trade including among others the prevention of
holding companies interockng drectorates of stock
watering discrimination in price and the control by
corporation of large proportion of industry
to make it to competitive conditions.
We condemn the action of the Republican admnistra-
ton compromising with the Standard Oil company and
tobacco its failure invoke the criminal
provisions of the antitrust law against the officers of
those corporations after the court had declared that from
the unsputed facts in the record they had violated the
criminal provisions of the law
We regret that the Sherman antitrust law has received
judicial construction deprivng it of much Of it's eff
cency and we favor the enactment of legislation which
will restore to the statute the strength of which 1t has
been deprived by such interpretation
Banking Legislation.
We oppose the called Adrich bill or the establish
ment of central bank believe country will
be largely freed from panics and unempoy
and business depression by such systematic
vision of banking laws will render temporary
lief in localities in which such relief is needed with
lection dominion by what is known the
money trust
Banks exist for the accommodation of the public and
for the control of business All legislation the sub
ject banking and should have for its
the securing of these terms OF abso
lutte security the public and Of complete protection from
the misuse of the that wealth gives to those who
possess it.
We condemn the present methods of depositing gov
eminent funds in few favored banks largely situated in
controlled by Wall for political favors,
and pledge party provide by law for their de-
post by competitive bidding in the banking institutions
Of the country national and state without discrimination
locality approved securities and subject to call
by the government
The Philippines
We reafrm the position thrice announced by the De-
in national convention assembled against policy
of imperialism and colonial exploitation in the Philippines
elsewhere We condemn the experiment in Imperialism
inexcusabe bunder which has involved in
expense, brought instead Of strength
and laid nation to the charge of abandonment
of the fundamental doctrine Of self We IA
immediate declaration of the nations purpose to
recognize the independence of the Philippine Islands
stable government be established such in
dependence to be guaranteed by until the neutralza
ton of the islands be secured by treaty with other
powers
Parcel Post and Rural Delivery.
We favor the establishment of parcel post post
and also the extension of the rural delivery system
rapidly practicable.
Other Clauses,
The Democratic platform contained planks favoring
income tax popular election of senator's presidential p
maries generous pension policy and single presidential
term.