The Washington times., 1912-08-08

obstructive floods of the Mississippi
and other streams which represent a
and I'd loss ss 70 the
vation and water storage at the head,
waters, and by levees below; land
sufficient TO support millions OF people
would be reclaimed from the desertts t
to transform the Industrial STANDINGS
OF whole states would be developed.
adequate water terminals would be
provided, transportation by river
would revive, and the railroads would
be cSS1pelled to cooperate as freely
with boat lines as with each other.
The equipment, organization. ana eN-
Panema fsSe erso canal soon m wiiisbe available
for the 1akes-to- the gulf deep water. I.
way and other portions Of this great
work, and should be utilized by the
rious States at the lowest net cost
| to the people.
The Panama canal, built and paid
| for by the-.American people. must be
mand that the canal shall be SO ope-
| rated as to break the transportation
monopoly now held and misused by the
transcontinental railroads by. maintain
ships directly or Indirectly owned or
controlled by American railroad corpo-
! rations shall not be permitted to use
the canal. and that American ships en-
tolls. kso ~ ooa''"''e 'raoe 'na" pay ~
| The Progressive party will favor Iegis-
| lation having for Its aim the develop
ment of friendship and commerce be-
American nations.
We believe in a protective tarifl
| which shall equalize conditions of com.
| petition between the United States and
foreign countries, both for the farmer
and the manufacturer. and which shall
i maintain for labor an adequate stand
ard OF living. Primarily, the benefit OF
any tariff should be disclosed in the pa,
that no industry. deserves protection
which Is unfair to labor or which IL ope
rating In violation of Federal law. We
believe that the presumption is Away
in favor of the consuming public
| We demand tariff revision. because tn
present tariff is unjust to the people o
the United States. Fair dealing towart
ward revision OF those schedules where
In duties are shown to be unjust or ex
We pledge ourselves to the establish
ment OF a nonpartisan scientific tarif
commission. reporting both to the Presi
dent and to either branch Of Congress
which shall report. first, as to the cost
Of production. efficiency of labor, CAPT
talization, Industrial organization. an
efficiency. and the general competitiv
position in this country and abroad o
industries seeking protection from Con
gress: second. as to tho revenue-produc
ing power of the tariff and its relation
to the resources of government: an
thirdly, as to the effect of the tariff o.
! prices operations of middlemen. and o.
the purchasing power of the consumer
We believe that this commission shoul
have plenary power to elicit informa
tion, and for this purpose to prescribe
uniform system of accounting for tn
great protected industries. The work o
the commission should not prevent tn
immediate adoption of acts reducin
these schedules generally recognized a
excessive.
We condemn the Payne Aldrich bill a
unjust to the people. The Republica a
organization is In the hands of thos
who have broken, and cannot again b
trusted to keep the promise of neces
sary downward revision. The Democra
tic party is committed to the destructio
Of the protective system through a tarii
for revenue only-a policy which woul
, inevitably produce widespread industria
and commercial disaster. We deman
the immediate repeal of the Canada
reciprocity act.
Inheritance and