The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-13

~ by Thomas jefferson and enforc
ell 10y. a long and illustrious line oi
ptmpcratic presidents.
rariH reform
We declare ii TO be fundamental
pflhcipie OF. the Democratic party
ffat the federal. government under
tefconstitution has no right or pow,
ey NO. impose or collect tariff duties
EXCEPT for the purpose OF revenue
and we demand that the collection oi
such taxes shall be limited TO the
Necessities OF government honesty
end economically administered.
The high Republican tarif is the
r<inripal cause of the UNEQUAL dis.
tFibution of wealth ii is a system OF
taxation which makes the rich rich
es aud the poor poorer; under It's
operations the American farmer and
hhoying man are the chief sufferers;
II raises the cost OF the necessaries
of{jife to them. but does not protect
fbeir product or wage. The farmer
etj1s. largely In free markets. and
h5fs almost entirely in the protected
nlAfsets. In the most highly pro
teaed industries such as cotton and
asnoI, steel and iron, the wages Of
the iaborers are. the lowest paid In
rry OF our industries We denounce
tie Republican pretense on that sub.
stct and assert that American wages
IRE established be competitive con.
difons and not by tariff.
We favor the immediate downward
teyision OF the existing high. and IN
nlkny cases prohibitive tariff duties.
i:sxislinge that material reductions be
speedilv made upon the necessaries
OF life Articles entering into com
petition With trust controlled pro-
ducts and articles of American manu-
factlirs, which are sold abroad more
chAsp1y than Mt home, should be put
upoh the free list
we recognize that our system Of
tariff taxation IS intimately connect
edywith the business of the country
ard We favor the ultimate attain
rpent or the principles We advocate
bt legislation that will not injure or
destroy legitimate industry.
We derounces the action OF Presi.
dnnt TAFT in yetoing the bills to re-
duce' the tarif In the cotton, woolen,
metals and chemicals schedules and
the farmers free list. all of which
were designed to give Immediate re-
ltef/to the masses from the exactions
Of tie trusts
Tie Republican party. while prom.
isirg tariff revision, has shown by
Its tariff legislation, that such re.
vision is not to be in the peoples in
teseAt and having been faithless TO
its pledges OF 1908 it shoWia~S@ not
longer enjoy the confidence OF the
nation. We appeal to the~AFeItean
T'eppse to. support US In our defhand
fer y tariff for revenue only xS
iHishI cbst OF jLivinp ~
Tie high cost OF living Is a'terioHs
rsobiem N every American home,
IhesRepdbiicans party in its platform
aMsmpts to- escape from responsible.
iss. .fof present conditions by denying
thatS they are due to a protective
tnr3N We take issue with them on
tkfs subject and charge that exces'
siye prices result In a large measure
fran the high tariff laws enacted and
nrnfrtained by the Republican party
nBd frggi Trusts and commercial con:
sp'racies fostered and encouraged
bY such laws, and we assert that no
subetantials relief can be secured for
the people until import duties on the
utcessaries of life are materially re-
daced and these criminal conspir.
eesfw broken up.
Antitrust Law
A private monopoly Is indefensibie
and intolerable We, therefore, fav-
or the vigorous enforcement of the
c~imsnai as well as the civil law
arainst trusts and trust officials, and
demand the enactment of such addl-
tionai legislation as may be neces'
sary TO make ii impossible for a
irivate monopoly to exist In the
United States. We favor the declara-
ton BY law OF the conditions rpoh
v,lich corporations shall be permitted
TO engage in ilaerstate trade, and in
ciuding among others. the pTesump
ton OF holding companies, OF inter.
locking directors, Of stock watering,
uf discrimination in price, ana the
control by any one corporation OK 80
large a proportion of any industry as
70 make 1t menace to competitive
conditions. We condemn the action
Of the Republican administration IN
COMPROMISING with the Standard OIL
company and the tobacco trust anu
lis failure to iHToke the criminaD pro-
visions of the antitrust law against
fhe tofficers OF those corporations al
ter, the court had declared that rom
fhs undisputede facts in the record
khey had violated the criminal proyi-
sions OF the law.
we regret that the Sherman trust
NV has received judicial construc'
ton depriving 1t of much OF its
(s4caey and we favor the enactment
6ftfsgislation which viii restore the
statute. the strength Of which 1t has
Eten deprived by such interpreta'
hbn.
Hinhts OF The States
NE believe ia the preservation anu
maintenance in their full strength
Srds Integrity Of the three co-ordin'
ftr branches H the. federal govern.
isfsnf--ffie executive. the legislative
Ana the iudiciaz leach keeping within
III pwn hounds and not encroaching
tpot the Just Fpwers Of either OF the
He;leving thai the most efficient
fhsufts under our system OF govern.
I. ant are to 81 attained by the fuli
kt<rcIse by tfe states OF their re
servsd sovereign powers. we De
ounce as ustMpation the enorts ol
an opnofenssW 10 deprive the states
q hng pf theN rights reserved 20
'hesu and to effarge and magnify oy
tdlnction the powers OF the teo'
raj government
we insist upon the full exercise
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