The Holly chieftain., 1912-07-05
TARIFF REFORM IS
DEMOCRATIC
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FAyoRs FIGHT on TRUSTS

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Following ars u psiseipal p,aaks
u ~ platform aAsoes1 ~ ~ D11o-
cratic national ssaveatioa st naaft
The Tasja Ns1efM.
Eve declare Il 70 - fnn1a0ental
Dstacipls of Tie Denocsattc party
that IL federal sovsransat snAer
tAs Coastitutioa has 10 rigAt q pow-
= 70 inposs q coliset tarfR dnt3ss
except for the Durpess Of rsvsaue
anA ws demand that the eoiisctioa q
ssch taxes shall b. limited 70 Tie ~
csssitiss Of government hoaSstly and
seeaomically AAniAistarsl
'-rAs high RspsblicaA tariR = TIE
prtacipal cause Of tAs unequal distri-
katoa Of wealth: L ts . system q
taxation which makes the rich riehsr
and the poor poorer; under IT. opera-
lions tAs Americas farmer and labor-
Ing man are, tho chief sufferers: II
raises the cost oe the nscessariss oe
tifs to them. but does mot protect their
product or wages.
I'VE favor tie Immediate down
ward rsviston u ths sxistins high.
aad In many Gases, prohibitive tart6
Sutiss. insisting that material rsduc-
tions be speedily made upon the nee
essaries Of life. Articles entering In
to competition with trust controlled
products and articles Of Americas.
manufacture where sold abroad more
cheapiy than at homo could be put
upon the free list.
s, I'VE dsnounce the action Of Pregi-
dent Taft In vstoang tAs bills TO re-
duce the tariR In tho cotton, wooleu.
metals and chemicals schedules and
the farmers free. list bills, al of
which was designed 70 elve Stmnedar
ats reflex 70 ~ slaasss trun ~ -
actions of tn trssta
The Republican party. Hhils,
promising tari6 revision, has shown
By IT. tariff Legislation that such re-
vision u not to be In the peoples In
terests and having been faithlsAs to
IL pledges Of 1908 It should no longer
enjoy the confidence OF the nation.
High Cost Of Living.
The high cost Of living is . -
rtous problem In every American
hoMe The Republican party IN its
platform attempts to escape from re-
sponsibiIity for present conditions by
denying that they are due to pro
teotive tariff. We take issue with
them on this subject and charge that
excessive prices result In q large
measure from The high tariff laws en-
acted and maintained BY the kepub.
llcan party, and from trusts and com,
merciaI conspirators fostered and en-
couraged by such laws. and We assert
that no substantial relief can be se.
cured for the people until import du-
ties on the necessaries Of life are ma
teriaiiy reduced. and those criminal
c0nspiracies broken up. 3's
Antitrust Law.
"A private monopoly is> indefensi-
BILE and intolerable. We therefore IA
v0r the vigorous enforcement or the
criminal as we'll as the civil law
against trusts and trust oficials, and
demand enactment Of such additional
legislation as may be necessary to
make It impossible fof private mo
nopoly to exist in the United States.
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I'VE condemn the action Of the Re.
publican administration In comprO.
missing with the STANDARD OIL Com
pany and the tobacco trust and its
failure to invoke the criminal pro.
visions Of tho antitrust law against
the 0fncers Of those corporations aft.
or the court had declared that from
the undisputed facts In. the record
they had violated the criminal provis.
ions OF the law.
1--WE regret that Sherman antitrust
Law has received q judicial construc-
tion depriving 1t Of much Of fts 81.
ncacy. and We favor the enactment OF
legislation which will restore to the
statute the strength Of which It has
been deprived by such Interpretation
Income Tax and Popular election ei
Senators.
We congratulate the country upon
the triumph Of two important reforms
demanded In the last national plat.
form. namely, the amendment Of the
federal constitution authorizing an In
:cme tax and the amendment provid
ing for the popular election Of sena'
tors. and we call unon ti,a nennlA al