The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-06-22

. 1He DtIuONJd1t ldlNy uOco IN
want the facts upon which Jus
measure can be framed, because the
mean that there shall be no prote'
ton for American industries. In tn
next session and in the present SCI
sion of Congress the Democrat
House has framed and passed serie
OF tariff bills for revenue only wit
complete Indifference to the absolut
destruction that their ,enactmen
would bring upon great American In
i dustrials. Some Of them have fallel
| by the wayside in the Senate an,
some OF them have gone to the presi
dent to meet his wise and c0uraeeou'
veto.
The American people now have tc
pass, not upon the abuses of the tar
iff but on the fundamental question
between the two systems of tariff
making.
The national currency, which the
election of Mckinley rescued from
disaster at the hands of free sill.
yer Democracy, still rests upon the
civil war basis of government bonds
and is no longer adapted to our
changed conditions. II is inelastic
its volume does not expand and con-
tract according to legitimate demands
OF business. No Congress could by
its ordinary methods get beyond the
surface of the vast and complicated
problem, yet the working out of a
new system adapted to American con.
ditions and of vital Importance to the
prosperity Of the country and the &C.
curity of every business and of every
man whose support directly or lndi-
rectly is dependent upon American
business.
For the solution of this question the
policy of the Republican party estab.
lished a monetary commission which
has made most thorough and ex.
haustiye study of the financial system
of all civilized nations, of their re.
lations to our own system and the
needs Of American business. The
commission has reported bill for
the establishment of a new system OF
reserve associations under which the
currency will be elastic; the business
will find ready sale for its commercial
paper; the people at large will exer-
else control instead of little group
of large bankers and the dangers Of
panic will disappear. The President
has recommended the conclusions OF
the commission to the Congress where
the proposed bill is under considera.
ton. ,..t
II is for the interest of every bust.
ness man in the United States that
the party controlling the government
shall not be changed until this policy
has been carried into execution. Upon
the recommendation of the President
the powers of the interstate com.
merce commission have been greatly
and their control over rail.
road rates and railroad service made
more effective. Railroad rebates have
been vigorously prosecuted the impo-
sition of large fines has ended the
practice.
Enforcing Antitrust Law.
The prosecution of the interests and
combinations in violation of the Sher.
man act has gone ahead with extra
ordinary success. The Standard Oil
has been dissolved by a suit
begun under Roosevelt and brought
to successful conclusion under Taft
through judgment in exact accord
ance with the prayer of the complain.
ant. The Tobacco company has been
dissolved. The beef packers, the
Wholesale grocers, the lumber deal.
ers, the wire makers, the window
glass pool, the electric lamp combin.
alton. the bath tub trust. the shoe ma.
chinery trust, the foreign steamship
pool, the sugar company, the steel
corporation, the harvester company
all have been made to feel the heavy
hand of the law through suits or in.
dictments against restraints and mon,
opolies.
The newly created bureau of mines
and the newly authorized childrens
bureau mark the limit to which The
national government can do towards
improving the conditions of intra
state labor without usurping the pow
ers OF the states.
The pure food law has been enforc
ed with vigor and effectiveness. Their,
have been over 500 prosecutions To-
violations OF that law within the pas