Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-08
PLATFORM ADOPTED
At BALTIMORE:
Important Planks Are Devoted
to Tariff Reform and Anti
Trust Law.

WV Win tne exception Oh ieW CE!M-
portant planks is as follows:
We, tho representatives OF the dem
ocratic party of the United States. in
national convention assembled re-
affirm our devotion to the PRINCIPLES
of democratic government formulated
by Thomas Jefferson and enforced by
O long and illustrious line OF demo
cratic presidents.
Tariff Reform.
We declare it to be fundamental
principle OF the democratic party that
the federal government under the con
sttuton has no right or pow err 20 I'M
pose or collect tariff duties EXCEPT fcr
the purpose of revenue, ana We de
mand that the collection CT such taxes
SHALL be limited to the necessities OF
government, honestly and ecOnCmi-
cally administered.
The high republican tariff is the
principal cause OF the unequal distri-
button of wealth, ii IS a system Of t; y
alton which makes the rich richer ana
the poor poorer; under its operations
the American farmer and lGboring man
are the chief sufferers; it raises the
cost of the necessities Of life TO them.
but does not protect their product OF
wage. ne 4bIDlcI Sells III -blN liz lllt
free markets and buys almost entirely
In the protected markets. In the most
highly protected industries, such as
cotton and WOOL steel and iron, the
wages of the laborers are the lowest
paid in any OF our industries.
We denounce the republican stand
on the subject, and assert that Ameri.
can wages are established by compel
alive conditions. and not by the tariff
Downward Revision.
We favor the immediate downward
revision of the existing high, and in
many cases. prohibitive tariff duties,
Insisting that material reductions he
speedily made upon the necessares OF
life. Articles entering into cOmpeti-
lion with the trust-controlled products
and articles OF American manufacture
which are sold abroad more cheaply
than at home should be put upon the
free list
We recognize that our system o.
tariff taxation is intimately connected
with the business OF the country and
we favor the ultimate attainment OF
the principles we advocate by legisla.
zion that will not injure or destroy
legitimate industry.
Taft in vetoing the bills to reduce the
tariff in the cotton, wonlen, metals and
chemicals schedules and the farmers
free list bill. all OF which We're design
ed to give Immediate relief to the
masses from the eXactions OF the
trusts.
The republican party, while promis-
ing tariff revision, has shown by the
tariff legislation that such revision is
not to be in the peoples interest and,
having been faithlsss to its pledges Of
1908. ii Should no longer enjoy the
confidence OF the nation. We appea
TO the American people to support us
in our demand for a tariff for revenue
cnly.
High Cost Of Living.
The high cost of living is a serious
problem in - cry American home. The
republican party. in its platform, at
tempts to esc3ne from responsibility
Tor present conditions by denying thar
they are due to protective tariff. We
take issue with them on this subject
and charge that excessive prices result
in large measure from the high tar
LII laws enacted and maintained by the
republican party and from trusts and
commercial conSpiraceS fostered and
encouraged by such laws, and we as
Sert that no substantial relief can be
secured fer me people until impost du
hes on the necessnries Of life are ma
terially reduced and those criminal
eonspiracies broken up.
Anti Trust Law.
A. private monopoly is ndefensible
and intolerable. We therefore favor
the vigorous enforcement Of the Grim
Snal, as well as the civil law. against
trusts and trnst officials and demand
enactment OF such additional legisla-
ton as may be necessary to make 1t
impossible for a private monopoly to
exist in the United States. We favor
the declaration by law Of the condi-
lions upon which c0rporations shall be
permitted to ems Se in Interstate
trade, lnclud ng, among others, the pre-
vention of holding companies, OF inter-
locking directors, of stock watering,
of discrimination in price and control
BY any corporation of so large pro
portion OF any industry as to make 1t
: menace to competitive conditions.
We condemn the action of the re-
publican administration in cOmprOmis-
ing with the Standard Oil company
and with the tobacco trust, and its
failure to invoke the criminal provis-
ions of the antitrust laws against
those corporations after the court de-
elared that from the undisputed facts
in the record they had violated the
criminal provisions of the law we
regret that the Sherman antitrust law
has received a judicial construction
ieprving it OF much of its efficacy,
and we favor the enactment or leSlSla-
zion which will restore to the statute
the strength OF which it is deprived by
such Interpretation.
Richts Of the States.
We believe in the preservation and
maintenance in their full strength and
tltegrty Of the three coordinate
branches Of tie federal government
the executive, the Legislative and the
iudical--each keeping within its own
bounds and not encroaching upon the
lust powers OF each of the others.
Believing that the most efficient re
suits under cur system of government
are to be aItained by the fun exercise
ay the states Cf their reserve soFef-
eign powers We denOunce as usurpa-
lion the efforts ~ oar opponents to De
prive tie Sta.ca of any Of the rights
reserve go Ncm, and to enlarge ana
magnify LIS direct io1 the powers o.
The federal %o.CrFmcnt,
we icaieY IN the tull exercise of all
Me powers of tive government, boih
state au0 aational, to protect the PEG
Ole from Injustice at the hands oil
those who eeeb to make the govern
ment a private asset in business
There il no twilight zone between. the
rotiop vnb tive SINE in which exploit