Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-07-11

Ocratic party OF tie tmt,,i Statues ~
II national ~convention a..tta.,ier! rrnl
firm our devotion to the pr;u ,pi+> a.
Democrats government formulated. H.,
Thomas jefferson and enforced Gy II
long and illusrrious line OF I~IeuIncraG,
presidents.
Tariff Reform.
We declare II To he II fundamental
principle Of the Democratic party that
the federal government under the con
stitution has no right or power 10 inu
pose or collect tariff duties except for
the purpose OF revenue. and We de
nan that the collection of such taxes
shall De limited to the necessities OF
government honestly and economically
administered.
The high Republican tariff is the
principal cause of the unequal distri,
button Of wealth; it is a system of
taxation which makes the rich richer
and the poor poorer. Under its opera
lions the American farmer and labor
ing man are the chief sufferers; it
raises the cost of the uecesSarieS of
i illC w uCli, ouN uoVS " piolCNt lhVti
product or The farmer sells
largely in free markets and buys al
most entirely in the protected mar
kets. In the most highly protected in
dustries such as cotton and wool. steel
and iron the wages Of the labOrers
are the lowest paid in any of our in
dustries. We denOunce the Republican
| pretense on that subject and assert
that American wages are established
! by competitive conditions and not by
the tariff.
We favor the immediate downward
revision Of the existing high and. in
many cases. prohibitive tariff duties,
insisting that material reductions be
speedily made upon the necessaries Of
life. Articles entering into cOmpeti-
ton with 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 OF tar
if taxation Is intimately connected
with the business Of the country. and
we favor the ultimate attainment Of
the principles we advocate by legisia-
tion that will not injure or destroy le-
Ultimate industry.
We denounce the action of President
| Taft in vetoing the bills to reduce the
tariff in the cotton. wooden, metals and
chemical 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.
High Cost Of Living.
The high cost of living is a serious
| problem In every American home. The
Republican party in its platform at
tempts to escape from responsibility
for present conditions by denying that
they are due to a protective tariff. We
take issue with them on this subject
| and charge that excessive prices result
| In a large measure from the high tariff
laws enacted and maintained by the
Republican party and from RUS and
commercial conspiracies fostered and
encouraged by such laws, and we as
! sert that no such substantial relief can
be secured for the people until import
duties on the necessaries of life are
materially reduced and these criminal
conspiracies broken up.
Antitrust Law.
A private monopoly Is i~ndefenSible
and intolerable. We therefore favor
the vigorous enforcement of the Grim
inal as well as the civil law against
tr,,Sto and trnst Officials and aapoanA
the enactment of such additional leg
islation 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 conditions upon which corpora
tons shall be permitted to engage in
interstate trade. including among 9th
ers the prevention of holding compa-
MES Of interlocking directorates, OF
stock watering. of discrimination in.
price and the control by any II cor
poration Of 50 large a proportion of
any industry as to make it q menac
to competitive conditions.
We condemn the action of the Re
publican administration in comprOmis-
Ing with the Standard OH company
and the tobacco trust and it's failure
to invoke the criminal provisions Of
the antitrust law against the officers
Of those corporations after the court
had declared that from the nndisputed
facts in the record they had violated
the criminal provisions of the law.
Income Tax and Popular Election Of
Senators.
We congratulate the ountry upon
the triumph of two important reforms
demanded in the last national platform
namely, the amendment Of the feder
al constitution authorizing an income
tax and the amendment providing for
the popular election Of senators-and
we call upon the people Of all the
states to rally to the support of the
pending propositions and secure their
ratification.
Presidential Primaries.
The movement toward more DOnnlar