Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-10-31
"DEM0CRAIIC
FREE TRADE"
THIS IS THE BUGABOo WITH
WHICH REPUBLICAN CAM.
PAIoNERs TRY TO FOOL
THE PEOPLE.
WHAT PARTY STANDS FOR
Favors Downward Revision of Tarif7
But In a Way That Will Not
lnlure Any Legitimate
Industry.

The campaign speakers and news
paper editors who are pleading so
earnestly with the people not TO vote
for Wilson and free trade" have evi.
IDENTIFY not e a the democratic plat.
form, or the speeches Of Woodrow
Wilson, because we do not believe
they would mis%represent these docu.
ments as they are doing. p%urposely.
Here is exactly what the democrats
platform says on the tariff question::
I'VE 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 n%ecessaries OF
life. Articles entering into competi.
tion 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"
~N~J o VI .
I'VE recognize that our system of
starih taxation is intimately connected
with the business of the country and
we favor the ultimate attainment of
the principles we advocate by legisla.
,,tion that will not injure or destroy
Legitimate industry"
AnuthS~~ rrro r,S<h xA.A0
I'VE denounce the action OF Presi.
dent Taft in vetoing the bills to re.
duce the tariff in the cotton, wooden,
metals and chemical schedules, and
the farmers free list bill, all of
which were designed to give immedi.
ate relief to the masses from the ex.
actions Of the trusts"
Anything wrong with that?
The republican party, while prom.
Using tariff revision, has shown by it's
!'tarin legislation that such revision is
not to be in the peoples interest; and
having been faithless to it's pledges
jof 1908, it should no longer enjoy the
confidence of the nation. We appeal
to the American people to support us
in our demand for a tariff for yen
only"
Anything wrong with that?
THE high cost of living is a seri.
Gus problem in every American home.
The republican party, in it's platform,
attempts to escape from responsible.
ty for present conditions by denying
that they are due to a protective tar.
III. 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 main.
tanned by the republican party and
from trusts and commercial conspira.
cies fostered and encouraged by such
laws. and we assert that no substan,
'tial relief a be secured for the peo,
pie until import duties on the neces.
saries OF life are materially reduced
and these criminal conspiracies brok,
On up"
Anything wrong with thatf
In his speech accepting the presi.
Dental nomination, Governor Wilson
touched upon the tarin question in
the following language:
1.-THE tariff question. as dealt with in
cur time at any rate. has not been
business. 1t has been politics. Tar.
i'll schedules have been made up for
the purpose of keeping as large a
number as possible of the rich and ia.
duential manufacturers Of the country
In a good humor with the republican
party, which desired their constant
financial support. The tariff has be.
come a system Of favors, which the
~phraseology Of he schedule was often
deliberately contrived to conceal. 1t
becomes a matter of business, of legi-
innate business, only when the part
nership and understanding it repre-
sents is between the leaders of con
gress and the whole people of the
United States, instead of between the
leaders Of congress and small groups
OF manufacturers demanding special
recognition and consideration.
I'VE denounce the Payne-Aldrich
tariff act as the most conspicuous ex-
ample eve afforded the country Of
the special tavors and monopolistic
advantages which the leaders of the
republican party have SO often shown
themselves willing to extend to those
to whom they looked for campaign
contributions"
Again We ask: Is there anything
wrong with that?