Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-27

upon them 20 the complete satisrac
tion OF public opinion. we favor legis
iation to prevent long delays and the
tedious and costly appeals which have
90 often amounted to a denial OF jus
tice In civil cases and to a failure to
protect the public al large in criminal
cases.
Since the responsibility of the Judi.
ciary Is so great. the standards Of tu.
dicial action must be always and
everywhere above suspicion and re-
proach. While we regard the recall
OF judges as unnecessary and unwise,
We favor such action as may be neces-
sary to simplify the process by which
any Judge who is found to be derelict
in his duty may be removed from
Office. \
Together with peaceful and orderly
development at home, the Republican
party earnestly favors all measures
for the establishment and protection
OF the peace of the world and for the
development OF closer relations be-
tween the various nations of the earth.
1t believes most earnestly in the
peaceful settlement of international
disputes and in the reference of all
j~ustifiable controversies between ma
lions to an international court of JUS
tice.
Monopoly and Privilege.
The Republican party Is opposed to
special privilege and to monopoly. 1t
placed upon the statute book the in
terstate commerce act of 1887. and
the important amendments thereto
and the antitrust act of 1890. and 1t
has consistently and successfully en-
forced the provisions of these laws.
1t will take no backward step to per-
NIT the re-establishment in any de-
gree OF conditions which were intol-
cradle.
Experience makes it plain that the
business of the country may be car
ried on without fear or without dis
turbance, and at the same time with
out resort to practices which are alb
horrent to the common sense of JUS
tice.
The Republican party favors the
enactment Of legislation supplement
tary to the existing antitrust act
which will define as criminal otfenses
those specific acts that uniformly
mark attempts to restrain and to mon
opoltze trade, to the end that those
who honestly intend to obey the law
may have a guide for their action, and
that those who aim to violate the law
may the more surely be punished.
The same certainty should be given
to the law prohibiting combinations
and ~monopolies that characterizes
other provisions of commercial law,
In order that no part of the field of
business opportunity may be restrict
ed by monopoly or Combination, that
business success honorably achieved
may not be converted into crime, and
that the right Of every man to acquire
commodities, and particularly the
n~ecessaries Of life, in an open market
u~ninfiuenced by the manipulation of
trust or combination may be pre-
Federal Trade Commission.
In the enforcement and administra-
ton Of federal laws governing inter-
commerce and enterprises i'm
pressed with a public use engaged
therein, there is much that may be
committed to a federal trade commits
sion, thus placing in the hands of an
administrative board many of the
functions now necessarily exercised
by the courts. This will promote
in the administration of
law and avoid delays and technL
incident to court procedure.
The Tariff.
We reafirm our belief in a protec-
I've tariff. The Republican tariff pol
cy has been of the greatest benefit to
country, developing our resources,
iiversifying our industries, and pro-
our workmen against compe-
ltion with cheaper labor abroad, thus
establishing for our wage earners the
standard of living. !
The protective tariff is so woven
PSo the fabric of our industrial and
agricultural life that to substitute for
t a tariff for revenue only would de-
'troy many Industries and throw mil
ions of our people out of employment.
The products of the farm and of the
nine should receive the same meas
Ire of protection as other products of
American labor.
We hold that the import duties
should be high enough while yielding
/ sufficient revenue to protect ade-
American industries and
wages. Some Of the existing import
luties are too high and should be re-
luced. REIMBURSEMENT should be made
rom time to time to. conform to
conditions and to reduce ex-
rates, but without injury to
my American industry.
To accomplish this correct .informa-
ion is Indispensable. This informa-
ion can best be obtained by an ex-
vert commission, as the large volume
II useful facts contained in the re.
'ent reports of the tariff board has
demonstrated.
:. F H"H-rH- L
Conditions Require Study.
The pronounced feature OF modern
Industrial life Is its enormous diversi-
ication. To apply tariff rates justly
o these changing conditions requires
loser study and more scientific
Methods than ever before. The Re
publican party has shown by It's crea-
ion of a tariff board its recognition
4 this situation and its determine
lon to be equal to it.
Wa COndamn he Democratic Marty