The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-10-10
DEMOCRATIC
| FREE TRADE
1f1Qs 70 THE suoA0oo WITH
WHICH REPUBLICAN CAM.
PAloNeRs TRY 70 FOOL
the people.
WHAT PARTY STANDS FOR
/ avoee Downward Revision % Toeifl
! Out In . Way That win Not
lnluee Any Legitimate
- Industry.

! The campaign speakers ana news.
paper editors who are pleading 20
Earnestly with the people not to vote
FOR Wilson ana tree trade. have evi.
IDENTIFY not read the democratic plat
form. or the speeches q woodrow
Wilson. because Ne do not believe
they would misrepresent these docu.
ments % they are doing. purposely.
Here 10 exactly what the democratic
platform says on the tariR question:
I'VE favor the immediate downward
svisien Of the existing high and in
many cases prohibitivs tarin duties.
Insisting that material reductions bs
speedily made upon the necessariss Of
lite. Articles entering into competi.
ZION with trust-oontrolled products and
Articles Of American manufacture
which are sold abroad more cheaply
than at home should DO put upon the
free list"
Anything wrong with thatl !
! I'VE recognise that our system Of
fafi6 taxation 10 intimately connected
with the business Of the country and
We favor the ultimate attainment Of
the principles We advocate By legisla,
tion that VIII not injurs or destroy
legitimate industry"
! Anything wrong with thati
/; I'VE denounce the action Of Presk
dent TAFT in vetoing the bills to re,
duce the tariR 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"
wrong with that?
I! She republican party. while prom,
Using tariff revision, has shown by ito
tariff legislation that such revision ID
mot to be in the peoples interest; and
having been faithless to it, pledges
Eof 1908. It should no longer enjoy the
Iconndeuce OF the nation. We appeal
TO the American people to support 10
IN our demand for tarifR for revenue
lonly."
j Anything wrong with thati
THE high cost Of living 10 sert
.ous problem in every American home.
EThe republican party. in it, platform.
attempts to escape from responsible
~ for present conditions BY denying
that they are due to . protective tai.
~ We take issue with them on this
subject and charge that excessive
prices result in large measure from
the high tariff laws enacted and main.
tanned BY the republican party and
from trusts and commercial conspira,
Sies fostered and encouraged by such
laws. and we assert that no .substan,
tn relief can be secured for the PEG,
ne until import duties on the neces
fSaries Of life are materially reduced
and these criminal conspiracles brok,
en- up"
Anything wrong with thatf
In his speech accepting the presk
Dental nomination. Governor Wilson
touched upon the tariff question In
the following language:
''The tariff question. a. dealt with in
our time at any rate. has not been
business. 1t has been politics. Tar,
IL schedules have been made up for
the purpose Of keeping az large .
number % possible Of the rich and IN.
duential manufacturers Of the country
In . good humor with the republican
party. which desired their constant
financial support. The tariff has be-
come q system Of favors. which the
phraseology Of the schedule was often
deliberately contrived to conceal. Il
becomes . matter Of business. Of legi.
innate business. only when tho part.
nership and understanding It repre-.
sents is between the leaders of con.
sgress and the whole people " the
SRited States. instead Of between the
lead 9s Of congress and small groups
Of manufacturers demanding special
recognition and consideration.
I'VE denounce the Payne-Aldrich
tariff act % tho most conspicuous q.
ample ever Afforded the country Of
The special favors and monopolistic
advantages which the leaders Of the
SeDubliesn party have % often shown
Themselves willing % extsnd . those
- whom they looks6 tor campaign
0oatSibutionS.s
Again vs ask: q sAsrs aaytAias
Rroas With tAat3
roo MANY MACHINE POLITICIANS