The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-17


Rftirm our devotion 20 the principles
OF Democratic government formulat
cd BY Thomas Jefferson and enforc
ed by a long and illustrious line o
democratic presidents.
Tariff Reform
We declare IL to he a Fundamental
prnciple OF the Democratic party
mat the federal government under
the constitution has no right or pow
e. TO impose or collect tariff duties
except for the purpose OF revenue
and we demand that the collection OF
such taxes shall he limited to the
necessities of government honesty
end economically administered.
The high Republican tariff is the
principal cause OF the unequal dis
tTibution of wealth: it is system OF
taxation which makes the rich rich
er and the poor poorer; under its
operations the American farmer and
slahoring man are the chief sufferers ;
II Eases the cost OF the necessaries
Of life 10 them. but does not protect
their product or wage. The farmer
cells largely In zee markets. and
buys almost entirely in the protected
markets. In the most highly pro
teCted industries such as cotton and
wool, steel and iron, the wages of
the iaborers are the lowest paid in
my OF our industries. We denounce
the Republican pretense on that sub.
sect and assert that American wages
are established by competitive con.
ditions and not by tariff.
We favor the immediate downward
lewiston 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 COM
petition with trust controlled pro-
ducts and articles of American manu-
facture, which are sold abroad more
cheaply than at home, should be put
upon the free list.
We recognize that our system of
tariff taxation is intimately connect
ed with the business of the country
ard we favor the ultimate attain.
ment of the principles we advocate
by legislation that will not injure or
destroy legitimate industry.
We denounce the action OF Presi-
dent Taft in vetoing the bills to re-
duce the tariff in the cotton. wooden.
metals and chemicals schedules and
the farmers free list. all of which
We're designed to give immediate re-
lief TO the masses from the exactions
of the trusts.
The Republican party while prom
ising tariff revision, has shown by
its tariff legislation that such re-,
vision is not to be in the peoples in
ts.est and having been faithless to-
its pledges of 1908. ii should not
longer enjoy the confidence of the
nation. We appeal to the American
PEOPLE to support us in our demand
fer tariff for revenue only.
High cbst OF Living
The high cost of living is a serious
problem in every American home. !
1he Republican party In its platform ,
attempts to escape from responsible I
ity for present conditions by denying
that they are due to protective
tariff. We take issue with them or 1
this subject and charge that excess
sive prices result in a large measure
from the high tariff laws enacted and
maintained by the Republican party
md from trusts and commercial con-
ST. 'racies fostered and encourage ed
BY such laws, and we assert that no
relief can be secured for 4
The people until import duties on the 4
lecessaries Of life are materially re-
diced and these criminal conspir
scies broken up.
Antitrust Law
A private monopoly is indefensible
md intolerable We, therefore, fav-
N the vigorous enforcement of the
--.minal as well as the civil law
against trusts and trust officials. and ;
iemand the enactment of such addi-
ional legislation as may be neces-
Iary to make 1t impossible for a
rivate monopoly to exist In the ;
United States. We favor the declara- ]
ION by law OF the conditions tpor
phich corporations shall be permitted =
o engage in interstate trade. and in =
Aiding among others. the presump-
ION OF holding companies. of inter
ocking directors, of stock watering. II
i discrimination in price. ana the 8
ontrol by any one corporation OF so Z
zrge a proportion OF any industry as /
) make II a menace to competitive Z
ambitions. We condemn the action I
+ the Republican administration IN c
Dmpromising with the Standard Oil
ompany and the tobacco trust and /
9 failure to invoke the criminal pro- :
|sions of the antitrust law against q
,e officers of those corporations af-
r the court had declared that from r
Il undisputed facts in the record r
ev had violated the criminal proyi- G
uns OF the law.
We regret that the Sherman trust r.
~ has received a judicial construc :,
IN depriving it OF much of its r.
Ficacv and we favor the enactment II
legislation which will restore the :
atute. the strength of which il has T,
en- depri--d by such interpreta-
N. Iti
rs.ts OF Tire States iol
Ne believe in the preservation and "
,tntenance In their full strength n
4 integrity of the three co-ordin- Al
/. branches OF the federal govern Il
,nf-tbe executive. the legislative
! The iudiciaI--each keeping within y
own bounds and not encroaching fo
IN the just powers of either OF the al
erE. II
relieving that the most efficient
~. nnder our system Of govern 4
:, arc 10 be attained by the full lei
resse bv the states of their re
ved sovereign powers, we De ca
,nno as usurpation the efforts OF af
opponeEts 10 deprive the states th
any of the rights reserved 20 II
= and to enlarge and magnify py
Irecfion the powers OF the leu 70