The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-10-19
DEMOCRACY'S RECORD.
Remarkable Achievements of the Past
Three Years.

World has ten wonders. The record
made by the present administration
in the matter of domestic reform is
without parallel in the history of our
government. A Democratic presl-
dent, supported by Democratic SEN
.ate and a Democratic house, has CIV
an the country ten splendid remedial
measures.
First-The tariff law now upon the
statute books is the best enacted
within half a century. 1t is written
upon the theory that a tariff law
should be so framed as to raise reve-
nue. and not upon the theory of CIV
ing protection for projections sake.
It has lessened the power of the tar
III baron to exact tribute from the
public.
Second-The income tax provision,
while a part of the general revenue
law, deserves to be considered upon
its own merits. It was made possi-
BILE by the adoption of the income
tax amendment to the federal consti-
tuition, secured after a fight of more
than fifteen years, made under Demo-
cratic leadership. The income tax in
the law of 1913 transferred nearly
one hundred millions from consump-
tion to incomes, thus relieving the
masses from the injustice that Re-
publican tariff laws had put upon
them, an injustice which would still
continue if the Republicans had re-
NAMED in power.
Third-The currency law is the
greatest piece of constructive legis-
lation the generation has seen. 1t
brings to the commercial world re-
lief sorely needed. 1t breaks Wall
streets despotic hold upon the busi-
ness of the nation and the political
tyranny exercised by the masters of
high finance.
Fourth-The rural credits law is
q fitting companion of the currency
law. It gives the agricultural world
the same sort of relief that the cur
fency law brings to the commercial
world. It gives conclusive proof of
the breadth and comprehensiveness
OF Democratic plans-just to all in
every walk of life.
Fifth-The antitrust law, written
upon the theory that private monop-
oily is indefensible and intolerable, is
the first step towards the release Of
the country from the great combina-
lions of capital that had assumed to
control production and fix prices. 1t
not only gives a measure of relief
from trust extortion, but it includes
a provision which protects working
linen from government by injunc-
ton
Sixth-The act creating a trade
commission, exercising over big in
dustrial corporations powers similar
to those exercised over the railroads
by the interstate commerce commits
sion, puts the federal government in
a position, first to secure informa-
tion, and second, to use that infor-
nation for the protection of legiti-
mate business against the encroach-
ments Of private monopoly.
Seventh-The shipping bill is an
other step in advance, and a long
step. It's purpose is to protect inter-
national trade along existing trade
routes and to lay out new lines of
travel for the extension of American
commerce. It took two-years' fight
to overcome the influence of the
shipping trust, but the fight has at
last been won, and the government
is now in a position to use a merchant
marine of it's own to safeguard the
interest of the American shipper.
Eighth h--The child labor law has
come in response to the growing de-
mand for social betterment The
fact that such a law is necessary is a
sad commentary upon the heartless-
ness of man-that he should become
so money-mad as to be willing to
Increase his profits by the stunting
Of the bodies and the dwarfing of the
minds of minors. The Democratic
party deserves credit for adding this
law to it's extraordinary record of
great accomplishments.
Ninth-The Philippine bill, while
dealing with an international mattM,
is domestic in that it not only an
nounces national policy, but also
promises to safeguard domestic poll
tics from the disturbing influences of
colonial questions. Eighteen years
ago when the question of imperialism
first raised it's head, the Democrats
in the senate were quick to strike at
it with the Bacon resolution, which