Show DEMOCRATIC HANDBOOK Volume Just Issued by Congressional Committee is Largely Devoted to Imperialism and Trusts Washington Sept 2The Demo era tic congressional campaign book which made Its appearance today Is a oltime of 3SI pages the major portion of which Is devoted lo the discussion of imperialism and trusts 240 pages being1 given to these two topics Upon he title page Is the Democratic slogan Equal rights to all special privileges to none The volume opens with the platform of 1000 and the resolutions adopted by he Democratic members of the house at their conference June 10 arraigning he Republican party for failure to give relief to Cuba and to enact proper legislation Then follows an extended criticism of the Republican book many of the statements therein being chal cnged as to accuracy especially those dealing with the trust question Under the head of Imperialism there lmi a long general review of the Philippine Philip-pine policy under the following bends Attempt to divert the Issue partisan ensorshlo War department invcstlga lon and that of the Senate contrasted War department policy of suppression farcical Investigations a court martial topped because It would prove too much court martial trial a farce cru city committed and encouraged crimes of war and not of soldiers American expansion versus Roman Imperialism colonialism and trade statistics against olonlsm keep American appeal at ionic the burdens of militarism Phil pplno venture beginning of general policy of colonialism our warlike Pres dent Philippines a source of weakness weak-ness shall we spend peoples taxes at home or in distant landn A government govern-ment for carpetbaggers and spoliation statehood for the Philippines This review IB succeeded by chapters on General Miles and the army disgraceful dis-graceful record of the military author tics at both ends of the lines In the Gardner case the Smith court martini mar-tini torture as a policy review of the evidence Involving the War department and certain army officers in the Philippines Philip-pines In violation of the laws of war he system not the Individual to blame Democracy temerity for barbarities fundamental objections to the Philippines Philip-pines on account of slavery and po ygamy under the protection of the Hag and vice and loathsome diseases In the Philippines The chapters on the tariff and trusts ire crowded with statistics and figures fig-ures most of it being devoted to an attempt to show that protected trusts and manufacturers get the benefit of all the tariff In our markets and selling sell-ing foreign markets at greatly reduced prices Facsimiles of export price lIsts are given and comparisons arc made with domestic prices of like ar tides A number of big trusts are discussed dis-cussed In detail lo show that they sell heir products abroad much cheaper han at home and the whole question Is summarized In a chapter on the evils of protected rusts I which Is subdivided as follows Political corruption watered stock concealment of export prices that the manufacturers Juggled statistics The records of the two parties on the trust question are contrasted Reciprocity Reci-procity generally Is denounced as humbug The remainder Is devoted to a variety of subjects Including government gov-ernment by Injunction the ship subsidy sub-sidy bill ChlnoHC exclusion foreign affairs af-fairs and the Schley case |