| Show THE TWO ISSUES I FROM TIO Tins TIIE I There Thero aro other differences but tho limo main issues this year between tho Republicans Re RO- publicans and the the- Democrats arc aro on tariffs and antI Injunctions Tho Democrats havo not dared as 33 asin in tho the past Last to declare openly for lor freo trade but th they y havo o lave declared for 1 admitting of lIf dut duty articles articles' that compete with trust controlled products product products prod prod- for 2 material r reductions of or duty upon UlOn Imports which compote compete with domestic products that aro ara sold moro mOIo cheaply a abroad road than at home and for fOI 3 such uch graduated reductions I in duties on other othor goods OO S as asI I will restore the tho tariff to a n. basis v This is ig a a. very vory shrewd plank plan for fOl it appeals to a a. largo number of Republicans who havo boon been i ignorantly clamoring for fat tho the first two demands But such a t. t policy would bo be First there thero would bo ho the greatest difficulty in determining what are arc trust controlled products and it would mould very er soon bo ho discovered I that similar foreign goods are aro produced produced pro pro- b by tru trusts trusts' t Why hy favor a a. foreign for for- eign oven o e a domestic trust Second how flow can a reduced rato ho provided in anticipation of or possible sales abroad at lower than homo horno prices usually difficult of or proof and antI why should 90 O per coat cent of or a product bo be handicapped because 10 per pcr cent may havo have to bo sacrificed In ht a foreign for for- foreign eign oJEn market Third it if graduated reduction means anything it means a sliding scalo scale downwards and every merchant merchant merchant mer mer- chant knows 1108 that tm trade trado o discounts futuro future fixed policies so fco that instead of a gradual preparation for Cor a now V condition it would como come at once and bring a n. panic A revenue basis excludes all idea of protection the Uio Democrats may as well w-oll have said freo reo trade The They may delude themselves and delude each other but an any Republican who is caught b by such phrases must 1 bo be 0 fresh in in- in deed As for Cor injunctions In III labor disputes dis dis- disputes tho the Democrats haVo 1111 allowed tho leaders of or organized labor to dictate die dic tate tato their policy and it is nothing moro more nor less than a a. blow at nt tho ho Independence in independence In- In dependence of tho Oho Judiciary Docs Does all any workingman believe that an any of hl his rights aro arc in n danger front from the time courts under existing law an and practice practice tice tice If so so it must bo be o that ho lie claims a n. right to violate tho public peace or 01 to Interfere with the thc management management man n u of or an nn employers employer's lS or 01 a former former former for for- mer employers employer's business or to prevent pre pre- vent ont another workman from accepting accepting accept accept- ing employment for thero is not n a ca case tc o on record in h n which a n C court has enjoined labor front from tho the enjoyment of any ony of or tho time rl rights o of ordinary citi elti- I Tho The plank however goes Ol'S further than to set up a n. dangerous demand for tor cl class s legislation it proposes es lo to take tako from ju Judges cs tho the right to preserve pro pre serve their dignity and und enforce their judgments by referring to a a. jury tho question of whether or not there thero has lias HUi h been en a Or contempt of or their process if tho the act was dono ono tho ho court room In Iii practice this would mean that In time of popular excitement tho the court would bo powerless to prevent pro pro- vent vont tho the destruction of property and anda a a. stay of highhanded outrages upon personal rl right ht and public interest It would mean tho the success of conspiracy conspiracy con con- over o law and of or riot over order If It the thc legislative branch brandl of our government ever over thus circumscribes circumscribes circum circum- scribes tho inherent and lon long sanctioned sanc sanc- sanctioned power of tho the Judicial branch then tho the United States will havo ceased to bo be a government of or laws and not of men |
