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Show PROGRES8IVE8 WILL NOT AMALGAMATE New York, April 17. At the close of their meeting late today, the members mem-bers of tho Progressive party national nation-al executive committee Issued a state ment declaring there is no possibility of the new party ever amalgamating with either of the old parties. They criticized the action of the Democrats racy because the Democratic theories "There is neither prospect nor possibility of any amalgamation or combination of the Progressives with either of the old Tory parties," says the official statement. "The Republican Republi-can party, under permanently reactionary reac-tionary leadership, presents no hope of genulno progressive achievement There can he no progressive Democracy Democ-racy bcauso the Democratic theories of Btato's rights and progressive legislation leg-islation are Incompatible. The method meth-od by which tho Democratic party at this moment is handling tho tariff Is proclsoly tho method that has given rlso to abuse In tho past; tho method that Insures preference to special Influences In-fluences and prevents- a genulno non psirtlrn effort to reduca oxcesslvo rates. "A permanent nonpartisan tariff commission, with ample powor to find out and report upon the facts, whoso duty It shall be to lay before Congress tho Information without which Congress cannot act Intelligently Intelli-gently offers the only way of remedy" Ing the abuses that have grown into in-to our tariff policy, Tho Progressive party holloves in a protective tariff which will equalize conditions of competition between tho United States and foreign countries, both for tho farmer and tho manufacturer and which will maintain for lahor an ad-cquato ad-cquato standard of living." |