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After the Election. fo
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What has become known to
ps the "Iowa Idea" of tariff tr
revision will be laid aside ta
until after the coming presi- ti
lentlal election. That Meems al
to have been practically de-t
Aided by the Republican;
leaders.
Governor Cujumius of Iowa tc
is the greatest advocate of
.Iowna Idea" and he it was tl
who forced it upon his party
in the last State election inc
Iowa against the strenuous .i
ppposition of some powerful e
Republican leaders of his
Ptate and of the nation. Last
year's platform of the Repubr
lican party of Iowa contained
this clause, embodying the t
idea of tariff revision:
'WVe favor such changes in t
the tariff from time to time a
as become advisable through
the progress of our industries c
and through changing rela- r
tiors to the commerce of the r
world. We indorse the policy t
of reciprocity as the natural
complement of protection,
and urge its development as
necessary to the realization f
of our highest commercial 1
possibilities.'
This idea of tariff revision i
took such a strong hold 1
among the Republicans of
Iowa that it. forced Speaker
Henderson out of the field
jwd Inade Senator Spooner
yield to it. Gov. Cummins
was reelected, in spite of the
opposition to this pet idea,
and even the President of the
lJnited States was forced to,
talk 'tarifl revision" in the
late cogression1al campaign j
o save the ti. 0. P. from
ruin.
But now the tactics of the
Republican leaders have beeni
changed. There is to be no
tariff rcvisi'n till after the.
presidential el'ectioni. The'
''Iowa Idea" will be shelved.
for the time heing: there will
te no0 attempt at revision by
the Republican congress. The
people may want revision;
they may clamior fur it; but
the people be , fort
anght the leaders of the G.
Q,. (. care. Their business
just now is to save their
party, to try to elect a pres-j
ident and a majority of the
congressmen at the next el
ection, and not to look after
the general welfare. That
may wait.
In the meantime the "Iowa
Idea" will continue to sprea4
pi4 'wx strong, until the
politic-iauns in the (3. 0. P.
will 1be bound to recognize it
and give it practical effect.
'rhey may succeed in keeping
it doqiq iu their party until
after tliy plection, but it will
ultimatelh triumph. 'Tariff
revisiou, is bo.und to come.
'The Iowa Idea" is not
eonflined te, Il)wa; it repre
seets a, gaiunig sentiment
pmuong Re aI~gths, especial.
ly in the West, that -thi
tariff should be imodifred
(ronm time to time iln order to
adapt it to the changing re.
latiois of our is.Watries and
the complerce. of the world."
ps th4e Hon. George Y .Iobyrts.
tiirectojr of the mninl( oress.et
it.
Ii,. lowa ilselt i~t is ed ill :er~y
popular. though it may be.
(or )9liticaI r,-asoni. kept iin
he back ground temporarily: cia
If the Iowa idea were so 1le
ýxtremely unpopular in Iowa.. a
,aid Mr. ! )nherts. as it has for
ccasionally been represented t
:o be it is quite likely that bit
:ov. Commins would not be
renominated. as he will be. An
by acclamation, and without iif:
)pposition Gov. Cummins An
has not made himself unpo- Ar
pular in his State by any- bli
thing he has said on the tariff
question. pri
A special correspondent Au
from Washington writes: it
The republican press and rip
partisans are making a great the
ado over the recent decision eci
of the United Circuit Court w
on the Northern securities be
merger case which dissolved ut
that great railroad combine
and gave some vitality and etl
force to the Sherman anti- cif
trust law. They are pointing pe
to this decision as a great Pt
triumph of this republican no
administration, and claim tb
that the party i& making good th
all its promises to fight the cr
trusts of the country. It h,
would be interesting for some la
of these republican claquers gi
to point out to an expectant er
people the tangible gaiu to to
the public of this decision. to
In the final test the Supreme it
Court may reverse the deci- ai
sion of the lower court, but a
even in case it affirms it n
where is the benefit to the ol
people who travel over the c
roads in question or use them e
for the transportation of ri
their goods ? The intention a
of the government in institu. a
ting this suit was to abolish g
a merger of competing lines m
of railroads and thus prevent f,
rates being raised beyond a t
reasonable figure. Under the s
terms of the decision the
stock of the Great Northern, a
Northern Pacific and Burling
ton railroads will be returned a
by the merger company to 1
their original owners, and <
this will still leave the roads t
in the control of Mr. Hill and a
f Mr. Morgan and their friends, 1
r and it-is certiin~ t at t ey
I will agree to maintain the
r present rates, merger or no !
merger. The truth of the
matter is that the combine
took place several years ago
when Mr. Hill and his friends
3! obtained control of the stock
of the Northern Pacific and
the merger company was or
~'ganizod simply to cinch the
combine and prevent any one
e:from bursling it by a bold
move in Wall Street in get
ting hold of a majority of the
C: stock in any one of the roads.
SThe entire interest of the
I people of the states through
I whichr these roads run lies in
Ythe reasonableness of passen
eger and freight rates, and is
rnot finally affected by the
tmerger decision. It still rests
rwith the Interstate Commerce
K Commission as it has for
ayears before. It is useless,
rtherefore, to make the people
Swho are the customers of
eabove railroads believe that
-they have gained a great
ir victory, when in fact they
Lt gained nothing.
ja Two Kid ofGvernmetslt.
4Right government is based
ou the rule '-do unato others
it as you would have them do
tunto you." We would not
have others take of our pro
fits for their enrichment. We~
iiwould not have them injure
us in body or reputation.
We would not have our rul
ters take from onwr business or
capital and give it to our
t neighbors or other fellow
1-citizens. TI'hen if we would
not have these things done
to us we should not wish
themt done to. others for our
gratification, lprofit or advan
Stage, ann those in autlhority
..who legislalate for the taxa
tion of one class or all classes
t.for the anlvaiitaige and profit
o f another commit a wr-ong.
The R~epubliuan policy of
ry .1xmuti*es, that takes from the
N. cotanioni treasury a public
in finid ;iud gi v.s it to arny spe
ial class. i- injustice. The Nor
iepublican policy of levying whip
tax or duty on certain trus
oreign products to such an mer
xorbiCant extent as to prohi- fie I
sit foreign competition in Gre,
America with American man- pan
ifactures thus giving the Ii
American manufacturers the app
American market and ena- poit
bling them to extort a big clai
price and big profits from the conM
Americans is wrong. It is son
unjust; it is robbery; it is a Act
sin. Government has no vice
right to tax its people beyond tha
the expenses of governmentI esth
economically administered. and
When it does otherwise it mei
becomes a partial, unjust, the
unfair government. ted
Government, perfect gov- I
eimient, is an association of Ne
citizens each of whom is a thi
peer, all being equal so far as not
public matters and rights are late
coioerned. Government is lag
the creature Qt these people, me
this Association. It is the cot
creation of these people. It tro
has nothing, not even a dol- titi
lar, except what these peopleI gai
give it. This banding togetir the
er of people for mutual pro- a t
tection and mutual advan- thi
tage is all that government is apj
intended to be. But this of
association or government api
must have some of their na
members attend to public fu,
offices and these offices are an
created and officers are elect- lat
ed. As long as the golden en
rule is the dominant senti. roJ
ment in the breast of officers sti
and people good, fair, just co
government prevails. But su
when selfishness, the desire bi:
for power, favors and advan- in
tages begin to manifest them- it
selves the war between good pe
government, just government,
and partial, unjust, selfish th
government begins. If the tb
selfish, greedy and advantage to
hunters take control of public tr
offices, partial legislation is di
the result and one advantage ini
after another is taken from ai
'"the body of ci - &d con- ei
ferred on the ruling, selfish ti
class, and advantage after sa
advantage is taken until pi
there is abject slavery or ti
a open revolution and emanci- gi
pation. rt
a For the last forty years, t(
c hardly without interruption, ai
I the Republican party, the 0
- party of selfishness, has had d
e control of tile American gov
e erinment, and the selfish and ti
I greedly class has taken one s<
E- advantage after another of c<
e the great mass of people, and si
~- with high tariffs, subsidies o
e and bounties have enriched si
bits members and pauperized r
Li the other members of a coin- ii
1. mon s o -eminment. This ag.* ii
8 gregation of greed and plun- '
e der, not content with high t
a tariffs, bounties and subsidies d
e combine and levies tribute 1,
ir upon every man woman and t
, child in the United States. c
.e It is time this greedy horde
r
>fwere stopping and consider
Lt ing if it were not best to a
Lt moderate their greed. The c
Y oppressed spirit will do one '
of two things, either submit
and becooie slaves or -strike
a nd become free. The Amern- I
d4 can spirit is not easily quail- 1
re ed; it does not readily submit 1
lo It is therefore time for the
at Republican party, its mana
c. gers, its leaders, its benefi-1
re Iciaries to stop and think ser
re iounly.--Monroe News.
"-Northern Securities Case.
Dr The opinion deliverd by the
ar1 United States court Qf ap
Speals in the Northern Securi
Id ties case is a vigorous rebuke
meto men who would conspire
shagainst public interests by
ur engaging in what Mr. Roose.
n-velt oalls "the inevitable pro
tYcess of economic evolution,"
a-otherwise alnd more properly
wes known as trust organization.
fit~ If sustained by the supremej
ig. court, to which court thme case
of will, of course, be taken, the
he de-ishio of tile court of ap
;lic peals will result ill the comn
pe- plete destruction of the
Northern Secqrities company, ý '
which is the name for the
trust accomplished by the
merger of the Northern Pa(il
fic Railroad company and the
Great Northern Railroad com
pany.
In its opinion the court of
appeals goes directly to the
point when it says that the trielt
claim that the rate fixed by a there
combination or a trust is rea- (ge
sonable is of 1o importance. 'rC
According to the court, the ba sk
vice of such a combination is monI
that it copnfre the power to are s
establish unreasonable rates haws
and directly restrains com- !
merce by placing obstacles in
the way offree and unrestric
ted competition. Para
According to the court, the
New Jersey charter which
this combination holds, does
not give it authority to vio- reel
late the anti-truat ecti
law. _ of thuslow
merger, in the opinion of the °1"
court of appealhu was to des
troy every motive for compe
tition between two roads en
gaged in interstate traffic and
the merger is declared to be
a trust The court also says
that while the anti-trust law
applies to interstate carriers
of freight and passengers, it'
applies to all other persons,
natural or artificial; and it is
further pointed out that the
anti-trust law may not be vio
lated by any device such as
entrusting the stock of rival
roads to one person with in
structions how to vote it, the
court declaring that "the re
sult would have been a com
bination in direct restraint of
interstate commerce because
it gave power to suppress com"
petition."
The court bluntly declares
that the contention that if
the proposed merger is held
to be in violation of the anti
trust law, then that law un
a duly restricts the rights of ,
a individuals to make contracts b,
and is therefore invalid, ii sn
eniled t d -'o
ition. On ~Jnt the court1
r says that the constitutional'
I provision with respect to con
r tracts does not exclude con
i- gress from legislating with
respect to contracts that seek
', to destroy competition and to
, antagonize public interests.
e On the contrary, the court
I declares:
r-"The provision regarding
ml the liberty of the citizen is to
e some extent limited by the
if commerce clause of the con
dl stitution, and that the power
'5 of congress to regulate inter
d state commerce comprises the
d right to enact a lawv prohibit-,
ri- ing the citizen from entering
T- into those private contracts,
1- which directly and substan-'
h tially, and do not merely, in
as directly, remotely incidental
te ly and collaterally, regulate s
~d to a greater or less degree the C
commerce among the states." i
LeJ. Pierpont Morgan has al
eready announced that the y'
r- case will be appealed to the
to supreme coart. He expresses
ie confidence that it will be re
ie versed by that tribunal. At
it the usme thme, he says:
1oexa~ctly Islw Is to be14
ri- lnterrtoR will proba-I q
ii- bly find ways to ee that i
it. properties are operated eccc
Snomically ~and profitably." A I
e arinterpretation of this is (
ia- that whatever the decision of 4
11 the supreme court, the trust t
ar- magnates will find a method I
of violating tho law without
laying themselves liable.
), The decision of the court
of appeals will be accepted as
he an eminently just one by all
who are really ppposed to the
Strust systema; and Mr. Morgan
ri- and his assoolates may yet
ke learn that although the law
ire yers employed by the trust
by magnates masy be ingenious
se. in "flnding good ways to see
that properties are operatedj
ro- econonmically and profitably,"
2"the people, in whose interests
rly laws are presumed to be enac-~
011. ted, may fiwi "good ways"' to
me see that those laws are vigo
ase rously enforcd, in spite of the
the ingenuity o$ high-priced law-I
ap- yers and the powerful in-i
mn- fluences of trust magnates.-'
the The Commoner.
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