Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-07-05

amended accordingly.
Control of Railroads.
we favor governmental control and
regulation OF all public service cor
porations so that they shall be oper-
ated Tor the benefit of the people for
whom they were intended.
We favor the enactment of a law ny
the next legislature ameno1ng the
present law, so as to authorize the
state railway commission to correct
upon its own initiative any schedule
or tariff of rates which in its judg-
ment should be corrected or modified
Municipal Ownership.
We favor such legislation as will
enable municipalities to own. CON
struct and acquire by purchase such
public service utilities as they may
deem proper; and to enable them to
do so We favor amending section 3 OF
article IL OF the constitution of our
state so that Indebtedness incurred in
acquiring such public utilities shall be
excluded from the limitations of said
section, thus permitting municipal
corporations TO acquire public utilities
and to restrict the constitutional limi
tations of indebtedness to debts in.
Cured for non-productive property.
Municipal Gas Rates.
We favor the passage of a law by
the next legislature comforting upon
and delegating to municipalities the
power to fix the price at which public
service corporations within the mu-
inequalities shall furnish their service
and commodities to users and con.
sumers.
For Two-cent Fare.
We are in favor of a maximum rate
OF charge by all railroads doing bust.
ness in the state of Wisconsin of .
cents per mile for passenger traffic
within this state.
We favor the enactment of Laws pro.
viding full protection for policy hold
ers in all life insurance companies
transacting business in this state.
We favor the enactment and en-
forcement of laws giving labor and
capital impartially their just rights.
capital and labor ought not to be enc
mles. Each is necessary to the other.
Each has its rights, but the rights
OF labor are certainly not less vesta
nor less sacred and no less inaliel-
able THAI the rights of capital
Equality of Taxation.
Equality of contribution to the pub.
nc burden is essential to equasity OF
social and political rights. The re.
cent decision of the supreme court in
the railway cases has opened the way
for amore equitable distribution ot
the tax burden and speedy return
to the constitutional rule of uniform
lty. We now insist that all laws i'm,
posing a license fee on earnings in
lieu OF taxes, except as to foreign cor.
porations, be repealed, and that al,
property within the jurisdiction OF
thls commonwealth be assessed and
taxed on an ad valorem basis until
superseded by a more scientific
| method. We incline to the opinlon
that graduate income tax as ,he
groundwork of all taxation will prove
TO be more scientific and equitable
method than the antiquated system
now in use. We therefore favor the
adoption of the constitutional amend.
ment permlssive OF graduate income
tax.
Good Schools and Good Roads.
We are in favor of the highest eff
fciency of the public schools and all
institutions of learning, including
manual training and Agricultural
schools. And We demand that party
considerations be wholly eliminated
from the management OF these insti-
tutions.
The construction of good highways
is entitled to the highest considera.
ton of the state.
About the War Money
We demand that the presen, state
debt of s2,251, 900 borrowed from the
trust funds of the state for war pur.
poses and bearing interest at the rate
OF z per cent. per annum, for which
an annual tax levy of $157,57O is
| made, shall be paid in accordance
| with the mandates OF the constitu.
| ton; and we condemn the action of
the republican administration for d.
verting the sum of s1,1S4,6597S, re-
ceived during the years 1903 and
1905, from the United States govern
ment in repayment of the war claims
OF the state, from the trust funds,
from which this fund was originally
taken, to the general fund, and it's use
in the payment OF general state ex.
penses.
For Primary Elections.
We favor primary elections as be-
ing democratic in principle, but rec.
ognize some defects in the present
law and favor such changes and
amendments in it as time and expert.
ence may demonstrate to be neces.
sary after a fair trial.
Climax on Bryan.
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