The Dickinson press., 1908-03-14
Sound on Finance and
Disposed to be Fair
With Al Classes 81
legislation

Having announced my candidacy foI
the republican nomination for congress
at the primaries to be held on the last
Wednesday in June, 1908, L hereby de:
sire to make known my position on the
issues of the day as l see them.
| am in favor of the principles of pro.
lection of our industries and for reci-
procity with other nations. | believe
that the time has come for the removal
of the tariff on lumber and for a general
revision of the tariff schedules, and par
ticularly in the reduction or removal of
the tariff where its only effect is to inn
pose unnecessary burdens on the public.
believe also that there should be a
tariff commission, either appointed by
the president OF elected by the people.
This commission to be a non-partisan
one, whose duty it shall be to make a
study of the question of tariffs, to meet
with men all over our country, represent
ing all interests and to annually or
%oftener if called upon, make their re-
ports as to their findings and recon-
mendation to the president and congress
of the United States.
Our government has rightfully taken
hold of the great. task of promoting
irrigation in our own state and in many
of the other western states. 1t would
seem also wise for them to take up the
matter of drainage. Many of these
drainage projects are so large that it is
almost impossible for any drainage dis
trict or small body Of people to handle
or provide the necessary funds to carry
them through successfully. The large
drains should be built by the govern
ment and then the farmers along the
lines of these drains could run their
l~aterals to them with very small expense.
The question Of finance is one which
confronts the American people very
closely today. have believed and ad-
vocated for a long time that a tax should
be placed upon the deposits of every
bank in the United States to create a
fund to ecure the dcpositors. The legal
reserves which banks are required to
hold should be made at least 10 per
cent greater than is now required. Ma
tional bank currency and all other kinds
of currency or money should be consid-
cred as legal reserve money and allowed
to figure in the reserves of banks. At a
time like the present when this is writ
ten, November, 1907, it would seem wise
for the government to issue to the banks
asset currency. This currency to be
guaranteed to the government by pledge
with the government of $500 of the
banks best securities for every dollar of
currency issued, and the government to
guarantee to the people the redemption
of this asset currency. To guard against
initiation of the currency a remedy should
be devised by which this currency
should be retired from circulation as
soon as the. necessity for which it was
issued has gone by.
The relations between capital and
labor should be a close one, as there is
a mutual interest,". and it would seem
| right and reasonable that national and
state boards of arbitration should be
established before whom any matter in
controversy could be submitted and
settled. l am opposed to immigration
of Orientals to this country on the
ground that the immigration of such
immigrants is a menace to the rights of
the American labor, and for the reason
that such immigrants can never be as
simulated with the dominant race of the
United States. A rigid child labor law
should be enacted which, would protect
the children and give them a chance for
their development and education to
which they are entitled.
favor legislation which will secure to
the farmer national inspection for the
weighing and grading of his grain al
terminal points.
Our state is a t~reeless one. We need
trees to conserve the moisture of oul
soil and to beautify our country, and
am in favor of government aid to farm
ers and others for the purpose of plant.
ing trees which will increase the wealth
and beauty of our country. Clifford
Pinchot, the government expert or
forestry, says that at the present rate o.
consumption our forests will be ex.
hausted in twenty-five years.
When the war was over and the
soldier in IS came marching home, nc
place was too good for them, no honor
too bright. Now the soldier is growing
old and the ranks of the Grand Army O
the Republic are being rapidly thinnet
by death. am in favor of liberal pen
%sions to the old soldiers, who did 81
much for our country, and believe tina
we, as a great nation, should be liberia
with them that they may pass the few
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