The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-07-13

OO8, OOO, coo, exceeding the tota
expenditures Of the past fsca
year by $50, 100000 and leaving
) a deficit of more than $50, Co.,.
| OO9 for the fiscal year. We de.
J nounte the needless waste of the
peoples money which has re.
suited in this appalling increase
as a shameful sviolation of al
prudent conditions of govern
nent, as no less than a crime
against the Millions of working
men and women from whose
earnings the great proportion of
these cCllOsa! sums must b., OK
torted through excessive tariff
eNactlons and other indirect
methods. 1t is not SURPRISING.
that, in the face OF this shock
ing record, the Republican plat
form contains no reference to
economical administration CT
promise thereof in the future.
We demand that a stop be put to
this frightful extravaganza and
insist upon the strictest economy
in every department compatible
with frugal and efficient admins
stration,
PENSIONS.
We favor 4 generous ponsiOn
policy, both as a matter of JUS
tice to the surviving veterans
and their dependents and because
it tends to relieve the country of
the necessity Of maintaining a
large standing army.
NATURAL RESOURCES.
We repeat the demand for in
ternal development and for the
conservation of our natural re-
sources, contained in previous
platforms, the enforcement of
which Mr.. Roosevelt has vainly
sought from a reluctant party
and to that end we insist upon
the preservation, protection and
replacement of needed forests,
the preservation of the public
domain for home seekers, the
protection of the natural resour-
ces IN timber, coal, iron and oil
against monopolistic control, the
development Of our WATERWAYS
for navigation and every other
useful purpose, including the
irrigation Of arid lands, the re-
clamation of swamp lands, the
Qualification of streams, the de-
Velopment Of water power and
the preservation Of electric power
generated by this natural force
from the control of MONOPOLY:
and to such end, we urge the
exercise of all powers, national,
State and municipal, both sep
arately and in cooperation.
We insist upon a policy of ad
ADMINISTRATION of our forest reserve
which shall relieve it of the
abuses which have arisen there
under, and which shall, as far
as practicable, conform to the
police regulations of the several
States where they are located
which shall enable homesteaders
as Of right to occupy and acquire
title to all portions thereof which
are especially adapted to agri-
culture, and which shall furnish
d system of timber sales avail
able as we'll as to the private
CITIZEN as to the larger manu-
facturer and consumer.
PANAMA CANAL.
We believe the Panama canal
Will prove of great value to our
country, and favor it's speedy
completion.
BANKING.
The panic Of 1907, coming with
out any legitimate excuse, when
the Republican party had for a |
decade been in complete control
OF the Federal government, fur
nlshes additional proof that it is |
either unwilling or incompetent
to protect the interests of the
general public. It has so linked
the country to Wall Street that
the sins Of the spectators are
VISITED upon the whole people.
While refusing to rescue wealth |
procedure from spoliation at the /
hands of the stock gamblers and |
spectators in farm products, it
has deposited Treasury funds. |
without interest and without |
competition, in favorite banks, |
1t has used an emergency for
which it is largely responsible to
force through Congress a bill /.
changing the basis of bank cur
rency and inviting market mani
and has failed to give
to the fifteen million depositors
OF the country protection in their
savings.
We believe that in so far as
the needs of commerce require
an emergency currency, such
currency should be issued, con-
trolled by the Federal govern
ment and loaned on adequate
security to national and State
banks. We pledge ourselves to
Legislation under which the ma
tlonal banks shall be required to
establish guarantee fund for
the prompt payment of the de-
posters Of any insolvent national
bank under an equitable system
Whlch shall be available to all
State banking institutions wish
ing to use it. :
we favor a postal saving bank
It the guaranteed bank cannot be
secured and that it be constitut-
ed so as to keen tho doooc;+oJ