Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-07
MEAD And SLACK NAMED TO
HEAD REPUBLICAN TICKET

tariff laws and what will be the eff
feet of such change upon the exist
ing scale of high wages and salaries
In the United States. For capital Is as
essential as labor to the worlds
work and, II It ceases to act or move.
all work and business becomes inact-
I've. stagnant and even dead The cry
has come from labor heretofore for
a political solution Of its chief prob
lens but to-day labor has advanced
been turned to one primarily of CON
serving the uses and the opportunity
OF capital as means of advancing
labor and the interests OF those who
work. Hence the country, at large. as
we'll as the people of Vermont, are
asking what is the true significance
of increased gold production and the
true weakness of our currency sys-
TEN? What is the true meaning of in
creased sectional competition as
expressed by radical insurgency
within the parties? What has caused
speculation in agricultural lands? To
what extent has the high cost Of Nv
ing been uneQually spread in its
economical relationship among the far
mcr, the carrier, the middleman. the
artisan. the laborer and salaricd
man, To what extent are public utili-
ties over-ca pitalizcd ana their service
over burdened thereby at the expense
Of distributed consumers? How much
OF menace to thrift and public vel
fare has become the force of our non
! producing but wcalth-conauminR i'd
lers? How may we better conserve
the health and lust Incomes OF our la
borers and working mem How seri-
iously useless and Injurious to public
service has become the worr. out sys-
tenn of tho property tex and how
shall the system Of taxation as be-
tween the State and tho federal gov
rrnl1ent be properly solved TO what
extent are we burdened by the naval
and military tax upon our natural re-
sources and our private fortunes
iThc+o and other questions of irnpor-
itauce are the national subjects with
which the Republiran party is now
ably and responsibility dealing and in
the solution of which It asks your
,nnport. II is dealing intelligently,
forcofu11v and successfully. too with
tho contendlng discussions as to high
ing costs Of education. the conser-
walton of nublic health and public re
sources. political disaffiliations. So
cial unrest. uncertain labor condi-
lions international competition and
uneducated municipal administration
land it recognizes clearly that these
experiences Of government are the
self-evident demands of what the
people need and REQUIRE. not for the
present only. but for the future. and
that they are the inevitable and reas-
enable proofs of the fact that the
people are growing to ne more ac.
tive in their self-administration OF
government and leaving it less to ar
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THE TARIFF PRobLEM.
The two problems of Fundamental
Importance are the tariff and taxa
ton. both dealing essentially witt
the means OF governmental suppor
and Indirectly or directly with tn
burdens which the people bear in tn
maintenance of Eovernment. In tn
looming state election tho tariff vii
he AZ II ALWAYS was in the partv'
bis,orv the leading issue IT will b
sucb hscauso Of IT'S intrinsic reln
tionsbtn to the income Of the govern
ment to the preservation of industr,
tn b,gb wages md TO the nat,o,a
nower IA counete for markets bot
its own and those abroad and Their
!, ,oo h.cars. w. torir, ia and has hoe
, the subject of contention betwee
the President and both stand-pattor
and Insurgents In nv Judgment a
the facts as presented. the preslden