Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-06-29
THE PROPOSED PLATFORM
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devoted labors of President Taft in
his conduct of the national govern

Ills CoIluuCI VI lie NATIONAL govern
ment.
THE TARIFF.
We desire to emphasize our belief
that the time has come when the ad-
justment of tariff schedules should be
taken out of politics. The revenue
act of this great government should no
longer be subjected to the caprice of
local or sectional interests or other I'M
due influences in general revision by
Congress. but it's schedules should be
amended, detail by detail, from time to
time under the suggestion and counsel
of a non-partizan tariff board or COM
mission whose function it should
be to promote the constant adj
agitation of this statute to the demands
of varying conditions of trade and &C.
onomics after the methods of simple
business prudence and national COM
mon sense.
RECIPROCITY.
We favor such reciprocity tariff re-
lations with the Dominion Of Canada
as will the more actively stimulate the
interchange of profitable trade between
the two countries upon basis fair to
both and sufficiently protective of the
interests of our own people.
NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH.
We commend the proposed creation by
congress of a national department of
public health to have jurisdiction in
such matters pertaining to it's field as
are not within the scope of the author
ity of the state government.
THE STATE CONSTITUTION.
While the organic law of the state
should not be lightly varied, but above
all statutes should be stable and GER
tain, we are convinced that the time
has come when hands should be rever-
entity laid on the constitution of Yer
mont and certain changes made in it's
provisions that they may more clear
ly define our political liberties and
obligations they entail upon US. We
therefore, commend to the general as
sembly of 1910 the report of the COM
mission created by authority of the
general assembly of 1908 to propose
amendments to the constitution of Yer
mont, and endorse and approve it's
several recommendations for amend
ments. We cannot too earnestly urge
upon the people of this state and their
representative in the legislature our
unqualified belief that the amendment
Of the constitution in these par
ticulars is the most grave and
responsible duty that is likely to
confront the lawmakers at the coming
session and one that is on no account
to be put aside.
THE TAX LAW.
We believe that the reform of the
tax law of this state so that it may
impose the burden of the support of
government equitably among all mer
and avoid so-called double taxation is
one of the most serious and pressing
duties that confronts our people. We
believe that one of the greatest evils
under the present law is the lack Of
uniformity in it's enforcement in the
246 cities and towns, each local admin
istration practically being a law unto
itself in this regard. AS first i'm
Fportant step toward the reform of the
tax law, we recommend to the genera
assembly the amendment of the presen
statute to provide for state centra
authority in some form that shall hav,
some proper degree of charge ant
oversight of the local administration O.
the law in the various cities and towns
to the end that not only shall the pres
ent law hereafter be as uniformly AM
impartially enforced as may be every
where throughout the state, but tina
the experience from such uniform ant
impartial administration, thus had TO
the first time in the history of Yer
mont, shall furnish definite and reli
able information, helping to point tn
way to such further change in tn
statute as such experience proves t
be just and necessary.
THE POLITICAL PRIMARIES.
Without committing the state to a
experiment with theories that ma
involve cumbersome and expensive
machinery out of all proportion to tn
practical benefits to be derived fror
it's operation, we nevertheless believ
that some amendment of the existin
caucus law along the line of the prir
ciple of the direct primary syster
be should undertaken by the next genel
al assembly. And further recommen
such legislation as shall compel cand
dates for party nominations and polit
ical Offices to make public an itemiZe
account of their campaign expense
and such other notifications of tn
existing statute regarding corruI
practices in political campaigns an
elections as shall tend more certainl
to secure the free choice of the pei
pies servants in the government an
make the manner and method of ths
choice clear of any features repugnar
to the enlightened sense of a demo
cratic people.
LABOR.
In accord with the best judgment Q
the present day, we recommend tn
passage of such legislation as will pu
the public under the same liability t
working men in its service as obtain
in the case of private employers. w
pledge our support for the passage o
a liability law which will accomplis
that purpose. We also recommend
the legislature an equitable employers
liability law. Farming and prefes
sions are granted special exemption
from attachment on the theory tina
. the bare necessities of life shall no
be sued away from these men and thei
dependent ones. The wage earne
and his dependent ones are as entitle
to share in this wise and humane law