The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-08
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS
MAKES KNOWN PLATFORM III
VOTERS OF THIRD DISTRICT.
WILL OF THE PEOPLE SUPREME

Tariff Should Not Protect the CLASS
es. Would Drain Swamps and AID
in Road Building. Erect Postof-
fee Buildings Automatically. One
Cent Letter Postage. Regulate
Corporations.
To the Voters of the Third Dis
trict: l am a plain farmer, but see
no reason why | am not justified IN
asking my fellow citizens OF the
Third district to give me their sup
port to represent them in the Sixty
Third Congress. l have announced
for that office, and in order that
the people may know my views on
public matters l submit them the
following summary of my political
beliefs.
In the first place, l stand for and
advocate every principle set out in
the platform of the democratic par
+y. The supremacy of the people is
the chief corner stone Of our gov
eminent, and that supremacy should
be maintained at any cost. Hence,
awning that savors of class legisla-
tion is entirely foreign to my ideas
of right. The will of the people
must control. In order that 1t may
do so it is the duty Of those men
whom the people elect as their repre-
sentatives to see to it that all ex-
pressions of the peoples will are en-
acted into wisely constructed laws.
Conserve Natural Resources.
will advocate and vote for all
reasonable measures that look to the
Improvement and conservation of the
natural resources of the country, as
forests, soils and waterways. In
particular, believe in such legisla-
ton as secures the continued public
ownership of public lands contain
ing phosphates, ores, minerals and
coal. The interests of the people
should be carefully considered in this
connection, especially where the
lands in question yield mineral sup
niles such as are used in the manu-
facture of commercial fertilizers and
other commodities yielding profit
believe in tariff for revenue;
that is. in such taxes or tarlfS as
are necessary to maintain corfect
administration of the government.
am opposed to deriving revenue from
the necessities of life, and | think
that there should be such regulation
of the rates and the sources OF reVe-
me as will protect the masses OF the
Deople and not enrich certain classes
at the common expense.
7 favor the amendment to the Fed
eral Constitution providing FOR the
levy of the income tax, and believe
that this tax should be collecuble on
all incomes of So, 200 and over. 1ne
''unearned increment" as 1t exists IN
the case of plutocrats and non-pro-
ducers. should be made to bear It's
share of the general burden.
Aid For Public Highways.
am strongly in favor OF the gov
eminent giving its interested atten-
ton and it's actual aid to public high
WAYS and to the reclamation OF
swamp lands. If it should become
necessary to do so l would favor the
floating of government bonds at
per cent for this purpose. The I'M
nrovement of our public highways
is to my mind, the key to the eco
nomic salvation of the rural districts.
These sections would be opened up,
they would become so attractive TO
those interested in agriculture ana SO
much more comfortable and prohta-
hle to the farming classes that there
would of necessity follow in the wake
Of road Improvement the solution OF
the problem of the dwindling farm
nonulation. We should encourage
orr young men to form partnerships
with nature by becoming farmers.
The quickest and most pronta pie
wav to do it is to give the people the
hest roads that can be provided.
For Better Agricultural Conditions.
In this connection would call at
+ention to the fact that ten years fol-
lowing the census of 1900 the pop
nlation of the United States increas-
ed 81 per cent, but the number OF
farms did not keep pace with this