The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-08-06
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to women If for no other reason to
enable working women to combine for
their own protection by the use OF the
ballot As people we cannot afford
to let any group of citizens or any indi-
vidual citizen labor under conditions
which are injurious to the common
welfare. Industry, therefore, must sub
NIT to such public regulation as will
make It a means Of life and health, not
Of death or fnefaciency.
The Farmer.
The country life commission should
be revived with greatly increased DOW
er; its abandonment was severe blow
to our people. The welfare of the
farmer IS basic need of this nation"
The country school should be brought
in touch with country life. For this
reason the Progressives approve of gov
eminent cooperation with the farmer
to make the farm more productive.
Cooperative associations of farmers
both for the production and the selling
OF agricultural products should be en-
couraged. $50 long as the farmer
leaves cooperative activities with their
profit sharing to the city man of bust
ness, so long will the foundations Of
wealth be undermined and the com
forts OF enlightenment be impossible in
the country communities.
"In every respect this nation has to
learn the lessons Of efficiency in pro-
duction and distribution and of avoid
ance of waste and destruction. We
must develop and improve instead of
exhausting our resources. It is en-
tfrely possible by improvements in
production, in the avoidance of waste
and in business methods on the part
Of the farmer to give him an increased
income from his farm, while at the
same time reducing to the consumer the
price Of the articles raised on the farm.
Important although education is ev-
erywhere, it has a special Importance
In the country. The country school
must fit the country life. In the coun-
try, as elsewhere, education must be
hitched up with life. The country
church and the country Young Mems
and Young Women's Christian asso-'
Citations have great parts to play. The
farmers must own and work their own
land. Steps must be taken at once to
put a stop to the tendency toward alb
sentee landlordism and tenant farm
Ing"
The Tariff.
On the tariff he says: II believe IN
a protective tariff, but l believe in it
as principle approached from a stand
point of the interests Of the whole peo-
pie, and not as bundle Of preferences
to be given favorite individuals" He
believes the American people favor the
principle of a protective tariff, but are
IN rebellion against the wrongdoing and
unjust application Of that policy and
the abuses in past legislation. 1T Is
not merely the tariff that should be re-
vised, but the method Of tariff making
and of tariff administration" ''The
first step should be the creation of a
permanent commission Of nonpartlsan
experts Of ample powers to secure
"exact and reliable information" ''The
present tariff board is entirely made
quate in point of powers reposed in it
and scope Of work undertaken" The
tariff commission in Germany affords
a splendid model. This commission
must scientifically determine 'the diff
ference in the cost Of production here
and abroad" the effect on 'prices to
the consumer" insure full justice to the
pay envelope of the wage Garner. The
commission must not attempt to en-
croach on the tariff making power of
congress. 1t shall report with full pub
lefty and promptly. The tariff shall be
revised schedule by schedule to avoid
the staggering blows to business" in
cident to former general revisions. The
effect will be to wipe out the "log roll
ing and vote trading secured by spe-
cial interests in the past. "Only by
this means can tariff be taken out of
politics." ''The substitution Of tariff
for revenue only. as proposed by the