Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-10-04
SO THE PEOPLE MAY Be ADVISED
Republican State Candidates and Central Com
mittee Adopt the Most Progressive Plat
form Ever Devised by Any Party.

to formulate the State Platform OF
the party, do hereby renew and de-
clare our allegiance to the principles
of the Republican Party of the nation
and the state, and pledge. ourselves to
the support of Republican institutions
and the maintenance of the integrity
OF the Constitution of the United
States.
President Taft.
We approve and commend the. qble,
efficient and progressive admintstra-
ton OF William Howard Taft, presi-
dent of the United States, and we APP
prove and pledge our earnest and con
tinued SUPPORT to President TAFT ana
the Declaration OF Principles contain
ed in the platform promulgated by the
National Convention of the Repnbli
can Party held at Chicago, in june,
1912.
Protective Tariff.
We reaffirm our adherence to the
principles of protective tariff. we
believe that the industries of Colora-
do are ali depndent upon the main
tenance of tariff which shall at least
measure the difference between the
cost of production at home and
abroad, together with reasonable
profit. The existing tariff law con
stitues decided step i'll the direction
of downward revision, and permits
the importation of more than one bill
lion dollars worth annually of for
eign products free of all duty, and at
the same time is so adjusted as TO
protect the industries of the United
States, and still affords an adequate
revenue for the support OF the Gov
ernmcnt, and has converted deficit
into a substantial surplus, and we de-
clare that further revision OF the tar
iff should be founded upon accurate
information to be procured by per
manent tariff board.
10 uononpoId oql lrqI sirIoop sM
oeet sugar, wool, iron. steel, lead, zinc.
tungsten, manganese and other pro
ducts of this state, are. entirely ,.e
pendent upon the maintenance oil a
protective tariff.
Conservation and Public Lands.
We recognize and approve conser-
vation within proper limitations and
.he protection of the natural re-
sources of the state from falling into
the possession of those who would
monopolize them to the injury OF all
of the people OF the state; but we
condemn the policy of extreme con-
servation inaugurated by President
Roosevelt, James A. Garfield, Clifford
Pinchot, and other extremists, and
we insist that the public lands and
resources of this state should be so
administered as to place them in the
hands OF actual settlers and those
who would develop them at the ear
liest possible moment and without
undue and unreasonable restrictions.
We are unalterably opposed to the
petty and annoying interference by
vast numbers of Government EN-
ployees operating under bureaus at
Washington. as such conduct prevents
and has prevented the Development OF
the mining resources OF the country.
has retarded the utilization. of its
water powers and has driven settlers
to seek homes in Canada and else
where.
Water and Reclamation Service.
We affirm that the water OF every
natural stream within this state is the
property of her people and that the
right to use the same within the state
for benficial purposes is unlimited;
and we condemn the efforts OF the
Reclamation Service and the Interior
Department to prevent the utilization
of the waters OF our streams by the
people of this state as unwarranted.
unjust and unauthorized by law.
We further condemn the present
state administration for its failure to
provide an available adequate fund
for the investigation OF conditions
upon the streams OF this state with
view to protecting the waters of said
streams against the encroachmcnt OF
the Federal Government, other states
and the citizens thereof, and we
pledge ourselves that we will enact
such legislation as will furnish proper
funds for such necessary investiga-
ton.
Democratic State Administration.
We call attention to the fact that
the Democratic Convention of 1908
pledged to the people of this state the
enactment of various laws which at
terwards became known as the "Sev-
en- Paramounts' On August 9, 1910,
Governor Shafroth. in message to
the Seventeenth General Assembly,
which he had called in extra session,
said.
The fact that the General Assem-
bly, adjourned without enacting into
law single one of the pledges upon
which its members were elected and
the fact that thosep lodges could not
be enacted fat regular session con-
stitutes such an extraordinary occa-
sion as justifes the calling OF a spe-
cial session OF the General Assem-
bly,"
And we here point out that though
the Democratic Legislature has been
i'll session two hundred and eighty.
four days, at an approximate cost OF
one thousand dollars day, during the
Shafroth administration. not one OF
the pledges of the platform OF that
party. either of 100 Sor 1910. has been
honestly redeemed. They have placed
upon the statute books no anti-pass
law no nubli. utilities law nor any