The Prescott daily news., 1912-08-06

nlDlteQ, ana ldDOr CdlupS SHOulu D6 subject to governmental sanitary reg ulation; all industries employing wom- en and children should be specially subject to government inspection and regulation insurance funds against sickness. accident. invalidism. and old age should be established by a charge either in whole or in part upon the industries; the suffrage should be granted to women, if for no other req son, to enable workingwomen to con- bine for their own protection by the use of the ballot
 The Farmer.
 "The country life commission should be revived with greatly increased power; its abandonment was a severe blow to our people. The welfare of the farmer, Is a basic need of this nation" The country school should be brought in touch with country life. For this reason the Progressfves ap- prove of government cooperation with the farmer to make the farm moSe productive. Cooperative associations of farmers both for the production and the selling of agricultural prod ucts should be encouraged "So long as the farmer leaves cooperative ac- tivities with their proft-sharing to the city man of business, so long will the foundations of wealth be under mined and the comforts of enlighten- ment be impossible in the country communities"
 The Tariff.
 On the tariff he said: "I believe in a protective tariff, but I believe in 1t as principle approached from a standpoint of the interests of the whole people, and not as a bundle of preferences to be given favorite indi- viduals. It is not merely the tariff that should be revised, but the method of tariff-making and of tariff administra- tion.' The first steps should be the creation of permanent commission of non-partisan experts" of ample powers" to secure "exact and reliable Information" This commission must scientifically determine "the difference 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-earner. The commission must not attempt to en- croach on the tariff-making power of congress. It shall report with full pub licity and promptly The tariff shall be revised schedule by schedule to avoid the staggering blows to busi- ness" incident to former general re- visions The effect will be to wipe out the "logrolling and vote-trading" se- cured by special interests in the past
 High Cost of Living.
 The cost of living" said Mir. Roose- welt, "has risen during the last few years out of all proportion to the in- crease of most salaries and wages" What is first necessary is fearless, intelligent. and searching inquiry into the whole subject, made absolutely by a nOn-partisan body of experts with no prejudice to warp their mind, no pri- vate object to serve, who shall recom- mend any necessary remedy needless of what interest may be hurt thereby and caring only for the interests of the people as a whole" The Repub- licans promise such an inquiry, but their rank dishonesty of action at the Chicago convention makes their ev- cry promise worthless" It is hopeless to turn to the Democratic party for re- lief, because first the Democratic par ty affects to find the entire high cost of living in the tariff" Ignoring the patent fact that the problem is world wide, equally pressing in free-trade England and in highly protected Ger. many. Moreover, If the Democrats are sincere they must take all duties off the products of the farmer, and We certainly cannot afford to have the farmer struck down." Various ele- ments, economic, political, and social, were pointed out by MT, Roosevelt as contributing to the high cost of living. But effective legislation regarding it can only be framed on a comprehen- sive scale after a thorough. scientific, and prompt inquiry.
 The Currency.
 Mir. Roosevelt declared that our present bank currency based on gov ernment bonds is unscientific and urged the adoption of a system which shall provide elasticity in the credit and currency necessary for the con duct of business, free from recurring panics." The control of such a sys- tenn should be in the hands of the gov ernment and must be free from mani pulation by Wall street or the large in- terests"