Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-05-21

ments ever made by the government.
favor all such legislation as has for
its object the strengthening of this
arm of our postal department. / be-
lieve that the highest efficiency should
be the aim; and that, as a means to |
obtain it, increased compensation for
the carriers, together with improve
ment of public highways, will be most
effectual.
l am in favor of a general parcels
post, but with this restriction: that It
be operated by well defined zone sys-
tenn. Its object should be to help the
local merchant and farmer. 1 would
oppose a measure that would give I'M
due advantage to the big merchant at
distance and to the PARKWAY mail
order houses.
Regulate Corporations.
I favor government regulation of
corporations. No thinking citizen can
say that corporations when operated
according to the law are an evil. They
are necessary to the economic and in
| dustrial growth of the country. Prop
erly maintained and legally conducted
they are a benefcent agency rather
than otherwise. But the tendency of
so many of these heavily capitalized
/ concerns has been to operate solely
| for their own ends, and in their own
/ interest rather than with due regard
! for the public good and fOrthe laws of
the land, that the Intervention of the
government has been necessary in
many cases. l believe that the gov
eminent, having taken the very wise
step of establishing a Court of Com
merce, should not relax its vigilance
but should see to it that there is rib
id enforcement of the laws.
am opposed to the dominance of our
legislative bodies by the special in
terests." When we consider that in :.
great majority of cases these special
interests are engaged in the utilization
of public or natural resources for pri
vate gain, that they are suppressors Of
fair competition, that they pay unfair
ly small wages to the workers who
are in truth the producers of theil
wealth while they themselves are pill.
ling upon enormous and swollen for
tunes, we realize that the menace from
the special interests" is great. Tha
they should maintain Hobbies and seel
to control the law-making bodies O.
the country is a peril that should be
handled with severity and dispatch.
Dangers of Intemperance.
l am in favor of all laws that tens
to suppress and restrict intemperanct
in the use of alcohol liquors and del
eterious narcotics. Just how to han
die the problem so as to secure the
desired results is a matter for the Sc
rious consideration of all good citiz
ems. l am we'll aware that in many
cases a strict legal prohibition of the
sale of spirituous liquors has the effec
of adding to the evils which it was de.
signed to remove. Whatever will teach
the dangers of intemperance anC
whatever will impress upon commun
tiles the immense Importance of reg
ulating the traffic and holding it il
stern check ought to be made a part
of our code. l am in favor of having
, the truth concerning the dangers Of
alcoholism and other .intemperancc
impressed upon the youth of our land
and l. believe that our schools should
teach as far as possible what these
dangers are and what they mean to
the future of the race. | favor the
legislation already enacted looking to
the safeguarding of the shipment OF
liquors from other states into prohibit
ton communities.
Opposes "LOOphOle" Laws.
I strenuously oppose laws that are
framed with "jokers" or loopholes for
the purpose of defeating or offsetting
the very result which the law itself or
the spirit of the law, was designed to
secure. The child labor law is an ex-
ample of what | mean. Exempted from
the provisions of this law are children
who have no parents or disabled pa
rents. Such children are the very
ones who should be provided with an
education in order that they may be
enabled to maintain themselves and
be come useful citizens. The govern
ment is able to provide an education
for this class and should see that it is
done. Another example of the loop
hole" law is the framing of law
against unlawful business deals and
then leaving to some court the inter-
probation of such terms as "unreas-
lcnable restraints of trade"
T. ! favor strong Department of La
Dor, to be maintained separately from
the Department of Commerce. l be-
| lieve that the man who fills the cabi-
net office of Secretary of Labor should
come from the ranks of the laboring
people. The emphasis that such an
a int n In.