The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-06-22
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MkR CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.
BY ERMAN j. RInGWAY.
CHAMP CLARK

Clark firmly believes in the Demo-
cratic principle of tariff for revenue only.
If We must have a tariff board of some
kind, he wants this board to report to
the House and not to the President.
One of his favorite topics is economy
in public expenditures. He holds that
the expenses of the Government should
never exceed revenue, except during war
or for the maintenance of the Govern
ment on war footing. He does not favor
the borrowing of money by the Govern
ment on long terms for short-time needs.
He would not apply this objection, how
ever, to such big projects as irrigation.
Clark has vague fears that recent Re-
publican executives have encroached
very much Ipon the power of Congress.
He sees an element of danger in it, as
a departure from the idea OF government
laid down by the fathers
He is rather impatient with those who
critici. ed the Democrats during this last
session for wanting to hurt business. lie
insists that nothing could he farther
from his or their mind: but he takes his
stand with the consumers as against the
interests In regard to his reputed
statement that he favored the annexation
OF Canada, he points out that what ne
favored was a union with Canada by
mutual consent. Since the Canadians
are opposed to such union, he declares
that is the end of it.
The Aldrich plan is to him essentially
a monopoly of money issue He would
not have 50 h'uch power given to any
one institution or corporation. He thinks
that the National Reserve Association
would control the business of the land,
and is therefore strongly against it. His
remedy would be more elasticity in our
present system
He is quite bitter against the deprada-
lions of the sugar trust, and feels that it
should have returned all, instead OF
percentage of its offerings. All the Of
Ulcers should have been sent to jail.
We have wasted with a prodigal hand
most of our vast resources, so that we
should keep a careful watch over what
LITTLE remains. He favors strongly the
drainage and reclamation of swamp
Lands Our small timer supply should
,oe carefully conserved, and an elaborate
system of reforestation inaugurated. he
Drefers that Congress should undertake
the vast projects of irrigation, as they
have done with those of arid lands.
On the question of whether the Gov
eminent or the States should do the work
of rcsorest ation, he is in doubt, but he
thinks that the better method should be
quickly determined
He believes that the railroads are en-
tirely inadequate to meet the present de-
hands of traffic and that our navigable
rivers should be developed to take over
some OF the strain. AS a regulator of
railroad RACES, water competition seems
to hi mmuch more effective than super
vision by the Interstate Commerce Com
nilsson or by Contress. The develop
ment of rivers and harbors is much more
important than the Panama Canal, be-
cause our domestic and coastwise COM
merce is much more important than our
foreign commerce. There is no question
in his mind but that the Federal Gov
eminent should develop our national
waterways.
Good roads are to him vital topic.
There is an imperative need for them
throughout the country. He is not quite
certain whether the Government should
build them or the states. If neither, he
Advises the farmers to do it themselves
.as they have done in Missouri.
Among other things, he fayors an in
>,oine tax, tavors limiting the hours OF
railroad employees and favors the Chin
tase exclusion act.
He is against contract labor, against
allowing competing roads to pool their
business or to merge and against a
commerce Court.