Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-06

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manufacturer but 90 the wage work
cr and To- the general consumer.
The High Cost at Living.
The cost of living" says Mr..
Roosevelt. "hos risen during the last
few years out Of an proportion 60 the
Increase ct most salaries and wages
What Is first necessary Us fearless,
Intelligent aud searching inquiry into
the whole subject, made absolutely
by "a non.partlsun body Of experts
with nu prejudice 60 warp their minds
no private object 10 serve, who shall
recommend any necessary remedy
needless of what interest may be hurt
thereby. and caring only for tho IN
forests OF the people as q whole Tho
Republicans promise such an Inquiry,
but their rank dishonesty OF action
AZ the Chicago convention makes
their every promise worthless II lN
hopeless 90 turn to the Democratic
party for relief because, first. the
Democratic party affects To- find the
entire high cost at living n the tar
ifL" ignoring the patent fact that the
problem is world wide. equally press
ing Ia free trade England aud In
highly protected Germany. More
over. " the Democrats are sincere
they must take an duties Off the pro-
ducts of she farmer. ana Wc Ger lin
Iy cannot afford 10 have the farmer
struck down" Various elements.
economic. political and social arc
pniutcd out los MIR. Roosevelt as CON
tributing Ia the high cost ui liviiE
But effective legislation regarding u
can uniy ho framed ON "a CoWbtchcn-
sivc scale after q thorough. Hcicuiiiic
end prompt inquiry
The Currency.
MIR. Roosevelt declares that oUr
present bank currency based on gov
eminent bonds Is unscicntific, and
urges the adoption of a system which
shalt provide elasticity IN the credit
and currency necessary Tor the CON
duct OF business Tree from rccurrins
punics" The control OF such a syu'
tom should be- IN the hands of ih,
government and must bc free from
manipulation by wall street or the
large interests
Conservation.
Under this head MIR Roosevelt re-
lufllrms his we'll known policy OF tnt
conservation and reclamation OF ul.
ltional resources. We must conserve
, our soil. our forests, our mines. nu
iunly for our own benefit. but Tor th'
| benefit col our children and descend
/ ants THE public should not alien
ate its fc, u the water power which
Iwiu be- on inCulCulublc value as
source of power iu the immediate Ia
turc," and eve should undertake th'
complete development and control q
/ the Mississippi az national work
Just as we have undertaken tAe Worl
OF building the h .I,n canal
| I'm Alaska the government has AT
opportunity Of starting iu what b. 81
most fresh field. TO work out var
lious problems by actual experiment.
| IL should al once construct own, am
operate an the railways la Alaska
should keep the Zee OF all coal field
land allow them to De operated b
lessee with the condition IN the leas
that non-uH shalt operate as "a for
felt, q system Of land taxation shoulu
be- tried whiah promotes the actua
use ui land ANA disCUuragcs the hold
ing at land for speculation, the tclu
graph lines should hc owned and upc
rated hy tho government"
International Affairs.
I'm International affairs this coup
try should behave towards other ma
lions exactly as an honorable privht
lcitizeu behaves towards other priNai
citizens" our small army Shout ha q
large efficiency, the navy must b
steadily built up until III proves pos
lsiblc Go secure hy International agree
lmcnt general reduction OF arma
lmcuts,' the Panama canal must b
fortified Panama canal tolls On Gee
water commerce should bc uniform
Ia all nations. including ourselves
American CuustwisU vessels shout
puse through tho canal free, Tor mi
would boz mo- discrimination again'
foreign nations and would give u
reasonable competition with trans
continental railways. no forcig
Treaty should g., entered into white
W' du not mean strupuluusly 90 ul
larrNc Ia cvcry particular
IonCiusinn.
ln summing up tho specific pol
Giles 'Npoundcd iu his address 81
| ltpusCNrU spoke ts follows;
"Nuv, friends this iH my comics
sion Oi faith I nave nude ID rattle
long because I wish YOU to know iui
what my decInst convictions ar o.
The great questions of TODAY. so Ina
10 you choose 60 make ma your stand
ard bearer in the fight YOU sha
make your choice understanding 80
lnciiy how ! feel ana % after hcurin
me- you think you ought TO choos
some one else. shall loyalty abide b
your choice The convictions {
which / have come have not been nl
rived az as the result Of study n IA
closet or the library, but from IN
knowledge I have gained throug
hard experience during the man
years Ia which. under many ana Val
led conditions. have Striycn an
tuiled with men. believe IN
larger use ~ the governmental pow
! lcr Ia help remedy Industrial wrong
{ because IL has been horne In on W
! by actual experience that without III
, exercise Of such power many of III
wrongs viii go unremcdied / bi
lievc Ia a larger opportunity for IN
people themselves directly 90 partic
, pate In government and 10 contr,
] their governmental agents. becaul
r long experience has taught me I'M
{ without such control many OF the
r agents will represent them badly 4
A iaCtuul experience la office I han