Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-06-12
Tells Where He Stands.

Frank u. thompson OF Barton
makes known his position on public
questions IN the following letter pub
lished in the last issue of the Brattle-
boro Reformer.
Barton, VT, June 1, 1912.
Editor Brattleboro Reformer,
Brattleboro. Vermont.
Dear Sir
In a recent editorial in the
Reformer, you asked me in substance
to state more fully the platform upon
which I seek the votes of the people
in my canvas for Representative of
the Second district, and in compliance
with the same | wish to make known
through the columns of your paper my
stand on some of the most important
questions before the country today.
IL believe that one of the great
est problems confronting us today
is the proper regulation and control
of the great industrial combinations,
| which have sprung into being during
the past few years and by the acquisi-
| ton of vast wealth have become a
| powerful and menacing factor in our
political life. While the Sherman
| Anti Trust Law seeks to prevent
| combinations in restraint of trade,
| still the prosecutions under that law
| show that it has failed to accomplish
| the desired end. Some of the great
| trusts which the Supreme court has
| ordered dissolved under the law are
| today doing business along practically
| the same old lines and are more
powerful than ever.
believe that not only should the
antitrust law be strengthened, but
that all the great Industrial corpora.
tions engaged in interstate commerce
should by the creation of a National
Industrial commission be supervised
and regulated In a manner similar te
the way in which the great railways
of this country are today supervised
and regulated by the Interstate Com
merce commission and that full
publicity should be given to their
methods of doing business. believe
that supervision and regulation by
such a commission would to a great
extent, solve the problems of the
proper regulation and control Of
the trusts.
FL believe that the tariff should bt
taken out of politics so far as possible
and revised schedule by schedule by
non-partisan scientific tariff board
Ia my judgment this is the only wa!
the tariff can be revised for tn
benefit of all the people instead of TO,
the benefit of a few of the people.
81 believe that Congress shoul(
pass a law abolishing child labol
wherever such labor enters into thu
production of articles, the sale o
transportation of which is subject t.
Federal control. The employment o
child labor in the factories of thi
country is not Notwithstanding GU
future manhood and w~omanhood bu
also affects every adult working
man, because every factory no
employing child labor is forced to com
pete with the factories employing sucI
labor and compelled to reduce wage
in order to meet such competition.
Al believe that one of the great
est questions affecting this district a
the present time is the attempt o
the oleomargarine manufacturer
to...repeal the present Grout Law
which has been so effective that tn
oleomargarine people have bee
moving heaven and earth to defeat II
The great bone of contention betwee
the oleomargarine manufacturers an
the dairymen is the coloring of ole'
margarine in imitation of butter.
believe that the present Grout la
should not be repealed or changed
unless by the passage of SON
measure the manufacture of oleoma
garine in imitation OF semblance {
butter of any shade of yellow is pr
hibited and the sale of oleomargar1r
so regulated that it will be impossib
f to sell the same as or for butter.
81 believe in the conservation
: our natural resources and that Nation
aid in this respect should be extend'
{ not only toward the conservation
our resources in the west. but
S the east as we'll and especially in OF
own state of Vermont.
6-I believe, that the Pure Fo
:. Law should be strengthened a.
more vigorously enforced; in
Nationwide Parcels Post Law;
n Direct Primaries; the election
n United States Senators by popul
Il vote and the publication of all Cal
y paign expenses.
q The above are my convictions
a few of which I consider the me
: important questions of the day ar
n if elected to Congress. I shall do I
- utmost in supporting legislation alo
L those lines and I believe that I
attitude on those questions indicat
ID that my position on other problel
: which may arise would be along
!. line of progress.
Frank D. Thompson,