The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-06
COL. R00SEVELT'S CONFESSION OF FAITH" ADDRESS /

son, to enable workingwomen to COM
bine for their own protection by the
use of the ballot
The Farmer.
THE Country Life Commission
should be revived with greatly in
creased power; it's abandonment was
a severe blow to our people. The vel
fare of the farmer is basic need of
this Nation" The country school
should be brought in touch with coun-
try life. For this reason the Progress
sives approve of Government cooper
alton with the farmer to make the
farm more productive. Cooperative
associations of farmers both for the
production and the selling of agricul-
tural products should be encouraged.
so long as the farmer leaves cooper
alive activities with their profit-shar-
ing to the city man of business, so
! long will the foundations of wealth
be undermined and the comforts of
enlightenment me impossible in the
country communities"
The Tariff.
On the tariff he says: 81 believe in a
protective tariff, but l believe in 1t as
a principle approached from a stand
point Of the interests of the whole peo-
pie. and not as a bundle of preferences
to be given favorite individuals" He
believes the American people favor the
principle of a protective tariff, but are
in rebellion against the wrong-doing
and unjust application of that policy
and the abuses in past legislation. ut
is not merely the tariff that should be
revised, but the method of tariff-mak-
ing and of tariff administration" The
| first steps should be the creation of a
permanent commission of non-partisan
experts" of ample powers" to secure
exact and reliable information
"The present Tariff Board is entirely
inadequate in point of powers reposed
in it and scope of work undertaken"
The revision shall be downward and
not upward and secure a square deal
not merely to the manufacture, but to
the wage-worker and to the general
consumer.
The High Cost Of Living.
1.-THE cost of living" says Mr.. 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 nc
prejudice to warp their minds, no pri
vate object to serve, who shall rec
ommend any necessary remedy heed
less of what interest may be hurt
thereby, and caring only for the in
terests of the people as whole.
Various elements, economic, political
and social, are pointed out by Mr.
Roosevelt as contributing to the high
cost of living. But effective Legislation
regarding it can only be framed on q
comprehensive scale after a thorough
scientific and prompt inquiry.
The Currency.
Mr.. Roosevelt declares that our pres
ent bank currency based on Govern
ment bonds is unscientific, and urges
the adoption of system which shall
provide elasticity in the credit an(
currency necessary for the conduct o
business, free from recurring panics.
The control of such a system SHOULD
be in the hands of the Government
and must be free from "manipulatio1
by Wall Street or the large interests.
Conservation.
Under this head Mr.. Roosevelt re
J afirms his well-known policy on thu
t conservation and reclamation of Ma
, tional resources. We must conserv,
our soil, our forests, our mines, no
: only for our own benefit but fc'' tn
: benefit of our children and descend
, ants. 1.-THE public should not alienat
: it's fee in the water-power which will
be of incalculable value as a source o
power in the immediate future" an
I'VE should undertake the complete de
velopment and control of the Missis
l sippi as a National work. just as W
/ have undertaken the work of buildin
2 the Panama Canal"
l Alaska.
> "In Alaska the Government has a.
l opportunity of starting in what is a
: most a fresh field, to work out variou
l problems by actual experiment"
l should at once construct, own, and OF
2 crate all the railways in Alaska;
2 should keep the fee of all coalf1eld
l and allow them to be operated by Les
/ see with the condition in the leas
that non-use shall operate as fol
: felt; a system of land ration shoul
: be tried which promotes the actual us
: of land and discourages the holdin
: of land for speculation; the telegrap