The Arvada enterprise., 1914-08-27
Campbell Answers
Taxpayers Question

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My attention has just been call
ed to communication from tax
payer in the last issue of the Tran
script, in which he propounds ques-
tions to the primary nominees for
the legislature of all parties. |
think this is proper and ] gladly
answer his questions.
First let me say that no candi-
date deserves the support of the
voters who will not frankly tell
them where he stands upon all
questions pertinent to the office he
seeks to hold. The time has past
when party loyalty or the fact that
a man was born poor, worked hard
and got rich is considered a suffi-
cient platform to entitle man to
represent the voters of any district
or county.
In answer to the first question
as to the solution OF the strike
question will say:
That l believe the Legislature
should pass such measures as will
create competent tribunal to de-
termine all issues which are now
settled by strikes. There are
three parties to be considered. The
employer, the employe and the
public who pay the expenses
There should be some court where
the employer may be protected
from unjust demands OF labor
unions and where the employee
can secure relief against unjust op-
preston of labor, and where the
general public may be protected
and the good name of the State
saved from any strike, insurrec-
ton or riot growing out Of labor
troubles. The taxpayer and con
sumer pay all the costs. The en-
ployer simply adds the extra cost
to his output and suffers nothing,
while the taxpayer must pay more
for the necessities that he must
purchase and at the same time be
deprived of market for his pro-
duction.
Again. | do not believe in leav-
ing any questions to be settled by
force, as justice can never be Sc
cured or question settled right
by force. No victory obtained by
force was ever permanent. While
! believe in law and oresaA | do
believe in justice-iust ~ the
employer, the employee "a the
consumer and taxpaying public. ]
might say that the wagaxluestion
is an important NHt&S which
sooner or later must SDettled by
the Legislative branches of the
State and Nation. 1t is really IL
serious question when an honest
common laborer, who is willing to
work every working day in the
year, cannot receive enough com
pcnsation for his labor to support
his wife and n family and permit
him to save enough in Il lifetime
to buy home.
| am against the constabulatory
provision of Governor Ammons,
as set forth in his recent message,
for the reason that it provides "A
force for settling all questions
without any consideration of the
law or justice of the issues raised
and is sure to be one sided. If the
party in power favors the laboring
man, it will be used in his interests
solely. The same would be true if
it favored the employer or cap
italist.
am IN favor of good roads, and
| think all road work should be
done on general plan of acquir-
ing permanent roads with the idea
of furnishing good roads for the
citizen and taxpayer, especially
the farmer to haul his produce to
market, and will favor IA road for
the farmers and taxpayers in
preference to one for itincrant
sight am not in favor of
u boss of the bosses. While | be-
lievc there should be n head di-
recting all road work to common
end and on common plan, yet |
do not believe that we should
spend our money III paying bosses
and oyersccrs, but that the road
money should be put in road work
and every dollar spent should rep.
resent dollars worth of good
roads, and do not believe it
economy to spend too much money
for bosses and ovcrseers.
think that the irrigation com
panies should build and forever
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