Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-10-23
STRONG PLATFORM
REPUBLICANS GO BEFORE THE
PEOPLE WITH A Definite
PROGRAM
NO TAX FOR STATE PURPOSES
Read This Platform and See What
the Republican Party Stands For

Platform of the Republican Party
Adopted at Madison, Wis, Sept Is
1914.
We, the Republicans of Wisconsin
in convention assembled, record ou1
devotion to Republican principles and
renew cur adherence to the Republl-
can party, as the party Of progress,
which has gone from the fulfillment
of one great pledge to the fulfill
ment of another in response to the
public need and the will of the peo-
pie. Our greatest advances in the
state and the nation have been made
during the years Of it's ascendency.
We approve the work of Wiscon-
sins republican representatives in
both houses Of congress, and we com
mend the present state administra-
ton.
The Republican party in the state
has never failed in its promises to
the people, and a faithful perform
ance of it's pledges has been one of
it's traditions since it's advent into
the political life of the Common
wealth, three score years ago.
Its achievements have been the
beacon lights of legislation and hui
man advancement, and among the
many of recent years the following
are few:
A stringent Corrupt Practises Act.
Railroad Commission.
A strict dairy and food law which
protects both the producer and the
consumer.
Wide legislation for the better
protection of health and sanitation,
which, with the aid of medical sci
ence has confined contagious diseases
to isolated cases, and has made cpl
demic thing OF the past.
A two-cent passenger fare on rail
ways.
law providing shorter hours for
railway employees.
An eight-hour labor law on public
buildings and on public works
A reasonable child labor law
A law which makes it mandatory
for minors engaged in manual la
Dor to receive a certain amount Of
educational instruction.
public utilities law, which regu-
lates the rates and manner of SER
vice of gas and electric light COM
panies, and other similar agencies.
workmen's compensation law,
and an Industrial Commission to el-
force and carry out it's provisions
Advanced legislation for the pro
lection of labor engaged in the in
dustries, against accidents by dan
gerous machinery and dangerous sur
roundings.
Legislation protecting the health
and sanitation of those employed in
industrial and mercantile pursuits.
Laws limiting the hours of female
labor.
Legislation to conserve our natural
resources, and the propagation OF
fish and game
An effective weights and measures
law, protecting the consumer in his
just rights.
Legislation authorizing cooperative
societies.
Legislation regulating the insurance
and sale of corporate stock, thereby
protecting the manufacturer and mer
chant seeking capital, as Well as pro
tecting the innocent investor.
Beneficial agricultural and dair!
education which now places Wiscon
sin in the position of producing more
cheese than any state in the Union.
Humane legislation to aid depend
ent mothers.
Legislation permitting the employ
ment of prison labor on highways
Reasonable and efficient insurance
legislation providing for supervision
Unfair trade legislation which seek
to prohibit the destruction of com
petition.
The Tariff
Business is stagnant Thousands c
Workingmen are out of employment
still larger number of laborers ar
working but few hours a day an
consequently at greatly reduced carr
ings. The cost of living is increasing
Though they now need protectio
the farmers of wisconsin are expose
for the first time in half a centur
to injurious competition from Canad