The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-11

able the purchase of this land on credit
terms az favorable as Is given to set
tiers in the West and in Canada. This
can be done in several ways, one worthy
of careful study being that of extending
power 10 banks TO invest fraction OF
their surplus in amortization farm loans
protected by freedom from taxation on
money so loaned, while the best and
surest method is probably through the
medium of rural credit associations char
tered by the state.
(2l Make credits easier and extend
business by reducing the state tax on
money loaned by savings banks and saw
ings departments of national banks at
Ave per cent. or less TO borrowers in the
state of Vermont. Ii is the borrowers OF
money who make business, who furnish
employment, enlarge the market and
bring prosperity.
49, Encourage industrial enterprise
and growth by systematic study to
keep down the burdens OF taxation, both
state and local Give the working men
of Vermont protection against danger
Gus and unhealthful conditions OF EN-
ployment.
(4) Provide a workmenis eompensa-
ton act for the protection of employees.
To encourage the industrial growth OF
Vermont, the state should bear part
of the burden brought TO manufacturers
by such compensation act, as is done
in the state of Oregon. No part OF the
burden, however, should be placed on
the employees, because they are the ones
80, nd of aar RI m o
power and that is their full share OF
the burden. ] would, however, encour-
rage all those employed in the danger
Gus trades to carry insurance OF their
own, to reinforce the aid they would
receive through workmen's compensa-
ton act.
Improve Moral Welfare
To promote intelligence and education,
to benefit future citizenship and TO ad-
vance the moral welfare of the state,
there are some changes necessary
IN The state should profit by the sur
vey made by the Carnegie foundation
and by the findings of the special edu'
cational commission. The elementary
schools should be improved. They should
not be mere ruts leading toward some
college. but should educate with view
to the possibilities and future of the
individual pupils | do not believe IN
cutting off the appropriations to the
state colleges, though | would not, per-
haps. continue the special appropriation
OF 1912 The colleges have done too much
for the people of Vermont to be sud
denly crippled. State aid should be Civ
en- intelligently and if withdrawn 1t
should be gradually as the colleges can
become self-supporting. believe that
special text book on Vermont re-
sources, business development, and agrl-
cultural possibility should be provided
for use in every school, ! have caused .
blu for this purpose to be introduced at
the last two sessions OF the legislature,
but it has each time failed of passage.
t2l The state should provide home.
for orphan children OF the very poor
and the children whose parents through
crime or misfortune cannot or do not
properly care for their offspring. It Is
a state disgrace that this matter has
not been taken care Of earlier. We
spend millions in restraining and caring
for the criminal, the insane and the
mentally and morally deficient, but have
failed to realize that by caring for the
children of the unfortunate we can make
useful men and women of many who
NAV otherwise become a burden to So
ciety.
To promote patriotism, the state gov
eminent should be so conducted that
each person within the borders Of Yer
mont will have full and fair opportunity
to develop the best that is in him, with
out oppression or injustice.
other Policies
During the past three sessions of the
have been so active in sup
port of cleaner elections, measures to
prevent the corrupt use of money IN
and elections, in trying to
secure a fair and honest direct primary,
to build improved highways, in behalf
of the victims of drink and drugs and
their dependents and those inmates OF
penal institutions who give indications
of trying to reform, in seeking to stop
the exploitation of child labor and to
better the condition of women workers,
to conserve and develop the resources of
Vermont, in aiding those progressive
measures tending to put the control of
the affairs of government into the hands
of the rank and file of the people and
to take control away from those who
would use the powers of government for
their own selfish purposes, that | do not
need to reiterate my views and desires
on these subjects.
believe that the Republican party
should this year, and always, put for
ward a platform and ticket representing
neither the Establishments of wealth nor
the scheming of political workers.
believe that only in so doing can the
party be true TO the people of Vermont
and deserving of success. The voters
Of Vermont should rebuke the follies
and mistakes of the present Democratic
administration. but the voters
should not allow their desire TO do this !
to blind them TO the danger of letting |
selfish and ambitious men ride into |
place and power on national issues.
These arc the issues on which | had
thought OF seeking the Republican nom
nation this year, but as the time for
making the selection of candidates has
drawn near, have been disabled by ILL |
ness. | am also without financial means
to make a pre-convention canvass.
Because of these disabilities, shall |
make no effort to secure the nomination.
although I should not refuse it should !
!. .or,c N me / believe the voters /