The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-12-06
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Navy.
National Defense -Five-year ex-
penditure $500, 100000 for ten dread.
noughts, five battle cruisers, ten
scout cruisers, SO destroyers, Is fleet
submarines, IS coast submarines, H..
500 more men, 76 more officers, $50
more Annapolis cadets, $4,000, 900
for aviation, $25,0OO,0OO for reserve
ammunition, 100000. government
armor plate factory, federal projec-
tile factory, laboratory and increased
military reserve. ~,@
Army. -. IN II
Four-year expenditure of $780,
O00,000; increase regular army to
$4,000; retain $4,000 militia, or
ganize 100000 continental reserves
by enlisting $4,000 citizen-soldiers
annually for 6-year period, with two
years on active list requiring two
months annual training and four
years subject to war call; also $780,
100000 annually for coast fortifica-
lions and $26,000,O0O for ammuni-
ton and supplies.
Government Ship Purchase From
$25,000,O00 to $50,000,000 for ships
bought or built and operated in trade
by government shipping board and
available for use of transports in
war; -
Observation-Disclosures of war taxes
another year, possibly adding bank
checks; continue present sugar du-
ties; extend income tax to smaller
incomes; graduated Inheritance tax;
raised levy on large incomes and
possible taxation of war munitions
War Measures penalties for
neutrality violations, belligerents'
criminal conspiracies, passport frauds
etc. Protection of American ships
from seizure; amendment of registry
laws; prevention of foreign manu-
facturers "dumping' goods on Am
erican markets.
Conservation-Water power and
dam measures; government land,
coal, gas and oil leading systems.
Woman Suffrage-Susan B. An
thony amendment to federal consti-
tuition, granting right of nationwide
suffrage to women.
Prohibition-Dry amendment to
federal constitution and a dry Dis
trict of Columbia.
Railroads of govern
ment control with possibly ultimate
government ownership. Government
supervision of securities. Increased
powers for Interstate Commerce COM
mission. Train safety bill compell-
ing use of steel cars, block signals
and other life saving devices.
Telegraphs and Telephones-Gov-
eminent condemnation and operation
of all such lines:
Finance land credits and
personal rural credits. National
budget system, with new system Of
house supervision. May abolish
comptroller of the currency.
Treaties-Ratify those with Col
ombia, Nicaragua and Haiti, paying
Colombia $25,000,0O0 as result of
Panama canal acquisition; $3,000,-
900 to Nicaragua for exclusive rights
to canal route, and establishing ten
year American protectorate over
Haiti.
Presidential Term-Limiting presi-
dents tenure to one term of either
four or six years.
Primary Elections Presidential
primaries and abolition of party con-
ventions for all purposes except the
drafting of party platforms and NOM
inee Publications.
migration-Literacy tests for
immigrants and also the exclusion of
all Asiatics.
Philippine and Porto Rican indie
pendence- both self-gov-
eminent in given time.
The Line Up-Senate: Democrats,
Sc; Republicans, 40; Democratic
Majority, 16.
House 230; Republi-
cans, 1876; Progressives, z; Social
lists, 1; Independents, 1; total, ABS;
Democratic majority, rs.