The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-17
Standard Bearers
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Charles w. Fairbanks
OF INDIANA

1t has not in the least reduced III. cos!
of living, which has constantly advanced
from the date Of it's enactment The well
fare of our people demands it's repeal and
the substitution Of a measure which. in
peace as well as in war. will produce am
pie revenue and give reasonable protec-
ton to all forms Of American production
IN mine, forest, field and factory
We favor the creation of a tariff COM
mission. with complete power to gather
and compile information for the use of
congress in all matters relating to the
tariff.
Business.
The Republican party has long believed
In the rigid supervision and strict regula-
ton of transportation and great cor
porattons of the country. 1t has put it's
creed into its Deeds and all really effec-
tive laws regulating the railroads and the
great industrial corporations are the work
OF Republican congresses and presidents
For this policy Of regulation and super
vision the Democrats In a stumbling and
piecemeal way. are undertaking to involve
the government in business which should
be left within the sphere of private en-.
terprise and indirect competition with its
own citizens, policy which Is sure to re-
suit In waste, great expense to the tax.
payer and in an inferior product
The Republican party firmly believes
that all who violate the laws In regula-
tion Of business should be individually
punished But prosecution Is very differ
ent from persecution, and business sue
cess. no matter how honestly attained, is
apparently regarded by the Democratic
party as in itself crime Such doctrines
and beliefs choke enterprise and sti1e
prosperity. The Republican party believes
In encouraging American business as it
believes In and will seek to advance all
American interests
Rural Credits.
We favor an effective system Of rural
credits as opposed to the ineffective law
proposed by the present Democratic ad.
ministration.
Rural Free Delivery.
We favor the extension Of the rural free
delivery system and condemn the Demo-
cratic administration for curtailing and
gripping it
Merchant Marine.
In view Of the policies adopted by all
the maritime nations to encourage their
shipping interests, and in order to enable
US to compete with them for the ocean
carrying trade, we favor the payment to
ships engaged In the foreign trade of lib
eral compensation for services actually
rendered In carrying the mails and such
further legislation as will build up an ade-
quate American merchant marine and
give us ships which may be requisitioned
by the government in time of national
emergency.
We are utterly opposed to the govern.
ment ownership of vessels az proposed by
the Democratic party because government
owned ships, while effectively preventing
the development Of the American mer.
chant marine by private capital, will be
entirely unable to provide for the vast
volume of American sreights and will
leave us more helpless than ever in the
hard grip Of foreign syndicates
transportation.
Interstate and intrastate transportation
has become so interviewer that the at
tempt to apply two and often several sets
OF laws to it's regulation has produced
conflicts of authority, embarrassment in
operation and Inconvenience and expense
to- the public.