The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-04
WEEKS A CRITIC
OF DEMOCRATIC
FINANCE POLICY
Bay State Senator Strong for
Defense Opposes Admins
tratiOn'S Ship Bill.
WNsHINGTON. D. Q. Juno 3 i

WASHINGTON. u. C.. June a.-If
YOU harbor any feeling that New
England candidates are TO; TO be IN
favor a. the Republican convention,
YOU should hRrbor It with great go
CTucy when you near tho WCrka
headquarters In that uciFhborhood
there Is a conviction that a New Eng
land candidate will be chosen and
that his name viii not be ). W Nc
Call Mccall is one New England
cant date and John W Weeks ig the
other.
Senator Weeks stands vol in the
Fast and in tho course OF Pacific
coGst trip year or so ago just be-
fore which ii was nOiscd about by
some mysterious agency that he was
being urged and oven Eoadcd on by
people demanding his candidacy for
president he made favorable i'm
preston among the substantial citi-
zcus Hc IS the sort OF man to
mako profound appeal 20 the con
scryutiye element, and II IL on that
element he has been working
Authority on Finance.
To begin with. he Is no mean Ru-
thority on finance and hnB furnish.
ed some constructive criticism OF Mr.
NcAdoo's performance in the treas
ury department. rs well as aid in
cons ructivc financial legislation or
the past. He Il vigorous champion
OF merchant marine. but not of the
administrations bill masquorading
az Il stimulus to our sea trade.
To government ownership and
operation he is bitterly opposed. lie
opposed the trade commission bill
and the Clayton bill and made II
sturdy hsht against the administru-
tons tariff policy.
This was before the European war
had flooded America with prosperity,
and he contended that the normal
result OF ,ariT reduction and tho re-
moval Of protection would mean dis
uster to business and suffering for
employer and laboIor alike.
Advocate Of Strong Defense.
In one Of his speeches he referred
10 President Wilson's statement that
"a Democratic tariA will whet the
industrial wits"
1t is less likely to whGt the en-
pluycr's wits than the employees APP
petite" Senator WcekB commented
Senator Wcrks' tarin views are
common In New England. Quite az
natural 10 him is his enthusiasm for
a high degree OF preparedness in the
army. both for regular troops and all
auEiliaries. lie Is strong in his
champIoning OF a navy. for Senator
Weeks is n graduate Of Annapolis.
and his great insistence on great
navy Is no stronger than his insist
cucc that tho merchant marine can
be revived by intelligent legislation
and must be In the near future.
Senator Weelss' friends believe he
Will enter the convention with nearly
nil the Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire delegates. and that his
strength Will increase steadily by ac-
creciOns from other sections OF the
country.
Senator Is not PcsslmIStic.
Tho senator himself is not what
could be called pesslmistic.
"AB the time Is near at hand whom
the representatives Of the party will
submit to the country tho platform
on which the next campaign will be-
fought, do NOT consider Il oppOr-
tune for mo to discuss definite opln-
ions, but ! nm confident the plat
form Will take n strong position on
preparedness and on the general
subject OF Amerlcanism." he said
so far as Mexico is concerned, the
position will be critical of the course
followed by the present administra-
ton.
Tho industrial situation and the
possibility Of acute conditions after
the European war will DO gwen &C.
rious attention. In addition think
tho platform should take an advane-
cd position on tho subject OF gov
ornamental Interference in business,
especially in competition with our
own cinsons."
That closing suggestion hAlps to
classify Senator Weeks definitely.
He has \ profound objection 10 the
whole policy Of the governments d.
rect operation Of industries, whether
merchant marine or railroads, ni-
trRte plants. or ArmOr plate plants.
During the debate on Senator TILL
mans plan for an armor plate fac
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whole subject clear,
Evils OF Government Ownership,
1T Is we'll worth considering
whether or not It Is good policy 70
enter into any Industry which puts
tho government into competition with
It's own citizens, even II for other
reasons II seems Iustihable." he said
Government operations are mo-
toriouBly lacking in expedition and
economy and into them entaT all the
evils Of political Influence,
I'm q case Of this kind, putting the
government Into the arInor making
business means putting It directly in>
to competition with the capital and
business OF our own citizens. over
which the government exercises the
right or regulation, 80 that II the re-
suits are such that there Il deficit
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