Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-06-16

can wage Garner of that protection
eign competitors and but for the ad-
vcntitious conditions created by the
war would long since have paralyzed
prived American labor of its just re-
ward.
High Cost of Living.
1t has not in the least reduced the
cost of living which has constantly nd-
vanced from the date of its enactment.
Welfare of our people demands Its re.
peal and the substitution of a measure
which In peace as well as in war will
orable protection to all forms of
American production in mine. forest.
We favor the creation of a tariff
gather and compile information for the
use use Of Congress in all matters relat-
The Republican party has long be-
lieyed in the rigid supervision and
strict regulation of the transportation
AND great corporations Of the country;
all really effective laws regulating the
railroads and the great Industrial cor
Porations are snt the work Of Republican
policy of regulation and supervision
the Democrats. in a stumbling and
piesemeal piece way, are Undertaking TO- in
which should be left within the sphere
of private enterprise and in direct
competition, with its own citizens. a
policy which Is sure to result in waste,
great expense to the taxpayer and in
an inferior product.
The Republican party firmly be-
ahe ss
dividually punished. But prosecution
is very different from persecution and
estly attained. is apparently regarded
by the Democratic party as in itself a
crime. Such doctrines and beliefs choke
RepuPiiean IaG party % beiiepes sRer tn encourase
Ing American business. as 1t believes
1t will seek to advance American In
terests.
Rural Credits.
We favor an effective system of ru-
raj credits as opposed to the ineffect-
i've law proposed by the present Demo-
cratic administration.
Rural Free Delivery.
We favor the extension of the rural
Democratic administration for curtail-
Ing and Gripping 1t.
Merchant Marine.
In view of the policies adopted by
ali 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 for
eign trade of liberal compensation fo-
sci vices actually rendered in carrying
the mails. and such further legislation
as Will build up an adequate Ameri-
can merchant marine and give US
ships which may be requisitioned by
the government in time of national
emergency.
We are utterly opposed to the gov
ernment ownership of vessels as pro-
posed by the Democratic party, be.
cause government ownership. while ef-
fecttvely preventing the development
OF the American merchant marine by
private capital. will be entirely unable
to provide for the vast volume of
more helpless than ever in the hard
grip of foreign syndicates.
Transportation.
Interstate and intrastate transporta-
tion have become so interviewer that
the attempt to apply two and often
several sets of laws to its regulation
has produced conflicts of authority
embarrassment in operation and In
convenience and expense to the public.
The entire transportation system of
the country has become essentially ma
tional. We therefore favor such ac-
tion by legislation. or. IL necessary.
through an amendment to the consti-
tuition of the United States as will re :
suit In placing It under exclusive fed
eral control.
Economy and National budget.
The increasing cost of the national
government and the need for the great
est economy of its resources IN order
to meet the growing demands of the
people for government service call for
the severest condemnation of the
wasteful appropriations of this Demo-
raids on the treasury and of Its oppo-
sition to and rejection OF President
Tafts oft-repeated proposals and earn
est efforts to secure economy and eff
ficiency through the establishment OF
simple. business-like budget system
TO which we pledge our support and
feet any real reform in the admins
tration OF national finances.
Conservation.
We believe in n careful husbandry
of all the natural resources of the
nation-a husbandry which means de-
veIopment without waste. use without
abuse.
Civil Service Reform.
The civil service law has always
been sustained by the Republican par
ty and we renew our repeated decIara-
ticn that IT shall be thoroughly and
honestly enforced and extended where
ty has created. since March 4, 1913,
thirty thousand offices outside of the
civil service law. at an annual cost to
s44.O0o,OO0 to the taxpayers of the
country.
We condemn the gross abuse AMI
TIE misuse of the law by the present
ourselves to a reorganization OF this
service along lines of efficiency and
economy.
Territorial Officials.
Reaffirming the attitude long main
tanned by the Republican party. we
hold that officials appointed to ad-
minister the government of any terri
tory should be bona fide residents of
the territory in which their duties are
t. be performed.
Labor Laws.
We pledge the Republican party to
the faithful enforcement of all federal
laws passed for the protection of Ia
Dor. We favor vocational education;
the enactment and rigid enforcement
OF a federal child labor law: the en-
actment of generous and comprehen-
sive workmen's compensation law,