Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-09

law to the full limit permitted under
the constitution, and. by a thorough
going child labor law. protect the
wage Garner; and by properly regu-
lated system of rural credits encour-
age the farmer and give TO the land
less man opportunity to acquire land.
"A country must be worth living in
to be worth fighting for.
Social Justice.
ITO make possible social justice, to
maintain our position in peace and
war, We must insure business and in
dustrial prosperity. This can be
done:
BY regulation of industry
aimed at promoting its growth
and prosperity and Just dis
tribution of its return and
healthy expansion Of foreign
trade
by a conservation and devel-
opment of our national resources
for the good of all.
BY the establishment Of our
merchant marine.
BY the development of sys-
TEN of interstate national high
ways
BY making a new standard OF
governmental efficiency through
a complete civil service system, a
national budget and the dest"uc-
ton of pork barrel legislation.
by the establishment of our
nent, expert tariff commission,
with a view of intelligently and
scientifically adjusting the tariff,
so as to build up, rather than de-
stroy American industry.
Protective Tariff.
The protective system is essentia
in our national prosperity. Tremen
dous new pressures will be thrown up
on our industries, after the war, by
the highly modified production o
Europe At all times conditions o
competition must be equalized between
our own and foreign countries.
I'VE can only get the protection VI
need through the use Of exact an
complete knowledge, unaffected b,
prejudice or politics. We can secur'
that knowledge at all times and whel
needed only through such a commits
sion.
The industrial issues are chiefl,
national The present and certain fu
ture make it imperative that the reg
ulation and promotion of industry, ant
especially of transportation and for
| eign trade, be national, not local Onl.
! federal power can work justice to cap
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Only national authority can mobiliz
industry for defense as the nation
need demands it.
We have set forth in this platform
plain essentials of national existence
I They are not new in principles. Mos
men agree with them. Any many ma
propose them. The urgent and immed
/ late need is for their performance. "
have had ample experience with tn
promiser: with words and the bite
| taste of words retracted.
Issue One OF Men.
we must choose a man who, no
alone by words but by past deeds
gives guarantee that he can and vii
make these things good. The issue i
one OF them. In the midst of worl
changes, unparalleled in history, W
cannot forecast the problems whicI
will confront our government durin
| the war and at its end. We therefor
need as president a leader who know
the nations. 4 man who acts. If W
continue longer to stand for words a
above deeds, for fancies as above facts
we shall receive and merit the fat
that surely awaits the man or peopl
who do not face the truth.
We will meet and work with an
man or party who sees the nation
need and puts forward leader fit I
meet it. We will accept no less, i
plan or in the man, and We solemn
charge upon any who place partisa
politics above country the response
bility for a nations future, sacrifice
to self-interest and spoils.'