Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-16

We reiterate our unqualified a
prevail OF the action taken in Decor.
Der, 1911, by the president and COZ
gress to secure with Russia, as wit
other countries, a treaty that will re-
ognize the absolute right of expatria
tion and prevent all discrimination
whatever kind between American eli
zens, whether native born or ali
and regardless Of race, religion,
previous political allegiance. We
new the pledge to observe this pr
ciple and to maintain the right OF
lum which is neither to be surre
cred nor restricted. and we unite
the cherished hope that the war wh
is now desolating the world
speedily end, with a complete
lasting restoration Of brotherhb
among the nations of the earth
the assurance of full equal rig
civil and religious, to all men in
cry land.
ADEQUATE ARMY AND NAVY.
In order to maintain our peace
make certain the security of our pd
pie within our own borders the cou
try must have not only adequate b
thorough and complete national d
Tense, ready for any emergency. w
must have q sufficient and effectiVW
regular army, and a provision for AM
pie reserves, already drilled and di
ciplined, who can be called at once "A
the colors when the hour of danger
| comes.
We must have navy so strong and
so well proportional and equipped so
thoroughly ready and prepared, that
no enemy can gain command of the
sea and effect a landing in force on
| either our western or our eastern
| coast. To secure these results we
must have coherent and continuous
policy of national defense, which even
in these perilous days the Democratic
party has utterly failed to develop,
but which we promise to give to the
country
TARIFF AID TO AMERICAN
PLANTS.
The Republican party stands now,
always has, in the fullest sense. for
the policy of tariff protection to Amer
lean industries and American labor,
and does not regard an antidumping
provision as an adequate substitute.
Such protection should be reasonable
in amount, but sufficient to protect
adequately American industry and
American labor and be so adjusted
as to prevent undue exactions by
monopolies or trusts. 1t should. more
over. give special attention to secur-
ing the industrial independence OF the
United States. as in the case of dye
stuffs.
Through wise tariff and Industrial
legislation our industries can be so
organized that they will become not
only a commercial bulwark but pow
erful aid to national defense
The Underwood tariff act is a COM
plete failure in every respect. Under
its administration imports have enor-
mously increased in spite OF the fact
that the intercourse with foreign
countries has been largely cut off by
reason of the war, while the revenues
of which we stand in such dire need
have been greatly reduced. Under the
normal conditions which prevailed
prior to the war 1t was clearly demon
strated that this act deprived the
American producer and the American
wage Garner of that protection which
entitled them to meet their foreign
competitors, and but for the adventi-
tious conditions created by the war
would long since have paralyzed all
forms OF American industry and de-
prived American labor of its Just re-
ward.
It has not in the least reduced the
cost of living, which has constantly
advanced from the date of it's enact
ment Welfare of our people demands
It's repeal and the substitution of a
measure which in peace as we'll as in
war will produce ample revenue and
give reasonable protection to all forms
OF American production in mine, for
est, field. and factory.
We favor the creation of a tariff
commission with complete power to
gather and complete information for
the use of congress in all matters re-
lating to the tariff
SUPERVISION OF CORPORATIONS.
The Republican party has long be-
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strict regulation of the transporta-
ton and great corporations of the coun-
try. It has put its creed into it's
deeds. and all really effective laws
regulating the railroads and the great
industrial corporations are the work
of Republican congresses and presi-
dents. For this policy of regulation
and supervision the Democrats, in a
stumbling and piecemeal way, are un-