Connecticut western news., 1916-06-15
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failure in every respect. Under its admin istration imports have enormously in creased in spite of the fact that the inter course witI foreign countries has beer largely cut off by reason of the war; while the revenut E. Of which We stand in such dire need. have h' cl greatly reduced Un- | der the normal conditions which prevailed prior to the war. il was Cic rly demon | Strated that this act deprive the Amer ! ican producer and ;Ge Amer.CHn wage | earner of that protection which entitled ! them to meet their foreign competitors. and. but for the adNentitious conditions | created by the war, would long since have l paralyzed all forms of American indus | try and deprived American labor of its l just reward
 l It has not in the least reduced the cost l of living, which has constantly advanced | from the date of its enactment The wei | fare of our people demands its repeal and | the substitution of a measure which, in | peace as well as in war. will produce ann pie revenue and give reasonable protec- ton to all forms of American production l in mine, forest, field and factory. i We favor the creation of q tarin com mission. with complete power to gather and compile information for the use of | congress in all matters relating to the l tariff.
 Business.
 The Republican party has long believed | in the rigid supervision and strict regula. tion of transportation and great cor | porations of the country. It has put its creed into it's deeds, and all really effec | tive laws regulating the railroads and the 1 great industrial corporations are the work | of Republican congresses and presidents 1 For this policy of regulation and super vision the Democrats, in a stumbling and | piecemeal way, are undertaking to involve i the government in business which should | be left within the sphere of private en- | terprise and indirect competition with its own citizens. d policy which is sure to re- suit in waste. great expense to the tax i 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 l ent from persecution, and business sue l cess, no matter how honestly attained, is apparently regarded by the Democratic l party in itself crime. Such doctrines 1 and beliefs choke enterprise and stite 1 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- ministraton.
 Rural Free Delivery. We favor the extension of the rural free | delivery system and condemn the Demo- cratic administration for curtailing and 1 crippling 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 l rendered in carrying the mails and such l further legislation will build up an ade- 1 quate American merchant marine and | give us ships which may be requsitioned l by the government in time of national | emergency.
 We are utterly opposed to the govern ment ownership of vessels as proposed by the Democratic party because government | owned ships while effectively preventing l the development of the American mer- chant marine by private capital, will be | entirely unable to provide for the vast volume of American freights and will leave us more helpless than ever in the hard grip of foreign syndicates.
 Transportation.
 Interstate and intrastate transportation has become so interwoven that the at. tempt to apply two and often several sets | of laws to its regulation has produced conflicts of authority, embarrassment in | operation and inconvenience and expense | to the public.
 | The entire transportation system of the | country has become essentially national. | We, therefore, favor such action by legis- lation or, if necessary, through an amend. | ment to the constitution of the United | States as will result in placing il under exclusive federal control.
 Economy and National Budget.
 The increasing cost of the national gov | ernment and the need for the greatest | economy of it's resources, in order to meet | the growing demands of the people for | government service, call for the severest | condemnation of the wasteful appropria- l tions of this Democratic administration. | of its shameless raids on the treasury and of i;S opposition to and rejection of presi- dent Taft's oft repeated proposals and | earnest efforts to secure economy and ef- | ficiency through the establishment of a simple, businesslilie budget system, to which We pledge our support.
 Conservation.
 We believe in a careful husbandry of | all the natural resources of the national | husbandry which means development without waste, use without abuse.
 Civil Service Reform.
 The civil service law has always been sustained by the Republican party, and we renew our repeated declaration that it shall be thoroughly and honestly en- ! forCcd and extended wherever practicable | The Democratic party has created since 1 March 1, 1913, 30O0O offices outside of the civil service law at an annual cost of Sl}. 00O,000 to the taxpayers of the country.
 Territorial Matters.
 | Reafirming tine attitude long maintained by the Republican party, We hold that ofll- cals appointed to administer the severn ment of any territory should be bona fde residents of the territory i'm which their | duties are to be performed
 Labor Laws.
 We pledge the Republican party to the l F,; F,,1 g,F oil In4,