The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-06-15

-, A.,ersca, ,-e1.ese e.1 ~ 49,
can wage Garner Il that prseooetos
which entitled them TO meet their for
eiEa competitots. and but for the Al
Sentitious conditions created by the
NAr would long since have paraly1eA
all forms of American industry asA Ae-
prived American labor Of its just re-
ward.
saAGA Cea - lksaaG
1t has not in the least reAuoeA the
cost of living which has constantly ad-
vanced from the date of its enactment
Welfare of our people de mAnds its re-
peal and the substitution of a measure
produce ample revenue and give reas
Onable protection to all forms OF
American production in mine, forest.
field and factory.
commission with complete power to
gather and compile information for the
use Of Congress in all matters relat-
ing to the tariff.
The Republican party has long be-
lieved in the rigid supervision and
strict regulation of the transportation
and great corporations of the country.
IL has put its creed into its deeds. and
all really effective laws regulating the
railroads and the great industrial cor
porations are the work of Republican
Congresses and Presidents. For this
policy of regulation and supervision
the Democrats, in a stumbling and
piecemeal way, are undertaking to in
volve the government in business
which should be left within the sphere
competition with its own citizens.
policy which Is sure to result in waste.
great expense to the taxpayer and In
an inferior product
The Republican party firmly be-
lieves that all who violate the laws In
regulation of business should be in
dividually punished. But prosecution
ls very different from persecution ana
business success. no matter how hon
estly attained. is apparently regarded
by the Democratic party as In itself a
crime. Such doctrines and beliefs choke
enterprise and stifle prosperity. The
Republican party believes in encourage
ing American business. as II believes
| it will seek to advance American in
terests.
Rural Credits.
We favor an effective system of ru-
| raj credits an opposed to the ineffect-
i've law proposed by the present Demo-
cratic administration.
RsraI Free Delivery.
| We favor the extension of the rural
ffee delivery system and condemn the
Democratic administration for curtail
| ing and Gripping it,
Merchant M.rise.
In view OF the policies adopted by
| ali the maritime nations to encourage
their shipping interests. and in order
10 enable Us to compete with them 70,
the ocean carrying trade, We favor the
payment to ships engaged in the for.
| eirn trade of liberal compensation 70"
Sci vices actually rendered in carrying
the mails. and such further legislation
| a, will build up an adequate .Ameri-
| car merchant marine and give us
| ships which may be requisit ioned by
the government in time of national
| emergency.
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ernment ownership OF vessels as pro
posed by the Democratic party, be .
cause government ownership. while ef-
fectively preventing the development
| OF the American merchant marine by
pi ivate capital will be entirely unabl.
| I" provide for the vast volume of
american freishts, and will leave US
| 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
embarrassment in operation and in
convenience and expense to the public.
The entire transportation system of
tional We therefore favor such ac-
tion by Legislation, or, If necessary,
through an amendment to the consti-
tuition of the United States, as will re
suit In placing 1t under exclusive fed
eral control.
Economy and q National Badget.
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-
cratic administration, of It's shameless
raids on the treasury and of its oppo-
sition to and rejection of President
| Iafts oft-repeated proposals and earn
est efforts to secure economy and eff
a simple. business-like budget system
to which we pledge our support and
which We hold to be necessary to ef-
feet any real reform in the admins
tration of national finances.
Conservation.
We believe in a careful husbandry
lof all the natural resources of the
nation-a husbandry which means de-
vciopment 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 declara
ticn that IT shall be thoroughly and
ever practicable. The Democratic par
ty has created. since March 4. 1918,
thirty thousand offices outside of the
cNll service law. at an annual cost to
country.
We condemn the gross abuse AMI
tfe misuse of the law by the present
Democratic administration and pledge
ourselves to reorganization of this
service along lines of efficiency and
economy.
Territorial Officials.
Reaffirming the attitude long main.
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 ali federal
laws passed for the protection of la
Dor. We favor vocational education:
the enactment and rigid enforcement
oil a federal child labor law: the en-
Iactment of generous and comprehen-
sive workmen's compensation law,
within the commerce power of Con
gress, and an. accident compensation
law covering all government en-
ployees.