Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-08-28
PLATFORM OF ]. D. BECK
CANDIDATEFoRs STATE sen .ToR

To the Voters of the 3Ist Senatorial District.
comprising Jackson, Monroe and Vernon
In becoming a candidate for the state senate
It is only fair 10 the vet ers thas they know
people,
Amendment 20 the Federal Constitution. and if
elected 20 the senate shall vote fer its adop-
-tion- and use whatevea inf ieHce ! may have to
secure its adoption, wieh the least possible
delay. l shall oppose referendum upon this
amendment. The brewers refused one AID
that is enough.
not be considered the only issue Of tbs cam
paign. The paramount issue, the issue which
0yershadows every other, is the war. The war
must be won at whatever cost. and our every
act whether as a private citizea or a public
olhcial, should be governed By that single aim
10 win the war the government must have
funds, and more funds, and | in favor of
yaising those funds by taxing profits to
thebreaking point, if need be, before en1barass-
ing those who are net profitirg and do not de-
sire 10 profit a result Of the war. Soldiers
are conscripted 10 fight the battles, wealth
should be eonscTipted to pay the expense.
! shall oppose any further bond issues being
saddled upon the people Of the state was
done at hte last special session of the legisla-
tare, and shall support 3 bIii TO pay on those
bends and provide whatever additional funds
The state may need result of the by
increased tax on excessive incomes.
There are no more loyal and patriotic citi-
gems than the farmers and wage-earners of
this country. Our armies, the finest ain the
woTsd, have largely been built up from their
ranks. Both have exerted almost superhuman
caorf toward winning the war. They are act
merely doing their bit, but are doirg their
utmost The workers have redoubled their ef-
forts in the production of ships, guns and other
munitions of war, and the farmers are making
every possible effort 10 increase the food sup
ply for the boys in the trenches, allies and
the factory workers. But no sooner do they
! start this supply of food on the way to the
boys in tine trenches than the packing trust
I ..T.a
pass from you TO them until I get a rakc-off
of 400 per cent excess profit. what | made
in pre-war times" And up steps the milling
trust and says, in effect, Your wheat cannot
pass from you to them until make over three
times the profit made before the war" When
the factory workers ask for coal with which
to keep their families warm while they are
busy making munitions of war, the coal bar
ons say. in effect Your families must freeze
unless l permitted to go into your peck
cts and take out three and one-half times as
much profit | took in pre-war days" One
of our leading tanners made little over one
half million dollars per year before the war,
and in 1915 this same concern made over three
and 0ne-hat million dollars despite the fact
that the leather warehouses throughout the
country were piled to the roof with leather,
and in 1917 the tanners declared an average
dividend of about 65 per cent, besides laying
away huge SURPRISES, and the farmer gets no
more for his hides than he did five years ago.
Anc the starving children of Belgium must die
| Tor want OF tine American farmers milk un-
less that war-ridden and devastated country
| pays tribute of 65 per cent the capital
invested in three leading eondensaries Of this
country, and every time wage-earner sits
| down to dinner of canned salmon he pays
! profit of 50 to 200 per cent 10 hte salmon pack
eTs of the country. (See Senate Document
No. 2is.)
| l stand squarely back of the government
in its every effort TO stamp out profteering in
| foOdstuffs and other necessities of life, and
| favor such legislation as will relieve the farm
/ er and the small business from the
clutches of such sharks.
No man, however he may have viewed the
question of wOman's suffrage in the past, can,
with a knowledge of what the women Of
France, England. the United States and other
| countries at doing to help win the
war-I say, with this knowledge, can
! longer oppose votes for women, and ! shall
| support a movement giving women full and
| complete suffrage.
| l believe in economy and efficiency in gov
eminent affairs. Any department of state
government, any employee, rendering ef-
! icient service TO the state, should be literally
| supported, while any department employee
not rendering efficient service should be dis
pensed with, and if elected, | pledge myself 20
support any movement looking TO greater eff
hcieney in al! the state activities, and to great
| er economy in the of the peoples money.
| am in favor of law. similar to that in
New York, which enables the farmers, re-
tailers and consumers to get together and fix
prices and escape the clutches of food gamb-
lers and proiteers.
| Yours truly, j. ID. BECK.
| Candidate for State Senator.
| political advertisement authorized publish
ed and circulated by J. ID. Beck.