The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-02
Washington. D. q, April %. 1918.


Washington. 3. q. April %. 1913.
Senator Sterling issues statement
in connection with his candidacy for
denomination and reelection.
Senator Sterling today issued d
statement to the voters Of South Da.
kota il which he reviews briefly his
activities since he has been member
Eof the innate. In an Interview he
tied that because Of important leg
isIations before the Senate and the
many urgent matters which he is call
ed upon to take up with the Depart.
mente. he does. not expect to return
to the state before the primaries un-
less it be for few days only. He
has assurances from friends over the
state that his desire to remain on
The job ia Washington il appreciated
by the voters and that it will not be
necessary for him to return to the
sstate to conduct a speaking campaign.
In his statement Senator Sterling
calls attention to his support, among
other measures. of the Federal Re-
serve Bank Act, the Federal Trade
Commission Act, the Clayton Anti
Trust Act; the Panama Canal Free
Tolls Act, the Federal Farm Loan
Law and the Federal Good Roads Law
Under the latter Act South Dakota
will receive more than 81, 200. 600 of
Federal aid "a the building Of roads.
He alsesrefsrs TO his opposition to the
Tariff Act of 1913 because Of its dis
Termination against the farmers of
the northwest.
In addition he introduced and eecur-
ed the passage of the bill extending
the benefit of the 32O-acre Homestead
Act to South Dakota, and later after
persistent effort procured the passage
Of the B4O-acre Grazing Homestead
Act which will permit the establish
ment of homes in large areas west of.
the Missouri River.
E He supported the bills for Cow
eminent Armor Plant and Govern
ment Nitrate Plant and. as is we'll
known, he has been active in the sup
port of all war measures.
In referring. to- his votes on the
War Revenue Act he states that the
total tax which men Of great wealth
will have to pay is in most cases
heavier here than in England or any
other country. It is now expected
that Sd. 600, 600, 600 will be raised
by this law, whereas at the time Of
it's passage it was estimated that only
ia little more than So, 500. 600. 900
would be collected. He states that
he will support any future necessary
increase in the income and excess
profits taxes, and in doing SO will be
governed by. the principle that the big
incomes and big profits should bear
the largest part of the burden. Some
question having been raised as to
whether Senators and Representatives
were exempt from the payment Of the
excess profits tax, Senator Sterling
introduced an amendment to the Act Act;
which provided that it ehould not be
construed to exempt them, and the
Treasury Department has since held
that they are not exempt. He oppos-
ed an amendment to the Revenue Bill
which was in the interest of the Oleo-
margarine manuf acturers and would
have been detrimental to the dairy
interests of the country.
He has worked for just system of
Federal grading Of grain and earnest.
" supported the Gore amendment
which would fix the minimum price
of wheat at So. so per bushel for the
1918 crop. He had previously been
active in advocating that the price
fixing Committee name price for the
1917 crop which would justify the
farmers in increasing their wheat.
acreage.
Senator Sterling has always sup
ported all Prohibition measures and is
q warm supporter Of Woman Suffrage.
In concluding his statement he re-
fers to the greatly increased work Of
Ia Senator since We have been at war
and speaks with appreciation of the
courtesy shown him BY his many cor
respondents.