The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-14

highway must be made TO carry the load The building "
hard surfaced roads under the coodnaed plan
vdd by laws should receive active and material support
from the With principal state highways built of pema-
nent construction more attention and funds can be gwen to
building local dirt roads, much maintenance waste eliminated
and the whole people benefited mmeasurab declare for
aggressive policy OF road improvement such as VIII place
Oklahoma the forefront states that boast OF the most
forward achievement in this great enterprise and giving regard
to the fact that highways should be improved ultimately IN
approximate proportion the traffic which they will carry
Wherever practical prison labor should be utilized in the work
OF highway improvement particularly the preparation
of material for surfacng and bridges.
This is far behind the in improved road mile,
age according government figures 1t matter of
pride but of necessity that this position be improved and that
we supplement with action knowledge that after winning
the war this great internal improvement demands our rst
consideration
Under democratic form OF government schools
prime essential and is of pride to every true demo
and progressive citizen that young state has already
built wisely and substantially this foundation.
the OF the that will take backward step
in of education if | nominated and elected Our
extended toward increasing the efficiency
and improving the conditions the rural schools 1t should
not be for parents to desert the farm order that
they may their children suitable school advantages
Our educators and legislators must be encouraged TO work out
and extend the system of union graded schools with
especial support the consolidated rural schools
which have and those that will be established order
all the children of the these needed advantages
The office of county superintendent of schools should be
advanced to dignity and power with mpor
order that attract and hold the most competent
and qualified school men and women.
Our higher institutions OF learning making commend
able and must continue to be source OF pride and
lasting benefit to the state.
We want no politics in our schools and teachers have
right know that efficiency and fathunes duty the
just measures of their tenure of service
Taxation and Revision of Revenue Laws
II should be the constant aim of those entrusted with
thoy in county and municipal governments
that the expenses Of kept the minimum figure
consistent with vigorous enforcement OF the law and
economical administration of public affairs Our laws
should be framed make the burdens OF government fall
equally and equaby all forms of property and rich
and poor alike in just Proportis Changing conditions will
from time to time require revision and amendments to
laws but such changes should be undertaken with
caution and only when experience has demonstrated the wisdom
and necessity for such revision Stability and uniformity III
and evies the of content
taxpayers Our present income tax law should
either be amended include corporations be repealed and
since the necessities of have caused the general
men levy heavy federal incomes and profits
the demand for the repeal Of the state tax may be expected TO
ncreSe.
Organized Labor.
firm and consistent friend and supporter OF
ired labor Abnormal conditions the economic and industrial
world occasoned by the will necessarily bring about
adjustments with the coming of that will call for constant
vigilance the part of the friends of labor prevent unfair
discrimination; the suspension of labor laws already force
and increased difficulty of securing the OF
Many things he required in legislative TO
better the conditions of labor but chief IT,
will be to the repeal Of laws friendly to labor
and hold the ground occupied while the reconstruction OF
industrial world Is going
II nomnsted and elected | promise continued loyalty TO
the ghtfu claims Of labor the basis for industrial
peace
Honest Elections.
believe in absolutely fair election laws and their rigid
enforcement and that present laws will bear favor
able this with the laws of other
No law or method Of selection candidates win satisfy
man. member Of party who not willing the
dict Of the people when that decision adverse to their personal
political ambitions.
all election boards and II nominated and elected
shall the and influence of that office that this
provision of the law is carried out in letter and in spirit
is permissible here call attention the fact that
have known the bitterness OF defeat and that have been
Sured by zeaous friends and denounced by political and par
enemies because would not capitalize disappointment