The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-01-17
R. N. STANFIELD OUT
LINES PLATFORM

At the annual community meeting
of the agricultural and dairying inter
ests of Umatilla county. held at STAN
| field last week, r. N. Stanfield, Re.
publican candidate for the nomination
for United States senator, was the
principal speaker. There were hun
dreds of his neighbors and life long
friends and acquaintance present, and
in the course of his address he stated
the principles upon which he would
stand in his campaign which are as
| follows:
To support the government with all
my ability and energy in the speedy
| and vigorous prosecution of the war to
peace satisfactory to the democracy
of the world and compatible with the
highest ideals of our civilization.
To a selective draft in practice as
we'll as in theory, which shall insure
organization of the national army and
at the same time reserve the necessary
labor and supplies of the continuation
of our industrial pursuits and COM
merce.
To an equitable control and regula-
tion of food supplies, commerce and in
| dustry, and the establishment of pri-
mary market in Portland on. equal
basis with Chicago and eastern ports.
To a nation wide prohibition and to
all measures which shall make it prac.
ticable and operative and not theoreti-
cal.
To permanently establish equal suf-
frage in both state and nation.
To establishment by the federal gov
ernment of naval base at the mouth
of the Columbia river. l4 .ss
To effective rural credit legislation
and administration with a particular
view to its adaptability to the needs of
Oregon.
To construction by the federal gov
ernment of military highway along
the Pacific coast and federal aid in the
construction of permanent highways.
To see that Oregon participates, all
things being equal, in national trade,
commerce and industry, and that our
state is given recognition in the fed
eral expenditures made necessary by
the war.
To legislation which shall bring to a
settlement the public lands question.
and the greater development of Ore
CONS natural resources, sincluding the
development of water power, reclama.
tion of arid, swamp and logged off
| lands.
To the organization and mobilization
of all industrial forces, with just and
proper consideration of the rights of
labor, which shall guarantee coordina.
tion of American efforts during the
war.
To legislation that will permit re.
sources of the great west and Alaksa
to be used, at the same time being
careful that these natural resources
are used economically.
To the removal of the misunder.
standing and opposition on the part of
the federal authorities which has re.
stricted Oregon's commercial expan'
sion and retarded the industrial devel
opment.
To the development of Oregon
great shipping ports, through federal
improvement of waterways and har.
bors; the maintenance of a merchant
marine on the Pacific ocean, and just
recognition on the part of the federal
government of the Importance. value
commercial and industrial advantage
of Oregon's location, situation anc
harbor, and shipping facilities.
To a policy of conservation and re-
construction which shall insure our ma
tional integrity, honor and commerce
and the moral and civic purity of oul
people, which is typified by conscien
tious and moral observance of true
Christian civilization.
To have that high regard and consid
GRAFTON for the interests and progress
of humanity and the nation at large
which should actuate the motives OF
every public man.