Arizona republican., 1920-06-11

SumefS or print paper, for the eXten- sion of the powers of the government under the food control act, for broad ening the scope of the war risk in Surance act better provisions for the dwindling number of aged veterans of l the civil war and for the better support of the maimed and injured of the great war and for making practical the Xo- cational rehabilitation act has been l enacted by the Republican congress. 1 We passed an oil leasing and water power bill to unlock for the public good l the great pent up resources of the country; we have sought to check the profligacy of the administration to realize upon the assets of the govern ment and to husband the revenues de- rived from taxation The Republicans 1 in congress have been responsible for cuts in the estimates for government ! expenditure of nearly three billion dol l lars since the signing of the armistice. l We enacted the national executive budget law; we strengthened the fed eral reserve act to permit banks to 1 lend needed assistance to farmers; we authorized financial corporations to de- yefop export trade: and finally. amend ed the rules of the senate and house, which will reform evils in procedure and guarantee more efficient and re- sponsible government.
 Agriculture The farmer Is the backbone Of the nation. National greatness and eco l homie independence demand a popula- | ton distributed between industry and ] the farm. and sharing on equal terms 1 the prosperity which is wholly depend ent on the efforts of both Neither can prosper at the expense of the other without inviting joint disaster. The crux of the present agricultural conditions ies in prices labor and credit.
 The Republican party believes that this condition can be improved by prac- 1 tical and adequate farm representation in the appointment of governmental of i ficials and commissions; the right to form cooperative associations for marketing their products and protec- ] ton against discrimination; the scien- l tific study Of agricultural prices and ! farm production costs at home and abroad with view Q reducing the ife- duency or abnormal fluctuations; the uncensored pu bIication of such reports. {. the authorization of associations for | the extension of personal credit; ma tional inquiry on the generalization or rail water and motor transportation | with adequate facilities for receiving handling and marketing food; the en- l commencement of our export trade an | end to unn ecessary price fixing and ill., 1 consider ed efforts arbitrarily to reduce prices of farm products which Invar1- blv result to the disadvantage both of producer and consumer; and the en- | couragement of the production ana l importation of fertilizing material and 1 of it's extensive use.
 The federal farm loan act should be so administered as to facilitate ths acquisition of farm land by those de- string to become owners and proprle- tors and thus minimize the evils of ] farm tenantry and to furnish sucn long time credits as farmers may need to finance adequately their arger and long time production operations.
 Industrial Relations
 There are two different conceptions of the relations of capital and labor. The one is contractual. emphasizes the diversity of interests of employer ana l employe. The other is that of CO., partnership in a common task.
 1 We recognize the justice of collec- tive bargaining as a means Of promot- ing good will. establishing closer and more harmonious relations between ] employer and employees and realizing the true ends of industrial justice.
 The strike or the lockout as means of settling industrial disputes inflicts such loss and suffering on the com munity as to justify government initi- ative to reduce it's frequency and limit its consequences
 i We deny the right to strike against the government; but the rights and in i terests of all government employees must be safeguarded by impartial laws and tribunity.
 In public utilities we favor the es- tabIfshment of an impartial tribunal to make an investigation of the facts 1 and to render a decision to the end that there may be no organized inter ruption of service to the lives and health and welfare of the people. The decisions of the tribunals to be moral Ily but not legally binding, and an in- s- n, He'd l upon to secure their acceptance. The tribunal, however, should refuse to ac- cept Jurisdiction except for the pur- pose of investigation, as long as the public service be interrupted. Foi public utilities we favor the type oi
 tribunal provided for fn the trans porta ton act of 1920.
 The private industries we do not ad- vocate the principle of compulsory ar bitration, but we favor impartial com missions and better facilities for vol untary mediation conciliation and a1'- bitration, supplemented by that full publicity W hich will enlist the Influ- encc of an aroused public opinion. The government should take the initiative in inviting the establishment of trib- unals or commissions for the purpose of voluntary arbitration and investiga- ton Of this issue.
 We demand the exclusion from inter
 state commerce of the products ol convict labor.
 National Economy
 A Republican congress reduced the
 estimates submitted by the admins
 tration for the fiscal year 1920 almost
 three billion dollars and for the fiscal year 1921 over a billion and a quarter dollars.
 Greater economies could have been
 effected had it not been for the stub
 born refusal of the administration to
 co operate With congress in an econo-
 my program
 The universal demand for a lesisla-
 tive budget is a recognition Of the in
 controvertible fact that leadership and 1 sincere assistance on the part of the executive departments are essential 10 effective economy and constructive re
 trcnchment.
 The Overman act invested the presi-