Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-06-18

tributed between industry and the farm,
and sharing on equal terms the pros
perity which is wholly dependent on
the efforts OF both Neither can pros
per at the expense of the other without
inviting joint disaster.
The crux of the present agricultural
condition lies in price, labor, and credit
The Republican party believes that
this condition can be improved and ag-
ricultural production encouraged by the
right TO form cooperative associations
for marketing their products subject to
regulation by federal authority; the sci
entifc study of agricultural prices, with
view to reducing the frequency Of ABB
normal fluctuations; the authorization or
associations for the extension OF per-
sonal credit; a national inquiry on the
coordination OF rail. water, ana motor
transportation With adequate facilities
for receiving, handling, and marketing
food; the encouragement Of our eXpof.
trade, and the encoura cement of tue
production and Importation of fertlliz-
ing material and of its extensive Use.
The federal farm loan act should be
so administered as to facilitate the ac-
QUESTION of farm land by those desir-
and thus minimize the evils of farm
tenantry.
Industrial Relations.
There are two different conceptions
Of the relations of capital and labor.
The one is contractual, and emphasizes
tilc DIVERSITY OF interests OIL SulplOySE
and employee The other Is that CO.
partnership in a common task.
We recognize the justice of collective
bargaining as means of promoting
good will, establishing closer and more
harmonious relations between employ
ers and employees. and realizing the
true ends OF Industrial justice.
The strike or the lockout, as means
OF settling Industrial disputes. iniicts
such loss and suffering on the community
- s~.EtF
reduce its frequency aid limit its con-
sequences.
We deny the right to strike against
the government; but the rights and In
terests Of all government employees must
be safeguarded by impartial laws and
tribunals
Public Utilities.
In public utilities we favor the estab-
nshment of an impartial tribunal to
make an investigation of the facts and
to render decision to the end that
there may be no organized interruption
of service necessary to the lives and
health and welfare Of the people. The
decisions of the tribunals should be NOR
ally but not legally binding. and an in
formed public sentiment be relied on to
secure their acceptance. The tribunals,
however, should refuse to accept juris-
dtctiou except for the purpose of in
vestigaton. as long as the public service
be interrupted For public utilities we
AdNDI TIE type Ol tTlbuidA BT0NidsQ lOE
In the transporta ton act of 1920.
In private industries we do not advo-
cate the principle of compulsory arbi-
tration but we favor impartial COM
missions and better facilities for volun-
tary mediation, Cancellation, and arbt-
tTation supplemented by that full pub
licity which will enlist the influence of
an aroused public opinion. The govern
ment should take the initiative in invit-
ing the establishment of tribunals or
M the Of UalFIDtaTV
arbitration and of investigation of dis
puted issues
We demand the exclusion from inter
state commerce of the products of con-
vict labor.
National Economy.
A Republican congress reduced the
estimates submitted by the admlnistra-
ton for the fiscal year 1920 almost three
billion dollars, and for the fiscal year 1921
over q billion and a quarter dollars. Great
err economies could have been effected
had It not been for the stubborn refusal
of the administration to cooperate with
congress in an economy program. The
universal demand for an executive bud
get is a recognition OF the 1ncontroverh-
BILE fact that leadership and sincere as
sistance on the part of the executive
department are essential to effective econ
omy and constructive retrenchment.
The Oyerman act invested the presi-
dent of the United States with all the
store the federal government to nor
NAL peace basis and to reorganize, re-
trench, and demobilize. The dominant
fact Is that eighteen months after the
arrnistice the United States government
is still on a wartime basis, and the ex
penditure program of the executive re-
fleets wartime extravaganza rather than
rigid peace time economy.
Failure to Retrench.
AS an example of the failure to re-
trench which has characterized the
postwar policy of the Administrations
We cite the fact that, not including the
war aud navy departments, the eXecu-
tive departments and other establish
ments at Washington actualtE record
an increase subsequent to the armist.ce
of 2,1S4 employees. The net decrease
In pay roll costs contained in the 1921
demands submitted by the administra-
ton is only l per cent under that Of
1920 The annual expenses OF federal
operation can be reduced hundreds of
millions of dollars without impairing
the efficiency of the public service.
We pledge ourselves to "a carefully
planned readjustment to peace time
basis and TO policy of rigid economy,
to the better coordination OF depart
mental activities. TO the elimination Of
unnecessary officials and employees
and to the raising of the standard OF
individual efficiency.
An Executive Budget.
We congratulate the Republican con-
ErHSS on the enactment or law pro-
viding for the establishment OF an
executive budget as a necessary in
strument for sound and business
like administration Of the national
finances, and we condemn the veto OF tie
president which defeated this great
financial reform.
Reorganization of Federal Depart
ments and Bureaus
we advocate a thorough lnvestiga-
tion G. the present organization of The
federal departments and bureaus with
a view 60 securing consolidation, a
more businesslixe distribution OF func-
tons. the clint ation OF duplication,
delays and overlapping of work ana
the establishing OF an up to date and
eflicient administrative organization.
War Powers Of the President.
The president elngs tenaciously to
his autocratic wartime powers His
veto of the resolution declaring peace
and his refusal u sign the bin repeal
| ing wartime Legislation. no longer
necessary. evidence his determine tton
not To restore 70 the nation and to the
states the form of government provided
for by the Constitution This usurpa
| ton is intoierahle and deserves the
Severest condemnation
Taxation.
The burden OF TAXATION imposed UNION
| the American people is staggering
| bat IA presenting a true statement OF
4 the situation we must face the fact that
/ while the char cter OF the tavas en- y