El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-02
Capital MuStBe
Encouraged To
Come To Texas

OOAleC IL CssLtO
~sentatives Of their own Choosing. I
also recognize b right Of laboriug
people TO strike. No nan IS required
70 work when pay or conditions are
u~nsat1sfacrory- But when any man
exercises his right TO quit his employ
ment he a no right 10 say that b
american citizen who must work to
support himself or his family can not
take his place. Every man has a
right 70 work on his own initiative,
without molestation from any other
man or set Of men I am a firm be-
lever in the profit sharing plan. I
am against capital when 1t urotlteers
or denies those who labor the right
and opportunity to better their living
conditions / am against labor when
e resorts 70 violence or anarchy TO
enforce its demands i am for both
when they treat each other. and the
public, fairly. ] propose to give both
q square ceal-nothing more nothing
Capital In Texas
eve need more people and money in
Texas AS governor, I am going to
encourage b influx Of capital More
money means cheaper money, more
business, nor labor and higher
wages. am going TO encourage
every legitimate Investment and give
the protection OF the law 10 every
mar firm or corporation engaged in
honest business. I Wanr US 70 have
more factories TO convert our raw ma
terlals into finished products 1t
seems that uarure a placed an
ocean Of oil and gas under US and I
want honest development encouraged
IN every possible way. j want the
oil interests 10 pay their Just share
OF the taxes. but 7 do not p
that they shall be penalized because
they have come into sudden pr0speri-
@There IL one phase OF the new
OIL development, however, about
which feel deeply. 4 propose %
elected governor, to hold the leg
islufure in session until IL unnses
n blue sky law with teeth In a..
thai will say TO the crooked oil
man and the fake stock salesman
that they cannot defraud the tx
noznnt and innocent. They viii
have 20 make a showing 10 the
secretary Of state or some other
proper official that they have the
assets they pretend TO have. be-
fore they can peddie their stock
in Texas
Il For Good Roads
Good roads 2 the m~iesuoues that
mark the progress Of a people. They
unite city and country, encourage bet
ter schools increase the s~ociability OF
the people, aid marketing, enhance
land values and add 10 the sum total
Of human happiness ] favor the
Sheppard Dill. now pending in SON
gress, BY Wlich the appropriations
for good roads throughout the coun-
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materially increased As governor, ]
am not going 10 give aid. encourage
menr or approval to the building Of
nent ones ] would rather have one
mile of permanent road than ten
miles hat would have TO be rebuilt
in a few years.
Conservation and Reclamation
q come from a section that knows
ton of our lands The euterprising
people Of my county rave reclaimed
50, 900 acres OF land in the Rio Grande 4
valley that a Few years was a
desert waste worth about q dollar
per acre, that is 10 as p as south
ern California ] served IN the leg
stature as an active member Of the /
irrigation committee and am the /
the laws now on the statute books.
As q membe OF the legislature. I as 1
sisted in the submission OF the con
stitudonai amendments providing for
irrigation n levy districts.
j also want the forests OF Texas I
protected. and tree planting
aged. I would also make a great 4
game preserve ont Of the $4,000 acres
system, having the aged, sick and
crippled prisoners TO LOOK after same.
EIeemosynary ntitufions
4 am going 10 reduce expenses OF
government as low as possible con-
sistent with efficiency I am going I
~ 1898. 4LEHH2 EH#H.A 49, AAa f.
mate graft But let il be understood
now that I an not going 10 cripple I
the institutions that shelter the old
Confederate soldiers and their widows
in their declining years; that furnish
sCcccr N treatment TO b unfor-
tunate insane. that educate the deaf
and dumb that restore health 10 the I
~tuhercular, and that show mercy 10
the blind
Taxes can. and ought 20 be,
reduced. hut let those who say
they would cuf the appropriations
one third or one half, say n they
would lake IL from the rural
schools, or II they would object
10 the appropriation that was
made 10 clean Up and make
habitahle the Confederate home.
Let them say II they object 10
taking the Insane ont Of the iaIlE
and the erection Of a new in
sane asylum at wichita Falls or !
the conversion Of the old penl-
Tertiary at Hlsk into an instftu-
ton Of the same kind.
The e~leemosynary and educational
Institutions of this state s-au never
suffer at my hands
with liquor gone 7 predict that
we viii not in rlc future need 50
many 1ails lsyluUs and prisons The
appropriations that heretofore had TO
be made for their support can be
showered upon the educational lnEti-
tutions OF this state 10 bless d chill
lEnE and All maha nmmnn mHHna nH