Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-31

ask him how far the money paid to
| the swivel chair patriots in the
! State House they called il a bonus,
would have gone in paying the real
| patriots. the boys of Maine who
saw real service in the trenches of
| Franco.
Permanent Roads
I The future Of Maine is dependent
! to great measure upon the con-
struction of Il permanent system of
j highways.
! The people of Maine demand the
I construction of permanent roads.
/ The so-called permanent roads con-
structed by the Maine Highway
/ Commission have not stood up I'M
der the increasing travel and have
rapidly deteriated and gone to
pieces Marked dissatisfaction also
exists among the people. especially
! in the rural communities in the
method of the distribution of the
Highway funds. We should advo-
cate system Of patrol for the I'M
improved roads in the farming
communities Of Maine. The de-
inand is strong for reorganization
Of TIE Highway Commission. The
Highway Commissioners Of Maine
should he elected by the people Of
Maine and not appointed by the
Governor The closer you. keep the
official TO the people the betterypsab
lie results obtainabIe.
-, Increase Of Expenditures
Tho increase in the expenditures
Of government are alarming and
bring us face to face with the prob
lem of raising ever increasing
2mounts from the people b. taxa
uon. Fourteen years ago tho aver
age. taX rate in Marie war 90 mills,
today the average is g. mills. and
all indications poEit to = stu high
er average. Under G W e. curtis
theStatc Tax was 5 NIL :!i~ YEAR
under Governor NIL l."1 it win lie
II mtllS. This ina. M ,a burden
bears heavily upon l.c iH!l and
tn home. Couple Ills t. -" fact
that The population in r'lrtl llainc is
falling off at an a'nrmi74 ".." and
You h"Ec problem which leeds
serious cui&idcyNt iou. Not ONLY is
the population ra!idi. decreasing
I IN the farming conmUj!iits ont the
number Of abandoned farms are an.
palling. The farming interest Of
MaiHe INST be assisted in every ,vav
ana especially by lower tax ca the
farm. Likewise. the home or tho
worker and the family must DO re-
licvcd from unjust and eArcss,ye
taxation. Either one of two things
must occur. the expenditures Of
Government must he curtai,ed.
which seems improbable. or new
4 sources Of revCaue must be found.
\ Ine only new source is the taxation
or intangibles either by direct tax
or by income tax. We should stand
for a thorough REIMBURSEMENT Of the
tax laws so that this class of prop.
erty which has escaped taxation for
SO long. shall bear it's full share of
the burdens incident to the support
or Government. If the relief thus
given is not sufficient. laws must be
passed encouraging agriculture in
this State if we are not to loose the
title OF being an agricultural state.
We believe in gerater Opportuni-
ties for education in the free public
schools with the pay of teachers on
a parity with the other professions.
We urge the passage OF more
stringent laws protecting the small
investor.
We favor the utmost liberaIity in
the treatment Of the soldier and de-
clare for a policy for the construc-
/ nf tot
the present Republican administra-
ton for its opposition to the building
+; OF State Armories.
/ We favor bonus for all soldiers
and sailors of the Great War.
Conservation Of Resources
We favor the conservation Of the
natural resources Of the State, re-
minding the citizen, however, that
! the most Of them have slipped away,
ere now. through Republican mis-
| management.
| The great battle Of the women cf
| America for suffrage is apparently
won. Victory deferred is all the
| sweeter Woman won her way to
the vote through service and sacri-
! flee, ii is her victory, and let no party
OF men attempt to take the glory
from her. 1t was a victory by in
direction. Her cause was won as she
| worked in the munition factory, as
she labored unselhshly in every war
activity. as she nursed those whom
war had broken and manned, and %
she sprang to take the place OF man,
as leaving his occupation. he re-
sponded to the call OF country. The
great party that teempts to appro-
PIRATE the credit for suffrage. robs
the real victors, the women of Ameri-
ca of that crown
Alluded to "vilIification' Of Wilson
! must allude briefly to- the Presi-