The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-06-18

better support of the manned and
injured of the Great war, and fol
making practical the vocational re-
habilitation act, has been enacted by
the Republican Congress.
Water Power Bill Passed.
We passed an oil leasing and water
power ssnll to unlock for the public
good the great pent-up resources of
the country; we have sought 70
check the prohigacy of the admin
istration, to realize upon the assets
OF the government and to husband
the revenues derived from taxation.
The Republicans in Congress have
been responsible for cuts in the es-
Inmates for government expenditure
of nearly $3,0O0,OOO,OOO since the
signing of the armistice.
We enacted a national executive
budget law; we strengthened the
Federal Reserve act to permit banks
to lend needed assistance to farmers; ;
we authorized financial incorpora-
tions to develop export trade; and f.
nally amended the rules of the Sen
ate and House, which will reform
evils in procedure and guarantee
more efficient and responsible gov
ernment.
Agriculture.
The farmer is the backbone of the
nation. National greatness and eco
nomic independence demands pop
ulation distributed between industry
and the farm, and sharing on equal
terms the prosperity which is wholly
dependent on the efforts of both.
Neither can prosper at the expense
of the other without inviting joint
disaster.
The crux of the present agricutud-
al conditions lies in prices, labor and
credit.
Representation for Farmer.
The Republican party believes that
this condition can be improved by
practical and adequate farm repre-
sentation in the appointment of com
missions; the right to form cooper
ative associations for marketing their
products and protection against dis
crimination; the scientific study Of
agricultural prices and farm prod
uction costs at home and abroad
with view to reducing the fire.
quency of abnormal fluctuations; the
uncensored publication of such re-
ports; the authorization of associa
tions for the extension of personal
credit; a national inquiry on the CO.
ordination of rail, water and motor
transportation, with adequate facli-
ties for receiving, handling and mar
keting goods; the encouragement of
our export trade; an end to unneces-
| sary price fixing and ill-considered
efforts arbitrarily to reduce prices Of
farm products, which invariably re
suits to the disadvantage of the pro
ducer and consumer, and the encour-
agement of the production and i'm
portation of fertilizing material and
of its extensive use.
Easier Farm Credits.
The Federal Farm Loan act should
be so administered as to facilitate
the acquisition of farm land by those
desiring to become owners and pro-
prietors and thus minimize the evil
of farm tenantry, and to furnish such
long time credits as farmers may
need to finance adequately their lar
ger and long time production opera
tions.
Industrial Relations.
There are two different conceptions
Of the relations of capital and labo
The one is contractual and empha-
sizes the diversity of interests of EN-
ployer and employe. The other :
that of copartnership in "a common
task.
Collective Bargaining Favored.
We recognize the justice of collcc-
tive bargaining as means of pro
noting good will, establishing closer
and more harmonious relations be-
tween employer and employees and
realizing the true end of industrial
justice.
The strike or the lockout, as a
means of settling industrial dispute
iniicts such loss and suffering on thu
community as to justify government
initiative to reduce its frequency and
limit is consequences.
We deny the right to strike against
the government, but the rights and
interests of all government employees
must be safeguarded by impartial
laws and tribunity.
Arbitration Tribunal Urged.
In public utilities we favor the es-
tablishment of an important tribunal
to make an investigation of the facts
and to render a decision to the end
that there may be no organized in