Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-06-18

the senate and house, which will re
form evils In procedure and guarantee
more efficient and responsible govern
ment.
Agriculture.
large and contented body of farm
proprietors is the backbone of the ma
ton. National greatness and economic
independence demand a population dis
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-
rtcultural 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 alb
normal fluctuations; the authorization of
associations for the extension of per
soual credit; a national inquiry on the
coordination Of rail- water, and motor
transportation with adequate facilities
for receiving, handling and marketing
food: the encouragement of our expor..
trade, and the encouragement of the
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-
ing to become owners and proprietors,
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
the diversity of interests of employer
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 a means
OF settling Industrial disputes, infiicts
such loss and suffering on the community
as to justify government initiative to
reduce its frequency and limit its con-
sequences.
We deny the right to strike against
the government: but the rights and in
be safeguarded by impartial laws and
tribunals.
Public Utilities.
In public utilities we favor the estab-
lishment of an impartial tribunal to
make an investigation of the facts and
to render a 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-
diction except for the purpose of in
vestigation. as long as the public service
be interrupted. For public utilities we
favor the type of tribunal provided for
in the transportation 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, conciliation, and arbi-
tration, 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
commissions for the purpose of voluntary
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 administra-
ton for the fiscal year 1920 almost three
billion dollars, and for the fiscal year 1927
| over a billion and quarter dollars. Great
| er economies could have been effected
had it not been for the stubborn refusal
| of the administration to cooperate with
| congress in an economy program Inc
| universal demand for an executive bud
get is a recognition of the incontrovertl-
| 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 Overman act invested the presi-
| dent of the United States with all the
| authority and power necessary to re-
| 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
armistice the United States government
| is still on a wartime basis, and the ex'
penditure program of the executive re-
| fleets wartime extravaganza rather thar
rigid peace time economy.
Failure to Retrench.
AS an example of the failure to re
postwar policy of the administration
| we cite the fact that, not including th
war and navy departments, the execu
| tive departments and other establish
| ments at Washington actually RECORD
| an increase subsequent to the armistic'
| of 2,1S4 employees. The net decreas
| in pay roll costs contained in the 1872
| demands submitted by the administra
tion is only l per cent under that o
| 1920. The annual expenses Of fedora
| operation can be reduced hundreds o
millions of dollars without impairini
| the efficiency of the public service.
We pledge ourselves to carefull.
planned readjustment to a peace-tim
basis and to policy of rigid economy
mental activities. to the elimination o
| unnecessary officials and employees
and to the raising of the standard o
individual efficiency.
An Executive Budget.
We congratulate the Republican con
gress on the enactment of a law pro
viding for the establishment of a.
executive budget as necessary in
strument for sound and business
finances. and we condemn the veto of tn
president which defeated this grea
financial reform.
Reorganization Of Federal Depart
ments and Bureaus.
We advocate a thorough investiga
| tion of the present organization of tn
federal departments and bureaus, wit
view to securing consolidation
more businesslilxe distribution of func
tions, the elimination of duplication
delays, and overlapping of work. an
the establishing of an up to date an
efficient administrative organization.
War Powers of tine President
The president clings tenaciously
his autocratic wartime powers. HI
veto of the resolution declaring peaC
and his refusal to sign the bill repea
ing wartime legislation, no longe
necessary. evidence his determinatio
not to restore to the nation and to ii
states the form of government provide
for by the Constitution. This usurps
, ton is intolerable and deserves II
. severest condemnation.
Taxation.
The burden of taxation imposed upc
the American people is staggering
but in presenting a true statement
the situation we must face the fact thi
| while the character of the taxes ca
! and should be changed. an early redu
tion of the amount of revenue to
raised Is not to be expected, The ne
| Republican administration will inhel
from its Democratic predecessor
i, | floating Indebtedness of over 1000, 00C
900, the prompt liquidation of whi,
/ | Is demanded by sound financial CO
! siderations.
Reduction in Tax.
r Moreover, the whole fiscal policy
1 the government must be deeply inf
: enced by the necessity of meeting OBJ
= cations in excess of $4,000, 900. 900 whi
g mature in 1928. But sound poll
d equally demands the early accomplis
n ment of that real reduction of the t
s burden which may be achieved by su
i stituting simple for complex tax lay
II and procedure. prompt and certain d
Il termination of the tax liability for d
lay and uncertainty, tax laws which
? not for tax laws which do excessive
: mulct the consumer or needlessly repr,
l. enterprise and thrift.
q We advocate the issuance of a sil
I plif1ed form of income return; autht