The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-04-14
stood by our people that it is for the
emergency only"
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emergency only"
: Rail Exploitation Hit
Railroads-Efficien operation "at
a cost within that which the traffic
can bear. Railway rates and costs
of operation must be reduced"
"The remaining obstacles which are
the heritage of capitalistic exploita-
[ ton must be removed and labor must
join management in understanding
that the public which pays is the pub
lie to be served and simple justice is
the right of all the people,"
Good roads-The Strengthening of
laws governing federal aid.
Merchant Marine - The United
States means to establish and main
tain a great merchant marine. Priv
ate ~monopolies tending to prevent
the development of needed facilities
should be prohibited. Government
owned facilities wherever possible
without unduly interfering with priv
ate enterprise or government needs
should be made available for general
usages.
Aviation-Regulation by the fed
eral government and encouragement
of aviation for development for mill
tary and civil purposes.
Service men-"The American peo-
pie expect congress unfailingly to
voice the gratitude of the republic
in a generous and practical way to
its defenders in the world war" The
immediate. extension and utilization
of government hospital facilities to
bring relief to the acute conditions
most complained Of"
Public Welfare
Public Observation-Disclosures of
various government agencies now at
work on the subject and Endorsement
of the pending maternity bill.
Lynching- Congress ought to
wipe the stain of barbarous lynch
ing from banners of a free and or
derby representative democracy. A
proposal for a commission with rep
resentatives of white and black races
to study and report on the subject,
the president said, "has real mean
ing"
Army and navy-Early considera-
ton of pending appropriation bills
was urged. "The government is in
accord with the wish to eliminate the
burdens of heavy armament" said
the president. "The United States
will ever be in harmony with such a
movement toward the higher attain
ment of peace. But we shall not en-
tirely discard our agencies for de-
tense until there is removed the need
to defend. We are ready to cooper
ate with other nations to accelerate
disarmament, but prudence prohibits
that we disarm alone.
Finance-"The staggering load of
war debt must be cared for in order
ly funding and gradual liquidation.
We shall hasten the solution and aid
efficiency in lifting the tax burdens if
we strike ~resolutely at expenditures"
Observation-Disclosures of a
national budget system and general
reduction by efficient management of
cost of oovernment
Less Government in Business
Business-"Less of government in
business as we'll as more business in
government. There is no challenge to
honest and lawful business success.
But government approval of FORUM {
ate, untrammelled business does not
mean federation of restraint of trade
of maintained prices by natural
methods. Anxious as we are to re-
store the onward flow of business it is
'air to combine assurance and warn
ng in one ~utterance." a
Agriculture-"The maintained re- c
all costs in p%erishable foods cannot '
,e justified. Reduced costs of basic {
production has been recorded but .
Ugh cost Of living has not yielded in e
Ike proportion. Without the spirit
f hostility or haste in accusations OF