Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-10-27

to file a. : democrat. but his petition
was fled too late; and he later fled as
an Independent, also receiving tho
Farmer-Eabor endorsement. u,
His platform follows: .s>
f. (a). I favor q reduction Of the
federal taxes. .@.n,.. .....
i. By curtailment Of the $soo,000.-
900 now annually expended for the
army and navy in preparation for
2: By the recovery of the hundreds
of millions stolen from the treasury
by fraudulent war contracts.
3. BY the collection of accumulated
interest from the $11,Q00,9OO,00O owing
to us by foreign governments.
(b) To equalize federal taxes let
each pay according to his ability. To
that end favor:
/. An excess profits tax.
2. Adjustment Of income tax ., rates .s
tax rates upon great estates.
J. Co I will support every measure
that will restore to the farmer. indus
trial workers, business men and other
the prosperity destroyed in 1920 by
artificial causes for the profit of spe-
cial interests. To that end I favor:
l.. Immediate repeal of the Esch-
Cummins law.
q. The reduction of freight passen-
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of honest capitalization, efficient SER
vice and the elimination of waste and
5. The government ownership OF
4. The government ownership of
coal mines,
S. The. government ownership of
(dj I favor the abolition of the
practice whereby all purchases of
tn Pitts.
burg prices plus freight from Pitts
burg which practice operate against
the industries of Minnesota and the
West.
(e) T. am opposed to the ship-sub-
sidy bill which proposes to donate to
private interests orr government mer-
chant marine ar1 th"n subsidize them
upon terms which will promote ineffi-
cheney and graft.
e. I favor a deep waterway from
the Great Lakes to the sea giving the
northwestern states a direct outlet
for ocean cargoes, thus saving the
people of the interior and western
states millions of dollars annually IN
reduced freight rates.
Gg) favor legislation to end
control by monopolists and specula-
tors of the markets for grain, live
stock, dairy products and other staple
necessities.
Chs I favor a reconstruction Of the
Federal Reserve and Federal Farm
Loan systems, So as to eliminate con.
troll by usurpers and spectators and
make the Credit Of the nation ava1f-
able upon fair terms to business men,
farmers and home builders
G) I favor a tariff that will equal
ize the difference in cost Of productlQn
at home and abroad so that the
American purchaser may be protected
without imposing exhorbitant prices
upon every American household.
Nh NAV
be necessary in promoting direct CO.
operation and eliminating waste
speculation and excessive profits be-
tween producer and consumer
(k) am opposed to o., the e un nae nivil
service and will support all measures
making it more efficient:
D am opposed to the repeal OF
the primary laws.
(m) I favor the Mothers pensions ms
providing for minimum adequate
1n9 favor the abolition Of the
use Of the injunction in labor dis
putes and favor the complete protec-
ton Of the. rights OF farmers and IN,
collectively and conduct such cooper
alive enterprises as they choose.
(o) I favor an amendment to the
Federal Constitution to meet the re-
cent decision Of TIE 1o supreme ,am court
1
(p) I favor ADEQUATE representa-.
ton by women on an equality with
men in the Legislature. on boards and
commissions and IN all public offices
and employments:
the national resources of the country
for the benefit Of all the people.
(r)- favor strengthening the state
and federal corrupt practices acts SO
that Newberryism shall be Impossible
Is I am in favor Of the elimina-
ton of war and to that end favor
control by the people of the .war-mak7
ing power through an amendment
providing for a popular referendum
except in great national emergency
cessive expenditures for military and
naval purposes, amounting to more
than twice the expenditures of any
other nation before the World war
ism, wasteful of the public funds and
provocative of war. r.
! (u) I am opposed to universal mill
itary training or any military system.
Friendship and commerce with all ma
tions, entangling alliances with none,
) the saloon, but I favor an amendm ent
to the Volstead act that will permit
the manufacture and sale of pure
light wines and beer Cheer to be made
IIOIl CeIedlS Ouly) unOeT proper reg
ulations, to be consumed in the home.
wv I believe it to be the sacred
and inviolable right of every citizen
in the nation to freely speak or pub
lish his or her: sentiments on all SUBJ
jects, and I am opposed to the enact
ment Of laws to restrain or abridge
the liberty of the press or of speech
or to prohibit the free exercise of re-
ligion.
p J. SEBERGER.