Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-06-21
"VERNON COUNTY PRO
GRESSIVE POLITICAL
PLATFORM

ukE00lIE PuLlllUAL
PLATFORM
Be it resolved by the Progressiyes
/ of Vernon County in convention as
sembled, as follows:
Up until the time the wra broke out
/ the State of Wisconsin, under the lead
ership of Robert NJ. LaFollette, had
gone farther than any other state IN
the union in restoring the government
/ into the hands of the people. But
through the hysteria of war big busi-
ness not only seized upon the oppor-
tunity to rob the people Of $3S,O0O,-
900, 10000 in excess profits, but has
through congressional action and re-
cent court decisions, begun the grad
ual breaking down of legislation, both
state and national, enacted IN the in
terests of the great mass of people,
until our pure food laws are being
undermined, state regulation of real
roads has been destroyed, the death
kneil has been sounded to our child la
Dor laws and laws protecting women
against the greed of INSCRIPTIONS en-
| pioyers. Our trust laws, laws en-
couraging cooperative endeavor be-
| tween producer and consumer are
/ gradually being torn down, and war
has ben declared against the primary
! election law everywhere, and in the
/ place of these, statutes are being built
up enabling greed to further tighten
its grip upon the throats of the people.
We favor a law that will give the
same publicity to income tax returns
as is given the returns of the farmer
or other home owner, and we demand
the same liberal exemptions from tax
alton for the owners of homes and
farms as are accorded the income tax
payer.
In order that the burdens of gov
eminent may not be further pressed
down upon the alredy over-burdened
common people we demand that every
cent coming to us from foreign coun-
tries be paid with accumulated inter
est, that the tax on large individual
incomes taken away by this congress
be restored, that the excess profits tax
be increased to where it was during
the and that the inheritance tax on
large fortunes be increased to equal
that of other countries of the world.
We are opposed to sales tax in
any form.
We demand that the prosperity that
was so ruthlessly taken away from us
and our agricultural sections in 1920
by artificial means be restored to US,
by the repeal of the iniquitous Esch-
Cummins Law which has debated farm
and other values to the extent of $24,-
900 900, 100000 and is unjustly taking
$4,000 per year out of every family
in this country; by the the reorgani-
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Farm Loan Systems which have fur
Their Debated the country, $4,000, 000,-
10000 and are charging from 1870 to
800 more interest to banks in agricul-
tural sections than to the spectators
of Wall Street; and by legislation pro-
hibiting food gamblers from controll-
ing the market of grain, dairy pro-
ducts and other necessaries of life.
We favor legislation promoting CO.
operative buying and selling in such
way that waste, speculation and ex-
cess profits between producer and con-
sumer may be eliminated and to this
end we pledge our support TO the
building up Of strong state market
ing commission.
We appeal to every citizen, especial
/ ly the wives and mothers of Wiscon-
sin, to take definite political action
toward the out-lawing of war. To this
end we favor a referendum requiring
vote of the people to make war, ex-
cept in national emergencies.
I We condemn as grossly extravagant
the expenditure of 81 ,250, 100000. so by
I the present congress to build up a
huge war machine, a greater amount
than was ever expended for war pur-
in hxr
on earth, and a greater amount than
was expended by Germany during any
one year of the war.
We are unalterably opposed to uni
versal military training and renew
our allegiance to the traditional Amer
icanism of Washington, Jefferson and
Lincoln, of friendship and commerce
with all nations, entangling alliances
with. none.
We strongly condemn as destructive
of Democracy and American institu-
tons, the placing of a United States
Senatorship upon the auction block, ia
be knocked off to the highest .hi.' tier
we favor Strengthening the corrupt
pracrice acts of both the state and the
hatlon, ana favor constitutional amend
ments that Will enable our legislative
bodies to curb the power of the courts
to declare at will acts of congress and
legislatures unconstitutional.
We protest against the policy of the
present administration in coercing the
legislative Representatives of the peo-
pie by Its system of patronage distri-
button as destructive of democratic in
situations, and as undermining merit
and efficiency in the public service.
We take pride in the fact that Wis
consin by a majority of 10000 votes
took the lead in affording some mea-
sure of relief to our returned soldiers
and we demand that the Federal gov
eminent take similar action by pass
ing the adjusted compensation bill
winch passed the House and is now be-
fore the Senate, and to place the bur
den OF this act upon the shoulders of
those who not only did not make any
sacrifices during the war. but who
also took advantage of the war to
make any sacrifices during the war.
but who also took advantage of the
war to make billions of dollars out of
the blood of those brave sons of Amer
lea, who gave their lives that denoc-
racy might live.
The primary election law has done
more to place government in the hands
Of the people than any other legisla- |
ton IN existence, in that it places the |
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