Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-02

Of congress, the senate finance
committee. 1t was this great
committee which provided the
legislation that financed the great
world war not only for the Unit
ed States alone but for the allied
governments of Europe with
which this country was associat-
ed. This was the greatest and
most successful achievement in
financial war legislation the
world has ever known, and the
chief fundamentally in winning
the war while preserving the fl
nancial integrity and supremacy
of the American government. The
chief cost of the war was put
upon those best able to pay it;
for the first time in the history
of the world the great bulk OF
war taxes was paid by wealth
land not by poverty. In all other
matters of legislation relating ia
revenue, to agriculture, reclama-
! ton, water power, mining, and al
industries in which this state is
engaged, Senator Jones has been
an active, tireless, Influential
and successful legislator.
We call the special attention OF
the women voters Of New Mexico
| to the fact that the woman's
| suffrage amendment under which
they gained the right to vote was
/ lt,,.it,p thn TINA CGnOf
Jones was chairman of the WON
ans suffrage committee of thu
senate and for the successful
passage of that legislation he de
serves credit equal to or beyond
that of any other national legis
lator. He has been faithful il
all things.
We reaffirm the democratic
| policy of taxation whereby take
are relatively leveled so that thu
greater amount falls upon thos
best able to pay.
Tariff for Revenue.
We reaffirm the democrats
| policy Of a competitive tariff 70
revenue which will not afford ;
shelter for monopoly, but insur
reasonable competition, and a
the same time will not destroy o
seriously injure any industr,
economically profitable. We ia
vor international commerce
which would embrace the re
movall of all economic barriers
so as to promote equality o
trade conditions among all ma
tons. This policy would in n
sense interfere with the privileg
of the nation to prescribe a higl
or low tariff as it might see fiji
Americas commercial future
beyond the seas. We special
commend an amendment to tn
tariff bill introduced by Senate
Andrieus A. Jones to investigat
all industry with a view of en-
larging the powers of the tariff
commission and to take the tariff
out of politics and make it pure
ly an economic question. w
commend the vote of Senate
Jones in favor of the emergenc
tariff to aid agriculture in
great crisis.
We indorse the soldiers ad
justed compensation bill, com
monty known as the soldiers be
nus, and we point to the fac
that Senator Jones was the fore
most champion of this bill whe
it was first before the senat,
Democrats are loyal and consist
ent friends of the ex-service MAJ
ever SOLICITORS and ready whole
heartedly to promote his welfar,
Oppose Subsidy Bill.
We declare our unalterable or
position to the administratio
ship subsidy bill which propose
to dispose of $4,000, 900, 900 wort
of steel oil burning merchar
ships for $200,000,000 and pay
subsidy or bonus of $3.50, 900, 90
in ten years to the purchaser
while exempting them from taxa
ton. On the other hand we be
lieye in an American merchar
marine under such legislation a
will restore the American flag t
the seas and prevent a monopol
of ocean traffic.
We favor legislation that wi
utilize all available labor for
federal system of internal i'm
provements such as reclamatio
projects, federal aid to roads an
schools, especially in the publ
land states where such a syster
of internal improvements is mos
needed.
Seating of Ncwberry
We condemn the seating of Tr,
man II. Newberry of Michigan /
purchased seat in the Unite
States senate, and call attention I
the fact that the vote of Senate
Jones of New Mexico was ca.
against Newberry and Newberr,
ism In the interest of law, mora
and public decency.
We favor a strict enforcemer
of the civil service laws and cor
demn their violation by the pres
ent republican administration, an
especially condemn the discrin
ination against ex-service men an
women in the appointment {
postmasters. We favor the per
ding bill for the classification {
federal employees, introduced g
a result of the special commi.
sion presided over by Senate
Jones, which the republican cor
9ress has failed to pass, and whic
would adjust the compensation {
federal emDlOyes throughout III