The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-17

or the present aQmlnlSCraClOn, WHICH, |
under the wise and patriotic guidance |
of that great. American, Calvin Cool
idge, has resulted in a social and !
material we'll being and prosperity
unequalled in our nations history.
This prosperity has reached into the
homes of the American people, and is
demonstrated by the increased en-
ployment Of labor and the reestab-
lishment of business and industry on
sound financial basis.
The most popular piece of fiction
that free-trade speakers use is the
allegation that the present protec-
tive tariff operates to the restriction
of our foreign commerce. There is
no foundation in fact for any such
assertion and there is no justifica-
tion for its being made by anyone
who poses as being possessed Of
sufficient information upon the sub
iect of the tariff to make any pub
lie statement regarding it. Since the
enactment of the Fordney- -McCumber
tariff both our imports and exports
have materially increased.
Reaffirms Faith
We reaffirm our faith in, and al
tlegiance to, the tariff laws as enact
ed by the Republican congress.
We recommend that since livestock
is one of the leading agricultural pur-
suits of this state, we hereby most
heartily endorse the present Repub-
lican tariff on cattle and sheep, and
recommend that congress enact a tar
iff on dry and green hides for the
benefit of the livestock raisers of
Montana and the western states.
We pledge our candidates for con-
gress to the development and enact
ment of measures which will place
the agricultural interests of Amer
lea on a basis of economic equality
with industry to assure its pros
perity and success.
Leavitt Praised
We commend Congressman Leavitt
for his splendid activities directed tt
, that end and for his unflagging in,
dustry and splendid accomplishment
of the manifold duties imposed upor
him by the representation of th'
largest intra-state congressional dis
trict in the United States. We hav,
pardonable pride in the correction
by him of the complications tina
!. have arisen and the adjustment o
the settlers grievances existant un
j der the administration of the variou
reclamation projects in the state O
y Montana; we commend him for hi
: splendid efforts in behalf of the In
dians of this nation; and we cor
!, gratulate him that he has not cor
fined his activities to the limitation
Il of his own di strict, but has give
u generously cf his time that the il
q terests CT the people of the entil
$ state night he properly represente
IL at the nstiOn's capital.
Is We pledge our Republican repr,
/ sentatives in congress to a continl
Il alton OF a legislative program lool
+ ing to the recognition of the service
y and necessary relief of the veteran
'I and t'oir families, cf the wars
* which hinericans Rave been engage
" Friend Of Labor
- The 7ooublican party now, as q
ways, has been the true friend Of
Dor. After the Free-Traders TOT
, charge of the nations affairs in 191
~ ~ more foreign goods came in to di
~ y place American production, and t
~ low Underwood rates created a steat
~ loss at the customs house, so t
" American workers, either out, of el
= ployment altogether or working
:; part-time, were then informed
~ President Wilson in a speech at ]
~; dianapolis, that there was nothil
,, the matter with business,-that
=: was merely a psychological state
II - mind. This statement might be S;
Gu isfactory to the free-trading DEN
% % Gratis, but it certainly is not intere
- ing to those millions of Americ
-e' laboring men who did not know whe
- III rent and food money was to CO..
= from to supply shelter and nouri,
y ment for their families. Contrast
NO to the conditions existant at Il
'li time, is the preesnt prosperity, VIII,
u u the wages now paid give opportun
my for men and women to raise th
en- en- families in comfort and provide
en- en- their future liberal education.
'I Splendid Record
ses We point with justifiable pride
Re- the fact that under a Republic
foT state administration from 1921
ern 1925, there was a far greater me
cen tfre of sane, progressive accompli
.av- ment than can be credited to the-E
el-s ceding 25 years of Democratic s.
-. rule.
al At the conclusion of the Stew
uds Democratic administration, Montal
ira general fund was two and qua
can millions of dollars in the red.
tied expenditure of the state was exc
the ing its income at the rate of
anne and one quarter millions of dol
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