The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-10-02

traliZed authority.
Advocated a building program
to care for detectives and delin-
quents.
Demanded creation of state
agency to control the states
wealth Of waters.
Advocated state park system.
He praised the service performed
by Earle Brown, chief of the state
highway patrol and challenged his
opponents to produce from their
number a candidate to replace him.
He termed Charles M. Babcock,
state highway commissioner, our
candidate to succeed himself and
inquired. Who is the candidate of
the job huning cerie and what are
his qualifications?
Protect Independent Banks
He declared Independent banks
must be protected. Chain banks
can be controlled by legislation, Mr..
Chase said while Minnesota statut-
es already prohibit branch banking.
The law should be retained.
The Republican nominee asserted
that the Blue Sky law should be
administered to encourage desir-
able new industries the organiza-
ton and financing of new and mer-
itorious enterprises, and to protect
innocent purchasers of securities.
Mr.. Chase challenged the Farm
er-Labor platform attack on the
Republican party through that
platforms reference to the 10000
Lakes Fur Farm and Cochran
foreign language newspaper swim
die.
Why No Trials in Hennepin.
Immediately after the failure of
the Ten Thousand Lakes Fur FARM
prosecution at st. Peter the case
was submitted to the county attor-
ney of Hennepin county for action,
Mr.. Chase said "Nearly a year has
elapsed and the defendants have not
yet been brought to trial in Henne-
pin county. Why? c. A. Cochran
was indicted by Hennepin county
grand jury August 7, 1924. Six years
have elapsed and Cochran has not
yet been brought to trail in Henne-
pin county. Why? Why was it mes
sary to bring action in another
county to secure conviction"
Discussing agriculture, Mr.. Chase
said the Republican party urged a
state agricultural program cover
ing more diversified farming,
greater use of products and reduc-
ed freight rates on farm products.
He said the Republican tariff act
of 1880 has raised the duties on the
eight major agricultural products
of Minnesota in amounts from 6-2-3
per cent to 300 per cent and he de-
clared that every Republican men,
Der of Minnesota's delegation in
Congress had fought to obtain the
tariff increases for farm protection.
Presents State Platform
Presenting his program for state
development which will serve as
the platform for the Republican
campaign of 1880, Mr.. Chase said,
"On the great issues that confront
Minnesota today, the following pro-
gram is submitted.
1. Superfluous laws should be
repealed, election laws amended,
statutory law be revised, brought
down to date and kept there.
2. Drainage laws should be
amended to provide needed remed-
les and permit the restoration of
waters.
3. The Reorganization Act should
be amended to define authority
and eliminate irritation.
Taxes must be held down by
elimination or reduction of those
expenditures that bring the least
in returns.
5. Laws shoul d be enforced,
crime defeated and destroyed.
6. An automobile drivers license
law should be enacted and enforced.
7. State aid should be paid in full
and in advance; the trust funds pre-
served intact and inviolate.
8. A building program providing
adequate care of delinquents and
detectives should be initiated now.
9. There should be adopted a
state aviation code in harmony
with federal law.
10. The Republican party de-
mands early completion of the St.
Lawrence Seaway and a nine-foot
locks and dams which will raise
and maintain water levels in north
ern Minnesota.
II. The trunk highway system
should be completed and farm to
market roads improved at the ear
Hest possible time.
IL. Independent banks should be
protected, laws against branch and
chain banking retained.
Is. The Blue Sky Laws should be
vigorously enforced.
Ia. There should be created now
a Conservation Department with
centralized authority, headed by
experts to administer all natural
resources.
Is. The Republican party de-
mands for farmers improved mar
keting facilities, greater tariff pro-
lection reduction of farm tax bur-
dens.
16. There must be initiated now
a definite effort to secure more in
dustrial plants for Minnesota and
to remove the artificial handicaps
that harm them.
II. Forest products must be ade-
quately protected, scientifically
propagated, intelligently used.
1S. The state should create a
competent state agency to act in all
RarGaiins