The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-09

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therefore demand an end to tn,
spending policy of the last fiv,
years and the application of thrift
and economy to every function O
the state government.
Taxation
We endorse the constitutions
amendment which proposes to bal
levies after January 1, 1887 upor
property for state purposes. If thi.
amendment should fail to receive
a majority of all votes cast in the
November election, we demand thai
the Legislature of 1887 provide by
statute for the elimination of the
tax on property for state purposes
We favor taxes based on ability
to pay with due consideration to
their effect upon industry and EN-.
ployment.
Education
We oppose the teaching of so
cialism, communism and all rad
ical social and economic theories in
our public schools.
We favor an increase in the
state aid for the benefit of the
! poorer school districts of the state.
We oppose free textbooks by the
state and the state publication of
text books.
We endorse the teachers tenure
law and favor its extension.
Agriculture
We demand such tariffs as will
adequately protect American farm
products.
We denounce the Canadian trade
agreement as an injury to the Min
nesota dairy industry and demand
the repeal of all reciprocal tariff
laws.
Industrial recovery is vital to the
farmer. Encouragement to business
revival instead of continued threats
against business and industry
should be the policy of both state
and nation.
Excessive taxes on property is a
heavy handicap to the farmer. We
favor the elimination of the tax on
real estate for state purposes and
the substitution of other forms of
taxation.
Relief
We demand the continuance of
the traditional American policy of
relief for all in need.
We favor the administration of
relief through local units in order
that those most deserving of re-
lief shall more certainly receive it,
that waste of relief funds shall be
most effectively checked and as an
effective check upon the centraliza-
ton of government.
We declare that industrial re-
covery, with the restoration of en-
ployment to normal levels, is the
relief most desired by our people.
Conservation
Losses to Minnesota because of
misuse in the past of it's natural
resources are no greater than are
now threatened because of political
pickering and inefficient, partisan
administration. We demand the
election in November of an execu-
tive who will completely free Min
nesota conservation department of
all control for political purposes.
Seaway
We again petition the Senate OF
the United States for the ra.ifica-
ton of the st. Lawrence-Great
Lakes treaty as a certain and sub
stantial help to all the people of
Minnesota and the Northwest.
Veterans
We declare that the care of dis
abled veterans is one of the most
sacred obligations of the American
people and we demand that this OBJ
legation be discharged in the most
liberal manner possible.
Old Age Pensions
We approve the principle of old
age pensions, denounce all at
tempts to create a state political
machine by centralized administra-
ton of the system, believe that its
administration should be as close to
the people as possible, and that the
liberalization of the law should be
| dictated by experience.
Constitutional Rights
We demand that the constitution
al rights of the individual, free
speech, free press, free worship and
the protection of private property
be enforced-and that there be no
government or political dictatorship
that would close the doors 20 OPP
portunity or the right for each to
manage his own affairs in strict ac-
cordance with the law.
We appeal to the patriotic men
and women, regardless of party, to
unite for the retirement of those
who have so mismanaged the ma.
tional and state affairs, that we
shall continue, to have a govern.
ment for by and of the people.
We commend the faithful service
of Hon. Harold Knutson who has
so ably represented this district in
congress for 20 years, who has
been industrious, who has served all
citizens regardless of party and has
been in . the best sense the repre-.
sentative of all the people. He has
battled valiantly for the best inter
est of the farmers and the work
ers, and who has ever contended for
American markets for American
producers. We pledge him our loyaI
support in the coming election.
During the past two years Mar.
tin Nelson has proven to the State
| of Minnesota that he is a man n.