Evening star., 1936-08-09

living. 1t will come out Of the bread
and clothes Of the people. Already
the burden Of taxes in America Is 81
In every S. Of the national income. II
you are earning $50 week, about $6
is going for taxes.
A government is like business or .
farm. If 1t Is badly managed, 1t fails
1t becomes bankrupt. If 1t spends
more than 1t has, 1t goes into debt. II
1t cannot keep its books correctly, 1t
does not know where 1t stands. Such
business needs new manager. The
United States Government Is the
worst-managed busines sin the world
today.
G. o. p. Proposes to End
Waste Of Public Funds.
What has the Republican party to
offer in place of the policies Of the
present management? We propose,
first Of all, to end the waste of the
peoples money. We propose to re-
organize the tax system and to make
1t simpler. At the present time. more
than half Of the present weight Of
taxes are unseen taxes on the living
Of the plain man. We propose to
make taxes less and to make them
fairer.
We propose to stop the marrying and
persecution Of honest business men,
big and little. Instead Of an N. r. A.
we propose to have freedom Of enter
prise and encouragement Of honest
business. We propose to put extor-
tionate and unecononic monopoly
| out Of business. The sweat shop and
the exploiting employer we intend to
drive out. The man who adulterates
goods In interstate trade or sells dis
honest stocks we expect to put in
jail. But honest business Is to be
free. We expect to encourage invest
ment, to encourage production and to
encourage consumption. With this
program in operation. the forces Of re-
covery will be unleashed. Industry
will take on fresh life. Increased pro-
duction, increased consumption, in
creased employment and increased
wages will result. Millions Of unem-
ployed will be restored to honest work
and earned wages.
As to agriculture, we offer no patent
cure for the problems OF the farmer.
! There Is no one single measure that
will restore the farmers TO prosperity.
We do not believe that it is a good So
luton to tell farmer what he can
produce. The man who wants to grow
more than five bushels Of potatoes can
do 50 without signing afidavits. in
order to keep out of jail. The Repub-
lican party does not regard the rails
ing Of potatoes as a major crime, not
even as a misdemeanor. The revival
Of industry will do much to restore
agricultural prices. Increased pro-
duction of industrial goods at lower
prices means larger market for the
farmers products. The stabilization
Of world currencies will do much to
restore our foreign markets for agri-
culture. and the Republican party in
tends to work for stabilization of cur
rencies. A simpler and more eco
nomical taxation system will help all
business, including the farmer.
Surplus Crop and Low
Price Problem TO Be Met.
The problem Of surplus production
and low prices will be met by the spe-
cific measures promised in the Re-
publican platform. A policy of with
drawal of submarginal lands, Of soil
conservation to prevent destruction Of
fertility, of special measures to pre-
vent soil erosion will do much. And
finally, there Is the plan Of benefits to
| farmers to equali1e domestic prices
with industrial prices. with the bene-
fits going to family-sized farms and
not TO nonresident farm corporation
| owners.
The American farmer for IS years
has suffered all the adversities Of Job,
and some from the New Deal that Job
escaped. He has worked long and
hard for a poor return. Prophets Of
doom have told him that his future is
dark. 1t Is not 50. The future Of the
American farmer Is bright. It has
been a hungry world since 1929. With
a revived industry there Is going to
be a vast demand for food and
clothing the farm produces. But
there is more than that. There Is
going to be In the near future q new
sort of demand. This demand will
not be for food and clothing products,