The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-10-28
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done, but they can tear him po'
litically limb from limb with con.
structive proposals to take the place
of those things he has done which
represent Encouragement, deceit
and disaster to the country's eco.
nomic life.
There will be no gain for the Re.
publicans in 1888 elections if they
attempt to ride two or three differ.
ent horses as they did in 1886. Fol
example, they cannot do as Candi-
date Landon did, to wit, call for 8
balanced budget in one speech and
advocate being Santa Clause in an
other; they cannot blow hot and
cold, and, therefore, they must be
either conservative or radical.
It seems to me the Republicans
can probably plan for an immediate
balancing of the national budget
In that connection they can, with
justification, demand curtailment
if not entire elimination of many
governmental functions iaugurated
under the New Deal. They can Of
fer constructively proposal to leg
islate out of existence some 20 or 80
federal agencies for which there
never has been and is not now any
excuse for their existence.
National Debt
Another question that is crying
for attention is the huge national
debt now at $4,000, 100000, tn e
highest in history. That debt must
be reorganized and placed on a
basis that will permit gradual liqui-
dation of it. The Roosevelt admins
tration has done nothing regarding
the debt except to build it higher
and higher.
If the Republican party wants to
do constructive job it ought to
set to work to examine all Of the
statutes enacted by congress in the
last ten or twelve years and espec-
tally those enacted In the haste of
the emergency with a view to re-
pealing Of many Of them. Some
can and should be rewritten to make
them workable. Those statutes
placed on the books by the Roose-
welt administration constitute out
standing evidence of the lack of
opposition. We all know many Of
those bills were written in execu-
tive departments and sent to con-
gress with instructions to pass them
unchanged. Bad legislation has re-
suited many times and a checkup
surely is indicated.
AS regards legislation now on the
statute books, 1t seems to me wei
will never have sound prosperity UNI
til certain laws that increase pro-
duction costs are eliminated. I mean
by this that there are numerous
laws which have the effect Of Wild
ening the spread between the price
of the raw materials and the price
Of the manufactured products. Leg
islation Of this kind is bound to|
force down the prices paid to the
producers and, in my opinion, the
results are beginning to be reflected
on products Of the farm.
Probably the most delicate ques-
ton with which the Republicans are
confronted relates to wages and
hours of labor. Business interests
have been shortsighted. Too many
times employers have overworked
their employees and have shown but
little consideration for the rights Of
labor. The result is that labor is
consideration in the
shape Of protection at the hands Of |
its national government and the Re-
whether they desire to
or not, must take stand.
Then, There's These
Among other principles upon
which think the Republicans as |
the conservative party surely can /
agree is that there is too much gov
eminent in business. The govern
ment itself is engaged in many lines |
of commerce and industry and it is |
breakig down private enterprises in |
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