Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 266, Hammond, Lake County, 28 April 1920 — Page 16

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We must spread the war burden over a longer period of years and remove the strangle hold of excess-profit taxation from business. The railroads should go back to private ownership under government supervision, which will handle all matters equitably. - " - v "A square deal to labor and a square deal to capital; a wage which, witK thrift and industry, will enable a man to live and save; machinery to investigate promptly causes of strife and publication with a view to building up sound public opinion; closest relations between employers and employees; suitable working conditions; abolition of child labor. "Co-operation with the farmer and understanding and solution of his problems, the decline of agriculture being one of the greatest troubles of the age. We

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must make education and special training for the farmers' children easily obtainable; schools and highways in the rural district3 must be of city standard; there must be a Department of Agriculture in full and intelligent co-operation witK the farmers and the great farm organizations, secure provision should be made to enable farmers to obtain adequate credit so as to extend farming interests of the country; I believe in the gradual abolition of farm tenancy and ownership of the land by the tiller; the present Farm Bureau System must be extended to solve economic problems of the farmer. "America should take all possible steps to build up a substantial merchant marine. The American flag once more should sweep the seas from the staffs of our trading vessels. It would develop

commerce and furnish a new outlet for the energy of our workers. "Our first word should be 'Steady'; and our next 'Law and Order.' We should deal with a firm hand with the rebel in our ranks, but we must keep our heads all the time." "I believe in a tariff to protect such of our industries as need protection. It will vary with the change of conditions which will occur as European nations gain increased strength and vigor for industrial competition. "These are brief Hut are enough to ' build up a respect for law and order, the rights of property, the fights of individuals, no class" legislation, a government under the constitution, each department functioning within its own limits."

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