Temple Daily Telegram (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 148, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 1920 Page: 7 of 10
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TESFnrDAlLY TELBGRSW, TEMPLE, TEXAS, THUKSDAT MUKNING, AFKlE 15,192V.
FAGE3EYETC
MGGRECOD ENTERS
AUSTIN MAN ANNOUNCES, CAST-
ING HIS LOT WITH THE
AMERICAN PARTY.
toi [Mime onoan
Seyd Purpose of Government Is To
Define and Secure Rights, Not To
Confer Them.—Platform Sets Forth
Remedy.— A nnounocment Full of
Criticism Per Administration.
(Temple Telegram Special.)
Austin. Tex., April H.—Hon.JTj_H.
McGregor, prominent lawyer. Today
annnounce his candidacy for governor
of Texas on the American party tick-
et, subject to the action of the voters
in the general elections in Novem-
ber. In a statement of his platform
and principles Mr. McGregor out-
lines a concrete program designed to
reduce the cost of government, the
full text of which statement follows:
To the People of Texas:
I am a candidate for governor of
Texas, subject to the choice of all the
people of this State as It will be ex-
pressed at the general election to be
held In November. The duties of the
governor are defined by law and his
powers are limited by the Constitu-
tion. I will discharge those duties
within that definition and observe
with scrupulous fidelity the limita-
tions of the constitution. The pur-
pose of government is to define and
secure rights, not to confer them; to
preserve and insure the liberty of the
individual citizen, not to enlarge nor
to limit it. The functions of govern-
ment are essentially- scientific in
their nature and governmental In
their scope and should be applied for
governmental purposes only, •> within
constitutional confines, leaving the
field of Industry and enterpr'se to the
private individual. The limitation of
tbe functions of government is the
protection of the citlsen in his life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Failure to constantly recognize this
principle In our form of government
Inevitably leads either to the tyran-
ny and oppression of a centralized and
strong government or to the paternal-
Ism of an insidious and destroying so-
cialism. The one is the tyranny of
the executive; the other 4s the rule
of the mob—the parent of anarchy,
either of which 1s destructive of the
government under which we live.
In the consummation of the pur-
poses for which it is instituted, the
government should be economical,
should be efficient in all of its parts,
effective in all of its scope, that a
free and enlightened p?ople may
enjoy the largest amount of liberty
conSistept with the safety of the
whole and the freedom and happiness
of the individual. The rule of cost
and value of service should apply In
government to the end that it be so
economically administered that its
cost would never approximate, much
less exceed, iu value to the citixen.
I belive In economy in government,
that the burdens of taxation may fall
• lightly upon labor. I believe in ef-
ficincy In the public service that the
cost and value of government may
sustain a just and proper relation. I
believe in the immediate elimination
of all unnecessary and expensive of-
fices from our government that it
may be simplified and the responsi-
bility for its administration may be
easily and definitely fixed.
He who discusses with you exlst-
rg evil, and offers no remedy, chal-
lenges but half your thought, holds
but half your attention; speech which
provokes no action is as fruitless as
the barren branch, is as useless as is
the seed which docs not germinate.
To concrete the propositions which
I haw stated that I may not deceive
those who may differ with me; that
I may not mislead those who agree
with me, and in order that I may not
hereafter escape the responsibility
which I assume, I here specifically
state:
1. I favor and will strive to bring
about a general and radical reduction
in the cost of government in this
state. I can and will bring about this
reduction by judiciously cutting the
general appropriation hill by from
twenty-five per cent to fifty per cent,
and by eliminalin duplicate and un-
necessary clerks, embployes and
agents, in all of the departments, and
by abolishing the following depart-
ments, bureaus and commissions
with their respective biennial ap-
propriations, and which will operate
a discharge of the employes of such
boards, bureaus and commissions:
Depannpnt Apiy No. Em.
Rtulo Tnx Commission I $,78S.tM> S
Pure Food & Drug Department
mMos.oo 20
Board of Water iCngitipers .. 10<,T©0.W» &
Reclamation Department ... 6 b, 5PW.60 .7
Industrial Welfare Commission
_ «.»•».»# I
Market & Warehouse Depart-
ment St
14 Rub-Experimental Stations
I will strike the amounts indicated
from any appropriation bill submit-
ted to me for approval. If the legis-
lature passes any such bills over my
veto, I will fill the office for which
the appropriation is intended wiTti
some man who will ajree to resign
fAPUDINE
Gnrpp-Aches
BY MX AND IN 30*46
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cad then J will leave the office vm
SPRAI
Tktc seMklat. kaeHnf. tenetmlnc
nsaif take* all »t tfee nauitac
HUNT*
USHTNIMO
Kooinson Uros. Drug Store.
caht that the appropriation may lapee
again into the treasury as it woatd
under the law and the department, at
least temporarily, die. These named
boards, bureaus and commissions
being appointive cannot exist except
tey executive permission and it I am
elected governor, I will not permit
them to exist. I will obey the instruc-
tions of my people.
2. The Department of Agriculture
carries an appropriation of ISIO.tM.-
00, of which tlfl,N«.M is available
for traveling expenses, and it has *1
employee. 1 will recommend to the
legislature the aboAttioa of this de-
partment and in the event they fail to
abolish it, I will veto any appropria-
tion made for it. '
5. I favor the repeal of the law
creating the State Highway Commis-
sion, with its 75 employes, its waste,
inefflcincy and extravagance, and will
veto any appropriation going to that
department as it now exists under the
law. 1 favor tha. enactment of a law
providing that the functions of that
department be placed under the nail-
road Commission. The whole auto-
mobile tax now collected should go
to the county, where the automobile is
registered for road purposes in such
county, and I will so recommend to
the legislature.
4. I will ask the legislature to re-
peal the act passed by the 3«th Legis-
lature creating the so-called Board of
Control, because It created more of-
fices than It abolished, because it
abolished offices without salaries and
created offices with big salaries, and
because it is inherent with the possi-
bility of the biggest political .machine
ever created in this state.
6. I favor an amendment to the
constitution in such a way that the
offices of assessor and- collector be
consolidated and ,thereby do away
with o"he unnecessary officer. As the
law is now the assessor works the
first half of the year and the collec-
tor works the last half of the. year
and they each draw pay for the whole
year. Why not consolidate the. e two
offices and let one man performi the
functions of both and work the whole
year? This will dispense with one
high salaried office in nearly every
coiinty in the State.
6. The appropriation for the Uni-
versity have been and are excessive
and should be reduced within the con-
stitutional confines and should In no
event exceed five hundred thousand
dollars a year, and I will veto any
appropriation in excess* of that
amount. The law department, the
medical department, the engineering
department and the school of Journal^
irm of the University should be made
to be self-sustaining. There is no
more reason why the State should
equip a man to practice law or medi-
cine than it should furnish the far-
mer with -plows and cultivators, or
the carpenter with hammers and
saws. A profession is property under
the law and when a man gets it he
ought to acquire it like he does any
other property and not at the ex-
pense of the State.
7. I am opposed to the extrava-
gant and useless waste of the peo-
ple's money In traveling expenses by
the employes of the state and will ve-
to ail such appropriations. The last
legislature misappropriated mtfre than
a half a million dollars for this per-
nicious and demoralizing purpose
alone. Such extravagance Is wicked
and should be criminal.
8. I favor a law absolutely forbid-
ding any officer or employe of this
State buying an automobile for al-
leged public purposes with money
wrung from the taxpayers of Texas.
Nobody knows how many automobiles
have been bought by this State, what
they cost, where they are, nor who
runs them, nor what it costs to main-
tain and operate them. I favor the
concentration of these automobiles
under proper state authority and sell-
DYE T
com on
[
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Pon't worry about perfect results
Use "Diamond Dyes," guaranteed to
give a new, rich, fadeless color to
any fabric, whether It be wool, silk,
linen, cotton or mixed goods—dress-
es, blouses, stockings, skirts, chil-
dren's coats, feathers, draperies, cov-
erings.
The Direction Book with each
package tells so plainly how to dia-
mond dye over any color that you
can not make a mistake.
To match any material, have drug-
gist show you "Diamond Dyo'' Color
Card.
WARNING
lis ksoUg
w ftewtte nnltf to not i
addicted to weakening
I or BloatU laxatfies: lust try KOSOLAX;
I safe, tenth. (talaoM. Bsst a;i4 toes
. Obtainable at busy drawls*. ««*•
Ken lax Is leltet tot nanr aUmtau.
, t eoastlpaUon. hutfachaa. #u*
trells. bat ohm. gas. heartburn, torpid Urtt.
bad brvttb.
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Women
Made Young
Bright eyes, a clear akin and a body
full of youth and heahh may be
yourp if yoa will keep your •yatem
in order by regularly taking
COLD MEDAL
The worlds standard remedy foe kidney,
liver, bladder and uric acid troubles, tbe
erieniies of hie and looks. In aee since
1596. All druggists, three rise*
( «ke MM GoU MmUI om army W>
'tag them and turning the money tstt
the State treasury and taereby stop-
ping tha expense al their upkeep and
maintenance.
9. I favor so amending aur tax
laws as to permit the payment af
taxes quarterly Which will make it
easier for the eitiaen to meat hie ob-
ligations ta tha State and will at the
same time prevent the accumulation
of large sums in the treasury. This
law will be a lav in the Interest of
the taxpayer and net for the benefit
of the baAiks etf the State. As the law
Is nowk millions of dollars are col-
lected from the people at times when
the state does not need the money and
is then leaned by tbe State at a low
rate of interest .to the banks. These
banks then lend this same money to
the people at a high rate of interest.
Why not 'leave this money with the
people until the State needs it and
then let it be collected under a law
tike I have suggested and then the
money will come Into the treasury to
meet the state's obligations as they
accrue.
10. | favor the repeal of the so-
called State Depository Law, which
had its inspiration in the minds of
the bankers of the country, to furnish
the means to make the people pay
interest on their own money, with an
additional tax for the privilege of do-
ing so.
11. I believe that all taxee should
be openly and publicly assessed to
the end that every man may know
hew much his government costs him
and what it costs every other man.
I am therefore opposed to all indi-
rect and secret taxes which are al-
ways apparently designed to wrest
money from corporations, but which
In fact fall ultimately and always
upon the people in the form of loadbd
charges and as "burdens grievous to
be bourne, I therefore favor the
absolute repeal of the gross receipts
and intangible asset tax laws and will
so recommend to the legislature.
If we contlue to impose gross re-
ceipts taxes upon gas and water and
light and transportation and oil and
Insurance and other things, we will
establish and admit the .principle and
then we will see this same principle
of taxation applied to coal and cotton
and corn and to everything else pro-
duced. The theory Is wrong—produc-
tion should never be penalised, and a
gross receipt tax does penalize pro-
duction.
If we will stop wasting and squan-
dering the people's money It will not
be necessary to explore strange fields
and follow false leads to find ade-
quate and necessary revenue with
which to run this state.
12. Government Is an investment
and I will diligently strive to secure
for the state a dollar's worth of ser-
vice or a dollar's worth* of value for
every dollar of the State's money ex-
pended. The educational institutions
of this state and the educational af-
fairs of the people are of the first
importance and every appropriation
therefor should be made and ap-
proved which will secure to our chil-
dren the benefits and blessings of a
liberal education. Our school teach-
ers should be paid such attractive sal-
aries as to assure us that never again
in Texas will school be closed for the
lack of a teacher Because of the in-
sufficiency of a salary.
13. Tbe eleemosynary institutions
of this State must be dealt with In
such a way as to meet the high pur-
poses for which they were Instituted
and the appropriations for them
should neither carry the lavishnerfof
waste and extravagance, nor thf par*
simony and sordidness o1 avarice. We
should give them what they need, no
more and no less. The employes in
such Institutions should be paid de-
cent wages and the Inmates thereof
should receive kind and humane
treatment. The foundation for such
institutions rests not upon charity
but upon justice and in this spirit we
must deal with them.
Ill I favor the retention of our
present labor laws intact. I believe
that organized labor, as such, has
the right of collective bargaining
through representativea for its own
selection, and I will veto any law im-
pairing or denying that right v
15. I favor the repeal of all el#c-
tion laws In this state in any relat-
ing to attempting to control or regu-
late in any way primary elections or
conventions, and believe that all par-
ty affairs should be left to the party,
free from the meddlesome Interfer-
ence of the State. Tbe State should
content herself with securing a free
ballot and a fair count at the general
election for It is only the choice of
that election who become her ser-
vants. The so-called Terrell Blec ion
Law is more responsible for the ex-
isting evils In tbe State affairs of
Texas than all other agents. •
16. My conscience will not permit
me to approve the extravagance,
waste, weakness, wickedness and in-
famy of the present state adminis-
tration of Texas, and for which the
organized democracy of this State
stands sponsor, and I therefore can-
not participate in the Democratic
primaries.
I have for this reason cast my lot
with the American party, whose Fort
Worth platform I endorse, and will
ask that party to name me as its
choice for Governor of this State, to
be voted on In November.
I appreciate the magnitude of my
undertaking, but I have a perfect
confidence in the position which I
have assumed, an implicit and abiding
faith in the intelligence and patriot-
ism of the people of Texas, and I
believe that they will rally to their
country's call, sooner or later, who-
ever may sound that call, and swing
this State back upon the foundations
upon which our fathers established
it and cause it to be so administered
as to consummate the high purposes
for which- it was Instituted. If my
efforts will contribute to this consu
mation, it'will be enough for me, for
I cherish no other purpose, harbor no
other ambition than the permancy of
free government and the peace, pros-
perity and happiness of my people.
TEMPLE HARRIS McGREGOR.
HAD I TAKEN CALOMEL
I WOULD BE SICK, WEAK NOW
But 1 took "Dodson's Liver Tone" Instead and Feel
Grand—Calomel Nauseates—Salivates!
"WSt.V
7
Every druggist In towa has noticed
a great falling off ia the sale of Cal-
omel. They ail give tbe same reason.
Dodson's Liver Tone Is taking its
place.
"Calomel Is dangerous and people
know it." Dodson's Liver Tone is
personally guaranteed by every drug-
gist who sella it. A large bottle
doesn't coSl very much but if it fails
to give easy relief In every case of
liver sluggishness snd constipation.
Just ask for your money back.
Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant-
tasting, purely vegetable remedy,
harmless to both children and adults.
Take a spoonful at night and wake
up feeling fine, no billlousness, sick
headache, acid stomach or constipat-
ed bowels. It doesn't gripe or cause
Inconvenience all tha next day like
violent Calomel. Take a dose of Cal-
omel today and tomorrow you will
feel weak, sick and nauseated. Don't
lose a day.
BfXgpft
A-A BROWN
For Dark Tan and Brown Shoes
The liquid Wax" Polish that is easiest to use.
It give* a lasting shine and keeps the leather
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Enormous Growth
Of U. S. Merchant
Marine Is Shown
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
New York, April 14.—The merchant
marine of the United States is Bearing
the striking total of about 11,040,000
gross tofts. The enormous growth of
American merchant fleets Is at once
seen by a comparison with the fig-
ures of aur shipping jdst before the
outbreak of the world war.
These facts are set forth in a com-
prehensive study of America's mer-
chant marine published today by the
Bankers Trust company In volume
form entitled "America's Merchant
Marine.*'
On June SO, 1914, American ship-
ping comprised 7.92M8S gross tons.
But of this total, only 1,076,152 tons
were in the forelgq trade. There were
2,(82,992 gross tons on the Great
Lakes, and 1,969,<14 gross tons in sea
and river trade.
By June SO, 1919, American ship-
ping had Increased to 12,90 7,S00 gross
tons. Of this total, 6,669,726 gross
tons were In foreign trade, 2,636,680
gross tons on the Great Lakes, and
the remainder In sea and river trade.
"Of the nearly 19,000,000 gross tons
of shipping under the American flag,. -
on June SO, 1919," says this study
further, "there were 7,800,000 gross
tons of seagoing* ships of over 1,000
tons gross. From June SO, 1919, to
November, 19,19, there were docu
menfed about 1,600,000 gross tons of
American shipping, both government-
owned and private-owned. In addi-
tion, the United States shipping board
had on its program (allowing for can-
cellations), about 4,000,000 gross tons
incomplete.
"Including tha private contracts for
ships recently placed in American
shipyards, present indications, there-
fore, point' to a total American mer-
chant marine, in the near future, of
about 11,000,000 gross tons. This esti-
mate makes a certain allowance for
shlpa sold for foreign account."
No country in the world except
Great Britain has ever had a merchant
marine anywhere near the present and
rrospective- size of America's. In
914, before the world war, Great
Britain's merchant steam fleet of 100
tons and over was 19,892,000 gross
tons, and that of the British Domin-
ions 1,631,000 gross tons.
During the world war the merchant
marine of the United Kingdom lost In
war operations 7,763,311 gross tons
and 1,032,779 gross tons in marine
losses, leaving (allowMg for new con-
struction) a deficit under tbe 1910
figures of 2,647,000 actual gross ton-
nage while the British Dominions
gained only 231,000 tons.
Of the European countries standing
next to Great Britain before the world
war, Germany led with 6,136,000 gross
tons of steam vessels 100 tons or over.
But the war reduced Germany's mer-
chant marine .to a mere shadow.
NOTICE.
Water and sower bills now due.
Thirty per cent discount on sewer
hills, no discount after the 20th.
D. M. RKYBOLD, Supl.
The sessions of the United States
senate for several years after the es-
tablishment of the federal government
were all secret.
The
CANDY
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FOR CONSTIPATION
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5 2$
How would YOU
likearaise
like this?
w-
'and for
34 Years Work,
That is the kind of increase in salary the
minister has received. His living expenses
have risen just as fast and as far as yours.
But he is paid on the average just 52 cents
more per chitrch member than he was paid 34
years ago.
The Minister Never Fails You
Every officer of the Government with a war message to
deliver appealed to the ministers first of all.
But 80of the ministers receive less income than govern-
ment economists figure as a minimum for the support of an
average family.
When hospitals need money they enlist the support of the
ministers—and receive it
But when sickness visits the minister or the members of
his family they must be treated in a charity ward. His pay
is less than a day laborer's.
We Pay Him Half the Wages of a Mechanic
8 out of every 10 ministers receive less than $20 a week—
about half the pay of a mechanic? And of these pitifully in-
adequate salaries, how much do you contribute ? Nothing if
you are outside the church; an average of less than 3c a day
if you are a church member.
All of us share in the benefits of Christian ministers to the
community. They marry us; bury us; baptize our children;
visit us when we are sick. In their hands is the spiritual
training of the youth.
We Are All Profiteers at Their Expense
Part of the Interchurch World program is this—a living
wage for every minister of Jesus Christ; an efficient plant and
a chance to do a big man's job.
If you want better preachers, help to pay the preachers
better. It's the best investment for your community—and
for your children—that you can make.
Interchurch
WORLD MOVEMENT
45 WEST 18th STREET, HEW YORK CITY
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