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Show coon co i:i!ii:T ii:pi,ni4 ON IM OKMliD ( n i,i::4 A coin iii il t i-e ef 1 'i'i leaders of bnsi-iii bnsi-iii is and iiidir'' are forrii'ii lat inr a platform looking to conl innoiis :iieiicai,i pron-SH along sound and r-finsl rucl ive lines, which will lie Hub nii'tcfl to a con vent inn of ma n 11 fuel -ii-irs in f ha 1 1 a nooga nevt October, owl to both major political parlies ,i I llifir con vent inns nevt yi'iir. I ''rii'ji ivr ihe ii'ed of hiicIi n national na-tional platform John K. Kdi:erton, Tp'-id' hl of the National Association of Maiiul'acl iircpi, points out Hiiti are now two anil one-half million laws on our Htatut.o books; that ad (1 it ioiiiil business methods in govern nient will save millions of dollars a year: that the. federal government Is enlering further into business In comnet i' ion with its citizens with ' plants which pay no taes, carry no iiiMii. ranee, horrow money more cheap ly than private individuals and draw on the taxpayers to make up deficits; that the United States spends In one year for all forms of government, eleven billion dollars; Ihat for eleven w ii.'-'e earners t here Is one goverii-ment goverii-ment employe; that, while federal tnxes have been reiliiced, stale and local taxation has rhen alarmingly; that CO.dflO new hills wc:e introduc-, introduc-, oil In slate and federal .legislatures (in 1 ft 2 7 . or which ,0(I0 finally be-1 Icanie laws; thai the public is neglecl-1 neglecl-1 fill In selecting Its public officials I w ho spent 11 billion dollars a. year; , I bat in lXi'G, SO per renl of the eligible elig-ible voters voted, while in lit Hit only I 'I II per cent voli'd for iiresiilent and 'that he was elected by a majority of a minority of oll.ulblos. ; "These are all facts," said Mr. ImI-rerlnn. ImI-rerlnn. "which prove Ihe need for a (platform based on l'nn(l:i'iiicnlal ec-i ec-i nomlcs and pun t leal hiislne is. "Thi'i country has been built to h - f 1 1 1 3 1 1 -1 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 f position by Us I ml ii k I p y I 1ml nul l y can opi'i ale el Ticlrn tly !uily as it Is govericd by laws which are ncllher nrrhale nor Inlolerant of );ndiiHtry'H right lo exlsluticc." |