The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-08-03
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constitution.
The peoples party enacted railroad
law TO protect the people of this state
against the extortionS or the tranSporta-
ton corporations republican admins
traion made the law Of none effect by
failing TO enfore 1t, and the republican
majority OF the supreme court followed
this up by destroying it. We are in favor
of further legislation to control these cor
porations as far as possible, but we re-
gard the conflict between incorporated
wealth and the interests of the people as
irrepressible and We look for no perma-
nent relief except in government owner
ship of railroads.
We demand the withdrawal OF all special
privileges now granted by law to corpor-
ationS or individuals, and the application
OF the principle of government ownership
as a remedy for monOpolies of every kind.
Believing the public work ought to be
done by the people in their own interest.
we favor the municipal ownership and
operation of plants for the supply OF
water, light, heat and power, and also or
all street car lines and telephone systems.
We congratulate the people of Kansas
upon the steady spread OF pOpultSt prfn-
ciples along these lines. which are now
leavening all parties. and point with graf
ification to the erection of plant for the
manufacture of binding Irvine by the
state, which has checked the extortions
of one monopoly by compelling u to re-
duce its prices aud has already saved
| thousands of dollars to the farmers of
Kansas. We also call attention to the sue
| cessful operation of the state law reduc-
| ing the price of school books, and the re-
sultant saving of hundreds OF thousands
of dollars to the people.
We believe that the people can with adj
vantage take further steps in the same di-
| rection, and that our state constitution
| ought to be amended so as to permit the
establishment of state stock yards and
markets, to provide for state insurance
| and to permit the people as whole TO
| carry on any business or industry by
which they can promote their own well
fare. We should especially favor the de-
| velOpment of our oil resources by the
exactions of the Standard Oil monopoly,
| by the erection of a state refinery to re-
! fine the products of the oil fields of our
| state and supply oil 20 the people foi
| their own use at the cost of production.
| without paying tribute to that overgrown
| monopoly.
| We direct attention to the stock yards
! act the insurance and banking laws, the
corporation law, the laws regulating the
! salaries of county officers and the COM
| pensatton OF the state printer. the script
| and screen laws and other acts passed by
| the peoples party which have proved or
| great benefit to the people of our state;
and We pledge ourselves to enact such
further legislation along these lines as
| may be demanded by the interests of our
citizens.
| we call the 3tCentlOn Oh the VI
Kansas to the combination OF grain DCy-
crs extending from Chicago throughout
| the west, which, by means of pools, secret
| freight rates and other trust methods, APP
| propriate to it's members the profits of the
great wheat crop which has blessed our
land. This combination, to which the To-
cal millers and grain dealers are certain
to fail victims, exists in violation OF the
! antitrust law in our statutes; ana we
pledge the nominees of this convention, II
elected, to do all in their power to sup
press 1t.
The state authorizes banking corpora
lions and Individual bankers to perform a
public function by the receipt of the
] money of the citizen for safe keeping
and at the same time permits such cor
porations and individuals to loan all but
a small percentage of these for their own
profit; the national banking law protects
the bank note holders from possible loss
In case the bank issuing the note becomes
insolvent-a security which has been
however, diminished by the old standard
law enacted by the last congress. To sup
plement this protection and insure the
funds of the depositor whose money is in
the bank, we'll as the note holder.
which is in most cases another bank
we demand an amendment to our state
banking law which will provide for tax
ing the banks to create fund, to be
under the control of the state bank COM
missioner, and to be used to reimburse
ent.
The scandalouS conduct of Gov Stan
1 ley in illegally expelling regents of the
| state agricultural college, and the fire.
Quent unsavory condition of our state in
stitution under ell parties. condemn the
practice Of bestOwing positions in these
institutions for party service. We. there
fore, favor a civil service that will put
these institutions upon a business basis
alike, free from the spokesman and from
the danger that employees become care
less and Indifferent or untitled for other
vocations in life and permanent charges
upon the state.
The fragrant violation by wealthy cor
us to demand that it's provision be more
| rigidly enforced. To accomplish this We
urge that additional penalties be enacted
for it's violation.
We favor the graduated taxation OF
property, incomes and inheritances.
During the last decade the power OF
! federal judges has grown to an alarming
extent. and that power has been used es-
pecially to destroy liberty of speech and
to destroy or render ineffective the organ
iZations of labor. By the use of the writ
of Injunction workingmen have been de-
prived of their liberties and sentenced to
terms of imprisonment by the arbitrary
action of federal judges. although guilty
of no crime whatsoever, but simply doing
what they had under the constitution a
perfect right to do. Therefore, we con-
denim the arbitrary exercise of power and
the abuse of writ of injunction by federal
judges, SO universally practiced in the in
terest of the capitalistic class against la
Dor. We favor such laws state and ma
tional as will prevent this abuse for all