The Arizona sentinel., 1902-10-22
PRECINCT TICKET.
SOCIALIST PLATFORM.

The Socialist party of Yuma county. Arizona Territory. in convention as sembled, affirms its allegiance to the National platform of the Socialist party as adopted by the Indianapolis cOnven- tion of 1901, and pledges itself to aid in every way the establishment of the Co operative Commonwealth.
 The Municipal platform and policy of this party is the application of Socialist principles to the affairs of the county in all possible ways, and we refer to the aforesaid National platform and to So- cialist literature in general for a more detailed exposition of such principles.
 Briefly, however, we state that the central idea of Socialism is the collect i've ownership of all the means of pro- ductiOn and distribution, and their or ganized management by the people in the interest of the whole people. So- cialism proposes that the people in their collective capacity, to-wit, the Government, by means of the ballot. take all public utilities underth own ownership and manage them in their own interest.
 This involves the employment of all labor, and supervision over the distrib- utiOn of all products. Socialism stands essentially for the interests of the workers, as distinguished from the inn mediate material interests of the capi- taliSt class. We assert, however, that while Socialism is unalterably opposed to the interests of the capitalist. there is no individual of any class whose best interest would not be served by the establishment of the Socialist or CO operative Commonwealth.
 Those who have most to lose and least to gain would still be benefited by the advent of socialism; the workers, then, who have nothing to lose and every thing to gain, have surely no choice
 No other party has ever promised to the people anything more than the of some specific condition, while leaving others equally important and equally bad to remain as before, or to be made enough worse to offset the good done, if any.
 To the working class, then, we spec Ially appeal, upon the ground that its interests lie wholly with socialism.
 To the intelligent and unseIfsh in all classes we appeal, upon the ground that Socialism is the only rational outcome for industrial evolution, and the only equitable and permaHent solution for the economic evils of the present.
 We insist that all such questions as taxation. the minimum of wages, and the maximum length of working days; the relations of employer and emplOye; the recognition of Unions: the care of extreme cases of want: and the prob lem of dealing with crimes having an economic basis (which comprise nearly all crime ], have been produced by the system-or, rather, the capitalist system, sincecompetition has already been nearly eliminated by the are not for socialism, but for Capitalism, to solve-if it can.
 Therefore it is not as any part of So- cialism itself, but for the amelioration of conditions during the period which between the present and the of Socialism, we propose as policy of this party in the affairs of this county if it's candidates are elected to office, the following:
 1st. That not over eight hours shall constitute a days work.
 2nd. That every class of property shall pay the same proportion of the public revenue.
 3rd. The abolition of the per capita road and poll tax.
 4th. The increase of the amount to be apportioned to the road fund.
 9th. Strict economy in the n1anage- ment of Territorial and County offices.
 9th. A primary election law based on the principle of general election law.
 7th. The abolition of the present fee system of county and precinct officers, and the substitution of salaries for all public officers in lieu.
 8'h. The admission of the Territory of Arizona tO statehood.
 9th. The initiative and referendum the right of recall of officials at tEse pleasure of their constituency, and equal political rights for all citizens without regard to sex.
 10th. The enactment of laws calcu- lated to the security and comfort of the labOring class, to the benefit of the citizen and taxpayer to the encour- agement of emigration and the devel- Opment of the Territory, to which every candidate and the Socialist party are pledged.