Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-09-22
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Party.

assembled, proclaim unfalterlng
adherence to the principle and
program of international social
ism, which mean substitution of
the cooperative system of pro-
duction and distribution for the
present competition or wage
system. The masters or capt.
talistic class, who own the tools
of production but do not use
them; the wage-worker who
uses the tools Of production, but
does not own them. Through
this arrangement Of society we
have the ever reoccurring class
struggle, which manifests itself
in the shape of strikes, boycots,
lockouts and injunctions.
Between these two classes
there can be no peace. The
class struggle will therefore
continue between the producer
of wealth and the exploiters of
labor so long as the present
system of production for profit
remains the only classes in So
ciety;; that is, but, to survive
the working class, these who do
the necessary worlds work
whether it be by hand or brain,
whether it be man or woman.
This is the class the world can't
get along without.
We, the socialist party of
Harrison county, hold that all
wealth is created by labor-of
which the largest part are
obliged on the farms of this
county. We, therefore, declare
that these laborers should have
all possible protection from
county, state and nation against
the destruction of land and
crops from floods and lack of
drainage. We, therefore, APP
peal to the voters of Harrison
county:
Whereas, a large part of Har-
rison county is low bottom land
and the capitalist party have
been petitioned many times to
drain said land and failed to do
so.
Whereas, this drainage pro-
ceedings has opened a new field
for graft, and it is a we'll known
fact that capitalistic politicians
will not move forward any pab-
lie improvement if there is not
money in it for them delaying
any work, even the construction
Of bitches.
Whereas, the capitalistic SUI
preme court a creation by the
people uses an autocratic pow
er over the people, where thou
sands of acres Of land and the
labors and homes of man are
made worthless.
Whereas, the farmers, and
those depending on the farm
ers, on the bottom land the
sufferers o f these delaying
CRAFTS and court decisions
have been furnishing the votes
and the money for the capital
istic party. We advise them to
study the program of the soci-
alist party and see thatwe have
something more to offer than
crops IF mosquitoes, water,
weeds and taxes.
We demand that the public
credit of Harrison county be
used tobuy one or more dredges
and that they be put to work
draining the low land of Har-
rlsOn county where the people
petition to drain farm land or
lots in town, and proceed ac-
cording to the drainage law.
That we are opposed to the
contract system, and laws that
provide for it, giving public
work to private parties to ex-
ploit labor and open the doors
for dishonesty, Doodle and
graft.
Therefore, we pledge our
selves to foster the welfare and
progress of the farmer and la
boring classes of Harrison coun-
ty. and by so doing we foster
good to all humanity.
Zach Taylor,
N. j. Burkhart,
j. H. Bender.
Submitted by foregoing COM
mittee on platform and resolu-
tions, as appointed by county
chairman at county convention.
A new law has gone into eff
feet in Iowa which makes
chicken stealing a penitentiary
offense. Several chicken yards