The Globe-republican., 1905-04-13
Social Revolutionary Party Draws up
Document.
THEY CALCULATES MANY COPIES,
Phrases Are Voices Familiar 70 Amer.
lean Ear, Such as, {" Initiative and
Referendum Public Ownership
Of Public Utilities, etc.

Moscow, April S.-The central corr
mittee Of the social revolutionary
party has drawn up a document con-
tanning the main points of its pro
gram, and Of this hundreds Of thous
ands of copies are being printed for
circulation in all parts Of European
Russia. The first and main points
is the establishment OF democratic
republic on the ruins of the auto
cracy and beside the usual points Of
Social Democratic doctrine it includes
many arguments especially directed
Russia conditions and designated to
appeal to self-interest Of the Russian
proletariat, both agricultural and in
dustrial. 1t voices phrases familiar
to American ear, such as initiative
and referendum public ownership
OF public utilities, etc.
The program is divided under two
heads, the first politicolegal domain,
under which it demands the institu.
ton of democratic republic with
broad autonomy for the provinces,
municipalities and communes; the
widest application of the federal
principle to the relations between the
various nationalties, direct secret
universal ballot without distinction as
to sex, nationality or religion; proper
tional representation; direct popular
legislation with the initiative and re.
ferendum; electibility, responsibility
and rcmovability of all officials: sepa-
ration of church and state complete
freedom OF conscience, speech, the
press, assembly and association, right
to strike; compulsory popular and
gratuitous education, and abolition of
the standing army and substitution
of militia.
Under the second head, national
economy domain the party favors the
eight hour day with reduction for
the more dangerous and unsanitary
occupations; minimum wage scale:
state insurance for all, the forms
regulated by the insured, at the ex-
pense OF the state and employers;
regulation of factory construction:
prohibition of child labor below 16
and of female labor at certain occu-
pations; and professional organza-
ton of workman with an increasing
Gbarn in tho int .Nf
institutions. In ,agrarian policy the
party declares the earth is the com
mon heritage of all citizens and de-
mands the specialization of all land or
such approach to abolition of private
ownership as is practicable, including
the sequestration of crown, church
and state lands turning them over to
the communes, and the limitation and
conversion of rents into an income
tax, payable to the commune. In the
realm of finance the party fayors pro
gressive income and Inheritance
taxes inapplicable to small incomes.
the abolition of indirect taxes and the
protective system except as to OBJ
jects of luxury. 1t also favors the
common ownership of all utilities,
medical assistance gratis, develop
ment of cooperation on strictly do
nestle principles and measures tend
ing to the independence of the work
ing classes of governmental bureau
cracy.
The document closes with warm
ing to industrias against Estate So
cialism, which it declares to be
system of half measures, deuding
workers, concentrating industry and
commerce in the hands of the govern
ing bureaucracy, and urging the sum.
moning of constituent assembly in
which it proposes to conduct the cam
paign for the dissolution of the auto
cratic regime and the transformation
of the existing order.