The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-05-18
Submits Platform Full Of Sound Thought and
Progressive Ideas.
Would Change Railroad Supervision Laws so as to Compel
the Railroads to Immediately Obey Orders Of the
Railroad Commission
Would Broaden the Influence Of Public Schools by Liberal Support
Opposed Filling the State with Undesirable Foreign Immigra
tion Canvass Will Be Made on High Plane.

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accomplish a great and needed
work. Therefore such appropri-
ations should be granted as may
be ample, without extravaganza,
to properly equip and support
them to their full efficiency.
For the negroes such Christian,
moral rudimentary and industrial
education should be provided as
will best equip them for the sub
ordinate position which in the
economy of nature they are des-
tined to fill.
Third Being convinced of the
necessity for more stringent reg
ulations controlling the great
transportation companies of the
state, in order to protect the peo-
pie and commercial interests of
the state from the possibility of
oppression or aggression from
that source, | shall suggest the
enactment of such laws as will
clothe the state board of railroad
commissioners with ample au-
thority to enforce all orders pro-
mulgated for the public good or
affecting the public at large. To
the end that when rates Of trans
portation or other orders of a
public nature are once passed by
the commission they shall imme-
diately become effective, subject
only to revision by the supreme
court upon direct and immediate
appeal.
Il 1t mas been the policy of the
isstate in the past to encourage by
every legitimate means the es-
tablishment of every character
cf industrial and manufacturing
enterprise. Great and lasting
good has resulted from this wise
policy and it should be persisted
| in until every one of the marvel
Gus resources of our state has
been fully developed and every
section is threaded by a railroad.
But as an additional incentive
| to the establishment of mills and
factories within our borders |
shall insist that by mandatory
statute it be made the express
duty of the railroad commission
| to see that the manufactured
product of such industrial estab-
lishments is handled and trans
ported at just and reasonable
rates. Thus, without injustice
to the carrier, rnd without viola
ting any charter rights, our
home factories may enter into
competition upon an equal foot
ing with manufactures located
elsewhere.
1t is idle to talk Of encourag
ing the location Of factories at
inland and noncompetitive points
if after their establishment they
are to be left absolutely at the
! mercy of the carrier upon the
vital question of fixing rates for
! the handling and transportation
! of their product. We can at least
protect our merchants, our far
mers, our factories, our towns
and our people of every vocation
from unfair determinations upon
shipments originating and ter
lminating within the state. 1t is
the part Of wisdom that this be
promptly and effectively done.
AS a further encouragement to
the location of manufacturing
and mercantile enterprises in our
state, the improvement of the
harbors on our coast should be
assisted in every possible way.
Once permanently and adequate
ly developed, the opening of these
great gateWays of commerce will
rebound to the material benefit
and commercial advancement of
the people of our entire state. 1t
will bring additional and incress-
ed business to the carriers; pro-
vide a new outlet for the product
of our fields and factories; open
a promising and accessible mar
ket to the enterprise Of our mer-
chants and commercial travellers,
and afford an opportunity for the
forming Of profitable commercial
alliances ina new and fertile ter
ritory. Every new industry es-
tablished, every new avenue OF
trade which is opened, brings adj
ditional opportunities to the
thrifty and energetic.
Fourth Believing that it will
tend to discourage desirable inn
igration; that it is fraught with
direst possibilities of danger to
the future welfare OF the state,
/ shall oppose to the uttermost
any proposition tending to en-
courage the indiscriminate impor-
Etation Of foreign labor. Any hon
est, industrious homeseeker