West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-07-12

Money, and should pay more heed to
raising up nnd training Men who win
bc Law Ablding Citizens; that the wei.
faro OF our Workers h OF more con
sequence than the mere accumulation
OF Wealth; and that stability OF Ma
tionnl Character and OF Social and
business Conditions Is of greater Inn
portance TO the people OF this country
as n whole thhn any other one qucs-
tlon that rs now before them; and we
believe that the only way To Preserve
such Stability. and To- Permanently
Maintain our National Prosperity, Is
20 carry into immediate effect and
operation the Platform OF the Tails
man, which Is Hs follows
EDUCATION. EMPLOYMENT AND
HOMES ON THE LAND.
I. That children shall he taught
gardening and homecraft I'm the public
schools, and that IIomecraft and
Garden Training Schools shall be
established by county, municipal
state, and national governments.
where every boy and every mau out
of work who wants employment where
he can gain that knowledge, can learn
how to make Il home aud till the soil
ground, ana where every boy would
be taught that his FIRST aim I'm life
should he To get IA home of his own
on the land.
BUILD HOMECROFTS AS NATION
AL SAFEGUARDS.
2, That the New Zealand system OF
Land Taxation and Land Purchase
ana Subdivision, ana Advances TO Set.
tiers Act, shall DO adopted I'm this
country, TO the end that land shall be
subdivided into small holdings In the
hands OF those who VIII tin Il for n
livelihood, and labor find occupation
I'm the creation OF homecrofts, which
VIII be perpetual safeguards against
the political evils and social discomfort
resulting from the overgrOwth OF
cities and the sufferngs of unem-
ployed wage-carners.
PROTECTION FOR THE AMER
ICAN HOMECROFT
g. That Rural Settlement shall be
encouraged and the principle OF Pro
lection for the American WngeworKer
and his Home applied directly TO the
Home by the Exemption from Taxa
ton Of all improvements upon, and
also OF all personal property, not ex-
cceding $500 In value used on and
In connection with, every HOmecrOft
or Rural Homestead Of not more than
ten acres In extent, which the owner
occupies as a permanent home and
cultivates with his own labor and so
provides thorefrOm all or part of the
support for a family.
ENLARGEMENT or AREA AVAIL
ABLE FOR HOMEMAKING.
Z. That the National Government.
rs part OF comprehensive nation
al policy OF internal improvements
FOR river control and regulation,
and for the enlargement TO the
utmost possible extent of the
area OF the country available for agri-
culture and Homes on the Land, and
for the protection Of those Homes from
either food or drOuth, shall build not
only lcvees and rcyctmcnts where
needed, and drainage works for the
reclamation OF swamp and oycrnowcd
lands, but shall also preserve existing
forests, refOrest denudcd areas. plant
new forests, aud build the great reser-
vOirs and other engineering works
necessary 10 safeguard against over
flow and save FOR beneficial use the
food waters that now run 20 waste.
RECLAMATION AND SETTLE
MENT OF THE ARID LANDS.
o. That the National Government
shall build the irrigation works neces-
sary 20 bring water within reach Of
settlers on the arid lands, the cost Of
such works 20 be repaid 10 the govern
inent by such settlers I'm annual In
sediments without interest. and that
the construction Of the great irrigation
works necessary for the utilization Of
the waters of such large rivers ne the
Columbia. the Sacramento. the Colo
RADIO the RIO Grando. and the Missouri
and their tributaries. shall proceed ns
rapidly as the lands reclaimed viii be
utilized in small farms bv actual
settlers and homemakers. who will re-.
pay the government the cost Of CON
struciion of the Irrigation works. and
that the amount needed each year for
construction. as recommended by the
Secretary 81 the Interior, shall be
made available by Congress rs loan
from the general treasury to the Re
clamation Fund, and repaid from