The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-07-13

Money. and should pay more heed TO
raising up aud training Men who WIN
b. Law Abiding Citizens; that the wei
fare Of our Workers j. % mOre con
sequence than the mere accumulation
q Wealth: and that Stability % Ma
tiOnal Character and q Social and
business Conditions Is q greater Inn
pOrtance 20 the people of this cOuntry
as q whole than any other one ques-
ton that II now before them: and We
believe that the only way 10 Preserve
such Stability. aud to Permanently
Maintain our National Prosperity. =
Ca carry into immediate eject and
operation the Platform of the Tails
nan. which IL as follows;
EDUCATION. EMPLOYMENT AND
HOMES on THE LAND.
I. That children shall be taught
gardening and bOmecFaft In the puislic
schools. and that HOmecraft and
Garden Training Schools shall BE-
established by county, municipal
state. and national governments.
where every 10y and every man cut
Of work who wants employment where
he can gain that knowledge. can learn
hoW To- make n home and I'll the sod
aud get his living straight from the
ground. aud where every boy would
~ taught that his first aim la life
should H. TO get a home VI bis own
0n the land
BUILD HOMECROFTs AS NATION
Al SAFEGUARDS
. That the New Zealand system %
Land Taxation and Land Purchase
aud Subdivision. and AdvaRc,-s o. Set.
tiers Act. shall be adopted Ia this
country. Go the end that land shall BE
sulsdiyisled into small holdings In the
IA nds Of those who will tIll Il for a
livelihood. and labOr End occupation
In the creation of hOmecrofts. which
win be perpetual safeguards against
the political evils aud social discomfort
resulting from the OvergrOwth of
cities and the suferinEs % unem-
ployed Wage-earners.
PROTECTION FOR THE AMER
ICAN HOMECROFT.
8 That Rural Settlement shall H.
encouraged and the principle Of PrO-
lection f0r the American WageworkeT
and his Home applied directly 90 the
Home by the Exemption from Taxa
tion % all improvements upon. and
also 90 al personal prUperty. not ex-
certling S25oo IN value. used on AMI
In connection with. every HOmecroft
az Rural Homestead Of not m0re than
ten acres In extent. which abe owner
occupies a. a permanent home and
cultivates with his own labor and -
prnvlds4 therefrUm all ~ part of the
support Tor a family.
ENLARGEMENT III AREA AVAIL
ABLE FOR IIOMEMAkING.
4. That the National Government.
a. part % a comprehensive nati"n-
~ policy % Internal improvements
for river c0ntrl and regulation.
and for th~ enlargement 10 the
utmost possible extent VI thu
area Of the country available for agri-
culture and EIencs On the Land. and
for the prOfection Of those Homes from
either iced % drOuth. shall build not
only Irvees and revetmcuts where
needed. and drainage works for The
reclamation Of swamp and OVERLOOKED
lands, bot shah also preserve existing
forests. refOreSt dcunaled arras. plant
new forests. and build the great resi-
volrs and other engineering works
Rrc-zsary % safeguard against over
Gov and save for beneficial use the
noOd waters that now run 60 waste.
RECLAMATION AND SETTLE
MENr or THE ARID LANDS.
& That the National Government
shall buIld the lrrigatioa works news
saEy 90 hiring water within reach II
settlers on the arid lansls. the cost Il
such works 60 be repaid 90 the govern
ment by such settlers In anEual In
stnIlments without lntercSi. and that
the oonsisuctiOa % the great lrTisation
works neceasary for the uiislEation II
the waters e sach large rivers a. ths
Columbia. the Sacramento. the Coio
rada the Rio Grande. aud the Missouri
ana their tributaries. shall proceed ~
rapidly az the lands reclaimed VII D.
utilized IN small farms ~ actua
ssttlers and hsmemakeFs who WIN ~
nag TIE eovcrnment the eosf q con
stFurtioa q the iFrigntloR works. AM
that TIE amount needed each year 20
eon.frurtiun. e recommended BY IN
Secretary e the iutaFiar. shah "
u.ads aVallnhia hy Coagress ~ = lsai
fFam he esaerai trsasury 10 III We
, elsnsatisa Fsn4 and repaia f'o1