The Delta independent., 1906-07-06

as fast as it is needed TO give
ry man who wants a Home on the
ii chance to get 1t.
~" believe that, as a Nation. we
s.".ld be less absorbed with Making
N.avy. and should pay more heed TO
-.ac up and training Men who will
tv L-Aw-Abiding Citizens; that the wei
i--e Of our Workers is OF more con-
s.-lH"nce than the mere accumula ton
O.. Wealth: and that Stability of Ma
I. al Character and of Social and
Business Conditions is OF greater i'm
l"rtanCe to the people of this country
ss whole than any other one ques-
tn that is now before them; and we
lrl.vNe that the only way to Preserve
-.h Stability, and TO Permanently
Maintain our National Prosperity. is
t. carry into immediate effect and
ration the Platform OF the Tails
IN, which is as follows:
EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND
HOMES ON THE LAND.
I. That children shall be taught
gardening and bomecraft in the public
schools, and that Homecraft and
Garden Training Schools shall be
establishci by county, municipal.
state. and national governments,
where every boy and every man out
OF work who wants employment where
he can gain that knowledge. can learn
how to make a home and till the soil
and get his living straight from the
ground. and where every boy would
be taught that his first aim in life
should be TO get 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
and Subdivision. and Advances 10 Set
tiers Act. shall be adopted in this
country. to the end that land shall be
subdivided into small holdings in the |
hands OF those who will till it for
livelihood. and labor find occupation |.
In the creation of homeCroftS. which 1
will be perpetual safeguards against |
the political evils and social discomfort |
resulting from the overgrowth OF
cities and the sufferlngs Of unem-
ployed wage-earnerS.
PROTECTION FOR THE AMER
ICAN uOMECROFT.
3. That Rural Settlement shall be
encouraged and the principle of Pro
lection for the American Wageworker
and his Home applied directly to the
Home by the Exemption from Taxa
uon or all improvements upon. and
also Of all personal property, not ex-
ceeding $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 permanent home and
cultivates with his own labor and SO
provides therefrom all or part of the
support for family.
ENLARGEMENT OF AREA AVAIL
ABLE FOR UOMEMAKlNG.
1. That the National Government.
as part OF a 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 flood or drouth, shall build not
only levees and rcvetments where
needed, and drainage works for the
reclamation of swamp and overlooked
lands, but shall also preserve existing
forests, reforest dcnudcd areas. plant
new forests, and build the great reser
voirs and other engineering works
necessary 10 SateSuaru against over
dow and save for beneficial use the
Hood waters that now run to waste.
RECLAMATION AND SETTLE
MENT OF THE ARID LANDS.
d That the National Government
shaI build the irrigation works neces.
sary to bring water within reach Of
settlers on the arid lands the cost OF
such works to be repaid to the govern.
ment by such settlers In annual In
staiiments without interest. and that
thc construction OF the great irrigation
works necessary for the utilization Of
the waters Of such large rivers as the
columbia the Sacramento. the Colo
rado. the Rio Grande. and the Missouri.
ana their tributaries. shall proceed as
rapidly a. the lands reclaimed will be
utilised In small farms by actual
settlers aud homsmxkers, who will ~.