Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-07-12

Money. and should pay more heed 60 !
raising w and training Men who win
hc Law Abiding Citizens. that the vel /.
fare Of our Workers IL Of more con.
sequence than the mere accumulation
Of Wealth. and that stability OF Ma
tional Character aud Of Social and
business Conditions L. 81 greater lm.
portancc 10 the pcoplc Of this country /
aH a whole than any other one qucs.
ton that IL now before them. and We
believe that tho only way To Preserve
such Stability, and a. Permanently |
Maintain our National Prosperity. Is
TO carry into Immediate effect aud
operation the Platform 81 tho Tails
man. which IL "a follows
EDUCATION. EMPLOYMENT AND
HOMES on THE LAND.
I. That children shall be taught
gardening aud bomccraft In tho public
schools. aud that lIomecraft and
Garden Training Schools shall be
established by county. municipal
state. aud national governments.
whcre every boy and every man out
OF work who wants employment where
bow TO make home aud till the soil
and set bis living straight from dhc
ground. aud where every boy would
bc taught that bis first aim IN life
should BE- Ca get a home Of his own
on the land.
BUILD HoMECRoFTs AS NATION.
Al SAFEGUARDS
. That the New Zealand system Of
Land Taxation and Land Purchase
and Subdivision. and Advances 90 Set.
tiers Act. shall tsc adopted In this
country. 90 the end that land shall b.
rubdivided Into small holdings In the
hands 81 those who will tiil n for n
livelihood. and labor End occupation
in the creation Of homccrofts, which
VIII be- perpetual safeguards against
the political evils and social discomfort
resulting from the oycrgrowth az
cities and the suiferlngs OF unem-
ployed wnrc-earnerN
PROTECTION FOR THE AMER.
ICAN HOMEcROFT.
2. That Rural Settlement shall be
encouraged aud the principle OF Pro
lection for the American Wageworker
aud bis Home applied directly 20 the
Home by the Exemption from Taxa
ton Of all improvements upon. aud
also Of all personal property. not cx-
cccdlng $3.50 In value. used on and
In connection with. every IIomecroft
or Rural Homestead OF not more than
ten acres In extent. which the owner
occupies as n permanent home and
cultiyates with his own labor and 80
provides therefrom all or part % the
support for n family.
ENLARG EMENT OF AREA AVAIL
ABLE FOR HOMEMAKING.
4. That the National Government.
as part OF comprehensive nation
nj policy OF Internal improvements
for river control and regula ton.
and for the enlargement 10 the
utmost possible extent or 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 levees and reyetments where
needed. and drainage works for the
reclamation OF swamp and overfowed
lands, but shall also prese re existing
forests, reforest denudg' bras. plant
new forests, and build IN, at reser-
volrs and other er,~9 fho' works
necessary TO safegf Nfepart over
Gow and save N IN Sc the
food waters thAANo at waste
REcLAMAT1S>1p''O ,"E-
: A TS Ssft.o.T E H,o, " oson,
shall buPhSet H. @ad f. loo rces-
sary tom "os, az n OF
settlefor IN. III "a OF
such Dose &c H. ern-
my III. JOD,,i Tie, I'm
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