The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-29
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undermined our system OF popular gov.
ernmcrt.
I'VE demand honest conduct OF pub
lie officers and business alike. an eeo-
ana we condemn tho gruss eXtrnvnKance
OF Federal administration and It's ap-
palling annual increase In pensions.
Evil OF Over-Capitnlization.
eve condemn the evil Of over-Sapi.
taIlzatfon. Modern Industrial conditions
make the corporation and stock COM
pany necessity. but .oyer.capitalization
In corporations Is as harmful and crim-
inal as Is personal dishonesty In an indl-
vidual. Compelling the payment of divi-
been invested, upon masses Of watered
stock not justified by the property, over
capitalization prevents tho better wages.
the better public service and the lower
inventive genius, and that wide orgnnl-
zntion which Is replacing costly individ-
ual competitions. The Independence
party advocates the enactment Of laws,
State and national, to prevent watering
of stock, dishonest issues of bonds, and
other forms of corporation frauds.
cost that should result from American
About Injunchons.
1--WE denounce the socalled labor
planks Of the Republican and Demo-
cratic platforms us political buncombe
national parties claiming to be serious
and sincere.
such insincere and meaningless de-
cha tbs p9n
can nottingham. and exhibit either
ignorance OF or Indifference to the real
interests Of labor. The independence
party condemns the arbitrary use of the
writ of Injunction and contempt pro.
ceedings as violation OF the funda-
mental right OF trial by Jury. From
the foundation of our government down
to 1872 the Federal judiciary act pro-
taH he Ia nf ON In n vr-ftf
cut reasonable notice until after n hear
ing. We assert that in all actions grow
ing out Of a dispute between employers
ditions p Of employment s no ne Injunction ao
should issue until after trial upon the
merits, that such trial should be hnd
before jury, and that u no case Of
deprived Of liberty drithout trial by
jury.
Distribution Of Wealth.
"The Independence party believes
that the distribution OF wealth Is As Inn
portnnt as the creation OF wealth, and
Endorses those organizations among
farmers and workers which tend to
bring about q Just distribution of
wealth through good wages for workers
and good prices for farmers, and which
protect the employer and the consumer
through equality of price for labor and
for product. and we favor such legis-
iation as will remove the restriction OF
the Sherman antitrust law.
''We indGrse the elght-hour work day,
favor Its application to all government
employees, and demand the enactment OF
lows requiring that all work done for
the government, whether Federal or
stnte, and whether done directly or In
directly through contractors or through
snbcontractors, shall be done on an
eight-h0ur basis.
1--WE favor the enactment of a Law
condemning as illegal any combination
OF conspiracy to blacklist employees.
Protection for Workmen.
I'VE demand protection for workmen
through enforced use OF safety appli-
ances, and provision OF hyglenic condi-
fions In the operation OF all Industrial
undertakings.
eve call for the enactment OF strln-
gent laws fixing employers liabilities,
and a rigid prohibition OF child labor.
We condemn the manufacture and
sale of prison made goods in the open
market In competition with free labor
manufactured goods. We demand that