Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-20

and for the protection of bank de-
posits. The government demands Sc
curity when it deposits public money
in bank, and we believe that the Sc
curity of the individual depositor who
intrusts his earnings to a bank should
be as perfect as the governments Sc
curity.
We oppose both the Aldrich bill
and the Fowler BILL and believe that,
insofar as the needs of commerce re-
qulre an emergency currency, such
currency should be issued and con-
trolled by the federal government, and
that 1t should be loaned upon adequate
security and at a rate of interest
which will compel it's retirement
when the emergency is passed.
We demand, further, that favoritism
in the deposit of treasury funds shall
be abolished and that surplus rev.
enues shall be deposited at competi-
tive rates upon sufficient security and
fairly distributed throughout the coun-
try.
We favor the eight hour day.
We believe in the Cancellation OF
capital and labor and favor every le-
Ultimate means for the adjustment
OF disputes between corporate employ
ers and their employees, to the end
that justice may be done to those who
toll and society may be relieved from
the embarrassment occasioned by pro-
longed strikes and lockouts.
We favor such modification of the
law relating to injunctions as will,
first, prevent the Issuing of the writ
In Industrial disputes except after mo-
tice to defendants and full hearing;
second, permit trial before judge
other than the one who issued the
writ, and, third, allow a jury to be
summoned in all cases where the al
legged contempt is committed outside
the presence of the court.
| We favor an employers liability
law, applicable to both private and
public employers.
We favor full protection, by both
national and state governments with
in their respective spheres, Of all for
eigners residing in the United States
under treaty, but we are opposed to
the admission of Asiatic emigrants
who can not be amalgamated with our
| population, or whose presence among
us would raise a race issue and in
| volve us In diplomatic controversies
with oriental powers and we demand
a stricter enforcement of the immi-
grafton laws against any immigrant
who advocates assassination as a
means of reforming our government.
| We welcome Oklahoma to the sister
hood of states and heartily congratu-
late her upon the suspicious beginning
Of great career.
| We favor separate statehood for
Arizona and New Mexico and demand
for the people of Porto Rico the full
| enjoyment of the rights and privi-
leges of territorial form. of govern
ment.
We sympathize with the efforts put
forth for the reclamation of the arid
lands of the west and urge the larg
est possible use Of irrigation in the
development of the country. We also
favor the reclamation of swamp lands
upon the same principle.
forests still remaining, and the re-
planting Of the denuded districts in all
our mountain ranges, as well as the
forestation of the western plains.
We believe that the Panama canal
will prove of great value to our coun-
try and favor its speedy completion.
| We urge liberal appropriations for
the improvement and development Of
/ the interior waterways, believing that
such expenditures will return a large
dividend in lessened cost of transpor-
tation.
We favor a generous pension policy,
both as matter of justice to the sur
| viving veterans and their dependents
| and because it relieves the country of
the necessity of maintaining large
standing army.
We condemn the experiment in i'm
perialism as an inexcusable blunder
which has involved US in an enor-
nous expense, brought us weakness
instead of strength, and laid our ma
ton open to the charge of abandoning
the fundamental doctrine of self-gov-
| eminent. We favor an immediate dec
laration of the nations purpose to
recognize the independence of the
Philippine islands as soon as a stable
4 government can be established, such
| independence to be guaranteed by us
| as we guarantee the independence of
| Cuba, until the naturalization of the
islands can be secured by treaty with
other powers. In recognizing the in
dependence of the Philippines our gov
eminent should retain such land as
may be necessary for coaling stations
and naval bases.
Desiring the prevention of war,
wherever possible, we believe that our
nation should announce its determine
ton not to use our navy for the col
lection of private debts, and it's will.
ingness to enter into agreements with
other nations, providing for the inves-
tigation by an impartial International
tribunal, before any declaration of
war or commencement of hostilities,
of every dispute which defies dipio-
matte settlement.
Miners Wage Scale Not Ready.
Indianapolis, Ind, Mar 16.-The
| convention of the United Mine Work.
| ers of America held brief session
at ten o'clock Saturday and adjourned
until Monday morning The scale com
mittee, which has issued an invitation
to the operators of Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio and western Pennsylvania to