Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-04-08

tuIn OA the present Valuc Oh the TOaQS
-snch reasonable return being de-
fined as a return suficient to Keep the
stock of the roads at par when such
roads are honestly capitalized.
The injury done by issues of wa
tered stock is more clearly seen and
better understood since the shrinkage
in the market value of such stock has
precipitated a widespread panic and
brought enormous loss to the coun-
try.
The present financial stringency
furnishes additional proof that the Re-
publican leaders are either unwilling
or incompetent to protect the inter
ests Of the general public
We favor the postal savings bank
and, in addition thereto, insist upon
| the passage of laws, state and nation
al, for the better regulation of banks
and for the protection of l<lnk de-
posts. 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-
qu1re an emergency currency, such
currency should be issued and cen
trolled by the federal government, aid
that it should be loaned upon adequate
security and at a rate CT interest
which will compel its 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 no
tice to defendants and full hearing;
second, permit trial before a judge
writ, and, third, allow 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
l in their respective spheres, of all for
eigners residing in the United States
under treaty, but we are opposed tt
the admission of Asiatic emigrant:
who can not be amalgamated with oul
, population, or whose presence amons
us would raise race issue and in
, volve us in diplomatic controversial:
with oriental powers, and We demand
a stricter enforcement of the iUmi
, grafton laws against any immigran
: who advocates assassination as ;
means of reforming our government
We welcome Oklahoma to the sister
hood of states and heartily congratu
y late her upon the suspicious beginnin:
of a great career.
We favor separate statehood 70
,. Arizona and New Mexico and deman'
- for the people of Porto Rico the full
= enjoyment OF the rights and priv
" leges of a territorial form of govern
ment.
We sympathize with the efforts pu
:. forth for the reclamation of the ari
lands of the west and urge the lars
, est possible use of irrigation in tn
. development of the country. We ais
4 favor the reclamation of swamp land
. upon the same principle.
l. We favor the preservation of tn
= forests still remaining. and the re
II planting of the denuded districts in a
our mountain ranges, as well as tn
forestation of the western plains.
u We believe that the Panama cana
II will prove of great value to our couI
e try and favor its speedy completion.
% We urge liberal appropriations fo
= the improvement and development c
III the interior waterways, believing tina
= such expenditures. will return larg
III dividend in lessened cost of transpo
. tation.
ie We favor a generous pension polio!
both as a matter of justice to the su
d viving veterans and their dependent
lie and because it relieves the country {
u the necessity of maintaining a larg
81 standing army.
d We condemn the experiment in in
&c perialism as an inexcusable blunde
n which has involved us in an emo
al nous expense, brought us weakness
n instead of strength, and laid our n;
"a ton open to the charge of abandoniE
nt the fundamental doctrine of self-go