The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-16

THE NATIONAL PLATFORM.
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suit of which the advantages form
erly possessed by the large shipper
over the small shipper have substan-
TALLY disappeared; and In this con-
nectfon we commend the appropria-
ton by the present Congress to en-
able the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to thoroughly investigate,
and give publicity, the accounts of
interstate railroads. We believe,
however, that the Interstate Com
merce law should be further amend
ed so as to give railroads the right to
make and publish traffic agreements
subject to the approval OF the Com
mission, but maintaining always the
principle of competition between nat
urally competing lines and avoiding
the common control of such lines by
any means whatsoever. We favor
such national legislation and super
vision as will prevent the future
over-issue of stocks and bonds by
| Interstate carriers.
Railroad and Government Employees.
| The enactment in constitutional
| form at the present session Of Con-
gress of the Employers Liability
law; the passage and enforcement of
the safety appliance statutes, as we'll
as the additional protection secured
for engineers and firemen; the re-
duction in the hours of labor OF
trainmen and railroad telegraphers;
the successful exercise of the pow
ers of mediation and arbitration be-
tween Interstate railroads and their
employees and the law making a be-
ginning in the policy of compensa-
ton for injured employees of THE
| Government, are among the most
commendable accomplishments OF
the present Administration. But
there is further work in this direc-
ton yet to be done, and the Republi-
can party pledges its continued de
votion to every cause that makes fol
safety and the betterment of condi
tons among those whose labor con
tributes so much to the progress an(
welfare of the country.
Court Procedure.
The Republican party will uphold
at all times the authority an integri
ty of the courts, State and Federal
and will ever insist that their powers
to enforce their process and to pro
tect life, liberty, and property shall
, be preserved inviolate. We believe
however, that the rules of procedure
in the Federal Courts with respec
to the issuance of the writ of injunc
ton should be more accurately de
fined by statute, and that no injunc
ton or temporary restraining orde
should be issued without notice, e8
cept where irreparable injury woul
result from delay, in which case
speedy hearing thereafter should b
1 granted.
The American Farmer.
Among those welfare is as vital
1 the welfare of the whole country a
e is that of the wage-earner is tn
G American farmer The prosperity {
the country rests peculiarly upon tn
v prosperity of agriculture. The r.
q publican party during the pa:
y twelve years has accomplished extr;
i ordinary work in bringing the r.
8 lsources of the National Governme1
- RI tho old of tho forpoor not onJv
i advancing agriculture itself, but
It increasing the conveniences of rur;
Il life. Free rural mail delivery hi
s been established; it now reach,
mill ,ons of our citizens, and v
- favor it's extension until every cor
7, munity in the land receives the flu
= benefits of the postal service. v
a recognize the social and econom
= advantages of good country road
maintained more and more large
IL at public expense and less and lie
1t at the expense of the abutting ow
ir er. In this work we commend Il
70 growing practice of State aid, al
we approve the efforts of the Natio
Il al Agricultural Department, by e
rs periments and otherwise, to ma
in clear to the public the best metho
RI of road construction.
o. Extension of Commerce.
t. Under the administration of t
Republican party the foreign col
ba merce of the United States has {
NV perienced a remarkable growth I'm
it has a present annual valuation
Nv approximately three billions of d.
ba lars and gives employment to a Va
10 amount of labor and capital viii
:; would otherwise be idle. 1t has
-. augurated, through the recent vi
- of the Secretary of State to Sou
=" America and Mexico, a new era
pan-American commerce and com
which is bringing us into clio:
touch with our twenty sister Anne
n can republics, having a common b
-ln torical heritage, republican 70
u of government and Offering us a Ii
no
nd just Exactly Right.