Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-03

needs of commerce require an emer-
gency currency, such currency should
be issued and controlled by the fed
era, government, and that it should
be loaned upon adequate security and
at rate of interest which will COM
IpeI its retirement when the emer-
gency is past. We demand, further,
that favoritism in the deposit of treas
ury funds shall be- abolished and that
surplus revenues shall be deposited
at competitive rates upon sufficient
security and fairly distributed
throughout the country.
LABOR AND ARBTTRATION.
We favor the eight-hour day. We
believe in the Cancellation of capital
and labor and favor every legitimate
means for the adjustment of disputes
between corporate employers and
their employees to the end that justice
may be done to those who toll and
that society may be relieved from the
embarrassment occasioned by pro-
longed strikes and lockouts.
INJUNCTIONs.
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.
ltice to defendants; second. permit
trial before Judge other than the one
twho issued the writ, and, third, allow
la jury to be summoned in all cases
where the alleged contempt is conn
mitted outside the presence of the
Icourt.
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY.
We favor an employers liability
law. applicable TO both private and
public employers.
IMMIGRATION.
We favor full protection by both ma
Itheir respective spheres of all for
eigners residing in the United States
under treaty, but we are opposed to
the admission of Asiatic immigrants
who cannot be amalgamated with our
population or whose presence among
us would raise race issue and in
volve us in diplomatic controversies
with oriental powers, and We demand
a stricter enforcement of the immigra
ton laws against any immigrant who
advocates assassination as a means O
reforming our government.
STATEHOOD.
We welcome Oklahoma to the sister
hood of states and heartily congratu
r late her upon the auspicous beginning
lof great career. We favor separat,
statehood for Arizona and New Mexic
and demand for the people of Port,
S Rico the full enjoyment of the right
II government.
IRRIGATION AND FORESTS.
= We sympathize with the efforts pu
forth for the reclamation of the ari
lands of the west and urge the larges
: possible use of irrigation in the deve
: opment of the country. We also favo
the reclamation of swamp lands upo
the same principle. We favor the pre-
servation of the forests still remainin
: and the replanting of the denuded di.
y, tricts in all our mountain ranges, a
- well as the reforestation of the ives
: ern plains.
II, CANAL AND WATERWAYS.
a.. We believe that the Panama can;
II will prove great value to cur coul
II try and favor its speedy completion
10 We urger liberal appropriations &c
the improvement and development
NJ interior water ways, believing thu
9. such expenditures will return a larg
=, dividend in lessened cost of transpo
-, tation.
# PENSIONS.
al We favor generous pension polio
both as matter of justice to the SUI
living veterans and their dependen
: and because it relieves the country
the necessity of maintaining a lars
standing army.
PHILIPPINES.
We condemn the experiment in il
. perialism as an ineXcusable blund
ne which has involved us in an enormol
in expense. brought us weakness inste;
IS of strength and laid our nation open
u; the charge of abandoning the fund
re mental doctrine of self-governmen
Ia We favor an immediate declaration
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