Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-08
Commerce Court under Ban.

OOmmerCe COurt Onuer bhus
Favors legislation giving the Inter
state Commerce Commission power to
value the physical property Of rail-
roads and demands the abolition Of tho
commerce court.
Condemns methods Of issuing cur
iency notes through private agencies
and urged control thereof by the gov
ernment alone, and opposes the Al
drich currency bill
Favors government cooperation
with manufacturers and producers In
extending foreign commerce.
Declares for prompt development Of
all natural resources, condemnlng ex-
ploltation, waste and monopollzation.
Urges reasonable compensation to
the public for water-power rights
Declares for good roads, national
highways, extension of rural free de-
livery and immediate development Of
natural resources Of Alaska, and
promises to that territory local self
government.
Pledges party to immediate ,prepa-
elton Of a plan to develop rivers of the
country, especially the Mississippi and
tributaries.
Demands that the Penama canal
shall be SO operated as TO insure sea
competition with transcontinental rail-
roads and urges use OF the canal be
denied to railroad-controlled ships.
Tariff Revision Demanded.
Expresses belief in a protective tar
iff which shall equalize conditions OF
competition between the United States
and foreign countries for all classes;
demands tariff revision because the
present tariff is unjust to the people
OF the United States, and pledges par
ty to the establishment Of a non-par-
tisan scientific tariff revision,
Condemns Payne-Aldrich bill and
the Democratic partys tariff policy as
destructive Of the protective system"
Demands immediate repeal of Cana
dian reciprocity act.
Fayors inheritance and income tax.
Favors international agreement for
Of navalforces and the con-
struction Of two battleshlps a year
pending such agreement.
Fayors governmental action in be-
half of immigrants; wise and Just
policy of pensions for old soldiers and
sailors, and the immediate creation Of
a parcels post
In conclusion the platform appeals
for the support Of all American cltI-
aens, without regard TO previous pollt-
lcal affiliations"
The declaration concerning the old
parties is as follows.
Political parties exist to secure re-
sponsible government and to execute
the Will of the people. From these
great tasks both Of the parties have
TUNED aside. Instead of instruments
to promote the general welfare. they
have become the tools OF corrupt in
terests which use them impartlalIy 10
serve their selfish purposes. Behind
the ostenslble government sits en-
throned an Invisible government, ow-
Ing no allegiance and acknowledging
no responsibility to the people. To de-
stroy this invisible government, TO
dissolve the unholy alliance between
corrupt business and corrupt policies,
is the first task Of the craftsmanship
Of the day.
THE deliberate betrayal OF It's trust
by the Republican party, the fatal in
capacity Of the Democratic party to
1eal with the new issues Of the new
time have compelled the people to
force new instrument Of government
through which to give effect to their
Will In laws and institutions Unham-
Iered by tradition, uncorrupted by
rower, undismayed by the magnitude
Of the task, the new party offers itself
as the instrument Of the people 10