The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-08-10
PLATFORM ASKS
MANY REFORMS
Progressive Pa ty Agrees Upon
Declaration Of Principles.
.FAvORS DIRECT PRIMARIES

Advocates Restriction Of tho Power OF
the Courts and Pledges judicial Re
form; Declares Against Child Labo,
and Urges Minimum Wage Scale fot
Women; Demands National ResuIa
tion Of Interstate Corporations and
Favors Protective Tariff.
Chicago, Aug. S.-A summary of the
provisions in the Progressive party
platform follows:
1--WE Of the Progressive party ded.
icate ourselves to the fulfillment of
the duty laid upon US by our fathers
to maintain that government of the
people, by the people and for the peo-
pie whose foundation they laid"
"The old parties have become the
tools of corrupt interests, which use
them impartially to serve their self
ish purposes. The new party offers
itself as an instrument Of the people
to sweep away old abuses and build
a new and nobler commonwealth"
1t declares for direct primaries for
the nomination of state and national
officers and candidates for the presi-
dency, for the popular election Of
United States senators and urges on
the states the use of the short ballot
with responsibility to the people Sc
cured by the initiative, referendum
and recall"
Pledges the party to provide "a
more easy and expeditions method Of
amending the federal Constitution. ."
Advocates national Jurisdiction Of
problems which have expanded be-
yond reach of individual states.
Opposes participation by federal
appointees In state or national con-
ventions.
such restrictions of the power Of
the courts rs shall leave to the peo-
pie the ultimate authority to deter
mine fundamental question of social
welfare and public policy"
Aims Blow at InJunetions.
Pledges judicial reform, believing
"that the issuance of injunctions in
labor disputes should be prohibited
when such injunctions would not ap-
ply where no labor disputes existed"
Declares against child labor, for a
minimum wage scale for women, for
prevention of Industrial accidents,
safeguards for health OF employees,
publicity as to wages, an eight-hour
workday and establishment of a fed
eral department of labor.
Urges re-establishment of country
life commission and promotion of the
welfare of farmers.
?, Pledges the party to a full and i'm.
mediate inquiry and to immediate ac-
ton to deal with the high cost Of
living.
Favors single national health
service.
Demands national regulations Of in
terstate corporations and urges the
establishment of a federal commits
sion to supervise interstate industrial
corporations" pledges party to enact
ment of patent law that will prevent
nonopolies, favors legislation giving
interstate commerce commission pow.
er to value property Of railroads and
demands abolition Of the commerce
court.
Demands methods of issuing cur.
rency notes through private agencies
and urges control thereof by the gov
srnment alone and opposes the AID
rich currency bill.
Favors government cooperation
with manufacturers and producers in
extending foreign commerce.
Condemns Exploitation and Waste.
Declares for prompt development Of
all natural resources, condemning ex.
ploitation, waste and monopolization.
Declares for good roads, national
highways and extension of rural free
delivery; immediate development OF
natural resources of Alaska and prom.
ises to that territory local self-govern.
ment.
Pledges party to immediate prepare.
ton Of plan to develop rivers Of the
country. especially the Mississippi and
without delay.
Demands that the Panama canal
shall be 80 operated as to insure sea
competition with transcontinental rail-
roads and urges that American rail.
road controlled ships be denied the use
Of the canal.
Expresses belief in protective tar.
IN which shall squalize conditions OF
competition between the United
States and foreign countries for ali
demands tariff revision be
cause the present tariff is unjust to
tina nsnnle Of the United States and