Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-03

I Of the public and not for the control
Of business. All legislation on the
subject Of banking and currency should
have for its purpose the securing Of
these accommodations on terms OF alb
solute security to the public and OF
complete protection from the misuse
OF the power that wealth gives to those
who possess It.
We condemn the present methods Of
oepositing government funds in q few
favored banks. largely situated in or
controlled by Wall street In return for
political favors, and we pledge our
party to provide by law for their de-
post by competitive bidding in the
banking institutions of the country. ma
tional and state. without discrimina-
ton ~ to locality, upon approved Sc
curities and subject to call by the gov
| eminent.
| Rural Credits.
OF equal Importance with the ques-
ton Of currency reform Is the question
of rural credits or agricultural finance.
| Therefore we recommend that an in
vestigation of agricultural credit soci-
cites In foreign countries be made, SO
that 1t may be ascertained whether
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vised suitable to conditions in the
United States; and we also favor legis-
| lation permitting notional banks to
! loan reasonable proportion Of their
funds on real estate security.
We recognize the value Of vocational
! education and urge financial appropri-
| atoms for such training and extension
! teaching In agriculture in cooperation
with the several states
Waterways.
We renew the declaration in our last
platform relating to the conservation
OF our national resources. and the de-
velopment Of our waterways The pres
| ent devastation Of the lower Mississippi
valley accentuates the movement for
the regulation of river flow by addi-
tional bank and levee protection be-
low, and the diversion, storage and
control Of the flood waters above, and
their utilization for beneficial pur-
poses in the reclamation Of arid and
swamp lands, and the development Of
waterpower. instead Of permitting the
floods to continue, as heretofore, agents
OF destruction.
We hold that the control OF the Mis-
| slssippi river is national problem.
The preservation OF the depth OF its
water for the purposes Of navigation
the building of levees to maintain the
integrity Of its channel and the pre-
vention Of the overflow OF the land and
its consequent destruction, resulting
in interruption Of interstate commerce,
the Discrimination of mail service and
the enormous loss of life and property
impose an obligation which alone can
be discharged by the general govern
ment.
To maintain an adequate depth of
water the entire year and thereby en-
courage water transportation il a con-
summation worthy OF legislative at
tention. and an issue national in its
character. It calls for prompt action
on the part Of congress. and the DEM
ocratis ~party~pledses itself to the en-
actment Of legislation leading to that
end.
We favor the cooperation Of the
United States and the respective states
in plans for the comprehensive treat
ment OF all waterways with view Of
CO. ofdinating plans for channel I'm
rrovernent with plans for drainage of
swamp and dvertiowed lands, and to
this end we favor the appropriation
by the federal government Of sufficient
\ u10S " INdhS surveys Oh SOCn laNOS.
to develop plans for draining the same,
ard to supervise the work Of construc-
ton.
We favor the adoption Of liberal
and comprehensive plan for the de-
velopment and improvement Of our in
land waterways with economy and
efficiency, SO as to permit their navi-
cation by vessels Of standard draft,
ooa$ Ro.d.
We favor national aid to state and
local authorities in the construction
and maintenance of post roads.
Rights Of Labor.
We repeat our declarations of the
platform Of 1908, as follows:
THE courts of justice are the bull
wark Of our liberties, and we yield to
mono in our purpose to maintain their
dignity. Our party has given to the
bench a long line Of distinguished JUS
tees, who have added to the respect
and confidence in which the depart
ment must jealousy be maintained We
resent the attempt Of the republican
party to raise false issue respecting
the Judiciary. It 10 an unjust reflection
upon a great body Of our citizens to
assume that they lack respect for the
courts.
1T is the function Of the courts to
interpret the laws which the people
enact, and If the laws appear to work
economic. social or political injustice,
1t is our duty to change them. The,
only basis upon which the integrity of
our courts can stand Is that of un-
swerving justice and protection Of life,
personal liberty and property. AS judi
cial processes may be abused, we
should guard them against abuse.
Experience has proven the necessity
Of a modification Of the present law
relating to !njunctions, and we reiter-
ate the pledges Of our platforms Of
1896 and 1904 in favor Of a measure
which passed the United States senate
in 1896. relating to contempt in federal
courts and providing for trial by jury
in cases Of indirect contempt.
Questions Of judicial practice have
arisen, especially in connection with
Industrial disputes. We believe that
the parties to all judicial proceedings
should be treated with rigid impartial
ity and that injunctions should not be
issued in any case in which an injunc-
ton would not issue II NO Industrial
dispute were involved.
1.-The expanding organisation Of in
dustry makes it essential that there
should be no abridgment Of the right
Of the wage earners and producers to
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