Arizona republican., 1912-10-07

should do it with units of business. which would be conroeled not by the national government but by fOrty-eght conflicting state sovereignties.
 Such policy is utterly of keeping with the progress the times gives great commercial golden opportunities of which they rapidly taking advantage
 CONSERVATION
 The natural resources the nation must be promptly developed and generously to supply the peoples needs but safely allow them be wasted, exploited, monopoized controlled against the general good. We heartily the policy servaton, and pledge our party to protect the na- tional without hnderng their legitimate the benefit of all the people Agricultural lands in the national forests are and should remain open to the genuine settler Conservation will not retard legti- mate development. The honest settler receive his patent promptly without hindrance rules delays.
 believe that the remaining forests, coal and oil lands, powers and other natural still state or national control (except agricultural likely be wisely and utilized for the general welfare if held in the public hands. In order that consumers and producers, managers and Vate monopoHes of power and raw materla we demand that such shall be retained by the state or nation and opened immediate under laws which will development and make to the people moderate return for benefits conferred.
 In particular pledge party to require able compensation public power rights hereafter granted by the public. We pledge legislation to O public grazing lands under equitable provisions pending which will increase the produc tion of the people thoroughly safeguard the rights of the actual homemaker Natural whose conservation necessary the national wei fare should be owned or controlled by the nation.
 GOOD ROADS
 recognize the vital importance of good roads and pledge party to foster their extension in every and favor the early construction of national highways. We also favor the extension of the rural free delivery service.
 ALASKA
 The coal other natural resources of Alaska should be opened to development at once. They are by the people of the United States and safe from monopoly, waste or destruction only while so owned We demand that they shall neither be sold nor given away except homestead law but while held government ownership shall be opened to promptly liberal terms requiring immediate devel- Opment.
 Thus the benefit of cheap fuel will accrue to the government of the United States and to the people Alaska the Pacific the settlement exten- sve agricultural lands will be hasened the eXermna tion the salmon will be prevented and the just and development of Alaskan resources will the place of private extortion or monopoly. We demand also that eXorton monopoly in transportation shall be prevented by the prompt acquisition, construction or improvement by the government of such railroad harbor, and other facilities for transportation the welfare of the people may demand.
 We promise the people of the territory of Alaska the same measure of local self government that was given to other American territories and that fedora officials appointed there shall be qualified by previous bona fde residence in the territory.
 WATERWAYS
 The rivers of the United States the natura arteries of this continent We demand that they shal be opened to traffic indispensable parts of grea nation wide system of transportation, in which the Panama canal will be the central link thus enabling whole United States to share witt the Atlantic Pacific seaboards benefit derived from the canal It is national obligation develop rivers and especially the Mississippi and its tribu taries, without delay, under comprehensive genera plan governing each river system from it's it mouth, designed to it's highest usefulness fo avgation irrigation domestic supply waterpower the prevention of floods.
 We pledge party to the immediate preparation of such plan which should be made and carried ou in close and friendly cooperation between nation the states and the cities affected Under such plan the destructive floods of the Mississippi and othe streams which represent vast and needless loss tn would controlled storage the headwaters, by leVees below land sufficient to support millions of people would ! reclaimed from the deserts and swamps, waterpoWe enough to transform the industrial standings whol states would be developed, adequate water terminal would be provided transportation by river would re | viVe and the railroads would be compelled to co l freely with lines with
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