The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-09-19

the permanent school fund in farm
mortgages at rate of interest not ca
ceeding s per cent per annum undev
such regulation al will. secure safe
investment of such funds. .fs .f
In order to exploit Montana's i'm
mense natural resources; open to USE
full occupation and settlement her rich
unoccupied lands; facilitate getting
her products 70 market; and furnish
occupations for her people We favor
the submission to tho people OF the.
question Of issuing bonds In the re-
duisite sum against the faith and
credit OF the state, the proceeds OF
which shall be expended In the con-
struction Of i system Of public high
ways throughout the state.
We favor. the creation by. law of .
public, service commission with juris-
ldtction over street and interurban rail-
roads, telephone, telegraph and Fl.
press companies, water, heat. light
and power corporations. with. power
to fix rates and supervise and limit
the capitalization thereof.
We favor the passage Of a law pro-
|viding for reclassihc of all lands
in the state Of Montana within the rail-
road land grant, so that the former in.
accurate classification made in an un-
scientific and worthless manner, to
the great detriment Of the people Of
Montana, may be corrected and thous-
ands of acres and untold millions of
value restored to the government for
the benefit of the people.
We favor the immediate survey of
all unsurveyed lands within the state
of Montana, and pledge our represent
atives in the congress of the United
States to urge legislation to that end.
We favor the enactment of law
which will provide for uniform and
equitable freight classification.
We favor the enactment Of law
for the protection of prospective in
vestu. in the stocks and securities of
corporations, by requiring that, before
any such corporation or it's agents
shall be permitted to offer any such
stocks or securities for sale within the
state of Montana, there shall be an in
vestigation of such company or COM
curities shall be SO offered for sale
proper authority, and the licensing of
oil agents pIOpUSluS W Sell SUCH
stocks and securities; and we recon-
mend the so-called Kansas blue sky
law, as a suitable model in the pre-.
paration of such law.
We condemn the action of the Mon.
tana text book commission in making
radical changes in the purchase OF
school text books at such frequent in.
tervals, and demand that in the future
no such changes shall be made, ex
cept where deemed absolutely neces
sary to corrct material defects in the
books then in use.
We favor law defining the rights
of the state in it's waters for power
purposes, and the regulation and con
troll of the appropriation and use Of
such waters, to the end that the state
may retain the ownership thereof, and
be reimbursed for all rights acquired
by individuals or corporations there
to.
We favor law that will provide fol
1.-THE appointment of a dairy commits
|sioner, whose duty it shall be to hell
build up the dairy industry of the
Estate, under the direction of the state
agricultural college.
This platform is framed to be LIVED
up to and obeyed; and we pledge the
nominees of the republican party tt
fuse their utmost efforts to carry ou
it's provisions in spirit, and to the let
ter, in every essential particular.