The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-03

Therefore we recommend that an in
|~vestigation of agricultural credit go
cieties in foreign countries be made,
so that it may be ascertained whether
a system of rural credits may he de-
vised suitable to conditions in the
United States; and we also favor legis-
lation permitting national banks TO
loan a reasonable proportion of their
funds on real estate security.
W. recognize the value of vocation
al education and urge federal appro-
priations for such training and extern
sion teaching in agriculture in Coop
Grafton with the several states.
waterways.
We renew the declaration in our last
platform relating to the conservation
OF u natural resources and the de-
velopment of our WATERWAYS. The
devastation OF the lower Missis-
sippi valley accentuatcs the movement
for the regulation of river flow by adj
dttional 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 tha reclamation Of arid and
swamp lands and the DEVELOPMENT Of
water power. instead of permitting the
floods to continue. as heretofore,
lagents of destruction.
We hold that the control or the
Mississippi river is a national prob
lem. The preservation of the derth
OF Its water o the purpose of navi-
cation. the building of levees to main
tain the integrity Of its channel and
the prevention OF the overflow of the
land and its consequent destruction.
resulting in interruption of Interstate
commerce, the DISCRIMINATION Of the
mail service and the enormous loss Of
life n property impose an obligation
which alone can be discharged by the
general government.
To maintain an adequate depth of
water the entire year and thereby en-
courage water transportation. is a
contamination worthy of legislative
attention and an issue national in its
character. 1t calls for prompt action
on the part Of congress and the demo
cratic party pledges itself to the enact
ment 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 a view of
co-ordinating plans for channel i'm
provement with plans for drainage of
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this end We favor the appropriation
by the federal government of sufficient
funds to make surveys of such lands
to develop plans for draining the same
and to supervise the work of construc-
ton.
We favor the adoption of a liberal
inc comprehensive plan for the de.
Nelopment and Improvement Of oul
inland waterways. with and
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cation by vessels of standard draft.
Post Roads.
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we favor national aid to state and
local authorities in the construction
and maintenance of post roads.
Rights of Labor.
We repeat VI declarations Of the
platform of 1908 as follows: The
courts of justice are the bulwark OF
our liberties and We WELD to none in
our purpose to maintain their dignity
Our party has given to the bench a
long line of distinguished justices who
nave added to the respect and conf.
be maintained. We resent the at
tempt Of the republican party to raise
a false issue respecting the judiciary
1t Is an unjust reflection upon a grea,
body of our citizens to assume tina
they lack respect for the courts.
It is the function of the courts t.
interpret the laws which the people
enact. and If the laws appear to work
economic, social or political Injustice
it is our duty to change them.
The only basis upon which the in.
tegrity of our courts can stand is that
,of answering justice and protection
Of life. personal liberty and property
AS judicial processes may be abused
we should guard them against abuse
experience has proved the necessi.
ty of a modification Of the present law
relative to injunction. and we reiterate
the pledges of our platforms of 1896
in favor of a measure which passed
the United States senate in 1895. re.
lating to contempt in federal courts
n providing for trial by Jury il
cases of indirect contempt.
Questions of judicial practice have
arisen. especially in connection witt
industrial disputes. We believe tina,
the parties to all judicial proceedings
should be treated with rigid imparti.
atty, and that iniunctions should MOI
be issued in any case in which an i'm.
junction would not issue if no indus
trial dispute were involved.
The expanding organization of in.
dustry makes it essential that ther
should be no Infringement of the RICH,
of the wage earners and producers to
organize for the protection of wages
and the improvement of labor condi.
lions to the end that such labor or.
carnations and their members should
not be regarded as illegal combina-
tions in restraint of trade.
We pledge the democratic party tc
the enactment of a law creating a
department of labor represented sep
arately in the presidents cabinet, in
which department shall be included
the subject of mines and mining.
We pledge the democratic party. SC
far as the federal jurisdiction
extends. to an employees compensation
injury to body of loss of life.
Conservation.
We believe In the conservation and
the development for the use of al, the
people. Of the natural resources OF
the country. Our forests. our sources
Of water supply, our arabic and our
mineral lands, VI navigable streams
and all the other material resources
lavishly endowed, constitute the foun-
dation of our national wealth. Such
additional legislation as may be ne.
cessary to prevent their being wasted
or absorbed by special or privileged
interests. should be enacted and the
policy Of thir conservation should be
rigidly adhered to.
The public domain should be ad-
ministered and disposed of with due
regard to the general welfare. Reser-
poses which they purport to serve and
not extended to include land wholly
unsuited therefor. The u-nnecessary
withdrawal from sale and settlement