The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08

promptly without hindrance' rules or
delay.
we. believing thar the remaining
forests, coal and oil lands water POW,
crs and other natural resources sun
In state or national control (except aS-
riculturaI iands) are more likely 10
30 wisely conserved and utilized for
the general welfare II held in the pup
lie hands. In order that consumers
and producers managers and worknen
now and hereafter need not pay toli
10 private monopol,es of power and
raw material. we demand that such
resources shall be retained by inc state
or nation and opened 10 Immediate
use under laws which Will encourage
development and mase 10 the people
a moderate return for benefits con-
ferred.
In particular we pledge our party to
require reasonable compensation To
the public for water power rights mere
after granted by the public: we pledge
legislation to lease the public grazing
lands under cquitaoie provisions now
pending which viii increase the pro,
ductIon OF food for the people and
thoroughly safeguard the rights OF the
actual homemakcT. National resources
whose conservation rs necessary tor
the national welfare should be owned
or controlled by the nation
Good Roads.
We recognize the vital Importance
of good roads and we pledge our party
10 foster their extension In every
proper way. and we tavor the eaIN
construction OF national high|ays: we
also favor the extension OF the rural
free delivery service.
Alaska
The coal and other natural resources
Of Alaska should be opened 10 devel-
opr,,ent AT once. They are owned by
the people OF the United States and
are safe from monopoly. waste or de-
struction only while so Owned; we
demand that they shall neither be solo
nor given away except under the
homestead law, but while held IN
government ownership shall be opened
10 use promptly upon liberal terms re-
ouiring Immediate development
Thus the benefit OF cheap iuel VII
accrue TO the government OF the Unit
cd States and to the people OF Aiaska
and the Pacific coast the settlement
of extensive agricultural lands VIII be
hagtcned. the determination OF the
salmon will be prevented. and the Just
and wise development Of Alaskan re
sources will take the place OF private
cytortIon or monopoly. We demand
also that extortion or monopoly In
transportation shall be prevented oS
the prompt acquisition. construction or
Improvement by the governmeht , 9i
such railroads. harbor or other 1acln
ties for transportation as the welfare
OF the people may demand.
We promise the people OF tho terrl
tory Of Alaska the same measure OF
local self government that was Siyen
to other American terrltones ana i inai
federal officials appointed there slail
be qualified by previous bona nae res
idence In the territory.
Waterways.
The rivers OF the United States are
the natural arteries of this continent,
we demand that they should be
opened TO traffic as indispensaole
parts or a great nation wide system
OF transportation In which the PAN
anna canal win be the central nhei
the United States to share with me
Atlantic and Pacific seaboards In the
benefit derived from the canal II Is
a national obligation to develop our
rivers. and especially the Mississippi
and It's tributaries, without delay, un-
der a comprehensive general plan coV-
eripS each river system from It's
source to its mouth. designed to Sc
cure its highest usefulness for naVi-
cation. irrigation, domestic supply AND
the prevention OF floods. We pledge
our party TO the immediate prepsra-
tion OF such a plan which should be
made and carried out in close ana
friendly cooperation between the ma
ton. the states and the cities az
fccted.
Under such plan the destructive
floods OF the Mississippi and other
streams which represent a. great and
needless loss to the nation, would he
controlled by forest conservation and
water storage at tho headwaters,
and by levees and below. land sufh
cient to support millions OF people
would be reclaimed from the deserts
and the swamps, water power enough
TO transform the industrial standings
OF whole states would he developed.
adequate water terminals would be
provided. transportation by river
would revive and the railroads would
he compelled 10 cooperate as freely
with the boat line as with each other.
The equipment, organization and OK
pcrience acquired in constructing tho
Panama canal soon Will he available
for the lakes TO the gulf deep wa
great work. and should be utilized by
the nation In cooperation with the
various states, at the lowest net cost
TO the people.
Panama Canal
The Panama canal, built and paid
for by the American people must be
used primarily for their benefit We
demand that the canal shall be so
operated as to break the transporta-
,ion monopoly now held and misused
by the transcontinental railroads b.
maintaining sea competition with
them. that ships directly or indirect
y owned or controlled by American
railroad SnaV NOT be per-
mitted to use the canal and that
American ships engaged In coastwise
trade shall pay no tolls.
Tariff.
We believe In protective tariff
which shall equalize conditions OF
competition between the United States
and foreign countries, both for the
farmer and the manufacturer and
which shall maintain for labor an ade-
Quate standard of living
Primarily the benefit Of any tariff
should be disclosed In the pay envel-
ope OF the laborer We declare that
no industry deserves protection which
is unfair 20 labor or which is oper-
ating In violation of federal law We
believe that the presumption is always
In favor OF tho consuming public
We demand tariff revision because
the present tariff liz unjust TO the peo
pie OF the United States. Fair dealing
toward the people requires an lmme-
diate downward revision Of these
echeduies. wherein duties are shown
TO be unjust or excessive