The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-09
Platform of Prooressives

Chicago, Aug. S.-The platform adopt.
ed by the National Progressive party
in part is as follows:
The Progressive party, believing that no
people can Justly claim to be q true de-
mocracy which denies people rights ON ac-
count of sex. pledges itself to the task Of
securing equal suffrage to men and wo-
men alike. We pledge our party to a con-
stitutional act that will compel strict lin
itation of oil campaign contributions, ex-
penditures and detailed publicity of both
nerore as well as after primaries and cleo
tions.
We pledge ourselves to work unceas,nr-
~ In state and nation for effective legisla-
uon looking to the prevention of indus
trial accidents, occupational diseases
overwork, involuntary Unemployment and
other injurious effects incident to modern
industry: the fixing of minimum safety
and health standards for the various oc-
cupadons and the exercise of the public
authority of state and nation including
the federal control over interstate COM
merce and the taxing power to maintain
such standards; the prohibition of child
labor minimum wage standards for work.
ing women. to provide Giving wage in
all Industrial occupations. the general
prohibition of night work for women and
the establishment of an eight hour day for
women and young prisoners: one days
rest in seven for all wage workers; the
eight hour day in continuous twenty-four
Industries; publicity as TO wages, hours
and conditions of labor. full reports upon
industrial accidents and diseases and the
opening TO public inspections all tallies,
weights, measures and check systems on
labor products: standards of compensation
for death by Industrial accident and in
jury and trade disease which will transfer
the burden of lost earnings from the fam
lilies of working people to the industry and
thus to the community; the protection OF
home life against the hazards of sickness,
irregular employment and old age through
the adoption of a system of social insur-
ance adapted to American use. We favor
the organization of the workers, women
and men, as a means of protecting their
interests and of promoting their progress.
For Legal Procedure Reform.
The Progressive party in order to secure
to the people a better discrimination of
Justice and that means to bring about a
more general respect for the law and the
courts. pledges itself to work INCREASINGLY
for the reform of legal procedure and ju-
dicial methods. We believe that the issu-
ance Of intunctions in cases arising out of
labor disputes should be prohibited when
such injunctions would not apply when no
labor disputes existed.
We also believe that a person cited for
such contempt was committed in the ac-
tual presence of the court or so near
thereto as to interfere with the proper ad-
ministration of justice should have
right to a trial by Jury.
We are opposed to the so called Aldrich
currency bill because its provisions would
place our currency and credit system in
private hands.
We believe in a 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 adequate standard of living
primarily the benefit of any tariff should
be disclosed in the pay envelopes of the
laborer We declare that no industry de-
serves protection which is unfair to labor
on which 1t is operating in violation of
federal law. We believe that the presump-
ton Is always In favor of the consuming
public. We demand tariff revision because
the present tariff is unjust to the people Of
the United States. Fair dealing toward
the people requires an immediate down.
ward revision of those schedules wherein
duties are shown to be unjust or exces-
sive. We pledge ourselves to the estab-
lishment of a nonpartisan scientific tariff
commission reporting both to the presi-
dent and TO either branch Of congress.