St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1912-03-22

ment of plans and specifications on
all city work letby contract.
From the National Party Plat
form;
As measures calculated to
strengthen the working class in
its fight for the realization Of its
aim, and TO increase It's power Of re-
sistance against capitalist oppres-
sion we advocate and pledge our
selves and Our elected officers to the
following program;
General Demands THE imme-
diate government relief Of the TN.
employed workers by building
schools, by rcforesting cutover and
waste lands, by reclamation OF arid
tracts, and the building Of canals
and by extending all other useful
public works. Al persons EN-.
ploycd on such work shall be en-.
ploycd directly by the government
under a direct eight hour work day
aud ct the prevailing union wages.
The government shall also loan
money TO states aud municipalities
without interest for the purpose OF
carrying on public works. II shall
contribute to the funds OF labor or.
ganizations for the purpose of as
sisting their unemployed members,
and shall take such other measures
within is power as will lessen the
widespread misery OF the workers
caused by the capitalist class.
2-Thc collective ownership OF
railroads, telephones, steamboat
lines aud all other means OF social
transportation and communication
3-Thc collective ownership of
industries which are organized on
a national scale aud in which com.
petition has virtually ceased TO
exist,
a The extension of the public
domain TO include mines, qulrrics,
oil wells, forests and water power.
S-Thc scientific rclorcstation Of
timber lands, aud the reclamation
of swamp lands, The land so re-
forcstcd OF reclaimed To be pcrma-
nently retained as a part OF the
public domain
q The absolute freedom OF
press. speech aud asscmblagc,
Industrial Demands: The I'M
provemcnt OF the industrial condi,
ton OF the workers,
(a) By shortening the work day
in keeping with the increased pro
ductivcncss of machinery.
(b) By securing to every worker
a rest period OF not less than day
and a half in each week
(c) BY securing a more effective
inspection Of workshops aud iacto'
rles.
Cd BY forbidding the employ
ment OF children under 10 years of
age,
(e) By the iorhidding of inter
state transportation OF the products
OF child labor aud OF all uninspect-
ed factories
% BY abolishiug official charity
aud substituting in is place com
pulsory insurance against unem-
ployment, illness, accidents, inva-
lidism, old age and death.
Political Demands: S-The cN-
tension OF inheritance taxes, grad
uated in proportion 10 the amount
OF the bequest and the uearness OF
kin.
"a graduated income tax
Io-Unrestricted aud equal sul
frage for men aud women, and w
pledge ourselves 10 engage in an
active campaign in that direction.
1.-THE initiative and reieren-
dun, proportional represenlon and |
the right to recall.
I2-The abolition of the senate,
IS-The abolition of the power |
usurped by the supreme court OF
the United States 10 pass upon the |
constitutiouality of legislation en-
acted by congress National laws |
TO be repealed OF abrogated only by |
an act OF congress OF by a reteren-
dun OF the whole people
IA That the constitution be
by majority vote,
IS The enactment of further
measures OF general education and
for the conservation OF health The
bureau OF education TO be made a
The creation OF a
of public health
I9-The separation of the pres
ent bureau OF labor from the de-
partment of commerce and labor
and the establishment of a de-
partment of labor
II That all judges be elected by
he people for short terms, and that
.he power TO issue injunCtions be
,urbed by immediate legislation.
IS-The free administration OF
ustice.
Such measures OF relief as we may
Ne able to force from capitalism are q
,ut a preparation OF the workers to 4
eize the whole power OF the gov