Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-19

opportunity to kccp the principles OF
protection ass a. method OF helping
tho national growth. and Co do away
with IL as an abuse II Mt Wilson
and the Democratic party are right,
and the tariff Is unconstitutional tho
protective tariff, then We will have 60
have free trade, or q tariff FOR rev
onuc only
Sow, our platform Bee definite and
specific. l shall take up tor the mo-
mcnt the farmer. that must be- talked
of IN connection with the report ot
the country lto commission We
must sec to IL that tho man un the
ranch. the man ON tho farm that the
life in tho open country develops az
tho lifc in tho city develops l am
glad 60 see IA" city prosper but only
On condition that II doesn't prosper
az the expense OF the country. and a
Is our business To- use the government
as an agency FOR helping the farmer
help himself. help himself To- get
more onto the soil; Join with him IN
cooperation work which viii enable
them TO do Ia common what can best
be- done In common and In common
To- market their goods direct TO the
consumer, without having To stuff the
pockets Of the middlcman.
Pledge Eight-IIour Work Day.
For the wage workers We propose,
first. that hereafter women In indus
tries shall work but eight hours. and
that Is 10 be applied throughout ia,
nation. and In all the state whore We
can control them. We propose that
Ia N.u ..F "a III
everywhere We propose that in con-
tinuous Industries, such us the steel
industry. where tho industry goes on
seven days in the week ana twenty
four hours day. that there shall b.,
hy law one days rest ln seven, and
innsmuch 40 there must be- either two
shifts day each SHIFT OF twelve
hours or three shifts day each SHIFT
of eight hours, that there shalt be- an
eight hour law tor mhor in those I'M
dustries We propose "a workman s.
compensation act ", propose CO. pass
laws to enable us Co exercise super
vistun over industries as To- prevent
any ocCupatiuuul disease and 60 pro-
teet life and limb in the industries,
and there is another reform which
Us dear 20 me. We propose that when
any man rs put ln the peuitrutiury
that his labor that the results of his
labor, shall bee paid To his wife Jni
children while hc rs In the penitcn-
tiury. Nothing used Co make me
hotter when ! was police commission
err I'm New YORK. thau 60 find some
brute of q man who may have beat.
On hts wife. and when / would send
him go mp for thirty or sixty days.
ana he would Ice led and hts wife
being starved during the interval We
propose that that man shall be made
10 work and support his family just
AS much when the state had taken
hold of him as before. And now, my
friends. everything that | have spoken
OF represents merely common sense
ana common usage ! am not adyo-
eating any extraordinary and wonder
tul things that needs genius "a put
IL through. I am advocating only
what viii commend itself 10 the hon
est man and honest woman, u they
viii take tho time Go think II over.
We cannot afford 90 let the strong
trnmple down the weak Ia "a sCram-
bling commercial life which. Ia tho
end, would lead ms 60 disorgn
as clearly as tho fcuial system did n
Europe eight centuries ago. There
must be efficient governmental pow
or efficient organization IN the in
tcros; az the people themselves.
Friends. not since the civil war has