The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-17

SnOul0 ne treated WIN Tlblu iN'I"'''
, ality and that iniunetions should nr
e re issued in any case in which al
4 Injunction would not issue II no In
: dustrial dispute were involved.
. The expanding organization OF In
} uustry makes it essential that there
: should be no abridgement OF thu
right of the wage earners and pro
| uucers TO organize for the protection
: OF wages and the Improvement o.
: la Dor conditions. TO the end that suci
/ labor organizations and their mem
: bers should not be regarded as IL
: legal combinations in restraint oi
trade.
, We T'edge the Democratic party &c
the enactment of 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
: so far as the federal jurisdiction eY
tends to an employees compensation
law providing adequate indemnity for
Injury to body or loss of life.
Conservation
We believe in the conservation
and the development for the use OF
all of the people of the natural re-
sources of the country.
Our forests, our sources OF water
supply. our mineral lands. our navis-
able streams and all the other ma
terial resources with which our conn-
Try has been so lavishly endowed,
constitute the foundation of our ma
t;onal wealth. Such additional leg
| isIation as may be necessary to pre-
vent their being wasted or absorbed
lhy special or privileged interests
should be enacted and the policy of
their conservation should be rigidly
adhered to.
The public domain should be admin
istered and disposed Of with due re-
gard to the general welfare. Reser-
vations should be limited to the pur-
iposes which they purport to serve
and extended to include land unwhol-
by unsuited therefor. The unneces-
sary withdrawal from sale and set
tIement of enormous tracts of public
land in which tree growth never ex-
listed and cannot be promoted. tends
only to retard development. create
Ciscontent and bring reproach upon
the policy of conservation.
The public land laws should be ad-
ministered in spirit of the broadcast
lberality towards the settler exhibit
ing a bonafde purpose to comply
herewith to the end that the invita-
ton of this government to the land
less should be as attractive as pos
sible; and the plain provisions of the
forest reserve act permitting home
stead entries to be made within the
national forests should not be nulli-
fed by administrative regulations
which amount to a withdrawal of
great areas OF the same from settle
ment.
Immediate action should be taken
by congress to make available the
vast and valuable coal deposits or
Alaska under conditions that will be
"a perfect guaranty against their fall
ing into the hands of monopollzing
corporations. associations or inter
ests. We rejoice in the inheritance
of mineral resources unequalled in
extent, variety or value, and in the
development of a mining industry un-
equalled in its magnitude and i'm
portance. We honor the man. who,
in their hazardous toll underground,
daily risk their lives in extracting
and preparing for our use the pro-
ducts of the mine. so essential to the
industries, the commerce and the
comfort of the people OF this country
And we pledge ourselves to the ex-
tension of the work of the bureau Of
mines in every way appropriate for
national legislation with a view OIL
safeguarding the lives Of the minors.
sessening the waste OF essential re-
source and promoting the economic
development of mining. which, along
with agriculture, must in the future, |
even more than in the past, serve as
the very foundation of our national
and welfare and our in
ternational commerce.
Agriculture
We believe in encouraging the de-
of a modern system of
agriculture and a systematic effort
tc improve the conditions of trade
IN farm products so as to benefit
both the consumers and producers.
And as an efficient means to this end
We favor the enactment by congress
Of legislation that will suppress the
pernicious practice of gambling in
agricultural products by organized
exchanges or others.
Merchant Marine
We believe in fostering by consti- 1
-utional regulation of commerce. the |
growth of a merchant marine which
shall develop and strengthen the
commercial ties which binds us to our {
sister republics of the south. but Ia
without imposing additional burdens :
ipon the people and without bound.
Iries and subsidies from the pubIicll
reasury. =
We urge upon congress the speedyEr
'nactmeNt of laws for the greater Sc.
irity of life and property at sea i,
nd we favor the repeal of all laws p
nd the abrogation of so much Of our r
reaties with other nations, as pro. I,
;de for the arrest and Imprisonment I
i seamen charged with desertion or !
nth violation of their contract off,
ervice. Such laws and treaties are :
n-American and violate the spirit ifln
ot the letter of the constitution of =
be United States. =
We favor the exemption from tolls =
[ American ships engaged in coast :,
use trade passing through the Pana- -
IA canal.
We also favor legislation forbidding =,
he use of the Panama canal bv ships :,
%ned or controlled by railroad car !,
ers, engaged in transportation com :,
etitive with the canal. ~ =,