The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-16

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Injunction would not issue n 10 II
ldusttial dispute were involved.
! The expanding organization OF II
dustry makes ii essential that ther
should be no ahridgemcnt OF ia
right of the wage earners and pro
idncers TO organize for the protectio
! fcf wages and the Improvement Q
Is bor conditions, TO the end that sue
1 labor organizations and their men
| hers should not be regarded as /
legal combinations in restraint q
trade.
| We pledge the Democratic party 4
the enactment OF law creating
+. department OF labor represented sci
iafately in the presidents cabinet il
which department shall be lnclude'
the subject of mines and mining,
We pledge the Democratic part,
so far as the federal jurisdiction eS
tends 10 an employees compensation
| law providing adequate indemnity fo
INJURY to body or loss of life.
Conservation
We believe in the conservation
and the development for the use o
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isonrees or the country.
our forests. our sources OF wate
sppply. our mineral lands our nayig
lahle streams aud all the other ma
terial resources with which our coun
TRY has been so lavishiy endowed
constitute the foundation Of our ma
tional wealth. Such additional leg
|islation as may be necessary TO pre-
Vent their being wasted or absorbed
by special or privileged interests
should be enacted and the policy o.
their conservation should be rigfdIs
adhered to.
The public domain should be admin
istered and disposed or with due re-
gard 10 the general welfare. Reser
vations should be limited TO the pur
Toses which they purp0rt to serve
and extended to include land unwhoi
ly unsulted therefor The unneces
sary withdrawal from sale and set
tlement OF enormous tracts of public
land in which tree growth never ex
isted and cannot be promoted tends
only to retard development, create
and bring reproach upon
the policy of conservation.
The public land laws should be adj
in spirit OF the broadest
! lberality towards the settler exhibit
ing 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
s.ble; 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 withdrawal OF
great areas OF the same from settle
ment
Immediate action should be taken
by congress to make available the
vest and valuable coal deposits or
Alaska under conditions that will be
a perfect guaranty against their fall.
Ing into the hands of monopollzng
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 inn
torrance We honor the man. who,
ia their hazardous toll underground,
daily risk their lives in extracting
and preparing for our use the pro-
lifcts of the mine, so essential TO the
the commerce and the
comfort OF the people of this country.
And we pledge ourselves 10 the ex.
tension of The work OF the bureau of
mines in every way appropriate for
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the lives OF the minors.
essening the waste OF essential res
source and promoting the economic
development of mining, which, along
With agriculture, must in the future.
Ven more than In the past. serve as
he very foundation Of our national
prosperity and welfare and our in
commerce.
Agriculture
We believe in encouraging the de-
elopment OF modern system of
and systematic erfort !
c improve the conditions OF trade
n farm products so as TO benefit |
9th the consumers and producers. |
nd as an efficient means TO this end
- favor the enactment by congress
/ legislation that Will suppress the
Arficious practice OF gambling 10
sTicultural products BY organized
xehanges or others.
Merchant Marine
We believe in fostering by consti.f
dtlonal regulation of commerce the
rowth OF a merchant marine. when
tall develop and strengthen the
ties which binds MS TO our
Ister republics of the south, butl;
ithout imposing additional hnrdensf
pom the people and without bound.
ries and subsidies from the public Il
.easury. II
We urge upon congress the speedy /
laetment OF laws for the greater Sc
irity OF life and property at sea h
I'd we favor the repeal OF all lawsi Il
nd the abrogation OF 50 much OF our !
'eaties with other nations. as pro. !
de for the arrest and imprisonment Il
seamen charged with desertion or ,
lth violation of their contract oft(
,ryice. Such laws and treaties are :
1-American and violate the spirit ifiy
u the letter OF the constitution OF =
e United States. :,
We favor the exemption from tolls !,
American ships engaged in coast =
'se trade passing through the Pana. q
n canal.
We also favor legislation forbiddlng =
e use of the Panama canal by ships =
'ned or controlled by railroad car ID
ars, engaged in transportation com. i
titive with the canal. l1
IRE Food And Public Heath +,
We re-anirm our previous declara. =,
ms advocating the union ana II
engineering OF the various govern ~
sntal agencies relating TO pure