Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-02

of a penalty not exceeding 10 per cent |
on delinquent taxes.
We demand an exemption OF $500
upon improvements upon property ac-
tually occupied as a home by the
owner.
Taxation Of Mines.
We demand that producing mines of
the state be taxed upon their full mar
ket value the same as other property.
We demand that our congressional
delegation shall see to 1t that patents
upon timber lands be issued forthwith
to the end that millions of dollars of
valuable timber lands now entirely es-
Gaping taxation may be added to the
tax roll, and we also demand that they
secure adequate appropriation for the
survey of unsurveyed lands, millions
of dollars of which belonging to the
railroad corporations are escaping tax
alton because of not being surveyed
We demand that automobiles be
taxed as other property and that the
present automobile license law be re-
pealed.
We demand a revision OF our court
and jury system for the purpose Of re-
ducing the public cost of petty appeals
which should be borne by the litigants.
1t has been the custom for over 20
years for state officials, particularly
the members OF the land board, to
make a grab bag of the public treasury
to fraudulently and illegally divert the
funds that should have gone to the
state treasury by making loans to
themselves through dummies and SELL
Ing state lands to favorites for nominal
sums without expectation OF repay
ment.
We pledge our candidates II elected
to make a thorough examination of the
records of the state land board and in
every case of fraud to institute suits
at law civilly to recover the money for
the use OF the people in the state, and
criminally to punish the offenders.
The enormous power exercised by
the railroads over the commercial de-
velopment OF Idaho is a menace to the
business and political affairs of the
state, unless effective regulation of
those corporations can be secured
through the interstate commerce COM
mission acting in conjunction with the
public utilities commission of the state.
We demand such legislation as may be
necessary to secure such regulations.
Employers Liability.
We pledge an adequate employers
liability act which will! protect the la
borer and his family, and make each
industry responsible for the injuries
suffered by its employees, and the en-
actment of a statute which will make
employers responsible for the negli-
gence of their employees towards fellow
servants or CO. employees and we sug-
gest law modelled after the present
law of the state of Washington, to be
made effective however, without the
creation of any additional offices. We
favor statutory requirement of semi
monthly payments of wages in full by
all corporations, foreign and domestic,
conducting the business of manufactur-
ing, numbering, quarrying. mining, mill
ing, smelling, refining, ore reduction.
or railroading in the state of Idaho,
and employing more than 10 men in
such employment.
We declare for statewide prohibition
Of the liquor traffic to be secured first
| by legislative enactment, and second
by the submission to the people for
their approval of a constitutional
amendment We also pledge our sena-
tors and representatives in congress to
work and vote for national prohibit
ton
For the better protection OF men en-
gagged in hazardous employments, we
favor statutory enactment requiring
men working under ground, and those
employed on fast speed machinery to
be able to speak and read the English
language
We favor the enactment into law in
this state of a law modelled after the
| Iowa abatement and injunction law.
We condemn the last session of the
legislature for failing to pass legsla
ton giving relief to the settlers in cut
over areas and pledge our legislative
candidates to work for such measure.
We declare for mandatory instruc-
ton in elementary agriculture, manual
training and domestic science In our
schools.
We favor a simplifled system of land
and water titles following along similar
lines to the "Torrens" system, and
providing grouping cases for the clear
ing of titles for certification in order Ia
reduce the cost to the minimum.
Guarantee of Bank Deposits.
We favor law protecting the depos-
itors in the banks of this state, and to
that end advocate legislation providine
for the guarantee of bank deposits.
We demand that the state make good
its promise of protection to settlers or
Carey act lands. and that adequate
support be given them in securing COM
pensation for the losses sustained
through Misrepresentation OF irrespon.
sible promoters for which the state
stood sponsor.
We recon mend that the y,,a,yt,,,,,,r
rate of interest in Idaho under contract
be reduced from IL per cent to 10 pei
cent. which shall include al. commits.
: sions.
We favor the loanlng OF state funds
to farmers in preference to the pur.
chase of school bonds or other market.
able securities of the state.
We favor laws to promote the organ.
ization Of farmers for improved meth.
DDS of raising and marketing their prod.
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