Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-29

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Crust regulation without trust own
i ership is a delusion and a snare; there
fore our solution. Let the nation own
the trusts
Immediate Demands.
ITO alleviate the present deplorable
condition OF the workers which is the
inevitable result OF producing for profit
/ instead of for use, we pledge our can
didates to the following Immediate de-
mands':
/ 'First-To the constitutional amend
ment providing for the initiative and
referendum, as has been perfected by
the committee for the people We
stand unequivocally for this amend
ment as 1t is.
'Second-A worl5man's compensation
act that should be drafted and Endorsed
by the labor unions of the state.
"Third-A rural credit bill that
should be drafted and Endorsed by the
state grange, demanding that congress
should enact a rural credit measure
providing for long time loans to the
farmers on as favorable terms and low
rate of interest as the credit of the
government is loaned to the bankers
under the new currency bill. This
would stimulate the production OF new
wealth and result in lessening the pres
emit unbearable tax burden, and reduce
the high cost Of living as nothing else
would under this system.
''Fourth-A system OF state FIRE in
surance at cost.
'F1fth-A new system Of abstracting
land titles along the lines of the Tor
renee law. thereby relieving the people
of the unreasonable expense of absurd
ly long and costly abstracts.
"Sixth-A material reduction in the
salaries of our officials and that they
endeavor to earn a portion of their sal
aries by doing at least part of the
work that is now done by an army of
deputies and clerks, while they act as
a sort of a reception committee to en-
terrain their political friends
Plank on Prohibition.
Seventh-Prohibition is capitals
tic plan for solving the liquor question,
and like most other capitalistic meth
DDS for solving economic or moral
questions, is inefficient. Prohibition
changes the abuses but does not ma
terially lessen them. We therefore de-
mand, in conforming with our national
platform, that all profits be taken out
of the liquor business; that If liquor is
to be used at all. it should be manufac
tured and sold at cost by the govern
ment, and strictly under government
control. With no profit left in the bust
ness, 1t will be easily controlled and all
abuses in its use easily eliminated
This solves the question in the only
way it can be solved in conformity with
rational freedom for humanity. The
final solution of all problems must re-
suit in freedom for humanity. else It be
not the truth. In the words of thai
most scientific and practical revolu-
zionist the world ever saw, cYe shall
know the truth and the truth shal
make you Free
'Eighth-We demand the reveal O
the election laws Of this state relativ,
to the prohibitive filing fees required
for official recognition on primary bal.
lots, to the total abrogation of sucl
fees governing regular recognized pc
litieal parties and pledge our candi.
dates to work to this end.
/ "Ninth-We demand that the tim,
now required for registration of citi
zens of this state emitting them to vot,
at election be shortened, so that chang,
OF location or employment may not in
terfere as disastrously as at present
through the automatic disfranchise
ment of our wage working citizen.
"Tenth-We recommend for the con
sideration Of the voters until the mex
election new form Of Industrial de
mocracy in state government some
what after the following plans: Hav
the voters register in what class the,
are most interested, whether 1t be tn
laboring class, agricultural commercial
or professional. Provide for one rep
resentative for each 5000 or maio
fraction thereof Elect all members a
large. Each class shall elect its ov,
representatives This would constitut
body of from II to Is members VIII
would be in session eight months O
the year. This would change our pres
ent large, unwieldy. log-rolling legisla
ture to small compact body of eff
cient law makers, with each industr