East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-06-19
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

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motion Of a common prosperity. TO
that end we favor all measures which
may be necessary to facilitate init
mate intercourse and promote com
merce between the United States and
her neighbors in the south Of US, and
such international understandings as
may be practicable and suitable tc
accomplish these ends.
Monroe Doctrine Backed.
We commend the action Of the
democratic administration in holding
the Pan-American financial confer
ence at Washington in May 1915, and
in organizing the international high
commission which represented the
United States in the recent meeting
of representatives OF the Latin-Am-
erican republics at Buenos Aires, In
April. 1916, which have so greatly
promoted the friendly relations be-
tween the people Of the Western hem
isphere.
The Monroe doctrine is reasserted
az the principle of democratic faith.
That doctrine guarantees the inde-
pendent republics OF the two Ameri.
cas- against aggression from another
continent II implies as well, the
more scrupulous regard upon our part
for the sovereignty of each Of them,
The want of a stable, responsible
government in Mexico, capable or re-
pressing and furnishing maruders and
bandit bands, who have not only TAX
EN- the lives and seized and destroyed
the property Of American citizens In
that country, but have inslently in
vaded our soil, made war upon and
murdered our people thereon. has
rendered il necessary temporarily to
occupy. by our armed forces, pOr-
ton Of the territory Of that friendly
state.
Until. by the restoration Of law and
order therein. a repetition of such
incursions is improbable, the neces-
sity for their remaining will continue.
Intervention, implying as it does mil
tary subjugation. is revolving to the
people Of the United States. notwith-
standing the provocation to that
course has been great and should be
resorted to, if at all. only as last
resort. The stubborn resistance of the
president and his advisers to every
demand and suggestion to enter upon
II is creditable alike to them and to
the people in whose name he speaks
We favor the vigorous prosecution
Of Investigations and plans to render
agriculture more profitable and coun-
try life more healthful. comfortable
and attractive and we believe that this
should be dominant aim of the ma
ton as well as of the state. With all
its recent improvement farming still
lags behind other occupations in de-
velopment as a business and the ad-
vantages of an advancing civilization
have not accrued to rural communi-
ties in a fair proportion. Much has
been accomplished IN this field under
the present administration-fa more
than under any preious administra-
tion
Farmer 10 Get Credit.
In the federal reserve act of the
last congress, and the rural credits
act Of the present congress. the ma
chinery has been Greater which will
make credit available TO the farmer
constantly and readily, and he has at
last been put upon a footing of equal
ity with the merchant and the manu-
facturer in securing the capital neces-
sary to carry on his enterprises.
Grades and standards necessary ia
the intelligent and successful conduct
cf the business OF agriculture also have
been established by law. The long
needed cotton futures act passed by
the SD congress has now been in sue
cessful operation for nearly two years
4 grain trades bill, long needed, and
IA permisslve warehouse bill. intended
to provide better storage facilities and
10 enable the farmer 10 obtain certifi-
Gates upon which he may secure ad'
vanees of money, have been passed b>
the house of representatives, have
been favOrably reported to the senate
and will probably become law during
the present session OF the congress.
Both houses have passed good
roads measure which will be of far
reaching benefit to all agricultural
communities Above all, the most
extraordinary and significant progress
has been made, under the direction
of the department of agriculture, II
extending and perfecting practica
farm demonstration work which is st
rapidly substituting scientific for EN-
pirical farming. But it is also neces
sary that rural activities should be di
reeted through cooperation and or
ganization, that unfair methods o
competition should be eliminated an,
the conditions requisite for the just
orderly and economical marketing o
farm products created.
We approve the democratic admin
istration for having emphatically di
rceted attention for the first time 4
the essential interests of agriculture
involved in farm marketing and Fl
nance. for creating the office of mar
kets and rural organization in connec
tlon with the department of agricul
ture and for extending the eoopera