The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-06-22

II still ldBS Denlnd Otner occupations In
development as a business, and the
advantages Of an advancing civiliza-
ton have not accrued to rural commu-
mites in a fair proportion. Much has
! been accomplished in this field under
the present administration-far more
than under any previous administra-
ton. In the federal reserve act of the
last congress and the rural credits act
or the present congress, the machinery
has been created which will make
credit available to the farmer con-
stantly and readily and he has at last
been put upon a footing Of equality
with the merchant and the manufac-
| turer in securing the capital necessary
to carry on his enterprises. Grades
| and standards necessary to the INTEL
| igent and successful conduct of the
business of agriculture have also been
/ established or IN the course of being
established by law.
The long needed cotton futures act
passed by the Sixty-third congress has
now been in successful operation for
/ nearly two years. A grain trades bill,
house bill. intended to provide better
storage facilities and to enable the
| farmer to obtain certificates upon
which he may, secure advances Of
moneyfi have been passed by the House
of Representatives, have been favorably
reported to the Senate and will prob
ably become law during the present
session of the congress. Both houses
have passed a good roads measure
which will be of far reaching benefit
/ to all agricultural communities. Above
all, the most extraordinary and signifi-
cant progress has been made under the
direction of the department of agri-
culture in extending and perfecting
practical farm demonstration work,
which is so rapidly substituting scien-
tific for empirical farming. But 1t is
also necessary that rural activities be
better directed through cooperation,
that unfair methods of competition
should be eliminated and that the con-
ditions requisite for the just, orderly
and economical marketing of farm
| products created. We approve the
democratic administration for having
emphatically directed attention for the
first time to essential interests of agri-
culture involved in farm marketing and
finance, for creating the office of mar
| ketS and rural organization in connec-
ton with the department of agricul-
ture and for extending and cooperative
J machinery necessary for conveying in
I formation to farmers by means Of
demonstrations. We favor continued
liberal provision not only for the bene-
fit of production, but also for the study
and solution of problems of farm mar
keting and finance and for the extern
sion of existing agencies for improving
country life.
| Good Roads.
THE happiness, comfort and prosper
ity of rural life and the development of
struction of public highways. We
therefore, favor national aid in the con-
struction Of post roads and roads for
military purposes.
! Government Employment.
I'VE hold that the lift, health and
strength of the nlen, women and chill
dren of the nation, are it's greatest as
set and that in the conservation of
these the federal government wherever
it acts as the employer of labor, should
both on its own account and as an eX-
| ample, put into effect the following
principles Of just employment:
| 81. A living wage for all employees.
| "2. A working day not to exceed eight
hours, with one day of rest in seven.
%. The adoption of safety appliances
and the establishment of thoroughly
sanitary conditions Of labor.
-. Adequate compensation for in
dustrial accidents.
80, The standards Of the uniform
child labor law" wherever minors are
employed.
&c. Such provisions for decendy,
comfort and health in the employment
lof women as should be accorded the
mothers of the race.
'T. An equitable retirement law pro-
lviding for the retirement of superan-
lnuated and disabled employees of the
lcivil service, to the end that higher
standard of efficiency may be main
tanned. We believe also that the adop-
ton of similar principles should be
urged and applied in the legislation OF
10 or ~ Ri RI 10 wi n n
their borders, and that through every
POSSIBLE agency the life and health OF
the people Of the nation should be con-
lserved.
Labor.
I'VE declare our faith in the Seamans
lact, passed by the democratic congress
land we promise our earnest continu-
lance Of it's enforcement.
I'VE favor the speedy enactment of an
effective federal child labor law and
the regulation of the shipment of prison
made goods in interstate commerce.
I'VE favor the creation of a federal
bureau Of safety in the department OF
labor to gather facts concerning indus
trial hazards, and to recommend legis-
lation to prevent the manning and kill
ling of human beings.
I'VE favor the extension of the powers
and functions of the federal bureau OF
mines.
I'VE favor the development upon a
systematic scale of the means already
begun under the present administration
to assist laborers throughout the nation
Ito seek and obtain employment and the
lextension by the federal government,
Iby the same assistance and encourage
lments as Is now given to agricultural
training.
I'VE heartily commend our newly es-
ltablished department of labor for its
Iexcellent record in settling industrial
strikes by personal advice and through
lcounciliating agents.
I'VE favor a thorough reconsidera-
ton Of the means and methods by
which the federal government handles
questions Of public health, to the end
that human life may be conserved Ivy
the elimina ton Of loathsome diseases,
the improvement Of sanitation and the
diffusion Of a knowledge Of disease
prevention.
I'VE favor establiar nont by the fed