Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-08-04
Moose Demands Met.

Vance C. Mccormick, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, has given
out the following statement:
The Democratic party can reasonably
put itself forward in the present national
campaign as the one available instrument
tally for progressive service. Its record of
performance and its declared intentions
justify confident feeling that the great
body of voters who identified themselves
with the Progressive party in the hope of
being enabled to promote definite set of
principles will now look to the Democratic
party as the party Of progress. When
there is full appreciation of the extent to
which the Democratic party has consum-
mated the purposes set forth in that won
derfully human document adopted as the
Progressive platform in 1912, men will
cease to wonder at the evident intention
of real proeressives of every party to align
themselves behind single banner in this
campaign.
In keeping with distinctive commitments
OF the Progressive platform, the following
laws have been enacted in the six years
OF its control of the House and the nearly
four years Of its control of the Senate.
Q) The rural credits act. which permits
the farmer the same access to credit facili-
ties that is enjoyed by the other elements
of our citizenship (2) The income tax
law. (3) The Federal reserve act, which
measures up to the progressive require
ments for the Issue Of currency as a gov
ernmental function under a system whose
control should be lodged with the govern
ment and should be protected from domi-
nation or manipulation by Wall street or
by any other interest" az The good roads
law, which extends the Federal aid to road
building, thereby insurine the extension of
the rural free delivery service. (5) The
trade commission law, which fully salts
fies the progressive demand for "a strong
Federal administrative commission of high
standing that shall maintain permanent,
active supervision over industrial corpora
tons engaged in interstate commerce. (6)
An eight-hour law applying to work done
for the government as well as work done by
the government 90 An eight-hOur law
applying to female employees in the Dis
trict of Columbia, over which Congress has
jurisdiction. (S) An eight-hour provision
for postoffice clerks and carriers. 90 An
eieht-hour provision applicable to civilians
engaged in manufacture Of ordnance and
powder for the government (10) An
eiaht-hour provision as to the mining Of
all coal to be used by the navy. (l1) The
children's bureau law to promote the vel
fare of children and TO devise means pre-
ventive Of the necessities Of parents re-
'arding development of the child Q2)
The industrial commission law to investi-
gate the entire subject of industrial rela-
tions. Q3) The phosphorus match law to
protect the health of workers in the match
industry. Q4) The antitrust act embrac-
ing the regulation of the issuance of in
functions. Q5) The law creating the de-
partment Of labor. Q6) The Smith-Lever
agricultural education law, which responds
to the progressive demand that measures
be taken to lift the last load of illiteracy
from American youth" by encouraging a9ri-
cultural education and domestic schools
Q7) The corrupt election practices act u.s.
Measures abolshing the Commerce Court
and authorizing the Interstate Commerce
Commission to make a physical valuation OF
railroads. Q9) The Sherwood pension bill
which must meet the Progressive ideal Of
wise and just policy of pensioninl
American soldiers and sailors and theil
widows and children" (20) The parcel.
post law.
In addition the administration has met
progressive platform demands by estab.
fishing the Federal employment bureau
which has secured work for more thar
62.659 laborers and secured over 81 ,000..
900 in earnings for labor, by measures tC
extend foreign commerce through reorgani.
cation Of the bureau Of foreign and domes-
tic commerce, the establishment of the
bureau Of foreign trade advisers in the
State Department and the fuller utiliza.
ton Of the consular and diplomatic service
by enforcing the principles Of civil service
in sharp contrast with the practices Of
'coertion and assessment Of subordinate
employees" for which the Progressive party
condemned the Taft administration" by
the investigation and effective suppression
Of lobbying. The creation Of a tariff COM
mission is assured at this session, and
Congress and the administration is wholly
committed to the Federal child labor bill
and the workmens compensation bills
specifically favored by the Progressive plat
form