Evening journal., 1916-06-17

Following is the Democratic party
platform:
Party Platform.
The platform of the party declares
The Democratic party, in national
convention assembled, adopts the fol-
lowing declaration to the end that
the people Of the United States may
both realize the achievements wrought
by four years of Democratic admin
istration and be apprised of the
policies to which the party is COM
mitted for the further conduct of ma
tional affairs.
Record of Achievement.
We endorse the administration Of
Woodrow Wilson. II speaks for itself
II is the best exposition Of sound
Democratic policy at home and
abroad.
We challenge comparison of our
record. our keeping of pledges and
our constructive legislation, with those
of any party of any time
We found our country hampered by
special privilege, a vicious tariff,
obsolete banking laws. and an inelas-
tic currency. Our foreign affairs were
dominated by commercial interests
for their selfish ends. The Republi-
can party, despite repeated pledges,
was impotent to correct abuses which
IT had fostered Under our admin
istration under a leadership which
has never faltered these abuses have
been corrected. and our people have
been freed therefrOm.
Our archaic banking and currency
system, prolific of panic and disaster
under Republican administration
long the refuge of the money trust
has been supplanted by the Federal
reserve act, a true democracy Of
credit, under government control al
ready proved a financial bulwark in
a world crisis mobilizing our re-
sources. placing abundant credit at
the disposal of legitimate industry
and making a currency panic impos-
sible.
We have created Federal Trade
Commisson TO accommodate the per-
picking questions arising under the
antitrust laws so that monopoly may
be strangled at its birth and legiti-
mate industry encouraged. Fair COM
petition in business is now assured
We have effected an adjustment Of
the tariff. adequate for revenue under
peace conditions. and fair to the con-
sumner and to the producer. We have
adjusted the burdens of taxation so
that swollen incomes bear the equi-
table share. Our revenues have been
sufficient in times of world stress. and
will largely exceed the expenditures
for the current fiscal year
We have lifted human labor from the
category of commodities and have Sc
cured to the working man the right OF
voluntary association for his protec-
tion and welfare. We have protected
the rights of the laborer against the
unwarranted issuance of writs of in
junction and have guaranteed to him
the right of trial by jury in cases of al
legged contempt committed outside of
the presence of the court.
We have advanced the parcels post
to genuine efficiency. enlarged the
postal savings system, added ten thou
sand rural delivery routes and extern
sions, thus reaching two and One-half
million additional people, improved
the postal service in every branch and
for the first time in our history,
placed the post office system on self
supporting basis, with actual surplus
in 1913. 1914 and 1915.
Economic Freedom.
The reforms which we're most OBJ
viously needed to clear away special
privilege, prevent unfair discrimina-
ton and release the energies of men
of all ranks and advantages, have
been effected by recent legislation.
We must now remove. so far as pos
sible. every remaining element of un-
rest and uncertainty from the path OF
the business men of America, and Sc
cure for them q continued period OF
quiet, assured, and confident pros
perity.
Tarih.
We reafirm our belief in the doctrin
of a tariff for the purpose OF providing
sufficient revenue for the operation o
the government economically admins
tered and unresorvedly endorse tn
Underwood law as truly eXemplifyini
that doctrine We recognize that taril
rates are necessarily subject to chang
TO meet changing conditions IN tn
worlds production and trade. The event
of the last two years have brough
about many momentous changes. j
some respects their effects are yet con
iectural and wait to be disclosed, par
ticularly in regard to our foreign trad'
Two years ot war Whlch mas uhecl l.
involved most of the chief industra
nations of the world, and which has IN
directly affected the life and industr
of all nations, are bringing about eco
nomic changes more varied and far
reaching than tine world has ever befor
experienced IN order 10 ascertain jus
what these changes may he, the Demo
cratic Congress is providing for nor
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partial and thorough study OF ever
economic fact that may throw ligl
either upon our past or upon our fl
tue fscal policy with regard to the in
position of taxes on imports or with r'
gard to the changed and changing COZ
ditions under which our trade is carrie
on. We cordially endorse this timel
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