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

tive machinery necessary for conveying
information to farmers by means Of
demonstrations.
Country Life Backed
We favor continued liberal provi-
sion. not only for the benefit Of pro-
ductlon. but also for the study and So
luton Of problems Of farm marketing
and finance and for the extension Of
existing agencies for improving coun-
try life.
The happiness, comfort and pros
perity Of rural life, and the develop
ments of the city, are alike conserved
by the construction Of public high
ways. We, therefore, favor national
aid in the construction Of post roads
and roads for military purposes
For the safeguarding and quicken
ing Of the life Of our own people we
favor the conservation and develop
ment of the natural resources Of the
country through a policy which shall
be positive rather than negative
policy which shall not withhold such
resources from development, but
which, while permitting and encour-
aging their use, shall prevent both
waste and monopoly in their exploita-
ton. and we earnestly favor the pas
sage of acts which will accomplish
these objects, and we reaffirm the
declaration of the platform Of 1912
on this subject.
The policy of reclaiming our arid
lands should be steadily adhered to.
We hold that the life, health and
strength of the men, women and chill
dren Of the nation are its greatest as
set. and that in the conservation OF
these the federal government wher-
ever It acts as the employer of labor.
should. both on its own account and
as an example, put into effect the
following principles Of just employ
ment:
One Day of Rest Necessary.
/. A living wage for all employees
2. A working day not to exceed
eight hours, with one day of rest in
seven.
3. The adoption or safety appli-
ances and the establishment of thor
oughly sanitary canditions of labor,
4. Adequate compensation for in
dustrial accidents.
). The standards of the uniform
child lawor law" wherever minors are
employed,
6. Such provision for decency
comfort and health in the employment
of women as should be accorded the
mothers of the race.
Z. An equitable retirement of law
providing for the retirement Of super
animated and disabled employees OF
the civil service to the end that a
higher standard of efficiency be main
tained. We believe also that the ad-
option Of similar principles should be
urged and applied in the legislation Of
the states and regard to labor within
their borders. and that through every
possible agency the life and health o.
the people Of the nation should be
conserved.
We declare our faith in the sea
men't act passed by the democratic
congress. and We promise our earnes
continuance of its enforcement
Regulation Is Sought.
We favor the speedy enactment o.
an effective federal child labor law
and the regulation of the shipment o
prison made goods in interstate com
merce.
We favor the creation of a fedora
bureau of safety in the department o
/ labor, to gather facts concerning in
dustrial hazards, ana to recommend
legislation to prevent the manning anC
killing of human beings.
We favor the extension of the pow
ers and functions of the federal bu
reau of mines.
We favor the deveiopment upon {
systematic scale of the means already
begun under the present administra'
ton to assist iaborers throughout tht
nation to seek and obtain employment
and the extension by the federal gov
ernment of the same assistance ant
encouragement as is now given to agri'
cultural training.
Department of Labor Remembered.
We heartily commend our newly es'
tablished department OF labor for It's
excellent record in settling industria
strikes by personal advice and through
conciliating agents.
We 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 by
the elimination of loathsome disease
the improvement OF sanitation and
the diffusion or a knowledge of disease
prevention.
We favor the establishment by the
federal government of tuberculosis
sanitariums for needy tuberculosis pa
tients.
prompt Legislation Favored.
We favor such an alteration of the
rules of procedure Of the senate o'
the United States as will permit the
prompt transaction of the nations le'
gitimate business.
We demand careful economy in al
expenditures for the support of th'
government ana to that end favor 9
return by the house of representative.
to its former practice of initiating ant
/ preparing all appropriation bill
through single committee choseT
from its membership, in order that re-
sponsibility may be centered. eXpendi
lures standardized and made uniform
and waste and duplication in the pub
lie service as much as possible avoid