Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-17

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tenance of the closest relations OF
amity and mutual helpfulness between
the United States and the other re-
publics of the American continent for
the support of peace and promotion OF
common prosperity.
To that end we favor all measures
which may be necessary to facilitate
| intimate intercourse and promote
commerce between the United States
and her neighbors to the south of us,
and such international understandings
as may be practicable and suitable to
accomplish these ends.
We commend the action of the Dem
ocratic administration in holding the
Pan-American Financial congress in
Washington in May, 1915, and or
ganizing the international High COM
mission which represented the United
States in the recent meeting of repre-
sentatives of the Latin-American re-
pubics at Buenos Aires, April, 1916,
which have so greatly promoted the
friendly relations between the people
of the Western hemisphere.
Mexico.
The Monroe doctrine is reasserted
as a principle of Democratic faith.
That doctrine guarantees the indie
pendent republics Of the two Americas
against aggression from another
continent.
1t implies, as we'll, the most scrupu-
lous regard upon our part for the SOW
ereignty of each of them. We court
their good will. We seek not to des-
poll them. The want of a stable, re-
sponsible government in Mexico, ca
pable of depressing and furnishing ma
RAIDERS and bandit bands, who have
not only taken the lives and seized
and destroyed the property of Ameri-
can citizens in that country, but have
insolently invaded cur soil, made war
upon and murdered our people there
on, has rendered it necessary tempo
rarily to ccupy by our armed forces
portion of the territory Of that
friendly state. Until, by the restora-
ton of law and order therein, repe-
tition of such incursions is probable
they must remain. Intervention, i'm
plying as it does military subjugation,
is revolving to the people of the United
States, notwithstanding the provoca-
ton to that course has been great.
The stubborn resistance of the presi-
dent and his advisers to every demand
and suggestion to enter upon it is
creditable alike to them and to the
people in whose name he speaks.
Natural Resources.
For the safeguarding and quicken
ing of the life. of our own people we
favor the conservation and develop
ment of the natu al resources of the
country through policy which shall
be positive rather than negative-a
lolicy which shall not withhold such
resources from development, but
which, while permitting and en-
couraging their use, shall prevent
both waste and monopoly in their
exploitation, and we earnestly favor
the passage of acts which will ac-
complish these objects, and we re-
affirm the declaration of the plat
form of 1912 on this subj ct The
policy OF retaining our arid lands
should be steadily adhered to.
We favor the vigorous prosecution
of investigation and plans to render
agriculture more profitable and coun-
try life more healthful, comfortable
and attractive, and we believe that
this should be a dominant aim of the
nation as well as the states. With al
| its recent improvement, farming still
| lags behind other occupat ions in de,
| velopment.
/ Farming still lags behind other oc.
equations in development as bust
ness and the advantag of an ad-
vancing civilization have not accrued
| t<> 81 mil cni
portion.
Currency aud Credit.
Much has been accomplished III
this field under the present admin.
istraticn-far more than under any
previous administration. In the fed
eral reserve act of the last cong-ess
and the rural credits act of the pres
ent congress the machinery has beer
created which will make credit avail
able to the farmer constantly am
readily and h2 has at last been pu
upon a footing of equality with The
merchant and the manufacturer ir
securing the capital necessary te
to carry on his enterprises. Grades
and standards necessary to the intel
| ligent and successful conduct of tn.
business of agriculture have alse
been established or are in the course
of being established by law
Ths' long needed cotton futures acs
passed by the SiXty-third congress-
has now been in successful opera
ton for nearly two years. A new
grain grades bill, long needed, and F.;
permissive warehouse bill intended
to provide bite storage facilities
and to enable the farmer to Obtain
certificates upon which he ma.
secure advances of money. have beer
passed bv the house of representa-
tivss. have been savorably reported
TO the senate and will probably be
come law during the present session
of the congress.
Both houses have passed a goo,
roads measure which will be Of far
reaching benefit TO all agriculture
communities. Ahov all, the mos
extraordinary and significant pro
gress has been made under the di
rection of the department of agricul
ture in extending and perfectin
practical farm demonstration wor'
which is so RAPIDLY substituting
scientific for empirical farming.
Marketing Farm Products.