The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-10-04

! Montana, by her vote of nearly $4,000
plurality, called him two years ago tc
the great office he fills so acceptably
to the American people, and her citi
zens are now appealed to not to ham
per him in the tremendous task with
which, in the providence of God, he
! has been charged, by aiding in electing
a politically adverse congress, intent
on discrediting his work, SO that it
cannot be carried to successful COM
pletion.
Reconstruction.
The democratics party's purposes
look also to the reconstruction period
that is to come after the war. 1t recog-
nizes that great changes, social, eco
nomic and industrial, are pending. 1t
believes that the guidance of affairs
during the period of these changes
should be in the hands of those with
minds sympathetically inclined to-
wards the doing away Of conditions
that work to the advantage of the man
who has much and to the disadvantage
of the man who has little. Under the
leadership of Woodrow Wilson, the de-
mocratic party has made great prog
ress in that direction. Under his lead
ership, sustained by vote of the peo-
pie at the coming election, it will con-
tinue to make further progress.
We insist upon the continued prose-
cution of the war into which this coun-
try was forced by the ambition and the
atrocities of the imperial German gov
eminent. No end of the fighting is
possible until conditions are such that |
they will carry a convincing and age |
lasting lesson to rulers and peoples |
ambitious to profit through war at the |
expense of others that such efforts do |
not pay.
No words are adequate to express
,ur admiration and respect for the
wonderful courage and quality of our
older and sailor sons and brothers
Tho this day defend the cause of Amer
an liberty on foreign fields. The
most sacred of charges is theirs and
hey will meet as they have met its
very need To them we pledge the
lst full measure of our devotion; ev-
ry assistance they may require; every
omfort they can utilize; every recog-
ition they can enjoy; and to their
lmilies every care and every protec-
on.
DisIoyaIty Scored
In this connection, therefore, we con-
emn every organization and every in
lence whose purpose or result is to
vide our country, or to shake, by
sidious propaganda, our will to win
e war, or to make us falter in our
or to form alliances with
sloyalty in any form.
The democratic party has demon
rated, both by legislative and admin
trative action that the interests of
e great agricultural class, upon
hose prosperity the welfare of the
ltion in either peace or war, but par
,ularly in time of war, so vitality de-
nds, are to it matters of the highest
ncern. We advert, in illustration, to
e federal farm loan law, the federal
ain inspection law, the agricultural
tension law, and the good roads law,
well as to the investigations con-
cted by the federal trade commits
IN into the oppressive practices of
= packing houses and grain ex-
anges, and the impending proceed
IS, by that commission, against the
chamber of commerce and
led interests to restrain them in
cir attempt to monopolize the grain
.rket of the northwest and particu-
ly to throttle the efforts of the far
RS of that section through co-operat-
associations to market their own
ducts, and, realizing the necessity
lettering the marketing facilities
staple agricultural products the
nocratic candidates for the nation
senate and house of representatives
m this state are pledged to the
thering of legislation which will
d to stabilize and strengthen the
operative marketing of wheat, so
t the producers shall receive the
gest possible returns. We favor the
islation to promote cooperative
al credit associations.
through the passage of the federal
m loan act and the loaning of state
ney in farm lands, both democratic
asures, the interest rates to Mon
a farmers have been practically cut
half. Legislation looking to the
ming of money to wageearners for
purpose of securing homes on the
lie basis as farmers borrow money
their lands is favored.
Patriotic Farmers.
he farmers of the country, and our
e particularly, are to be congratu-
d on their patriotic efforts to in.
ase the food supply, so that the ne
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