Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-01-24
construction Committee

long, difficult, and intricate task OF
readjusting our lives, our customs
and our institutions to the new,
broader, and less selfish outlook ere
ated by the world war, and
Whereas, Reconstruction is as
wide as the nation and its problems
impossible to be solved from the mar
row standpoint OF any interest or any
class, and
Whereas. The future of our form
of government, the development,
prosperity, and happiness OF our peo-
pie. and to no small degree the safe
~ and welfare OF the world, hang
upon the manner in which the peo-
PIE of America shall deal with the
problems of reconstruction, and
Whereas, old problems as we'll as
new are involved, including as the
foundation OF all others that greatest
material problem Of humanity-the
use Of the earth and its resources for
the greatest good of the greatest
number for the longest time, and
Whereas. No other body of our
people touches the earth so closely
as the farmer, none other is so es-
sential to the welfare of all our citi-
zens, and none so large in numbers
and in service; therefore be it
Resolved, by the Agricultural Re-
construction Committee of the Ma
tional Board OF Farm Organizations
meeting in Washington, d. c., Janu-
airy 4-6, 1919, that it is right wise,
appropriate, and opportune that the
farmers Of America should prepare
and publish a general plan for re-
construction after the war; and be
it further
Resolved, That said plan should
be based among others upon the fol-
lowing facts and principles:
/. That any hasty solution of this
great question is almost certain to
be unbalanced and unjust, and that
the plan finally adopted must be
based on thorough knowledge and
full consideration of the essential
facts, both at home and abroad
2. That said plan shall not be
limited to securing the welfare of
any single class or interest, but shall
be designed to assure justice to the
producer and consumer alike and to |
bring safety and prosperity to all the
people of our common country.
). That said plan shall recon-
mend no change for the sake of
change, nor accept an ancient wrong
as constituting a vested right
4. That the making, maintenance,
and protection of prosperous homes
is the first object of government, and
that the most valuable of all citizens
IS the man who owns the land on
which he grows the crops that yield
his living.
D. That the labor of mems hands
is prior i'll time and superior in right
to accumulations OF capital, and that
a government does better when it'll
helps poor man to make a living
for his family than when it helps a
rich man to make more money.
.. That community of interests
exists among all workers, whether on
or off the farms, and that it should
be expressed in common action for
the common good.
I. That the public good comes
first; that pay for services not rem
dered is an unjust charge upon the
whole community; that a monopoly
used for private ends is ALWAYS
wrong; and that the whole nation
suffers whenever the standard of liv-
ing for any class or any family falls
below the level of decency, efficiency.
and self-respect.
s, That the people in American
cities are fed in considerable part by
the unpaid labor of the women and
children on American farms, and that
1t is OF the first Importance to both
that the country producer and the
city consumer should understand
each other.
y That farming is a highly
skilled profession which should be
paid no worse than equal skill else
where and that the trained farmers
OF America are worth more TO the ma
ton than the lands they cultivate.
Federal Trade Commission
Whereas, For many years our ex-
perience has indicated to us that GER
tain large corporations were using
methods and engaging in practices
that were unfair and monopolistic,
| and
Whereas, The Federal Trade Com
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