The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-07-23
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
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profteers before the bar of criminal
justice.
In another plank in the democratic
platform the following dealing with
this subject is found:
eve favor such legislation as will
confirm to the primary producers of
the nation the right of collective bar
gaining and the right Of cooperative
handling and maketing Of the products
Of the workshops and the farm, and
such legislation as will facilitate the
expectation OF our farm products.
We favor comprehensive studies Of
farm production costs and the uncen-
sored publication Of facts found in
such studies"
Comment
The platform paragraph on coop
GRAFTON responds largely to labor's
proposal. In relation to the second
proposal the platform calls for publ
cation of costs of production ON farms
but does not call for publication Of
costs Of manufactured articles nor
costs caused by middlemen The plat
form is silent as to the third proposal
and offers no substitute dealing CON
struttively with profteering but pro-
poses the enactment and enforcement
Of such legislation as may be required
to being profteers before the bar Of
criminal justice.
Labor's Demand
Americanization of those coming
from foreign lands, as we'll as our
standa rds Of education and living, are
vitality effected by the volume and
character Of immigration
1t is essential that additional legis-
lation regulating immigration should
be enacted based upon two fundament-
al propositions, namely, that the flow
of immigration must not at any time
exceed the nations ability to assimiIate
and Amerieanize foreigners coming To-
our shores, and that at no time Shall
imm grafton be permitted when there
exceeds an appreciable degree of un-
employment
Democratic Platform
The platform is silent On the gen
eral subject though in relation to
Asiatic inauguration it says
The policy of the United States
with reference to the admission
Of Asiatic immigrants is true ex-
preston Of the Judgment Of our peo-
pie. ard to the several states whose
situation or internal
conditions make this policy ana the
Of the laws enacted par-
sQan. thereto Of particular concern.
we pledge our support
Labor's Demand
eve demand the observance and
Of an tho federal maxi
mum eiEht-hour laws and ben ex-
tens TO comprehend sd c;vll de-
pa nents of government
L(ciNBGfdtEC = tldtIGt m
The platform refe1s to hc assae
Of the eight hour law nueee the aelnr
ratio adn inl~tration ana further says
"L2ws regulating hours If labor and
condition ulder which a5ar 5 pey-
foln.d u ofen passed oguuon
If ,he conditions undo which life
must be lived to attain The highest
development and happin IS, are just
assertions of the national interest in
.he welfare Of the people
Labor's Demand
.Wa favor the enactmer Of a more
comp .ehensive federal compensation
law which will embrace all workers
who cannot be provided ter by state
laws and IS demand /
that workmen's compensation laws bc
amended to provide moro adequately
for hose incapcitated by industrial
accidents or occupational diseases
"Under this administrator" was
passed "the Workingmen's Compensa-
ton act (the extension of which we
advocate so as to include laborers en-
gagged in loading and unloading ships |
and in interstate commerce)"
Lab0r's Demand
I'VE demand the enactment Of leg
islation excluding from interstate
commerce the products Of convict
labor"
Democratic Platform
Silent.
Labor's Demand
eve demand the repeal Of the labor
provisions of the Cummins -Esch law.
Democratic Platform
The presidents recommendation of
return to private ownership gave the
republican majority a full year in
which to enact the necessary legisla