El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-02
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into effect a great farm loan system Of
land mortgage banks, but Il passed the
smIth-Isver agricultural extension act,
carrying 70 every farmer IN every section
OF the country. through the medium Of
trained experts and by Demonstration
farms the practical knowledge acquired
by the federal agricultural department IN
all things reiating 10 Agriculture. horti-
culture and animal life: 81 established the
bureau OF markets. the bureau Of farm
MANAGEMENT and passed the cotton futures
act. the grain grades bill the cooperative
farm administration act and federal ware
house act
Rural Program Cited.
The Democratic party has vastly i'm
proved the rural mail system and mas
built up the parcel post system 70 sucn
an extent as 20 render its activities ana
its practical service Indispensable 70 the
farming community. II was this wise en-
couragement and this effective concern OF
the Democratic party for the farmers Of
the United States that enabled this great
interest 10 render such essential service
r. feeding the armies OF America and the
allied nations OF the war and succorlns
starving populations since arrnistlce oes-
Meanwhile. the Republican leaders AZ
washington have failed utterly 70 pro-
uoee one single measure TO make rural
life more toierable. They have slgneiizea
their Is months OF congressional power y
urrinE schemes which would strip the
farms OF labor By assailing the principles
Of the farm loan system and SEEKING 70
impair its efficiency BY corertly atteznpt-
ing TO destroy the great nitrogen plant a.
-fuscle Shoals upon which the government
has expended $40 00o. 900 10 supply Amerl-
can farmers with fertilizers al reasonable
cost by ruthlessiy Gripping nearly every
branch OF agricultural e1oeaTor. lileraliy
frinpTinr the productive mediums through
which the people must be led
Right Of Bargaining to Farmers-
We favor such legislation as VIII con-
firm 20 the primary producers OF the na-
aHaaIHH Of HaHl| 9 ~
and the right Of cooperative handling and
--zrl-et1rr OF the products OF the work
shop and the farm and such legislation
as win facilitate the expectation OF our
we favor comprehensive studies OF farm
production costs and the unceusured pup
iication Of facts found in such studies
labor and Industry.
The Democratic party Is now, as ever,
the firm friend OF honest labor and the
promoter Of progressive industry. u ss-
rahlished the department OF labor az
Washington and a Democr1tic president
called 10 his official council board the
first practical worizinEuan who ever held
q cabinet portfolio Under this admins
rrztion have been established alllpl oyrrieHt
bureaus 10 bring the nan and the 1oo
together have peaceabiT determined many
bitter disputes between capital and labor
were passed the child labor act the work
fnEmau's compensation act (the extension
Of which we advocate 50 as 70 include
lzhorers engaged IN loading and unload
ing ships and in interstate commerce), the
eight hour law, the act FOR vocational
training and a code Of other Wholesome
laws affecting the liberties and betrering
The coudItions OF the laboring classes
II the department Of labor the Demo
cratic administration established a wo-
mans bureau. which a Republican con-
Eress Destroyed BY Withholding appropr1a-
tons
labor Not Commodity.
labor is not a commodity, Il IS human
Those who labor have rights and the na-
rlora1 security and safety depend upon
q Just recognition OF those rights and tbs
conservation Of the strength Of the work
ers and their families ia the interest Of
souud-hearted and souud-headed 1en.
women ard children. Laws regulating
hours OF labor and conditions under which
lie must Be lived 10 attain the highest
development and happinsss, are Just as
ssrtions OF the national interest in the
welfare Of the people
Al the same time. the nation depends
uuon the products OF labor a cessation Of
production means loss and. II long con-
riruad disaster The whole people. there
gore. have a right 70 insist that justice
shall be done 10 those who work and In
turn that those whose labor creates the
necessities upon which the life OF the
nation depends must recognize the recipro-