The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-08

America. In the first term of this Demo-
cratic administration the national bank
act was so altered as to authorize loans
OF I'VE years maturity on improved farm
lands. Later was established system or
farm loan banks, from which the borrow
lngs already exceed three hundred mill
hons OF dollars and under which the m
terest rate to farmers has been so mate
rally reduced as to drive out OF business
the farm loan sharks who formerly sub
sisted by eXtorton upon the great agrl-
cultural interests OF the country.
Thus II was a Democratic congress IN
the administration of Democratic presl-
dent which enabled the farmers of Amer
lea for the first time to obtain credit upon
reasonable terms and insured their oppor-
tunity for the future development OF the
nations agricultural resources.
Smith Lever Act Praised.
Not only did the Democratic party put
INTO effect a great farm-loan system OF
land mortgage banks, but II passed the
smith Lever agricultural extension act,
carrying to 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 relating TO agriculture, horu-
culture and animal life, IT established the
bureau Of markets, the bureau OF tarm
management and passed the cotton tu-
lures act, the grain grades bill, the CO
operative farm administration act and
the federal warehouse act.
The Democratic party has vastly mn
proved the rural mail system and mas
built up the parcel post system to such
an extent as to render its activities and
its practical service Indispensable to 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 to render such essential service
In feeding the armies of America and the
allied nations OF the war and succorlng
starving populations since armistce day
G. o. P. Condemned.
Meanwhile the Republican leaders at
Washington have failed utterly TO propose
one single measure to make rural life
more toerable. They have signalized
their fifteen months of congressional
power by urging schemes which would
strip the farms Of labor, by assalllng the
principles Of the farm-lOan system and
seeking to impair its efficiency; coVerlly
attempting to destroy the great nitrogen
plant at Mussel Shoals upon which the
government has expended $Io,O9WO 10 sup
ply American farmers with fertilizers at
reasonable cost: by ruthlessly GRIPPING
nearly every branch of agricultural en-
teavor, literally gripping the productive
mediums through which the people must
be fed
We favor such LEGISLATION as win con-
firm to the primary producers of the VA
marketing Of the products of the work
shop and the farm and such legislation as
viii facilitate the expectation OF our farm
products
We favor comprehensive studies Of farm
production costs and the uncensored pub
iication of facts found in such studies.
Labor and Industry.
The Democratic party is now, as
ever, the firm friend of honest labor
ana the promoter OF progressive IN
dustry. II established the department
OF labor at Washington ana a Demo
cratic president called to ms othgiaI
council board the first practical work
ingman who ever held cabinet port
iolio. Under this admlnistrat0n nave
hecn established employment bureaus
to bring the man and the job together;
have been peaceably determined many
bitter disputes between cap lal ana
labor were passed the chlId la1or
act the WoFkingmau coWpthSa II"I
act tthe extension or |hIch we adEo-
cate so as to include IahorefS engaged
in loading ana unloading sulps ana ID
interstate commerce. lne tiEil-houI
law. the act for vocational training. and
a code Of other wholesome laws AFFECT
dlQonS OF the lahnfIuE classes. r..
IN the department. OF Iapot me lem
ooIauc, aIullulstIalivu eS'I'lL9i,t,1!
woman bureau, Whleh htPuplIC5 th
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Labor is not a coihhodltyi II Is M
man must WIZ i'UuI "a = lIC -
ana the hallohal security anu sdItI,
depend upon a JUST recognition OF
tnose rIEhtS ana ING g1llsgI lal,o ~
families in the interest of sound
hearted ana sound-hCaued men, Won
en- and children. Laws resulalhg
hours or labor ana condltions under
which labor is performed When passed
in recognition or me condltlons under
when IRE must pe hVed TO dtldIh the
highest deyelopment ana nappl ness are
Just assertions or the hatlohal interest
in the welfare OF the people
At the same time the nation de-
ponds upon the prouucts OF Iapor,
cessation OF proagctiiSon means IS, loss ana,
sist that Justice shall De zone 10 those
who work, and In turn that those
whose lanor creates the necessities
upon which the IRE or the nation De,
Ponds must recognize the reclprocai
obligation between the worker ana the
state.
They should partclpate IN the FORM
ulation OF SOUND laws ana reguiatlons
the conditions under which
labor Is performed; recognize ana obey
the laws 50 tofmulaIeo ana seek their
ordinarily addressed 10 the
laws and regulations affecting the
other relations of life.
Labor as well as capital is entitled
to adequate compensation. Each has
tha indefea sibIe right Of orpaniZation
of collective bargaining and of speak
ing through representatives of their
own selection.
Neither class. however. should at
any time nor in any circumstances
faEe action that will nut i'm Jeopardy
Inc public welfare. Resort to strikes
ana ioclJouts which endanger the
Faith ar lives of the pe0ple is an
device for ALTERNATING
Jignutes and the Democratic narty
pledges itself to Contrive, if possible
and but into effective operation a fair
and COMPREHENSIVE method OF compos-
ing differences or tnls nature,
In private INDUSTRIAL disputes we are
opposed to compulsory arbltratlon as
a method plauslple IN the theory nut
a failure In fact' win respect TO gov
eminent service, we hoIu distinctly
that the flghts o. we peopIu are para