Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-07-08
Cox AND ROOSEVELT
ARE THE NOMINEES
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lCOntlnueO IFom PAkc Onc'J
at reasonable costs; by ruthlessly
Gripping nearly every branch Of agri-
cultural endeavor, literally Gripping
nearly every branch of agricultural
endeavor, literally~ Gripping the pro
ductive mediums through which the
people must be fed. :,
1--WE favor such legislation as Will
conform to the primary producers OF
the nation the right Of collective bar
gaining the right of cooperative
handling and marketing of the pro-
ducts of the work shops and the farm
and such legislation as will facilitate
the expectation of our farm products.
1--WE favor comprehensive studies OF
farm production costs and the uncen-
sored publication of facts found in
such studios.
Labor and Industry:
"The Democratic party is now. as
ever, the firm friend of honest labor
and the promoter of progressive in
dustry. It established the Department
of Labor at Washington and Demo-
cratic president called to his official
cornell board the first practical work
ingrnan who ever held cabinet port
folio. Under this administration have
been established employment bureaus
to bring the man and the job togeth-
er; have been peaceably determined;
many disputes between capital and
labor; were passed, the child labor
act, the working mems compensation
act 1.-THE extension Of which we advo-
cate so as to include laborers en-
gagged in loading and unloading ships
and in interstate commerce), the eight
hour law, the act of vocational train
ing, and code of other wholesome
laws effecting the liberties and better
ing the conditions of the laboring clas-
ses. In the Department Of Labor the
Democratic administration establish
ed woman's bureau, which Republi-
can Congress destroyed by withhold
ing appropriations.
N."Eabor is not commodity. it is hui
man, Those who labor have rights and
the national security and safety de-
pend upon a just recognition of those
rights and the conservation of the
strength of the workers and their
families in the interest Of sound heart
ed and sound hearted men. women and
children. Laws regulating hours OF
labor and conditions under which
labor is performed, when passed in
recognition of the condition under
which life must be lived to attain the
highest development and happiness,
are just assertions of the national in
terest in the welfare of the people.
AT the same time the nation de-
ponds upon the products of labor and
cessation of production means loss
and if long continued disaster. The
whole people, therefore, have right to
insist that justice shall be done to
those who work and in turn that whose
labor creates the necessities upon
which the life of the nation depend
must recognize the reciprocal obliga
ton between the workers and the
state. They should participate in the
formulation of sound laws, and regu
lations governing the conditions un-
der which labor is performed, recog-
nize and obey the laws so formulat-
ed and seek their amendment when ne
cessary by the processes ordinarily ad
dressed to the laws and regulations af-
fecting the other relations of life.
Labor as well as capital is 1~titled
to adequate compensation. Each has
the indefensible right of organization.
of collective bargaining and speaking
through representatives of their own
selection. Neither class, however,
should at any time nor in any circum-
stances take action that will put in
jeopardy the public welfare. Resort to
strikes and lockouts which endanger
the health or lives Of the people is an
unsatisfactory device for determining |
disputes and the Democratic party |
pledges itself to contrive, if possible,
and put into effective operation fair
and comprehensive method of COM
posing differences of this nature.
: "In private industrial disputes we
are opposed to compulsory arbitration
as a method plausible in theory but a
failure in fact with respect to govern
ment service we hold distinctly that
the rights of the people are para
mout to the right to strike. However,
we profess scrupulous regard for the
conditions of public employment and
pledge the Deraocratic party to in
slant inquiry into the pay of govern
ment employees aQd equally speedy
regulations designed to bring salaries
to just and proper love.
"Wpman Suffrage.
1--WE endorse the proposed neces-
sary amendment to the constitution OF
the United States granting equal sui
frage to women. We congratulate
the legislatures of IS states which
have already ratified said amendment
and we urged the Democratic COVER
. a,,d ion;slafnres of Tennessee.