Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-07-10


federal statutes afordlng one dollar of
bank credits to the farming interests OF
America. In the first term of this Demo-
cratic administration the national bank
act was 50 altered as TO authorize loans
or five years maturity on improved farm
lands Later was established a system Of
farm loan banks, from which the borrow
lngs already exceed three hundred mil
lions OF dollars and under which the in
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 extortion upon she great agrt-
cultural interests of the country.
Thus II was a Democratic congress In
the administration Of Democratic presi-
dent which enabled the farmers OF Amer
tea for the first time to obtain credit upon
reasonable terms and insured their oppor-
tulity 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 IL 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. horti-
culture and animal life il established the
bureau Of markets, the bureau of farm
management and passed the cotton flu
lures act the grain grades bill, the CO.
operative Farm administration act, anu
the federal warehouse act.
The Democratic party has vastly i'm
proved the rural mail system and has
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 or
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 succoring
starving populations since armistice day
G. o. p. Condemned.
Meanwhile the Republican leaders at
Washington have failed utterly to propose
one single measure to make rural life
more tolerable They have signaiized
their fifteen months of congressional
power by urging schemes which would
strip the farms OF labor: by assailing the
principles OF the farm-ioan system and
seeking to impair its efficiency; covertly
attempting to destroy the great nitrogen
plant at Mussel Shoals upon which the
government has expended $1,000 000 to sup
ply American farmers with fertilizers at
reasonable cost by ruthlessly Gripping
nearly every branch of agricultural en-
deavor. literally Gripping the productive
mediums through which the people must
be fed.
We favor such legislation as will con-
firm to the primary producers of the ma
ton the right OF collective bargaining and
the right OF cooperative handling and
marketing of the products of the work
shop and the farm and such legislation as
will facilitate the exporta ton of our farm
products
We favor comprehensive studies of farm
production costs and the uncensored pub
lication of facts found in such studies.
Labor and Industry.
The Democratic party is now. as
and the promoter Of progressive in
dustry 1t established the department
Of labor at Washington and Demo-
craft president called to his official
council board the first practical work
ingman who ever held a cabinet port
folio. Under this administration have
been established emp, Oyment bureaus
to bring the man and the job together:
have been peaceably determined many
bitter disputes between capital and
labor; were passed the child labor
act, the wOrl6ingman'S compensation
act (the extension of which we advo-
cate so as to include Ia borers engaged
In loading and unloading ships and in
interstate Commerce). the eight hour
law. the act for vocational training and
a code OF other wholesome laws affect
ing the liberties and lettering the con-
dttlons Of the laborng classes.
In the department OF labor the Dem
ocratic administration esta bltshed a
wOman's bureau, which a Republican
congress destroyed by Withholding ap-
prOpriations,
Labor is not a commodity; it is hui
man. Those who labor have rights
and the national security and safety
depend upon a Just recognition OF
the strength of the workers and their
families in the interest OF sound
hearted and sound-headed men. wom-
en- and children. Laws regulating
hours of labor and conditions under
which labor is performed, when passed
In recognition of the conditions under
which life must be lived to attain the
highest development and happiness. are
Just assertions of the national interest
in the welfare Of the people.
At the same time the nation de-
ponds upon the products of labor; a
cessation Of production means loss and.
IL long continued. disaster. The whole
people, therefore, have a right to In
.sist that justice shall be done to those
who work and In turn that those
whose labor creates the necessities
upon which the life OF the nation de-
obligation between the worker and the
state.
They should participate in the form
ulation Of sound laws and regula lions
governing the conditions under which
labor Is performed recognize and obey
the laws so formulated and seek their
amendment when necessary by the
processes ordinarily addressed TO the
laws and regulations affecting the
other relations OF life.
Labor, well as capital. Is entitled
to adequate compensation. Each has
the indefeasible right OF organization.
OF collective bargaining and OF speak
ing through representatives. OF their
own selection.
Neither class, however. should at
any time nor in any circumstances
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 % contrive. Ii possible
and put int effective operation a fair
and comprehensive method OF compos-
ing differences of this nature
In private industrial disputes we are
opposed to compulsory arbitration q s
A method plausible n the theory but
a failure In fact. With respect to gov
eminent service, We hold distinctly
that the rights OF the people are para
mount to the right 70 strike, How
ever we profess sCrupulous regard for
the conditions OF public employment
and pledge the Democratic party 10
instant inquiry into the pay of gov
ernment employees and equally speedy
regulations designed to bring salaries
to lust and proper level
Woman's Suffrage.
We indorse the proposed nineteenth
Amendment of the Constitution or the
United states granting equal suffrage
TO women. We congratulate the legis-
Iatures of thirty five states which have
already ratified said amendment and
we urge The Democratic governors and
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