Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-07-09

America. In the first term OF this Demo
cratic administration the national bank
act was so altered az 70 authorize loans
OF FIVE years maturity on improved farm
lands. Later was established system Of
farm loan banks. from which the borrow
ings already exceed three hundred mill
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 bvs eXtortion upon the great agri-
cultural interests OF, the country.
Thus II was a Democratic congress in
the administration Of Democratic presi-
dent which enabled the farmers Of Amer
lea for the first time TO obtein credit upon
reasonable terms and insured their oppor-
tunity for the future development Of the
NJ tons agricultural resources.
Smith Lever Act Praised.
Not only did the Democratic party put
Into effect a great farm-loan system of
land mortgage banks. bur 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
culture and animal life 1t established the
bureau Of markets, the bureau Of farm
management and passed the cotton fu-
lures act, the grain grades bill. the CO.
operative farm administration act, and
the federal warehouse act.
The Democratic party has vastly inn
proved the rural mall system and has
built up the parcel post system to such
an extent as to render its activities and
It's practical service Indispensable to the
farming community. 1t 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
starving populations since armistice day
G. o. p. Condemned.
Meanwhile the Republican leaders at
Washington have failed utterly to propose
more toierable. They have signalized
their fifteen months of congressional
power by urging schemes which would
strip the farms of labor by assailing the
principles of the farm-lOan system and
seeking to impair It's efficiency. coyertly
attempting to destroy the great nitrogen
plant at Mussel Shoals upon which the
government has expended $4,000 00e 10 sup
ply American farmers with fertilizers at
reasonable cost; by ruthiessly Gripping
nearly every branch of agricultural en-
aeavor literally Gripping the productive
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 expectation Of our farm
We favor comprehensive studies of farm
production costs and the uncengored pub
lieatfon Of facts found in such studies.
Labor and Industry.
The Democratic party Is now. as
ever the firm friend of honest labor
dustrg. 1t established the department
of labor at Washington and A Demo-
cratic 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 employment 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 workingmans compensation
act (the extension of which we advo-
cate so rs TO include laborers engaged
in loading and unloading ships and in
law. the act for vocational training and
code of other wholesome laws Affect
Ing the Liberties and lettering the con-
ditions OF the labOFing classes.
In the department. Of labor the Dem
oeratic ADMINISTRATION established a
woman's bureau. which Republican
congress destroyed by Withholding an
preparations
Labor Is not a commodity: 1t is hu-
man. Those who labor have rights
ana the national security and safety
depend upon a just recognition OF
those rights and the conservation of
the strength Of the workers and their
I interest,"
hearted and sound headed men wofn-
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.
cessation Of production means loss and.
II long continued. disaster. The whole
people, therefore, have 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-
| ponds must recognize the reciprocal
obligation between the worker and the
/ state,
< They shonId participate In the form
1 ulation of sound laws and regulations
/ governing the conditions under which
4 labor Is performed recognize and obey
| the laws so formulated and seek their
amendment when necessary by the
/ processes ordinarily addressed to the
J laws and regula tons affecting the
| other relations OF life
LaheS. as well as capital. Is entitled
/ to adequate compensation. Each has
| the iudefeasible 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 loekouts which endanger the
health or lives of the people is an
unsatisfactory device for determining
disputes and the Democratic party
pledges Itself TO contrive. II possible
and put tnto effective operation a fair
and commemorative method of cornpos-
ing differences OF this nature
In private Industrial disputes we are
| opposed to compulsory arbitration es
| a method plausible In the theory hut
| q failure in fact, With respect to enV-
1 eminent service, we hold distinctly
] that the rights of the people are nara
I mount to the right to strike How
| ever. we profess scrupulous regard FOR
\ the conditions OF public employment
| and pledge the Democratic party 10
1 instant inquiry into the nay OF gov
+ ernmept employees and equally spepdy
4 regulations designed 10 bring salaries
/ to a just and proper level
Woman's Suffrage.
We indorse the proposed nineteenth
\ amendment OF the Constitution Of the
/ United states granting equal suYrare
10 women. We congratulate the legis-
I Iatures OF thirty-hve states which have
! already ratified said amendment ana
! we urge the Democratic governors and
i legislatures Of Tennessee. North Caro-
/ linn and Florida, and such states ~
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