South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-03

EQleS OF PROCEDURE OF the senate OF
the United States as will permit the
prompt transaction of the nations
legislative business.
AGRICULTURAL
INTERESTS
To the great agricultural interests
OF the country the democratic party
does not find it necessary 10 make
promises. II already is rich in it's
record OF things actually accom-
plished. For nearly half a century
OF republican rule not q sentence
was written into the federal statutes
affording one dollar OF bank credits
10 the farming interests of America
IN the first term of this demo-
cratic administration, the national
bank act was so altered as TO au-
thorize loans OF five years maturity
on improved farm lands. Later was
established a system Of farm loan
banks. from which the borrowings
already exceed $500, 900, 600 and I'M
der which the interest rate 10 farm
ers has been materially reduced as
10 drive out OF business the farm
loan sharks who formerly subsist-
ed by eXtoTtiOn upon the great agri-
cultural interests Of the country.
Farmers Obtain Credit.
Thus IL was a democratic con-
gress IN the administration OF a
democratic president which enabled
the farmers of America for the first
time 10 obtain credit upon reason
able terms and insured their oppor-
tunity For the future development Of
the nations agriculture resources.
Tied up in supreme court pro-
ceedings. in a suit by hostile inter-
gufa h. s. 60 Loo,
originally opposed bv the republican
candidate for the presidency, appeal
ed in vain 10 n republican congress
for adequate financial assistance TO
tide over the interim between the
beginning and the ending Of the
current year, awaiting a final deci-
sion OF the highest court on the
validity of the contested act We
pledge prompt and consistent sup
port Of sound and effective meas
Ures TO sustain, amplify and perfect
the rurals credits statutes and thus
TO check and reduce the growth and
course of farm tenacy.
Not only did the democratic party
put into effect n great farm loan sys-
tenn of land mortgage banks, but it
passed the Smith-Lever agricultural
extension act, carrying 10 every
AdI llltI III tAtlN otGklOll VI llG NOnA-
try, through the medium OF trained
experts and demonstration farms the
practical knowledge acquired by the
federal Agricultural department in
all things relating to agriculture,
horticulture and animal life: II eS-
tablished the bureau OF markets, the
bureau OF farm MANAGEMENT ard
passed the cotton futures act. the
grain grades bill, the cooperative
farm administration act and the fed
eral warehouse act.
Improve Rural Mail.
The democratic party has vastly
improved the rural mail system and
has built up the parcel post system
10 such an extent as TO render its
activities and its practical service
Indispensable 10 the farming com
n1unity. II was this wise encourage
ment and this effective concern of
the democratic party for the farm
ers of the United States that en-
abled 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.
Republicans Fail.
Meanwhile the republican leaders
at Washington have failed utterly
TO propose one single measure TO
make rural life more tolerable. They
have signalized their 3 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 10 impair its efficiency,
"a n a destroy he
great nitrogen plant at Mussle Shoals
upon which the government has ex-
pended $50, 900, 900 TO supply Amer
lean farmers with fertilizers at rea-
sonable cost: by ruthlessly Gripping
nearly every branch of agriculture
endeavor. literally gripping the pro-
duCtive mediums through which the
people must be fed.
We favor such legislation as will
conform 10 the primary producers
of the nation the right Of collective
bargaining and the right of cooper
ative handling and marketing OF the
products of the workshops and the
farm and such legislation rs will
facilitate the expectation OF our
farm products.
We favor comprehensive studies
Of farm production costs and the
uncensored publication 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 in
dustry. IL established the depart
ment OF labor at Washington and a
democratic president called TO his
official council board the first prac-
teal workingman who ever held a
cabinet portfolio.
Under this administration have
been employment bureaus to bring
the man and the job together; have
been peaceably determined many
bitter disputes between capital and
la bor; were passed the child labor
act, the extension OF which We ad-
vOcate. so as 10 include laborers en-
gagged in loading and unloading ships
and in interstate commerce, the
eight-hour law, the act for vOca-
tional training and a code OF other
wholesome laws affecting the liber-
ties and lettering the conditions OF
the laboring classes. In the depart
ment Of labor the democratic ad-
nlinistration established a women's
bureau, which a republican congress
destroyed by Withholding appropriG-
tiors.
Labor is Human.
Labor Is not q commodity; il is
human. Those who labor have
rights and the national security and
safety depend upon a just recogni-