The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-02

at Washington have failed utterly to
propose one single measure to make
rural life more tolerable. They have
signaliZed their Is months Of congress
sional power by urging schemes which
would strip the farms of labor; by as
sailing the principles Of the farm loan
system and seeking to impair its eff
ficiency; by covertly attempting to
destroy the great nitrogen plant at
Muscle Shoals upon which the gov
eminent expended $70,000,000 to sup
ply American farmers with fertiliza-
ton at reasonable cost; by ruthlessly
Gripping nearly every branch of agri-
cultural endeavor, literally Gripping
the productive medium through which
the people must be fed. We favor
such legislation as will confirm to
the primary producers Of the nation
the right of collective bargaining and
the right of cooperative handling and
marketing of the products Of the work
shops and the farm and such leg!sla-
ton as will facilitate the expectation
Of our farm products. We favor com.
prehensive studies of farm production
costs and the uncensored publication
of facts found in such studies.
Labor and Industry
u6 AcluOCldtAS p1lt ID INV, os'
ever, the firm friend of honest labor
and the promoter Of progressive in
dustry. 1t established the department
Of Labor at Washington and Demo
cratic president called to his official
council boa I'd the first practical work
inguan who ever held a 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 bitter disputes between capital
and labor; were passed the child la
Dor act, the workingmens compensa-
ton act, the extension of which we
advocate so as to include laborers en-
gagged in loading and unloading ships
and in interstate commerce: the
eight-hour law, the act for vocational
training and a code of other whole
some laws affecting the liberties and
lettering the conditions Of the labor
ing classes.
Labor Is not a commodity; 1t Is hui
man. Those who labor have rights
and the national security and safety
depend upon a just recognition OF
those rights. At the same time, the
nation depends upon the products Of
labor; accession 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.
Labor, as we'll as capital, Is entitled
to adequate compensation. Each has
the indefeasible right Of organiza ton,
Of collective bargaining and OF speak
ing through representative OF their
own selection. In private industrial
disputes we are opposed to compul-
sorry arbitration as method plaus-
ible in theory but failure in fact.
With respect to government service,
we hold distinctly that the rights Of
the people are paramount to the right
to strike. However, we profess scrup-
ulous regard for the conditions of pub
lie employment and pledge the Demo
cratic party to instant inquiry into the
pay of government employees and
equally speedy regulations designed
to bring salaries to a just and proper
level.
Women's Suffrage
We endorse the proposed 18th
amendment of the constitution Of the
United States granting equal suffrage
to women.
Women in Industry
We urge cooperation with the
states for the protection of child life
| through infancy and maternity care;
| in the prohibition of child labor and
| by adequate appropriations for the
! children's bureaus and the Women's
bureau in the department of labor. We
| advocate full representation Of wo-
| men on all commissions dealing with
| women's work or women's interests
and a reclassification of the federal
civil service free from discrimination
| in sex hygiene; federal legislation
/ which shall insure that American wo-
men residents in the United States.
but married to aliens shall retain their
| American citizenship and that the
same process Of naturalization shall
| be required for women as for men.
Disabled Soldiers
The federal government should treat
with the utmost consideration every
disabled soldier, sailor and marine of
the world war, whether his disability
be due to wounds received in line OF
action or to health impaired in ser
vice; and for the dependents of the
| brave men who died in line Of duty the
! governments tenderest concern and
richest bounty should be their requit.
! al. The Democrat administration wise
! ly established a war risk insurance
bureau, giving four and half millions
of enlisted men insurance at unprece
IDENTIFY low rates and through the me
dunn of which compensation Of men
and women injured in service is read
lily adjusted, and hospital facilities for
those whose health is impaired are
abundantly afforded. The federal
! board for vocational education should
be made part of the war risk insur
ance bureau in order that the task
may be treated as a whole, and this
machinery Of protection and assis-
lance must receive every aid of law
and appropriation necessary to fully
and effective operation. We believe
| that no higher or more valued priv.
lege can be afforded to an American
citizen than to become a free holder il
the soil of the United States and tC
that end we pledge our party to the
enactment of soldier settlements and
home aid legislation which will at
ford to the men who fought for Amer
lea the opportunity to become land
| and home owners uDder conditions n E