Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-08-06

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bank credits to the farming interests Of
America. In the first term Of this Demo-
cratic administration the national bank
act was so altered rs to authorize loans
OF hve years maturity on improved farm
lands. Later was established n system OF
iarm loan banks. from which the borrow
inEs already exceed three hundred mil
lions OF dollars. and under which the in
terest rate TO farmers has been so mate
rtally reduced as to drive out OF business
me farm loan sharks who formerly sub
sisted by eNtortion upon the great aSri-
cultural Interests of the country.
mus ~ was a Democratic congress In
dent which enabled the farmers of Amer
lca Tor the first time to obtain credit upon
re- aSonabie terms and insured their oppor-
tunity for the future development Of the
nations agricultural resources.
Smith Lever Act Praised.
Not only did the Democratic party put
INTO eject great farm-loan system OF
land mortgage banks. but it passed the
Smith Lever agricultural extension act.
CARRYING to every farmer in every section
OF the country. through the medium OF
farms. the practical knowledge acquired
by the federal agricultural department IN
AL thlnEs relating to agriculture. horu-
culture and animal life: il established the
bureau OF markets. the bureau of farm
management and passed the cotton flu
tGres act. the grain grades bill, the Co
the federal warehouse act.
Inc Democratic party has vastly I'M
proved the rural mail system and has
Quilt UP the parcel post system to such
an extent as to render It's activities ami
us practical service Indispensable to the
i.a,lrnn Community 1t was this wise en-.
me 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
hilled nations of the war and succorinS
starving populations since armistice day
G. Q. p. Condemned.
Meanwhile the Republican leaders at
washington have failed utterly to propose
one Single measure 10 make rural life
more tolerable. They have sigralized
their fifteen months Of congressional
power by urging schemes which would
strip TIE farms of labor: by assailing the
principles OF the farm-loan system and
attempting to destroy the great nitrogen
plant at Mussel Shoals upon which the
government has expended 10000 900 to SUP
ply American farmers with fertilizers at
nearly every branch OF agricultural en-
deavor. literally Gripping the productive
meesuIns through which the people must
be fed.
We favor such legislation as will con-
irm 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
products
We favor comprehensive studies OF farm
production costs and the uncensored pub
licntion 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
d d. ,IS 1t established the department.
cratic president called to his official
council board the first practical work
folio. Under this ADMINISTRATION have
heen established employment bureaus
to bring the man and the job together:
bitter disputes between capital and
labor; We're passed the child labor
act Che extension OF which we advo4t
cate so as 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 laboring classes.
In the department of labor the Dem
ocratic administration established a
woman's bureau. which a Republican
preparations.
Labor is not a commodity: it is hu-
and the national security and safety
d 66ss upon ana inst inst recoEnt1m Of
hearted and sound-headed men. wom-
hours OF labor and comditions undef
which labor il performed. when passed
IN recognition OF the conditions under
highest development and happiness. are
just assertions Of the national interest
in the welfare Of the people. -.
Ponds upon the products OF labor: a
cessation of production means loss and.
Il long continued. disaster. The whole
.slst that justice shall be done to those
who work. and in turn that those
upon which the life of the nation de-
Ponds must recognize the reciprocal
obligation between the worker and the
state.
They should participate in the form
ulation OF sound laws and regulations
governing the conditions under which
labor is performed. recognize and OBEY
the laws so formulated and seek their
amendment when necessary by the
laws and regulations affecting the
other relations of life.
Labor. as 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
Neither class. however. should ut
any time nor In any circumstances
the. public welfare. Resort to strikes
and lockouts which endanger the
health or dI lives as Of the people Is
pledges itself to contrive. il POSSIBLE.
and put into effective operation a fair
and COMPREHENSIVE method Of compos-
ing differences OF this nature
In private industrial disputes we are
opposed to compulsory arbitration as
n method plausible in the theory but
eminent service we hold distinctly
that the rights of the people are para
mount TO the right to strike. How
ever. we profess scrupulous regard for
the conditions OF public employment
and pledge the Democratic party to
instant inquiry into the pay OF rov-
Grnment employees and equally speedy
regulations designed to 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 suffrage