Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-12
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ADOPTED BY G. 0. P;
LEAGUE is FLAYED

ADOPTED BY G. 0. P;
LEAGUE Is FLAYED
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finally, amended the rules of the sem
ate and house, which will reform
evils in procedure and guarantee more
efficient and responsible government.
Agricultural
The farmer. is the backbone of
the nation. National greatness and
economic independence demand a
population distributed between in
dustry and the farm, and sharing
on equal terms the prosperity which
is wholly dependent on the efforts
! of both. Neither can prosper at
the expense Of the other without IN
viting joint disaster.
The crux of the present agricul-
tural condition lies in prices, labor
and credit.
The Republican party believes
that this condition can be improved
resentation in the appointment of
governmental officials and commits
sions; the right to form cooperation
associations for marketing their
products, and protection against dis
elimination; the scientific study OF
| agricultural prices and farm produc-
I ton costs at home and abroad, with
a view to reducing the frequency
of abnormal fluctuations; the un-
censored publication OF such reports;
| the authorization of associations TOR
| the extensin of personal credlt;
national inquiry on the co-ordlnatlon
of rail, motor and water tranSporta-
ton, with adequate facilities for re
ceiving, handling and marketing
food; the encouragement of our ex-
port trade; an end to unnecessary
price-fixing and lll-consldereo ell
forts arbitrarily to reduce prices OF
farm products which invariably re-
suit to the disadvantage both of pro
Queer and consumer; and the en-
couragement of the production and
importation of fertilizing material
and of its extensive use.
The federal farm loan act should
be SO administered as to facilitate
the ACQUISITION of farm land by those
desiring to become owners and pro
prietors and thus minimize the eVlls
of farm tenantry, and to furnish
such longtime credits as farmers
NAV need to finance Adequately their
larger and longtime production op-
erationS.
Industrial Relations
There are two different conceptions
of the relations of capital and labor.
The one Is cOnStIuCludl' 61iiu oittp~AS%e
sizes the diversity of interests OF
employer and employe: The other
is that of co-partnership in a COM
mon task.
We recognize the justice of col.
leetiye bargaining as a means OF
promoting good will, establishing
closer and more harmonious relations
between employer and employees ana
realizing the true end of industrlals
justice.
The strike or the lockout, as a
means of settling industrial DIS
putes. infiicts such loss and sufferlng
on the community as to JUSTIFY gov
eminent initiative to reduce It's ire
ouency and limit it's consequences.
We deny the right to strike against
the government; but the rights ana
interests of all government employeSS
must be safeguarded by Impartial
laws and tribunity,. . A.,
establishment of an impartial tr1.
bunal to make an investigation OF
the facts and to render a decision
to the end that there may be no or
ganized interruption of service to the
lives and health and welfare of the
n neon The decisions of the tri-
bunals to be morally but not legally
binding, and an informed public SEN
timent be relied on to secure their
acceptance. The tribunal, however,
should refuse to accept jurisdiction
except for the purpose of investlga-
ton. as long as the public service
be interrupted. For public utllltles
we favor the type of tribunal pro-
vided for in the transportation act
of 1920.
In private industries we do not ad-
yocate the principle of compulsory
arbitration, but we favor. Impartial
Commission and better facilities for
voluntary mediation, Cancellation ana
arbitration, supplemented by tnat
full publicity which Will enlist tne
influence of an aroused punnSe opi t
the initiative in inviting the estao-
lishment of tribunals or commissions
for the purpose of voluntary arpltra-
ton and investigation of tins Issue
We demand the exclusion rom m
terstate commerce OF the pEooucFsI "
ool ~ national economy =. III
: A Republican congress reduced the
estimates submitted by, the. a3hIalllli 1-
istration for the fiscal year .l9z9 al
most $4,000, 900, coo, and tor {ne ct Iiscat
err economies could have been effected
had it not been for, the stubborn re-
fusal of the administration to CO.
operate with congress In an economy
propaganda. The universal demand
for an executive budget is a recog--
milton of the incontrovertible fact that
leadership and sincere assistance on
the part Of the executive departments
are essential to effective economic
and constructive retrenchment.
The Overman act invested the pres
ident or the United States with all
the authority and power necessary
to restore the federal government 10
a normal peace basis and to reoT-
ganiZe, retrench and demoblllze. Inc
dominant fact is that eighteen months
orYr1iSfian the limited StdCES
government is still on a wartime
basis, and the expenditure program
of the executive reflects wartime OK
travagance rather than rigid peace
time economy,
AS an example Of the failure to
retrench which has characterized the
postwar policy OF the adm1n1str alton,
we te the fact that, not including
the war and navy departments,
the executive departments and
actually record an increase subse-
quent to the armistice of 2,1S4 en-
ployes. The net decrease in pay roll
costs contained in the 1921 demands
submitted by the administration is
only 1 per cent under that of 1920.
The annual expenses of federal -oper--
alton can be reduced hundreds or
millions of dollars without impair
ing the efficiency of the public serV-
ice. We pledge ourselves to a care
fully planned REIMBURSEMENT "
peace time basis and to policy of
rigid economy, to the better co-ordi-
nation of departmental activities, to
the elimination of unnecessary Of
ficials and employees, and to the rails
ing of the standard of individual eff
/. Executive Budget
We congratulate the Republican
congress on the enactment of law
providing for the establishment of
an executive budget as necessary
like administration of the national
finances, and we condemn the veto
Of the president, which defeated this
great financial reform.
Reorganization of Bureaus
We advocate a thorough investiga-
ton of the present organization of
the federal departments and bureaus,
with a view to securing consolidation,
more businesslike distribution of