Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-07-03
Platform as Presented to Delegates

armistice imitation the world over. It has denied the demand of the pres ident for necessary legislation.
 The simple truth is that the high cost of living can only be remedied by increased production, strict gov ernmental economy and relentless pursuit of those who take advantage of postwar conditions and are de- manding and receiving outrageous profits.
 We pledge the democratic party to a policy of strict economy, in gov ernment expenditures and to the en- actment and enforcement of such legislation as may be required to bring profiteers before the bar of criminal justice.
 The Tariff.
 We reaffirm the traditional policy of the democratic party in favor of tariff for revenue only and confirm the policy of passing tariff revisions upon the intelligent research of a non-partisan commission.
 Budget.
 In the interest of economy and good administration, we favor the creation of an effective budget sys- tenn that will function in accord with the principles of the constitu- tion. The reform should reach both the executive and legislative as as- poets of the question.
 Senate Rules.
 We favor such alteration of the rules of procedure of the senate of the United States as will permit the transaction of the nations executive business.
 Agriculture Interest.
 In the first term of this democrat ic administration the national bank act was so altered as to authorize loans of five years maturity on inn proved farm lands. Labor was es- tablished a system of farm loan banks, banks, from which the bor- rowings already exceed $300,000,000 of dollars and under which the in- terests rate to farmer has been so materially reduced as to drive out of busienss the farm loan sharks.
 We favor such legislation as will confirm to the primary producers of the nation the right of collective bar gaining and the right of cooperative handling and marketing of the pro- ducts of the workshop and the farm and such legislation as will facili- tr+ +o ho rt oti of products.
 We favor comprehensive studies of farm production costs and the un- censured publication of facts found in such studies.
 Labor and Industry.
 The democratic party is now, as ever, the firm friend of honest la Dor. It established the department of labor at Washington and demo- cratic president called to his office council board the first practical workingman who ever held cabinet portfolio. Under this administration have been established employment bureaus to bring the man the job to- gether; have been peaceably deter mined many bitter disputes between capital and labor were passed the child labor act, the workingman's compensation act (the extension of which we advocate so as to include la- borers engaged in loading and un- loading ships and in interstate com merce. The eight hour law, the act for vocational training and code of other wholesome laws affecting the liberties and bettering the condi- tions of laboring classes. In the de- partment of labor the democratic ad- ministration established woman's bureau, which republican congress destroyed by withholding appropria- ticns.
 Labor is not a commodity; it isl human.
 Laws regulating hours of labor and conditions under which labor is per formed, when passed in recognition of the conditions under which life must live to be attain the highest development and happiness, are just assertions of the national interest in the welfare of people.
 At the same time, the nation de- bends upon the products of labor; a cessation 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, and in turn that those whose labor creates the neces- sities upon which the life of the nation depends must recognize the reciprocal obligation between the worker and the state. They should participate in the formulation of sound laws and regulations govern ing the conditions under which la bor is performed, recognize and obey