Cleveland County herald., 1920-07-15

 act was so altered as to authorize loans of five years maturity on improved farm lands. Later was established system oI farm loan banks, from which the borrow ings already exceed three hundred mil lions of dollars and under which the in- terest rate to farmers has been so mate rially reduced as to drive out of business the farm loan sharks who formerly SUD sisted by extortion upon the great agrl- cultural interests of the country.
 Thus 1t was Democratic congress in the administration of 0 Democratic presi- dent which enabled the farmers of Amer lea for the first time to obtain credit upon reasonable 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 effect a great farm-loan system of land mortgage banks, but 1t passed the Smith Lever agricultural extension act, carrying to every farmer In every section of the country, through the medium of trained experts and by demonstration farms, the practical knowledge acquired by the federal agricultural department in all things relating to agriculture, horti- culture and animal life it established the bureau of markets, the bureau of farm management and passed the cotton flu lures act, the grain grades bill, the CO., operative farm administration act, and the federal warehouse act.
 The Democratic party has vastly lm- proved the rural mail system and has
 
 an extent as to render its activities and its practical service indispensable to the farming community. 1t was this wise en- couragement and this effective concern of the 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 allied nations of the war and succortnS starving populations since armistiee day.
 G. o. p. Condemned.
 Meanwhile the Republican leaders at Washington have failed utterly to propose one single measure to make rural life their fifteen months of congressional power by urging schemes which would strip the farms of labor;' by assalling the principles of the farm-loan system and seeking to impair it's efficiency; coVerty attempting to destroy the great nitrogen plant at Mussel Shoals upon which the government has expended $l0O00 O00 to sup ply American farmers with fertilizers at reasonable cost; by ruthlessly cripplinG nearly every branch of agricultural en- deaVor, literally crippling the productive mediums through which the people must be fed
 We favor such legislation as will con firm to the primary producers of the na- ton the right of collective bargaining and marketing Of the products of the work shop and the farm and such legislation as will facilitate the eXportation of olr farm products.
 
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 Labor and Industry.
 The Democratic party is now as ever, the firm friend of honest labor and the promoter of. progressive in of labor at Washington and a Demo- era tic president called to his official council board the first practical work ingInan who ever held a cabinet port folio. Under this administration have been established employment bureaus to bring the man and the job together; bitter disputes between capital and labor; were passed the child labor act, the workingmans compensation act (the extension of which we advo- in loading a"d unloading ships and in interstate eommercel, the eight-hour law, the act for vocational training and a code of other wholesome laws affect ing the liberties and bettering the con- ditions of the labering classes.
 In the department of labor the Dem ocratic administration established Woman's bureau, which Republican congress destroyed by withholding ap- propria tions.
 I.ahor is not a commodity; 1t Is hu- man. Those who labor have rights and the national security and safety depend upon a just recognition of the strength of the workers and tbeir families in the interest of sound hearted and sound-headed men. wom- en and children. Laws regulating hours of labor and conditions under which labor is performed when passed in recognition of the conditions under which life must be lived to attain the highest 3eve ,opment and happiness. are just assertions of the national interest in the welfare of the 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 a right to in- sist that tustice shall be done to those whose labor creates the n necessities upon which the life of the nation de- bends must recognize the reciprocal CbliGation between the worker and the
 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 1 when necessary by the processes ordinarily addressed to the laws an[ 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 own selection.
 any time nor in any circumstances take action that will put in jeopardy the public welfare Resort to strites and Iocllcpts which endanger the health or lives of the people is an device for determtntng disputes, and the Democratic rsrty pledges itself to contrive, if 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 a method plausible in the theory but a failure ir fact. With respect to gov ernment service we hold distinctly that the hts 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 gov ernment employees and equally speedy 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 to women. We congratulate the legis- Iatures of thirty-fve states which have n already ratified said amendment. and we urge the Democratic governors and of Tennessee, North Caro- ina and Florida. and such states as have not yet ratified the federal suf- fra ere amendment. to unite in an effort 10 com alete the process of ratification and secure the thirty-siXth state in time for all the women of the United