Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-07-09

rule not sentence was written into the
federal statutes affording one dollar OF
bank credits to the farming interests OF
America. In the first term of this Demo
cratic administration the natlonal pank
act was so altered as to authorize loans
OF five years maturity on improved Iarin
lands. Later was established a system OF
farm loan banks, from which the borrow
lngs already exceed three hundred mil
lions of dollars and under which the IN
terest rate to farmers has been SO mate
rally reduced aseto drive out OF business
the farm loan sharks who formerly SUP
sisted by eXtortion upon the great derl-
cultural interests of the country
Thus it was a Democratic congress m
the administration of a Democratic preSl-
dent which enabled the farmers OF Amer
lea for the first time to obtain credit upon
reasonable terms and insured their oppoF-
tunity for the future development OF the
nations agricultural resources.
Smith Lever Act Praised.
Not only did the Democratic party put
into effect great. farm-loan system OF
land mortgage banks. but 1t passed the
Smith-Lever agricultural extension act,
carrying to every farmer in every sectlon
OF the country, through the meolum Oh
trained experts and by demonstration
farms. the practical knowledge acquired
by the federal agricultural department IN
All things relating to agriculture, noI III
culture and animal life; 1t estabIsned the
bureau of markets, the bureau OF farm
management and passed the cotton Iu-
lures act, the grain grades bill, the CO.
operative farm administration act anu
the federal warehouse act.
The Democratic party has vastly I'M
proved the rural mail system and mas
built up the parcel post system 70 sucn
an extent as to render its activities ana
its practical service Indispensable TO the
farming community 1t was this wise en-
couragenent and this effective concern 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 succoring
starving populations since armlSUce DAY.
G. o. p. Condemned.
Meanwhile the Republican leaders at
Washington have failed utterly to propose
one single measure to make rural NE
more tolerable. They have slgnallzed
their fifteen months of congressional
power by urging schemes which would
strip the farms of labor; by assailing the
principles OF. the farn-loan system ana
seeking to impair its efficiency; covertly
attempting to destroy the great nitrogen
plant at Mussel Shoals upon which the
government has expended $70,0O00OO to sup
ply American farmers with fertilizers at
reasonable cost; by ruthleSslys GRIPPING
nearly every branch of agricultural en-
deavor, literally Gripping the productive
mediums through which the people must
be fed.
firm 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
will facilitate the expectation of our farm
products.
Wefavor comprehensive studies of farm
production costs and the uncensored pub
LEGATION 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
dustry. It established the department
Of labor at Washington and Demo
cratic president called to his official
council board the first practical work
ingman who ever held a cabinet port
folio. Under this administra ton have
been established employment bureaus
to bring the man and the job together;
have been peaceably determined many
bitter disputes between capital and
labor; were passed the child labor
act, the workingman's compensation
act (the extension of which we advo-
in loading and unloading ships and in
interstate commercea, the eight-hour
law, the act for vocational training and
a 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
congress destroyed by Withholding APP
preparations.
Labor is not a commodity; it is hui
man. Those who labor have rights
depend upon a just recognition OF
those rights and the conservation of
the strength Of the workers and their
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 development and happiness. are
lust assertions of the national interest
in the welfare of the people.
At the same time the nation de-
ponds upon the products of labor; a
cessation of production means loss and.
if long continued. disaster The whole
people, therefore, have right to in
sist 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
They should participate in the form
ulation OF sound laws and regulations
governing the conditions under which
labor is performed, recognize and obey
amendment when necessary by the
processes ordinarily addressed to 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.
ing through representatives of their
own selection.
Neither class, however, should at
any time nor in any circumstances
the public welfare. Resort to strikes
and lockouts which endanger the
health or lives Of the people is an
unsatisfactory device for determining
disputes, and the Democratic party
pledges itself to contrive, if possible,
and put into effective operation a fair
and comprehensive method of compoS-
ing differences OF this nature
opposed to compulsory arbitration as
a method plausible in the theory but
a failure in fact. With respect to gov
t gpnm 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 gov
eminent employees and equally speedy
regulations designed to bring salaries
to 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-
latures of thirty-five states which have
already ratified said amendment and
we urge the Democratic governors and
lima and Florida, and such states as
have not yet ratified the federal suf-
frage amendment, to unite In an effort
to complete the process of ratification
and secure the thirty-sixth state in
time for all the women of the United
States to participate in the fall cleo
ton We commend the effective ad-
yocacv of the measure by President
Wilson.
Women in Industry.
We urge co-operation with the states