The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27

or will they exploit, the comm need The reactionary continues to put his faith in mastery for the solution of all problems. He seeks to have what he calls the strong men and best mnids' rule and impose their decision upon the masses of their weaker brethren.
 The progressive, on the contrary, con tends for less autocracy and more demo- cracy in government, and for less pow CT of provilege and greater obligation of service.
 Under the principle of ruthless indi- Vidualism and competition, that govern nlent is deemed best which offers to the tew the greatest chance of individual gain.
 Under the progressive principle of co. operation, that government is deemed best which offers to the many the high est level of average happiness and we'll being.
 1t is our faith that we all go up or down together-that class gains are temporary delusions and that eternal his brothers keeper.
 Problem Of Public Service | In that faith we present our program laws of compensation make every man of public service.
 1. The use of power of the federal government to crush private monopoly, not to foster it.
 2. Unqualified enforcement of the constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech, press and assemblage.
 5. Public ownership of the nations waterpower and creation of a public superpower system Strict public control and permanent conservation of all na- tioual resources. including coal. iron and other ores, oil and timber lands, in the interests of the people. Promotion of public works in times of business de- pression.
 4. Retention of surfaces on swollen incomes; restoration of the tax on ex. cess profits, on stock dividends, profits undistributed to evade taxes, rapidly progressive taxes on large estates and lnheritances and repeal of excessive tariff duties, especially cn trust-cOn. trOlled necessities of life, and of nuis- ance taxes on consumption, to relieve the people of the present unjust burden of taxation and compel those who prof ited by the war to pay their share of the wars costs and to provide the funds fol adjusted compensation golemnly pledged to the veterans of the World war.
 5. Reconstruction of the federal re-. serve and federal farm loan systems to provide for direct public control of the nations money and credit. to make national and state legislatures to per 1t available on fair terms to all, and init and promote cooperative banking.
 6. Adequate laws to guarantee to farmers and industrial workers the right to organize and bargain collectively, through representatives of their own choosing, for the maintenance or i'm provenlent of their standards of life.
 Government Marketing
 '. Creation of government market ing corporation to provide direct route between farm and produce and city con sumner, and to assure farmers fair prices for their products and protect consum- CTS from the profiteers in foodstuffs and other necessities of life. Legisla- ton to conduct the meat packing indus. try. \.
 8. Protection and aid of cooperative enterprises by national and state legis- lation.
 9. Common international action to effect the economic recovery of the world from the effects of the World war.
 10. Repeal of the Cummins- Esch law Public ownership of railroads, with dem Ocratic operation. with definite safe guards against bureaucratic control.