Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-01


found to be feasible and practical
We favor liberal appropriations
for prompt co-ordinated surveys by
the United States to determine the
possibilities of general navigation
improvements and water power de-
Velopment on naVigable streams. and
their tributaries, to secure reliable
informa ton as to the most economi-
cal navigation improvement, in COM
bination with the most efficient and
complete development of water
power. 4
We favor suspension of the grant
ing of federal water power licenses
by the federal water power commits
sion until congress has received re-
ports from the water power com
mission with regard to applications
for such licenses.
Fraudulent Stocks Sales
We favor the immediate passage of
such legislation as may be necessary
to enable the states efficiently to en-
force their laws relating to the grad
ual financial strangling Of innocent
investors, workers and consumers,
caused by the indiscriminate promo
tions, refnancing and reorganizing
ovefcS pitalized basis, resulting al
ready in the undermining and col
lapse of many railroads, public serv-
ice and industrial corporations, mani
Testing itself in unemployment, ir
reparable loss and waste, and which
constitute a serious menace to the
stability of our economic system.
Private MOnOpolies
The federal trade commission has
submitted to the Republican admin
istration numerous reports showing
the existence of monopolies and COM
binations n restraint of trade, and
h as recommended proceedings
against these violators of the law
The few prosecutions which have
resulted from this abundant evidence
furnished by this agency created by
the Democratic panty, while proving
the Indifference of the administra-
tions to the violation of the laws by
trusts and monopolies and it's friend
ship for them, nevertheless, demon
strate the value Of the federal trade
commission.
We declare that a private monopo-
ly is indefensible and intoleraGle and
pledge the Democratic party to Wig
orous enforcement of existing laws
against monopoly and illegal COM
binations and to the enactment of
such further measures as may be
necessary.
Aviation
We favor a sustained development
of aviation both by the government
and commercially.
Labor and Child Welfare
Labor is not a commodity. 1t is
human. We favor collective bar
gaining and laws regulating hours
of labor and conditions under which
labor is performed. We favor the
enactment of legislation providing
that the product of convict labor
shipped from one state to another
shall be subject to the laws of the
latter state exactly as though they
should be produced therein. In or
der to mitigate unemployment at
tending business depression we urge
the enactment of legislation author
izing the construction and repair of
public works be initiated in periods
of acute unemployment.
We pledge the party to cooperate
with the state governments for the
welfare, education and protection of
child life and all necessary safe
guards against exhaustive debilitat-
ing employment conditions for
women.
Without the votes of Democratic
members of the congress the child
labor amendment would not have
been submitted for ratification.
The Latin-American Republics
From the day of their birth friend
ly relations have existed between
the Latin-American republics and
the United States. That friendship
grows stronger as our relations be-
come more intimate. The Demo
crtaic party sends 70 these republics
it's cordial greeting. God has made
us eighbors-justice shall keep us
friends.
Freedom of Religion, Freedom OF
Speech, Freedom of Press
The Democratic party reaffirms
it's adherence and devotion to those
cardinal principles contained in the
constitution and the precepts upon
which our government is founded, |
that congress shall make no laws re- !
speeding the establishment of re-
ligion, or prohibiting the free exer-
else thereof, or abridging the free
dem of speech or of the press, or
the right of the people peaceably to
assemble and to petition the govern
ment for redress of grievances,
that the church and the state shall
be and remain separate, and that
no religious test shall ever be re-
quired as a qualification to any of
flee of public trust under the Unit
ed States. These principles we
pledge ourselves ever to defend and
maintain WE insist at all times
upon obedience to the orderly proc
esses of the low and deplore and
condemn any effort to arouse. re-
ligious or racial dissension.
Then in conclusion, the platform
says:
Conclusion
Affirming our faith in these prin-
ciples we submit our cause to the
people.