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SATURDAY. AFTERNOON, JUNE 28 1924 TEXT OF DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM DRAFT (Continued From Page One) to be given principally to those with the larges incomes. The issue between the president and the Dmocratic party is not one of tax reduction or of the conser vation of capital. I uan issue of a relative burden of taxation and of j the distribution of capital as affec-1 ted by the taxation of income. The income tax was intended as a tax upon wealth, It was not intend ed to take from the poor any part of he necessities of life. We hull that the fairest tax with which to raise revenues for the federal gov ernmen is the income tax. We fav or a graduated tax upon incomes, so adjusted as to lay the burdefisW government upon the taxpayers in proportion to the benefits they enjoy and their ability to pay. We denounce the Mellon tax plan as a device to relieve multi-million aire sat the expense of other tax payers, and we accept the issue of taxation tendered by President Cool idge. Agriculture During the four years of Republi can government, the economic con ditions of the American farmer has changed from comfort to bank ruptcy, with all its attendant mis eries. Railroad* The sponsors for the Esch-Cum mins transportation act of 1920, at tile time of its presentation to con press, stated that i had for its pur pose the reduction of the cost of transportation, the improvement of service the bettering of labor con ditions, the promotion of peaceful co-operation between employer and employe and, at the same time, the assurance of a fair and just re turn to the railroads upon their in vestment. We are in accord with these an nounced purposes, but ctontend that the act has failed to accomplish them. It has failed to reduce the cost of transportation. Railroad freight rates should be so readjusted as to give the bulky, basic, low-priced raw commodities, such as agricultural products, coal and ores the lowest rates, placing the higher rates upon more valuable and less bulky manufactured prod ucts. Muscle Shoals and Fertilizers We reaffirm and pledge the ful fillment of the policy, with refer ence to Muscle Shoals, as declared and passed by the Democratic ma jority of the sixty-fourth Congress in, the national defense act of 1916. ‘•for the production of or ether products needed for duction of nitrates or ducts needed for and useful in the manufacture oi fertilizer.” We hold that the production of cheaper and higher-grad e fertiliz ers Js essential to agricultural pros perity. We demand prompt action by congress for operation of the Muscle Shoals plants to maximum capacity in the production, distribu tion and sale of commercial fertiliz ers to the farmers of the country and we oppose any legislation that limits the production of fertilizers at Muscle Shoals by limiting the amount of power to be used in their manfuacture. Republican Contraction of Credit We denounce the recent cruel and unjust contraction of legiti mate and necessary credit and cur rency, which was directly due to the so-called deflation policy of the Republican party as declared in its national platform of June, 1920, and in the speech of acceptance of its candidate for the presidency. Reclamation The Democratic party was fore most in urging reclamation for the arid and semi-arid lands of the west. These lands are located in the public land states, and there fore, it is the duty of the govern ment to utilize their resources by reclamation. Postal Employes We declare in favor of adequate salaries to provide decent living conditions for postal employes. Popular Election* We pledge the Democratic party Ito a policy which will prevent members of either house who fail of re-election from participaing in the subsequent sessions of congress. Probation W e favor the extension of the probation principle to the courts of the United States. Activities of ” We welcome isM'ofil nation to thqtt r,nk*-,O*J the side of men - government whose always shared. ifi Jaf Mining ' Minin,? is one of tW dustries of this country. The value of our mineral production is sec ond only to agriculture. Mining has suffered like agriculture and from the same causes. It is the duty of our government to foster this industry and to remove the re strictions that destroy its prosperi ty- Regulation of Corporation* We pledge the Democratic party to regulate by governmental agen cies the anthracite coal industry and all other corporations contrail the necessaries of We where SALESMAN SAM Sam Acts Very Unladylike , . By Swan i IBBF& —'— ■ S?« j* v. ’ i®wr < j" 4 4 'COMING FM-ONb / UWE. VW IN COCHIN L FOR UFE- ——7, / / JH7 ' /■' r~l 9 A I XkJUL. ’ *> - -■— ——- -■ --— ~ „ \ l*>2l l>\ \ l \Stivut |n ( j » J BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES— Stay With It, Jimmie ’ By Crane x : n s. : n TT - , t — ■—»«>. <BOOTc,.I TELL YOU > DONX THlw vmv NOT. SILLY f SURE ! Ht DOESNT Ktjo-J HOLo HOW-00 YOU \ HE’S HOMELY A WHAT DO I CARE A . Ulttv YOU OUGHT TA GO 1 THE DANCE SHOULD I OUGHTTA TAhOW A GIRL A GOOD TIME ! kNOVJ r , ut) u--. JUS' CAUSE HE . ' I '- QURSE . ?/ INSTEAD’ .) ,4m>> tAWNCEDID HAD SNOLo DANCE IS NO WITH, HIM MAME ANY GOOD H __ I ■ r T7] I z on! I I HALE THOUGH, WILL REASON VJHY I I s / z!f~X- ’b'jz • V —~~—< — T DANCE WITH SHOULD'” 60 ’ 2 WASHINGTON TUBS II VW : . - -By Martin he' r B ?( S c S t^Z lIE 2 f MAYBE HISto Yl ( such a CREPE HANGER. YootTY A r /^^ ELL ' 1 AIN,T S 0 BL,ND TWNK TH ' \J /T NOBODY THINKS DOTTIE'S h Kft»l V. ' '-;-3H'. ITS AN INSPIRATIoir/ V 0U ' BUT 1 (<COMPLAtN THAT VENUS OE NUO WAS CLUB- ) ' A SIOESHOW ‘ S * PERFECT I J PRETTY BUT YOU-AN' DOTTI£?Y7 K 3ST TO LOOK Al < DON'T GET MUCH ) 1 THAT A PAZZLINC VASE OF T L °-? K M Y °° R FEMRER J “ NOW 00N ’ T JH,NK FOR YoJ'iV 3U-T / ISN'T IT? A— KICK OUTA THEMi X? RCHID S LOOKS LIKE A CUSPIDOR J PLAYMATE I THINK WHAT A Q 7 K A MINUTE I'D KNOCK J / UW V<ITH HAY.^j— PERSONALITY A.N OYSTER'S COT?) <YOUR SWEETIE , BUT—J - \T?5\ O i MO ■ 7’ / 11 SO <’ L'aJW ’ muK r"/ / z \ /) r . \ L ~¥ y\ L^^^BwTnlL-i —i / / iSSS ( k i cLX_J w - - / V / 7 \ & l«M. by N't* gAK. tnc ) * ) public welfare has been subordinat ed to private interests. Merchant Marine The Democratic party coondemns the vacillating policy of the Repub lican administration in its failure to develop an American flagship ping policy. Education We believe with Thomas Jeffer son and other founders of the re public that ignorance is the enemy of freedom and that each state, be ing responsible for the intellectual and moral qualifications of its citi zens and for the expenditure of moneys collected by taxation for th e support of its schools, shall use its sovereign right in all matters pertaining to education. Civil Service We denounce the action of the Republican administration in its violations of the principles of civli service by its partisan removals and manipulations of the eligible lists in the postoffice department, and other governmental depart-! ments; by its packing the Civil Service Commission so that the commission became the service in strument of the administration in its wish to deny to the ex-service men their preferential rgiht under the law and the evasion of the re quirements of the law reference to appointments in the department. Conservation We pledge recovery of the navy’s oil reserves, and all other parts of the public domain, which have been fraudulently or illegally leased or otherwise wrongfully transferred to the control of public officials, pri vate citizens and corporations that participated in these tranactions; revision of the water power act,the general leasing act, and all other legislation relating to the public iLnnain, that may be esential to its ,1-iservation and honest and effi '★vLiJ on behalf of the people Sr W e believe that Be enaw>n should retain title to its water power and vre favor the expeditious creation and develop ment of our water power. We fav or public control and conservation of all the nation’s natural resources such as coal, iron, oil and timber, and their use in such manner as may be to othe best interest of our citizens. Improved Hithway* Improved roads are of vital im portance not only to commerce and industry but also to agreiulture and rural life. We call attention to the record of the Democratic party in thia matter and favor a continuance of federal aid under existing fed- eral and state agencies. Veterans of War* We favor generous appropria tions, honst management and sym pathetic care and assistance in the hospitalization, rehabilitation and compensation of the veterans of all wars and their dependents. The humanizing of the veteran bureau is imperatively required. Campaign Contributions. The nation now knows that the predatory interests have, by supply ing republican campaign funds, sys tematically purchased legislative fa vors and administrative immunity. The practice must stop; our nation must return to honesty and decency in politics. Narcotics Recognizing narcotic addiction! especially the spreading herom in addiction among the youth asa grave 'peril to American and to the human race, we pledge ourselves vigor | ously to take against against it all | legitimate and proper measures for i education, for control and for sup- I prssion at home and abroad. Enforcement of Prohibition Law The republican administration I has failed to enforce the prohibition law; is guilty of trafficking liquor permits, and has become the protec tor of this law. The democratic party pledges it self to respect and enforce the con stitution and all laws. The Rights of The States. __ I We demand that the states of the I I Union shall be preserved in all j their vigor and power. They con ' stitute a bulwark against the c.-n --i tralizing and destructive tendencies ' of the Republican party. Asiatic Immigration We pledge ourselves to maintain our establisheed position in favor of the exclusion of Asiatic immi gration. Philippine Independence The Philippine) people :,ave suc ceeded in maintaining a stable gov ernment and have thus fulfilled lh-» i only condition laid down by the i congress as a prerequisite to the ; granting of independence. We de- I clare that it is now our liberty and I our duty to keep our promise to j these people by granting them ’m | mediately the independence which ! they so hor.rably covet. Alaska The mal administration of affairs in Alaska is a matter of concern to ■ all. our people. Under *he Repuo jlican administration of Alaska, de- Ivelopment has ceased and the fish- r THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER T ing industry has been considerably impaired. Territory of Hawaii We believe in a policy for cont inuing the improvements of the na tional party, the harbtor and break waters, and the federal roads of the territory of Hawaii. Virgin Islands. We recommend legislation for the welfare of the inhabitants of the Virgin Islands. We condemn the Lausanne treaty. It bars legitimate American right, and betrays Armenia, for the Cester oil concession. Republic of Greece We welcome to the sisterhood of republic the ancient land of Greece which gave to our party its price less name. We extend to her government and people our cordial good wishes. War. War is a relic of barbarism and it is justifiable only as a measure of defense. In the event war in which the manpower of the nation is drafted i all other resources should like wise be drafted. This will tend to discourage war by depriving it of its profits. DisaramCnt, War Referendum and National Defense We demand a strict and sweep ing reduction of armaments by land ■and sea,» so that there shall be no competitive military program or naval building. Until international agreements to this end have been made, we advocate an army and navy adequate for our national safety. PECAN GROWERS WANT STATE APPROPRIATION ALBANY, June 28.—Prepara tion of an important bill in which the pecan growers of the state are much interested has prevented Rep resentative Walter H. Burt, of i Dougherty, from attending the I opening session of the legislature I of Georgia, but he stated yesterday ' that he would leave Sunday for the capital to begin his duties in ! the house Monday. The bill which Mr. Burt will in troduce for the pecan interests pro- I vides for an appropriation of >15,- 1000 each in the years 1924, 1925, and!936 to the State o*f I Entomology for experimental work in the treatment and eradication of diseases and pests which attack pecan trees and pecan nuts, and for (other horticultural and agriculturti I purposes, The Land Os s Forgottn Men by reefs and up-jutting tea crags; ofteri they were harassed by storms and obliged to seek shelter in the deep-cut bays, and more than cnee it seemed beyond belief that lhej’ would not be instantly overwhelm ed. But always Fortune Joe’s good seamanship, assisted hy Peter’s good nerve and strong muscles, brought them safely through. It was a long, difficult, danger ous journey; but these were voyag ers not to be despised. Dorothy, the daughter of a strong breed, had al ways had a potential strength with which to meet such tests as this, aaa with Peter beside her, the old curse of fear was largely lifted. Even if they had to go the whole long way t othe nearest settlement hey- would have overcome the dangers, won their race with winter, and come through. As it happened, the sea gods were favorable to their ven ture, and halfway out they encount ered a sturdy launch sent from Unalaska to their rescue. The Warrior had not gone down, after all. She had broken her wheel on the way to shelter that first day and, helpless against the storm, had bt-en blown through the chain of islands and far out into the Pacific. Ultimately she had encountered a ship, had been helped into port, and had arranged by wireless for a res cue party to go in search of her passengers marooned on the main land. Ivan and his two followers had al ready vanished into the interior, probably on their way to some of the Esquimo villages beyond the bays, when the rescue ship touched at the scene of the late camp. Pet er’s return home, his wife beside him, was accomplished in good time, and here both are hidden in th * maze of human event. The straw ihat the guide Pete had cut for the ‘ wilderness beds was blown away on i the winds, the cooking rack grew weather-oeaten and was at last j blown down, and ihe alder thickets ; spread and encompassed the camp, j Soon there was little sign that bu -1 man beings had ever passed that I way. The caribou fed at the very ■ mouth of the dugout, only occasion ally stopping to sniff, in wonder, at I (he rain-beat ashes of the fire; the ’ wolverine hunted with uiMbated ; ferocity along the creek bed; and sometimes the great, surly Alaskan grizzly wandered through the camp, wondering, no doubt, what manner pf his brethren had once had their lair on this lonely beach and why they had gone away. The waves still broke and rolled on the shore, but no one looked across them for a returning ship; and the wind blew, but no one was appalled by its rav ing. Only the white cross, seeming ly spared by the forces of the ele ments, still endured—a white em bem of eternity, perhaps a land mark for native beating down thp coast in their skin boats. Again the elements ruled su preme; the snow lay untrack-d by human footprints from sea to sea, the wind swept unchecked by any human habitation. Yet their victory would be short-lived. As Peter had prophesied, in time even this storm swept, savage land would be drawn into man’s dominions. Peter him self would return some time. There was one duty still unperformed. The matter was called to his at tention the second night after they had boarded the rescue ship frem Unalaska. He had stood on ths deck with Dorothy, watching the eerie trail where the churning pro peller set the sea alight; and the girl seemed wandering in a dream world of her own. ‘’There’s just on-j thing that isn’t clear,” she told him, in the low voice that haunted hint throughout the years of his exile. “You remember the seance—l ask ed to speak to you. The message that came through was what made me decide to marry Ivan. It was 'Change the name’—just that: Change the name. What do you make of it, Peter?” He turned to her, and she saw that he was smilin cryptically. “The message was logical enough, Dor- t>thy,” he said, "if yap want t | ieve.” \ ie “But you were thert »VP-- , circle—” Ansas “You uidn’t ask, in words, to speak to me. I'hihp- Eortune Joe didn’t gei°- He is Surely you remember 1 one t;On ’ ed he was, how he see He didn’t get any re told him that you v to the man who layy And if you want t,-p TOWN lieve the message c£„ e 2 «. — He knew by the clty a grca i hand and the when u that she was the res ent change the name o: an immense exclaimed. under th „ “Os course. Bu* a ,, d Florida just sowing.tfb sixteen feet i fr< > me. Sometime ul fifty feet ah" that ‘Hs- back and do it; it’s only decent. Be sides we want to visit again the land that brought us our happiness—• cruel and savage place though it is. Dorothy, what matters and what doesn’t no one really knows; and who can say but that false inscrip tion on the cross matters more than nations or worlds to the man who lies beneath? We’ll rub out the name Peter Newhall, and write in Big Chris Larson. Then maybe he can sleep in peace.” THE END SUMMER SCHOOL TO START ON TUESDAY Summer school will r.tart at the Third District Aggie here Tuesday, with a large number of stuoents ex pected to attend. Practically all available dorimtory reservati »ns have already been taken. Principal Prance said today, and as usual there will be a number of students who will board in Americus while attending. The fee for nonboard ing students, as originally fixed in the schedule of charges, will be $4.00 for the term with >20.00 charged those who board in the Aggie dorimtories during the session of the summer school. All teachers wishing to take ex amination under the new plan of certification will be expected to at tend and take the examination at the Summer schools. Certificates earned in this way will be “A” cer tificates, and full credit will be given for this work by the depart ment of certification, toward pro fessionalizing certificate in the fu ture. Licenses renewed under the old system are known as “B” certif. icates ,and *’C” certificates will be good for only one year. w’M. Sh ' TO -<?SET gian who , ~«ay *y AW FAJLS or of denouncing the Ki member; of her deegation brtfctß pressure to bear on her to her vote and in the end she yield ed to their entreaties, and while announcing she was “opposed to the Klan,’’ she said she wished to be recorded in the nefiative. Andrew J. Erwin, of Athens, an other Georgian, all but stampeded the convention single-handed into adopting a platform plank de nouncing the Ku Klux Klan by name. He was stopped*only by tha speech of William Jennings Bryan It was a case of these two and no body else in the headline; a a case of a young man versus an oldtimer : of a hot h. ad versus a cool one, of ! a new-comer, in versus the • Grand Old Man 'of Democracy, PAGE FIVE
