SATURDAY. AFTERNOON, JUNE 28 1924
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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
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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-
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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,
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