Show CHARLES A HARDY FOR legislature LEOIS LATURE UBE the ticket representative to the legislature CHARLES A HARDY vernal utah commissioner 4 year term GEORGE PICKUP dry gulch utah commissioner 3 2 year term E A DANIELS vernal utah county clerk FORREST waples naples utah county recorder BERTHA WITMER vernal utah county treasurer WLLIAM P REYNOLDS maeser utah count sheriff ALBERT JOHNSON maeder utah county cou nty assessor GEORGE vernal utah county superintendent of schools MRS MINNIE DODDS maaser utah county surveyor CONRAD FRANKS vernal utah the ne uintah county socialists held convention at the vernal opera house saturday oct 12 1912 and named charles A hardy as their candidate for representative to the legislature also put in the field a full county ticket except for the office of county attorney i the platform we the socialists reaffirm re affirm our belief in the national socialist party and endorse eldorse the platform adopted at the national socialist convention may alay 12 18 1912 J the socialist party pany or the united 4 states declare that the capitalist tom tem has outgrown its historical function 0 and has haa become utterly incapable fl bl of f meeting the problems now i con froling confronting society we denounce this outgrowing system as tent and corrupt and the source of 4 unspeakable misery and suffering to the whole working class under this system the industrial equipment of the nation has haa passed into the abb absolute olitte control of a plutocracy which exacts an annual tribute of billions of dollars from the producers unafraid of any organized resistance resl resi stence it stretches chea out its greedy hands over the still un develop ed resources of the nation the land the mille fl the forests and the water powers of every state in the union jn spite of the multiplication of laborsaving machines and improved I 1 methods in industry which cheapen the copt of production the share of the producers cers grows ever less and the prices of all the necessities of life Istead il increase the boasted prosperity of this nation la is tor for the owning class alone to the rest it means boniv greater hardship and misery the high cost of living Is felt in every home millions of wage workers have seen the ing power of their wages ages decrease un VI til life has become a deit desperate battle for mert existence multitudes of unemployed walk the streets of our cities or trudge from from state to mate awaiting the will of the masters to move the wheels of industry the farmers in every state are plundered by the increasing prices exacted frow tools machinery and by extortionate rents freight rates and storage charges capitalist concentration is mercilessly crushing the class of small bust busl ness nees men and driving its members into the ranks of wage workers the overwhelming ma bority of the people of america are f being forced under a yoke of bondage by this soulless industrial do de i it Is this capitalist system that Is responsible for the increasing bur den of armaments the poverty poi erty slum alum child labor most of the insanity crime and prostitution and much of the disease that afflicts mankind under this system the working class Is exposed to poisonous onous conditions to frightful and needless perils to life and limb is walled around with court decisions injunctions and unjust laws and is preyed upon ir for the benefit of the controlling oligarchy of wealth under it also the children of the class are doomed to ignorance drudging toll toil and darkened lives in the face of th obe evils ISO eo mani man test fest that all thoughtful observers vers are appealed at them the legislature representatives of the republican and Demo democratic cratte parties remain the servants of the oppressors Aleas measures urea designed to secure to the J wage age earners of this nation have been smothered in committee without debate and laws ostensibly designed to bring relief to the farmers and general consumers are juggled yand transformed into instruments for the exaction of further tribute t the growing unrest under opples S glon felon has driven these two to old parties to the enactment of a variety ot of A regulative measure none 0 it 0 which h hao haa limited in any asprec appreciable IL 1 o d e degree the power or of the plutocracy and some of which have been pie averted into means for increasing that power antitrust laws railroad restrictions arid and regulations with the indictments and investigations based upon such legislation have proved to be utterly futile and ridiculous nor has this plutocracy been aerl bously or even threatened by any republican or democratic executives it has continued to grow in power and insolence alike under the administration of cleveland mckinley roosevelt and taft in addition to this legislative juggling and this executive connivance the courts of america have sanctioned md aad strengthened the hold of this plutocracy as aa the dred scott and other decisions strengthened the slave power before the civil war they have constantly been used as instruments for the oppression of the working class aud and tor for the suppression of free speech and trie as sem bl blage age we declare ther therefore etore that the longer sufferance crance of these conditions la Is impossible and we ae purpose to end them all we declare them to be the product of the present system in which industry Is carried on tor for private greed instead of tor for the welfare el of society we vve declare furthermore that for these evils there will be and can be no remedy and no bub substantial relief except through socialism under which industry will le he carrica on for the common good and every worker receives rec elvee the full bobial N value alue of the vi wealth he creates society is divided into warring groups and classes based upon material interests fundamentally Fundament aily this struggle Is a conflict between the two main clas clasbey bes one of which the capital capita claas owns the means of production and the other the working dabs must use these means of production on terms dictated by the owners the capitalist class though few in number absolutely control the government legislative executive and judicial this class owns the ma chinery nery of gt gathering and disseminating news through itu organized press it subsidizes seats of learning the colleges and schools and I 1 t ven vr n religious and moral agencies it has also the added prestige which established customs gives to any order of society right or wrong the working class which includes all those who are forced to work for a living whether bether i by hand or brain in shop mine or on the soil outnumbers the capital class lacking edff effective etive organization and alais clais solidarity this class Is unable t to enforce force its will given such class solidarity and effective organization the workers will all have the power to make all laws and control all industry in their own interest all parties are the expression of economic class interest terest lu all other piru than the tha socialist party represent one or another group of the ruling lass alas their political conflicts inflect merely superficial facial rivalries bet between Neen competing capitalist groups however they result these conflicts have no issue of real value to the workers whether the democrats or republicans win politically it is the capi class that Is victorious 0 eco o the socialist parts part is the political expression of the economical interests of the workers its defeats have been their defeats and its victories their victories it la Is a party founded on the science and laws lavis of social development it proposes that since all social necessities today are socially produced the means meana of their production and distribution shall be socially owned and democratically controlled oled in the face of the economic and political aggressions of the capitalist class the only rellan reliance ce left the workers Is that of their econom lt orga and their political power by the intelligent and class consel ous use of thes ethey may resist successfully cess fully the capitalist class break the fetters of wage mage slavery and fit themselves for the future society w which ts is to displace the capitalist system dyste in the socialist party appreciates prec preci ates latea the full signi flance of class organization and urges the wage earners the working A farmers and all other useful workers everywhere to organize for econe le lc and political action and we pledge ourselves to support the of the fields as well as those in the factories and mines of the nation in their struggle for economic justice in the defeat or victory victor of the working Nor king class claes party in this now new struggle for freedom lies the defeat or triumph of the common people of all economic gro groups grou pea as well as aa the failure or the triumph of popular government thus thug the socialist party Is the party of the present day revolution which marks the transition from economic individualism to socialism from wage slavery to free operation cooperation co from capitalist oligarchy to industrial democracy working program As measures calculated to strength en the working class la in its fight for the realization of its ultimate aim the operative cooperative co commonwealth and to increase its ite power of resistance against oppression we advocate and pledge ourselves and our elected of bleers to the following program pro grair continued from page 3 CHARLES A HARDY FOR legislature continued from page 1 collective ownership 1 the Polle collective Alve 0 and d democratic mo cratic management of railroads wire and wireless telegraphs and ta telephones ep hones exl express steamboat lines and all other social nodal meana ot of and communication and of all laige scale industries 2 the acquirement by the mu municipalities niel pall ties the states or the eminent ot oc all other dis tri agencies in order to re duce the present extortionate cost of living I 1 the extension of the public do miln mi ln to ii elude niclide mines qu quarries arites oil wells fontair and ater power 4 lie ile farther anton and development devel ct cf cattral rc resources sources for the use end and benefit of all the people a ly and dintler protection b ly the reclamation of arid ind swamp tracts c L lv the or of flood wat mat ers era and tile the utilization of water power d D f tho be stoppage or the pres sent agent waste naste of the soil and of tile the products pio ducts of and oil m wells ells e ty tile the t of high way may and waterway system 5 the collective ownership of land practicable and in cases such owne ownership iship is ira im practicable the appropriation by taxation of the annual rental alue of all land held aci speculation or exploitation 6 the collective collect lie ile and itic mana management Lement of the bink bank ing and currency system P 7 the abolition of the monopoly ownership of patents rind and the sub ution of collect collective le ownership with direct rewards to inventors by premiums or royalties unemployment the immediate gov eminent relief of the unemployed by the extension of all useful public works all persons employed on such works to bp be engaged directly by athe government under a workday of not more than eight hours and at not less than tile the pre prevailing ailing union wages the government also to establish employment bureaus to lend money to states and municipalities without interest A for the purpose of carrying on public works and to take siren other measures within its power as will lessen the widespread bystry of the mockers caused by the misrule of the capitalist cliss industrial demands the cons conservation of human re sources particularly of the lives likes and well avell fare of the workers and their families I 1 cy by shortening the worIc workday day in keeping with the increased productiveness ti veness of machinery 2 t securing lu lit every everi worker ti a rest of not ims wa than a day and a half in each week 3 ay I 1 y securing a more effective inspection of mork workshops shops factories and mines 4 ly forbidding the employment cf children under sixteen years of ago G 5 ab iy a the brutal exploitation of convicts under the contract anh anft substituting the co IL ratie e organization of industries lit in penitentiaries aries and tor for the benefit of convicts and their dependents pen dents 6 ly foi f 01 bidding the interstate transportation of the products of child lalar of conict coin let labor and of all 11 unar spotted factories and mines 7 13 L abolishing the profit system in n government work and substitute arg elmber the direct hire of labor or the amara awarding aing of contracts conti acts to co operative rathe brou groups of workers 8 dy establishing wage scales a 9 fy atoll shing official charity and substituting a contributory noncontributory non sy system stell or old age pensions a gemeril system astern of insurance by tile the state of all its ita members against anem illness and am and a system of compulsory insurance by employers of 0 their workers with out ot cost to tn the latter against in du diseases accidents and I 1 death political demands I 1 the absolute freedom of press speech and assemblage 2 the ahe adoption of a graduated income tax the increase of the rates of the present corporation tax and the ext extension enMon of taxes graduated in proportion to tile the 1111 value ku e of the estate and to nearness of kin ln the proceeds of these taxes to be nip loyed in the socialization of in austry dus try 11 3 unrestricted and equal fluff aage tor for men and women 4 the adoption of the initiative port lonal representation nationally its as well as locally 5 the abolition of the ilie senate and of the veto power of the aiesi dent 6 the election of the president and lc le president by dirt direct vote of the people 7 the rhe abolition of the pow power er usurped ly by the supreme court of tile the united states to pass upon the con of the legislation en acted bs congress national laws to be repealed only by act of cou con gics giess of by a referendum vote of the whole people 8 the abolition of the present restrictions upon the amendment of the constitution so that that inspru may be mada amendable by a majority of the voters in a majority of the states I 1 the gi of the right of suffrage age in the district of columbia with representation in congress and a form of municipal government goern go eminent ment tor for purely local affairs 10 the extension or of democratic government to all united states ter I 1 altor I 1 tore 11 the enactment of further measures for general education and particularly parti for edul adulation lAtion in useful pursuits the bureau ot of education to bo be made a department 12 lie ile enactment of if further measure a for the conser conservation lation of health the erection of an inde pendent pel dent bureau of 0 health with such restrictions as will secure the full of all schools or oc practice 13 the sepe generation ration of 0 the present buri burrau au of labor from the th department of commerce comme ice and labor and its ele aaion to the rank of a department 14 ABOLITION or OF ALL FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS AND AM THE UNITED STATES STAT ES CIRCUIT S or OP APPEALS STATI STATE COURTIS COURT TO HAVE jun jurisdiction I 1 SD I 1 CT LON IN ALL OASES CASES ARISING HE THU SI SEV V I IRAL raial STATIC AND FOREIGN N corporations THE ELECTION or ALL JUDGES ron roil SHORT TIER IMS 15 the immediate curling of tho the power of the courts to issue eions alons 16 the free of justice 17 the calling of a convention for the revision of the constitution of the united states su h measures of relief oa we may be able to force from capitalism aro but a preparation of the workers to seize the whole powers of gov ern ment in order that they may thereby lay hold bold of the whole system of socialized industry and |