Show BOB IS LABOR mm FARMER FRIEND by HON JOHN M NELSON member of congress from third DIS dl 1 erict in j in the present campaign nil candi i dates for president claim to bo be friends of tho the farmer but lafollette Follette Ln alono alone can point to a record which shows that he Is a friend not merely in ca campaign urne time but at all other times for 40 years lafollette has bieni beani lighting fighting to secure a square deal for tori the farmers dom born and raised on a farm he understands farm problems As a young man hil be fought in the house of representatives for legislation to prevent the fraudulent sale of oleo i margarine as butter As governor of wisconsin he built up its dairy ond and 1 food department and its agricultural college both of which have been tin factors in making wisconsin the leading dairy state in the union la in the united states senate letto lette has ever demanded the vigorous enforcement of the antitrust anti trust laws labaj against all who manipulate prices to rob the farmers and other producers 1 ue ile has also been the leading aavo cate of a railroad rall road rodd policy which will insure rates based upon the actual cost of the service and sought to prevent the deflation of the farmers by amendments to the federal reserve act to eliminate wall street control fights for farm legislation La Folletto led the fight against the adjournment of 0 the last congress without passing legislation tor for agricultural relief Laro lafollette ollette alone of all presidential candidates has a program which will really help the farmers this program calls for the creation of a government marketing corporation the repeal of the E esch sch cummins act the reduction of freight rates the reconstruction st of the federal reserve find and farm loan systems temi the regulation of the moat meat packing industry the prohibition of gambling ln in agricultural products the drastic reduction of duties on the products which the tanners farmers must buy protection and aid to agricultural operatives cooperatives co and above nil all breaking the control central of monopoly over the economic life of the people LaFollett es labor record lafollette has been the author of more legislation in the interests of ange earners than any binin ih ing american lind and ling has never cast a vote against labor i As governor 20 years ngo ago lie he gave als wisconsin consla US its first effective child labor and compulsory school attendance laws a as veil bell as its first taws laws for the tha safety of railroad employees and its first modification of the harsh common law rules relating to employ employers ets liability for accidents As senator lafollette introduced and secured the passage of the sea mens act the law limiting the hours houra of labor ou on continuous duty of railroad employees and the eight hour law for women employees in the district of columbia no ile was nas also the author anthor of the first bills for a federal employers pl liability law its As long ago as 1008 lafollette olletta took a definite stand against the use of injunctions in labor disputes and hla his platform Is the only one which in borses labors labor s position upon this important amendment to curb the power of the courts to set the will of the people at naught by declaring laws unconstitutional As governor more than twenty years ago he gave wisconsin its first women members on fhe boards controlling the educational charitable and reformatory for matory institutions and its first woman factory inspector lie ile publicly advocated suffrage long before either of the old parties indorsed endorsed Indor sed this grent great reform gave child labor law lafollette also gave wisconsin it its a first effective child labor and compulsory school attendance laws and he has worked and voted for every measure for the protection of children and in the interests of labor generally which has come before congress in the 19 years of his service in the senate lafollette has ever stood for clean government ne ile started d the teapot dome investigation and led the fight on both lorimer and newberry Kew berry his own record both public and private la Is clean as a hounds bounds tooth |