Show PLATFORM ADOPTED BY DUCHESNE COUNTY socialists assembled in county convention the socialists of duchesne county reaffirm their steadfast loyalty to the principles of international ter socialism and their unswerving ing devotion of the cause of the working class in all lands while the bodies of millions of our comrades and brothers lie mangled and rotting on the battlefields tle fields of europe we again declare that capitalism the farther of all wars is preparing america for the same bloody fate that has befallen europe we WC appeal to all thinking men ind and women to join with us in the overthrow of the capitalist system while yet there is time to statute provides for save Ar america from the tragic fate that is blotting out the civilization of europe we are opposed to militarism and to all forms of military training in our public schools we declare that all the evils in in government from which we suffer are the results of the legislation of the two old parties which have been continuously in in power since the beginning of the republic first unar under republican rule and then under democratic we find the difference between the two parties to consist in name only bot both th represent the capitalist system under which the grow enormously rich while the masses sink deeper and deeper into poverty and we declare our belief that the continued rule of the democratic and republican parties can have but one olle of two results either the dac decay ay iy and death of our civilization or a vo violent lert bloody and prolonged r revolution evolution to save america from either of those these fates is the mission of socialism ind and the purpose of the socialist at allty P ty Social socialism irm demands that those who produce the wealth of the world shall be given all the we wealth alth they pro produce duco to this thi ernd socialism demands the abolishment iSh lent of prof profits fits interest and rent the three I 1 instruments which capitalism uses to rob the V yr classes of two thirds of the wealth they produce in order that we may at once secure some relief from the burdens of the profit t system and reduce the high cost of livin living under which we struggle because of the extortionate profits charged us by those who deal in in our necessities we hereby declare it to be our purpose at the earliest date possible to organize a county operative cooperative co association for i he purpose of supplying at actual cost ill all such necessities and merchandise as our people may need thereby bringing to ourselves at least in a limi ted degree sonic some of the blessings of kofl socialism we are opposed to the evils of the liquor traffic and we call attention to the utter hypocrisy of both L republican and democratic parties 11 on this question they profess deep friendship for prohibition but alt although bough completely in power in state and nation they have repeatedly betrayed the people and refused to enact a prohibitory law the socialist party of duchesne county declares that thi holdin holding of vast tracts of land in in our county out of use by idle speculators and nonresident non resident landlords is an insufferable evil and we favor such legislation as will effect acure of this injustice to our bonafide homebuilders and settlers we believe that all remaining public lands should be left open to the homesteader st we believe that all indian irnis should pay their just share of public taxation and we favor laws that will permit the assessment of these lands payment of such taxes to be made from funds belon belonging gilig to the indian owners of such sua lands we pledge our party and its candidates to an honest just and economical administration of county affairs and we invite the support of all who favor our aims and believe in our purposes |