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tribute their just proportion toward defraying the expenses of the government;
and to the accomplishment of that result we pledge the Democracy
of Texas to the enactment of such further laws as will secure the
just rendition of all property for taxation at its full value, and compel
the payment of taxes properly assessed against it, and to the enactment
of such laws as will secure the taxation of all property, tangible and intangible,
including the franchises or intangible assets or property of
those corporations, which.by reason of the nature or character of their
assets or property under the present laws escape their just proportion
of taxation.
19.
We recommend that a State department of agriculture be established
and that the same be separate and apart from all other departments and
interests and that the same be adequately supported; that there be provided
adequate agricultural equipment and teaching force for the State
Normal Colleges, the College of Industrial Arts for Girls, and the A.
and M. College; and that industrial thought in the schools be encouraged
by teaching the elements of agriculture and of the industrial arts;
and that the A. and M. College, the College of Industrial Arts for Girls,
and the State Normal Colleges, be authorized to grant diplomas having
the force of State Teacher's certificates, to all who complete the
necessary course of study as graduates in the industrial branches; we
recommend that liberal support be provided for the A. and M. College,
the Experimental Stations, the Farmers' Institute, the College of Industrial
Arts for Girls, and the Texas State University, for the teaching
and training of our youths, and the more liberal education of our
citizenship; we recommend that the principle of county taxation for
school purposes be adopted; we demand that the constitutional requirements
for at least six months' term of free school for each child in each
year be complied with.
SITPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLATFORM
AND RESOLUTIONS.
Be it resolved by the Democracy of Texas that trusts, monopolies and
combinations in restraint of trade are contrary to the genius of free government,
and are the most insidious agencies used to oppress the people
and destroy the freedom of the citizens; and we denounce all such unlawful
combinations and pledge the full power of the Democratic party to
utterly destroy them in this State and we heartily endorse at all times,
a vigorous enforcement of the laws upon this subject.
I certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the platform
adoptec by the State Democratic Convention assembled at Dallas, Texas,
August S1, 1906.
GEORGE A. CARDEN,
Chairman State Democratic Executive Committee.