Mining

Mining is one of the basic industries of this country. We produce more coal, iron, copper and silver than any other country. The value of our mineral production is second 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 restrictions that destroy its prosperity.

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Chicago: "Mining," Democratic Party Platform of 1924 in Donald B. Johnson, Ed. National Party Platforms, 1840–1976. Supplement 1980. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois), Pp.247-248 Original Sources, accessed June 11, 2026, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VHJKBYIT79UQS6P.

MLA: . "Mining." Democratic Party Platform of 1924, in Donald B. Johnson, Ed. National Party Platforms, 1840–1976. Supplement 1980. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois), Pp.247-248, Original Sources. 11 Jun. 2026. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VHJKBYIT79UQS6P.

Harvard: , 'Mining' in Democratic Party Platform of 1924. cited in , Donald B. Johnson, Ed. National Party Platforms, 1840–1976. Supplement 1980. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois), Pp.247-248. Original Sources, retrieved 11 June 2026, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VHJKBYIT79UQS6P.