THE SEMI-WEEKLY ROBESONIAN.
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DELTOMTIG
The Tariff Is Made
the Issue.
FOR REVENUE ONLY.
Rjpalita Prolecflon System
Is Deneunced.
TAX DOES HOT RAISE WAGES,
HighCjsst of Living Declared to Re
ult From High Tariff Declaration
. In Favor of Enforcing the Criminal
' Wall aa Civil Law Against Trusts
and Trust Officials Favor Income
Tax and Popular Election of Sana
tors. We. tbe representatives of the Dem
ocratic party of the United States in
national convention assembled, reaf
firm our devotion to the principles of
Democratic government formulated by
Thomas Jefferson and enforced by a
long and illustrious line of Democratic
presidents.' " !
Tariff Reform.
We v"3clare it to be a fundamental
principle of the Democratic party 'that
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stltution has no right or power to im
pose or collect tariff duties except for
the purpost of revenue, and we de
mand that the collection of such taxes
shall be limited to the necessities of
government honestly and economically
administered.
The high Republican tariff is the
principal cause of the unequal distri
bution of wealth: It is a system of
taxation which nakes the rich richer
and the poor poorer. Under its opera
tions the American farmer and labor
ing man are the chief sufferers; ' it
raises the cost of the necessaries of
Hfe to them, but does not protect their
product or wages;" The' farmer sells
largely in free markets and ifciuys al
most entirely In the protected mar
kets. In the most highly protected In
dustries such as cotton and wool, steel
and iron the wages of the laborers
are the lowest paid In any of our In
dustries. We denounce the Republican
pretense on that subject and assert
that American wages are established
by competitive conditions and not by
the tariff.
We favor the Immediate downward
revision of the existing high und, in
many cases, prohibitive tariff duties.
Insisting that material reductions be
speedily made upon the necessaries of
life. Articles entering Into competi
tion with trust controlled products and
articles of American manufacture
which are sold abroad more cheaply
than nt home should be put upon the
free, list
We recognize that our system of tar
iff taxation is intimately connected
with the business of the country, and
we favor the ultimate attainment of
the principles we advocate by legisla
tion that will not injure or destroy le
gitimate industry.
We denounce the action of President
Tuft Id vetoing the blHs to reduce the
tariff In the cotton, woolen, metals and
chemical schedules and the farmers'
free list bill, all of which were design
ed to give Immediate relief to the
masses from the exactions of the
trusts.
The Republican party, while promis
ing tariff revision, has Shows by Its
tariff legislation that such revision is
not to be in the people's Interest, and.
having been faithless to Its pledges of
1908, it should no longer enjoy the con -
idence of the nation. We appeal to
the American people to support ns la
our demand ' for a tariff for revenue
only.
High Cost of Living.
The high cost of living is a serious
problem In every American home. The
Republican party in its platform at
tempts to escape from responsibility
tor present conditions by denying that
they are due to a protective tariff. We
take issue with them on this subject
and charge that excessive prices result
In a large measure from the high tariff
laws enacted and maintained by the
Republican party and from trusts and
commercial conspiracies fostered and
encouraged by such laws, and we as
sert that no such substantial relief can
be secured for the people until Import
duties on the necessaries of life are
materially reduced and these criminal
conspiracies broken up.
Anti-trust Law.
A private monopoly is Indefensible
nd Intolerable. We therefore favor
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the vigorous enforcement of the crlni-
inal as well as the civil law against
trusts and trust officials and demand
the enactment of such additional leg
islation as may be necessary to make
it impossible for a private monopoly
to exist in the United States,
We fayor the declaration by law of
the conditions upon which corpora
tions shall be permitted to engage In
interstat trade. Including among oth
ers the prevention of holding compa
nies of interlocking directorates, of
stock watering, of discrimination In
price and the control by any one cor
poration of so large a proportion of
any Industry as to make It 4 menace
to competitive conditions.
We condemn the action of the Re
publican administration iu romproml
ing - with the Standard Oil company
and the tobacco trust and Its failure
to Invoke the criminal provisions of
the anti-trust law against the officers
of those ' corporations after the court
had declared that from the undisputed
facta in the record they had violated
the criminal provisions of the law.
We regret that the Sherman anti
trust law has received a judicial con
struction depriving it of much of Its
efficiency, and we favor the enactment
of legislation which will restore to the
statute the strength of which It has
been deprived by such interpretation.
Rights of tho Stat.
We believe in the preservation and
maintenance in their full strength and
integrity of the three co-ordinate
branches of the federal government
the executive, the legislative and the
judicial each keeping within Its own
bounds and not encroaching upon the
just powers of either of the others.
Believing that the most efficient re
sults under our system of government
are to be attained by the full exercise
by the states of their reserved sover
eign powers, we denounce as usurps
tlon the effort of our opponents to de
prive ihe states of any of the rights
reserved to them and to enlarge aud
magnify by indirection the powers of
the federal government.
We insist upon the fall exercise of
all the powers of government, both
state and national, to protect the peo
ple from injustice at the hands of
those who seek to make the govern
ment a private asset in business. There
is no twilight zone between the nation
and the state in which exploiting Inter
ests can take refuge from both. It is
as necessary that the federal govern
ment shall exercise the powers delegat
ed to it as It is that the states shall ex
ercise the powers reserved to them,
but we insist that, federal remedies for
the' regulation of Interstate commerce
and for the prevention of private mo
nopoly shall be added to and not sub
stituted for state remedies.
Income Tax and Popular Election of
Senators.
We congratulate the country upon
the triumph of two important reforms
demanded in the last national platform
namely, the amendment of the feder
al constitution authorizing an income
tax and the amendment providing for
the popular election of senators aud
we call upon the people' of all the
states to rally to the support of the
pending propositions and secure their
ratification.' '
We note with gratification the unani
mous sentiment in favor of publicity
before the election of campaign con
tributions, a measure demanded In our
national platform" of 1908 and at that
time opposed by the Republican party,
and we commend the Democratic
house of representatives for extending
the doctrine of publicity to reeoiri
mendatlons, verbal and written, upon
which presidential appointments are
made, to the ownership and control of
newspapers and to the expenditures
made by and In behalf of those who
aspire to presidential nominations, and
we point for additional justification
for this legislation to the enormous
expenditures of money In behalf of
the president and his predecessor In
the recent contest for the Republican
nomination for president.
Presidential Primaries.
The movemeut toward more popular
government should be promoted
through legislation In each state which
will permit the expression of the pref
erence of the electors for national can
didates at presidential primaries.
We direct that the national commit
tee Incorporate In the call for the next
nominating convention a requirement
that all expressions of preference for
presidential candidates shall be given
and the selection of delegates and al
ternates made through a primary elec
tion conducted by the party organiza
tion in each state where suck expres
sion and election are not provided for
by state law. , Committeemen who are
hereafter to constitute the member
ship of the Democratic national com
mittee and whose election Is not pro-
T,ded for by ,aw Bhnll cho8en ta
each state at such primary elections,
and the service and authority of com
mitteemen, however chosen, shall be
gin Immediately upon the receipt of
their credentials respectively.
Campaign Contributions.
We pledge the Democratic party to
the enactment of a law prohibiting any
corporation from contributing to a
campaign fund .and any Individual
from contributing any amount above
a reasonable maximum.
Term of President.
We favor a single presidential term
and to that end urge the adoption of
an amendment to the constitution mak
ing the president of the United States
Ineligible to re-election, and we pledge
the candidate of this convention to
this principle.
Democratic Congress.
At this time, when the Republican
party, after a generation of unlimited
power in its control of the federal gov
ernment, is rent Into factions, it Is
opportune to point to the record of
,i8nineDt of Democratic
honge of representatives In the Sixty-
congress. We Indorse its nc-
tlon, and we challenge comparison of
Its record with that of any congress
which has been controlled by our op
ponents. We call the attention of the
patriotic citizens of our country to Its
ecord of efficiency, economy and cen
troctlve legislation.
It has among other achievements re
Ised the rules of the house of repre
entatives so as to give to the repre
sentatives of the American people-
freedom of aeecli a ad of action ta ad
vocating, proposing . and perfecting
remedial IcisIatUm.
It has pied bills for the relief of
the people and the development of our
country. It has endeavored to revise
the tariff tuiea downward In the In
terest of the consuming masses and
thus to reduce the high cost of living.
It has proposed so amendment lo
the federal constitution providing for
tho election of United States senators
hy the direct rote of the people.
It ha secured the admission of Ari
zona and New Mexico, as two sover
eign states.
It bos required the publicity of cam
ml?o expenses both before and after
election and fixed a limit upon the
e!e-tlon expenses of United States sen
nt; t-s and representatives. v
It has passed a bill to prevent the
abuse of the writ of injunction. It has
passed a law establishing an eight hour
day for workmen on all national pub
lic work.
It has passed a resolution whtcb
forced the president to take immediate
steps to abrogate the Russian treaty.
And it has passed the great supply
bills which lessen waste and extrava
gance and which reduce the annual ex
penses of the government by many mil
lions of dollars.
We approve the measure reported by
the Democratic leaders In the house of
representatives for the creation of a
council of national defense which will
determine a definite naval program
with a view to increased efficiency and
economy. The party that proclaimed
and has always enforced the Monroe
doctrine r- J was sponsor for the new
navy will continue faithfully to ob
serve the constitutional requirements
to provide and maintain an adequate
and well proportioned navy sufficient
to defend American policies, protect
our citizens and uphold the honor and
dignify of the nation.
Republican Extravagance,
Wo denounce the profligate waste of
the money wrung from the people by
oppressive taxation through the lavish
apprdprfidnJP "of retelt . Bepnb'leaa
congresses, which have kept taxes high
and reduced the purchasing power of
the people's toil. We demand a return
to that simplicity and economy which
befit a Democratic government and
a reduction in the number of useless
offices, the salaries of which drain the
substance of the people.
Railroads, Express Companies, Tele
graph and Telephone Lines.
We favor the efficient supervision
and rate regulation of railroads, ex
press companies, telegraph and tele
phone lines engaged in interstate com
merce. To this end we recommend the
valuation of. railroads, express compa
nies, telegraph and telephone lines by
the Interstate commerce commission,
such valuation to take Into considera
tion the physical value of the property,
the original cost, the cost of the pro
duction and any element of value that
will render the valuation fair and just.
We favor such legislation as will ef
fectually prohibit tfie railroads, ex
press, telegraph and telephone compa
nies from engaging in business which
brings them into competition with
shippers or patrons; also legislation
preventing: overissue of stocks and
bonds by Interstate railroads, express
companies, telegraph and telephone
lines and legislation which wilt assure
such reduction in transportation rates
as conditions will permit, care being
taken to avoid reductions that would
compel a reduction of wages, prevent
adequate service or do Injustice to
legitimate investments.
Banking Legislation.
We oppose the so called Aldrlch
bill or the establishment of a central
bank, and we believe our country will
be largely freed from panics and con
sequent unemployment and business
depression by such a systematic revi
sion of our banking laws as will render
temporary relief in localities in which
such relief is needed, with protection
from control or dominion by what is
known as the money trust
Banks exist for the accommodation
of the public and not for the control of
business. All legislation on the sub
ject ef banking and currency should
have for Its purpose the securing of
these accommodations on terms of ab
solute security to the public and of
complete protection from the misuse
of the power that wealth gives to those
who possess it.
We condemn the present methods of
depositing government funds in a few
favored banks, largely situated in or
controlled by Wall street, in return
for political favors, and we pledge oar
party to-provlde by law for their de
posit by competitive bidding in the
banking institutions of the country,
national and state, without discrimina
tion as to locality, upon approved se
curities and subject to call by the gov
ernment. Rural Credits.
Of equal importance with the ques
tion of currency reform is the question
of rural credits or agricultural finance.
Therefore we recommend that an In
vestigation of agricultural credit so
cieties in foreign countries be made,
so that ic may be ascertained whether
a system of rural credits may be de
vised suitable to conditions in the,
United States, and we also favor legis
lation permitting national banks to
loan a reasonable proportion of their
funds on real estate security.
We recognize the value of vocational
education and urge federal appropria
tions for such training and extension
teaching in agriculture In co-operation
with the several states.
Waterways.
We renew the declaration in our last
platform relating to the conservation
of our natural resources and the de
velopment of our waterways. The
present devastation of the lower Mis
sissippi valley accentuates the move
ment for tin regulation of river Cow
by additional bank and levee pro lo
tion below and the tli ilvu. storage
and control of the flood waters above
and their utilization for beneficial p.ir
poses In the reclamation of arid six!
swamp lands and the development or
water power Instead of permitting tb
floods to continue, as heretofore,
agents of destruction
We bold that the control of Uw
Mississippi rlvrr Is a national prob
lem. The preservation of the depth of
Its water for the purpose of navigation,
the building of levees to maintain the
iategrity of Its channel and the pre
vention of the overflow of the land
and Its consequent devastation, result
ing in the Interruption of Interstate
commerce, the disorganization of the
mall service and the enormous loss of
life and property, impose au obligation
Which alone can be" discharged by tbe
general government.
To maintain an adequate depth of
water the entire year and thereby en
courage water transportation is a con
summation worthy of legislative atten
tion and presents an Issue national in
its character. It calls for prompt ac
tion on tbe part, of congress, and tbe
Democratic party pledges Itself to the
enactment of legislation leading to that
end.
We favor the co-operation of the
United States and the respective states
in plans for the comprehensive treat
ment of all waterways, with a view of
co-ordinating plans for channel im
provement, with plans for drainage of
swamp and overflowed lands, and to
thin end we favor the appropriation by
the federal government of sufficient
funds to make surveys of such lands,
to develop plans for draining the same
and to supervise tbe work of con
struction. We favor the adoption of a liberal
and comprehensive plan for the devel
opment and Improvement of our Inland
waterways with economy and efficien
cy so as to permit their navigation by
vessels of standard draft
Post Roads.
We favor national aid to stnte and
iocar urr
and maintenance of post roads.
Rights of Labor.
We repeat our declarations of the
platform of 1908 as follows:
The courts of Justice are the bulwark of
our liberties, and we yield to none In our
purpose to maintain their dignity. Our
party bas gives to the bench a long line
of distinguished Justice, who have added
to the respect and confidence in which this
department must be Jealously maintained.
We resent the attempt of the Republican
party to raise a false Issue respecting tbe
Judiciary, aa unjust reflection upon a
great body of our citizens to assume that
they lack respect for the courts.
It Is the function of tbe courts to inter
pret the laws which the people enact, and
If the laws appear to work economic, so
cial or political injustice it is eur duty to
change them. The only basis upon which
the integrity of eur courts can stand la
that of unswerving Justice and protection
of life, persona) liberty and property. As
judicial processes may be abused we
should guard them against abuse.
Experience Has proved tbe necessity of
a modification of the present law relating
to injunction, and we reiterate the pledges
Of our platform of 1896 and 1904 In favor of
a measure which passed the Uaited States
senate in 1896 relating to contempt in fed
eral courts and providing for trial by Jury
In cases of Indirect contempt.
Questons of Judicial practice have aris
en, especially in connection with Industrial
i.mii.i Wo helleva that tbe Darties to
all Judicial proceedings should be treated
with rigid impartiality and that injunc
tions should not be issued In any case in
which an Injunction would not Issue if no
Industrial dispute were involved.
The expanding organization of Industry
makes It essential that there should be no
abridgment of the right of wage earners
and producers to organize for the protec
tion of wages and the improvement of la
bor conditions to the end that such labor
organizations and their members should
not be regarded aa illegal combinations in
restraint of trade.
We pledge tho Democratic party to the
enactment of a law creating a department
of labor represented separately inr the
president's cabinet, in which department
shall be Included the Subject of mines and
mining.
We pledge the Democratic party, so
for as the federal jurisdiction extends,
to an employees' compensation law
providing adequate Indemnity for in
jury to body or loss of life.
Conservation.
We believe In the conservation and
the development for the use of all the
people of the natural resources of the
country. Our forests, our sources of
water supply, our arable and our
mineral lands, our navigable streams
and all the other material resources
with which our country has been so
lavishly endowed constitute the foun
dation of our national wealth. Such
additional legislation as may be nec
essary to prevent theit. being wasted
or absorbed by special or privileged
interests should be enacted, and tbe
policy of their conservation should be
rigidly adhered to.
The public domain should be admin
istered and disposed of with due re
gard to the general welfare. Reserva
tions should be -limited to the purposes
which they purport to serve and not
extended to include land wholly un
suited therefor. The unnecessary
withdrawal from sale and settlement
of enormous tracts of public land upon
which tree growth never existed and
cannot be promoted tends only to re
tard development create discontent
and bring reproach upon the policy of
conservation.
The public land laws should be ad
ministered In a spirit of the broadest
liberality toward tho settler exhibiting
a bona fide purpose to comply there
with to the end that the Invitation of
this government to the landless should
be as attractive aa possible, and the
plain previsions of the forest reserve
act permitting homestead entries to
be made within tbe national forests
should not be nullified by administra
tive regulations, which amount to a
withdrawal of great areas of the some
from settlement
Immediate action should be taken by
congress to make available tbe vast
nd valuable coal deposits of Alaska
under conditions that will be a perfect
guaranty against their falling into the
bauds of monopolizing corporations, as
sociations or interests.
We rejoice ta tbe inheritance of min
eral reoun.ee onequaled in extent va
riety or value and in tbe development
of a mining Industry unequaled In Its
magnitude and Importance. We honor
the men who in their hazardous toil
underground daSy risk their Uvea in
extracting and preparing for our use
tbe products of the mine so essential
to tbe Industrie, the commerce and the
comfort of the people of this country
And we pledge ourselves to tbe exten
sion of the work of tbe bureau of
mines in every way appropriate for na
tional legislation with a view to safe
guarding tho Uvea of miners, lessealng
the waste of essential resources and
promoting tbe economic development
of mining, which, along with sgrUui
ture, must in the future even more
than in the past serve as the very foun
dation of our national prosperity and
welfare and our Internal commerce.
Agriculture.
We believe In encouraging tbe devel
opment of a modern system of agricul
ture and a systematic effort to improve
the conditions of trade In farm prod
ucts so as to benefit both tbe consum
ers and producers. And as an efficient
means to this end we favor the enact
ment by congress of legislation that
will suppress the pernicious practice of
gambling in agricultural products un
organized exchanges or others.
Merchant Marine.
We believe in fostering by constitu
tional regulation of commerce the
growth of a merchant marine which
shall develop and strengthen the com
mercial ties which bind us to our sis
ter republics of the south, but with
out additional burdens upon the people
and without imposing bounties or sub
sidies from the public treasury.
We urge upon congress the speedy
enactment of laws for, the greater se
curity of life and property at sea. and
we favor the repeal of nil laws and
the abrogation of so much of our
treaties with other nations as provide
for the arrest and Imprisonment of
seamen charged with desertion or with
violation of their contract of service.
Such laws and treaties are" un-American
and violate the spirit If not the
letter of the constitution of the United
States.
We favor the exemption from tolls
of American ships engaged In coast
wise trade passing through the Pan a
ma canal.
We also favor legislation forbidding
the use of the Panama canal by ships
owned or controlled by railroad car
riers engaged In transportation com
petitive with the canal.
Pure Feed and Public Health.
We reaffirm our previous declara
tions advocating the union and
strengthening of the various govern
mental agencies relating to pure foods,
quarantine, vital statistics and human
health. Thus united and administered
without partiality to or discrimination
against any school of medicine or sys
tem of healing, they would constitute
a single health service, not subordi
nated to any commercial or financial
interests, but devoted exclusively to
the conservation of human life and ef
ficiency. Moreover, this health service
should co-operate with the health
agencies of our various states and
cities, without Interference with their
prerogatives or with the freedom of
individuals to employ such medical or
hygienic aid ns they may see fit
Civil Servioe Law.
Tbe law pertaining to tbe civil serv
ice should be honestly and rigidly en
forced, to tbe end that merit and abil
ity shall be tbe standard of appoint
ment and promotion rather than serv
ice rendered to a political party, and
we favor a. reorganization, of the civil
service, with adequate compensation
commensurate with the class of work
performed, for all officers and em
ployees; we also favor tbe extension
to all classes of civil service employees
the benefits of the provisions of tbe
employers' liability law.
We also recognize the right of direct
petition to congress by employees for
the redress of grievances.
Law Reform.
We recognize the urgent need of re
form In the administration of civil and
criminal law in the United States, and
we recommend tbe enactment of such
legislation and the ' promotion of such
measures as will rid the present legal
system of the delays, expense and un
certainties incident to the system as
now administered.
The Philippines.
We reaffirm the position thrice an
nounced by the Democracy in national
convention assembled against a policy
of imperialism and colonial exploita
tion in the Philippines or elsewhere.
We condemn the experiment in im
perialism as an Inexcusable blunder
which has Involved us in enormous ex
pense, brought us weakness Instead of
strength and laid our nation open to
the charge of abandonment of tbe fun
damental doctrine of self government
We favor an immediate declaration of
tbe nation's purpose to recognize the
Independence of the Philippine islands
as soon as a stable government can be
established, such independence to be
guaranteed by us until the neutraliza
tion of tbe islands' can be sees red by
treaty with other powers, in recog
nizing the Independence of tbe Phil
ippines our government should retain
such land as may be necessary for
coaling stations and naval bases.
Arizona and New Mexico.
We welcome Arizona and New Mexi
co to the Sisterhood of states and
heartily congratulate them upon their
auspicious beginning of great and glo
rious careers.
Alaska.
We demand for the people of Alaska
tho full enjoyment of the rights and
privileges of a territorial form of gov-
eminent, and we believe that the oflV
Jlols appointed to administer tbe gov
rument of all our territories and 4he
District ef Columbia should be quali
fied by previous bona fide residence.
The Russian Treaty.
We commend tbe patriotism of the
Democratic members of tbe senate and
house of representatives which coot
belled tbe termination ef the Russian
$reaty ef 1833, and we pledge ourselves
anew to preserve tbe sacred rights of
American citizenship at home and.
abroad. Mo treaty should receive tbe
sanction of our government which does
not recognize the equality offlfll of our
citizens irrespective of race or creed
and which does not expressly guaran
tee tho fundamental right of expatria
tion. '. The constitutional rights of Ameri
can citizens should protect then on our
borders and go with them throughout
the world, and every American rittwn
residing or having property in auy for
eign country is entitled to and must
be plven tbe full protection of tbe Unit
ed States government both for himself
and his property.
Parcels Pest and Rural Delivery.
We favor the establishment of a
parcel post or postal express sod also
tbe extension of the rural delivery sys
tem an rapidly as practicable.
Panama Canal Exposition.
We hereby express our deep interest
in tbe great Panama Canal exposition
to be held in San Francisco in 1916 and
favor such encouragement as can be
proerly given.
Protection of National Uniform.
We commend to tbe several states
the adoption of a law making it an
offense for the proprietors of places of
public amusement and entertainment
to discriminate against the uniform of
tbe United States similar to the law
passed by congress applicable to tbe
District ef Columbia and the territo
ries in 1911. 1
Pensions.
We renew tbe declaration of ourast
platform relating to a generous pen
sion policy.
Rule of the People.
We call attention to the fact that the
Democratic party's demand for a re
turn to the rule of the people' express
ed in tbe national platform four years
ago haa now become tbe accepted doc
trine of a large majority of the elec
tors. We again remind the country
that only by a larger exercise of the
reserved power of the people can they
protect themselves from the misuse of
delegated power and tbe usurpation of
governmental Instrumentalities by spe
cial interests. For this reason the na
tional convention insisted on tbe over
throw of Cannonlsm and the inaugura
tion of a system by whloh United
States senators could be elected by di
rect vote. The Democratic party of
fers itself to the country as sn agency
through which tbe complete overthrew
and extirpation of corruption, fraud
and machine rule in American politics
can be effected.
Conclusion.
Our platform is one of principles
which we believe to be essential to out
national welfare. Our pledges art
made to be kept when in office as weli
as relied upon during the campaign,
and we invite tbe co-operation of al.
citizens, regardless of party, who be
lieve in maintaining unimpaired tbe In
stitutions and traditions of our country.
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ted upon for a serious xemaie trouoie
and that nothing could help me but an
operation.
"I had hemorrhages and at times
could not eet any medicine to stop them.
I got in such a weak condition that I would
have died if I had not got relief soon.
"Several women who bad taken your
Compound, told me to try it and I did
and found it to he the right medicine to
build up the system and overcome
female troubles.
"I am now in great deal better health
than I ever expected to be, so I think I
ought to thank you for it." Mrs. a M.
CUNE, S. Main St, Brownsville, Ind