The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-08-17

| be productive a rood rssults, but with I
proper exercise Of hess sir<nes they win IL
crowned with complete succesa Il ID then
10 be dsvcutly hoped that each member viii,
laying aside individual and LEGAL interest,
sdiress himself directly to the work Of a.
c-rtsining the true rc!atieu' Of csptai and
labor.
The paramount q, sstion presented to The
congress and the American people for deter
min6,iOn, is the institution OF principle Of
true cooperation between capital and labor,
and the establishment Of their respective
rights, on firm and enduring basis. This
doues and all the existing antagonlsm be-
tween capital and labor, and the wrongs and
expressions that labor is now suffering will
isappear, As il BY magic.
Ii must not be forgotten that capital, or
accumulated labor, has rights as we'll rs
present labor, which by Law should be recog-
niaeed and protected all that laborers should
demand Is the fair seribution Of present
products between non producing capital aud
labor.
Physical and intellectual labor employed
| IN production and in the distribution Of pro-
| ducts, as well as in the useful callings and
professions, 10 the true aud only source Of
wealth, scientific discovery, intellectual de-
velopment and moral culture. And these
are bat two purposes to which the products
OF industry can be applied they either 20 to
pay the industrial classes for their produc-
lion. or to pay the rent or interest on the
capital employed, and the rate Of interest
maintained on loans Of money determines
what proportion Of the products of labor
shall be awarded to capital for its use, and
to what TO laborers for their production.
The present accumulative power o. money
greatly exceeds the increase in wealth by
natural production, and tends to enrich the
fes capitalists, and to impoverish the wealth
producing classes. All candid men will 40
knowledge that the products OF labor are not
distributed in accordance with either the
physical or mental usefulness Of those who
obtain them. Some cause has been operat-
ing, with continual and growing effect, to
separate production from producers he
evil Is in the laws instituting money with
too great power over labor ard property,
and while money retains its present accu-
mulative power, laborers cannot gair heir
rights BY any system Of combination or CO.
operation. These unrighteous monetary
laws are the real source Of the wrongs that
are expressing and despo,ling the wealth
producing classes of the Just rewards Of
their labor; and until they are repealed
and others founded upon the principles Of
natural justice enacted in their stead, labor |
must remain the slave Of capital
The adoption Of the monetary system pro- |
posed BY the "KuykendaIl bill published |
10 the ADVOCATE Of the 3rd 10 IL, would seem |
20 he Gil that was necessary for the accom-
pli<hment If this most desirable object, and |
a measure upon which all the industrial
classes could unite.
Labor has a mutual interest whether en-
ployed in mining, agriculture, the mechanic |
arts, legitimate commerce, or in the useful |
callings and professions There is then no |
obstacle in the way Of a cooperative move |
ment for the establishment Of the common |
rights Of labor.
Let the Congress then organizs the
"NATIoSAL Co-0PERArIvE PARTY" with
declaration os primo pies broad enough to
embrace the Interest," Of labor in every de-
partment Of useful occupation, and upon |
" hich labor unions, anti-monopolist associa-
itons s7f art. usury soc'eties, cln stand and /
20 operate tremendously. With proper or
sanization the wealth-pro ducing classes have
The power as well as the undoubted right to
assert and maintain the rights Of labor TO
10 this they must lay the axe al the root Of
he evil. Money is nov looked upon the sa-
cred thing, and labor as a mere tool hat is
subseryient to it. This must be reversed. I
Labor must be held as the sacred thing and |
money as the subseIvrnt tool. The creator
must rule over the thing created. This
grand reform must be the work of the In
iustrial classes themselves; they have moth
ing 10 expect or hope from either Of the pre-
sent political organizations, or from the r n
tessi0nai politicians ii or out OF Congress, Jr
u CRY party FOR they are, with few excep
ions, ~ the interest ami the subserVient
ools Of this tInrighteous money power. The
anne is true Of Rest Of our leading newspa-
PES without regard 70 their political senti- l
nents. Let us then have ''NATIoNAL Co
OPERATIVE PAKTr,' to be followed by COOP
.Tativs organizations in all the States Of tie
n'on, and county ard Town cooperative
eaears throughout the length and breadth
't the land these with cooperative news
! spers and tract societies will enable the n-
Ius,rlai classes TO assert and maintain their
lights ana dignity Of labor
"NoIkingmen must legislate for working
men,"
w. III. O.