The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-10-19

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the first part Of the question entirely uns.
touched, and amounts to no more than I
vagoe declaration about the remainder. iIt
runs thus 's7s' -
: The committee ackPsyledge that pschiqary
= TIE most powerful mans to bring about the
w0rking classes. But 70 attain this IL Is indis-
peasabiy necessAry, thai RECOURSE should BE- bad
% banks OF mutual credit. av1As II
This conclusion wss adopted.
Group No. was considered one Of organ
cation and administration. There were two
reports npo1 it, q majority and minority
report. The main points resolved upon are
periodical reports, increased publicity, IN
annual levy for the executive Of La. per mem.
Der from affiliated societies, payable 10 quar-
teriy iastalmentss and chat no delegate shall
% admitted TO the cengssss whose constilu-
ency has not paid its levy.
Group was then discussed. The annua!
report and balance sheet Of the general coal-
eli was then unanimously adopted, and Lpb;
don reappointed As the seat Of the general
council.
Upon che place Of iSse,ing q Me mex,
Congress . discussion arose. Ihcrs were
two propositions TO hold the Congress
az Zurich, the other at Brussels. The Ger.
man Swiss delegates wers Of opinion that 10
two Congresses had been held where the
French language was predominant, Ike Ger.
man ought to have asnrn. The British del
egates commended shat % wsuiI mot be HyisA.
| bic, as the labor movement was as vel
in its Infancy at Zurica, and shst she work.
Ingmep Of knglsnd H9rld have q bettss
chance at Brussels the lea .ers Of the British
Trades Unions would impart a more bust
ness like character to the whole proceedings
the expense a sendng one delegate to Swit-
zeriand Woald nerrly cover the expense OF
half a dozen to Brussels. Brussels was
! adopted against few, the time OF meeting
Rxed for the first Monday IN September
1868.
The sixth group Of questions namely
r. The definitionjof the part tosbe played BY
the State The public seIvice-The STATE
considered as the Guardian Of contracts
the right Of Furnishing" wss the last remain
ing group. Germans, French, and British
we're agreed that railways, canals, mines
| telegraphs, and the postal service should be
public property orr public function. But
upon the question whether the State should
be the owner Of all the land, grave diffssence.
arose Oi this animated debate the cores
pendent Of the Par $ Courier Francais give:
the following account =
| 10 the face Of their landed artist ocracy and
of the absolute impossibility Of ever beeoin.
ing proprietors Of the soil, and, moreover
struck By the results Of large ksrning, the
English only 90 in for one thing, "the land
| the property Of the oo,Dmunity.' The Ger
mans also leant almost aii TO this side. A,
to the Swiss, thsy<ao not seem to have mad.
up their minds upon it, but incline towards
the French ideas. Those ideas are fiauy
and unequivocaily in favor Of the mainte
nance Of the principle Of individual property
in the soil On the one hand, the British
and Germans, seeing the a5uses or individ-
ual property, as it is noR c0nstituted, fly of
into communism, or collective property on
the other hand, the French, terrlfied by the
vices of cennalization, by the porteatous
power OF government which would control
everything on the hypothesis Of common
property, as being the only solid basis of the
family and the indepsndsnce Of individuals.
ND resolution vss taken upon this vexsd
afsfescfer.. 0ArkasSe@ sak "a, eeA ths. -tIues.
ton was referred for study to the branches
and ordered to be put on the programme Of
the next Congress, when the debate will b.
renewed.
The Congress dissolved with three cheers
for the Universal Social Democratic Repub
tic. =
The Sunday excursions on Lake Lemsn,
the programme of which was given in No,
S0S Of the Beehive, and the farewell banquet
and sOires at the Casino de Lausanne, wen
all very numerously attended, and went off
in the best spirit.