The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-10-05

ich. they ha4 I'D mo1e f146(.@oe y \
.ssnned al altitude Of bppoolLlon.
Al Chaux AZ Ronds, canton Nsuahaesl, % /
storas, credit sociefy, ~ xef
assseiAAions have been sstabllnne9 1
bv the branches OF tho asscciation. nn4 ~ 1
desire 20 enter into bu6nep rsAnz<uns x1sA
kindred sooieeiad:hbrce1. sF81&
The president q the German Csntral Cen |
mittes Of Geneva reported that the 4onem /
section bad disbursed 6,000f In siek rslisEl
during the year. The German and Remand
section together had established . club
house on the cooperative princlpie. They
divided no profits oil Surplus incoms wqs
applied to common purposes. Socisees q
production had been established BY ths -
sistance 81 the common fund. and they were
prosperous. None bat members Of ths assc-
citation we're employed. Every productise
association that was established By the int
tiatiFe OF brl .Ch of the association mast
remain the exclusive and the common pro-
perty Of such branch. According 10 Art y,
Of the bylaws Of the Swiss section Tie
branch committees are 1ocai agencies. aqd
the central committee 10 he ,aepsra sgeney
COR all productive and distribuEiwe Q oSietiks-
Of the International Workingmen's Associs-
ticn In EwitzsElapd. .asgE
n Germany there a are % branches II direct
Communication with the German central
committee Of SwitzeriHnd, t4Wurtembufg,
Mayence, SolingeA Cologne, Magd4bure.
Brunswicky Dresden, Berlin and Dramstadt.
The Berlin Tailorss Association has lstdy
Joined ~ q body, and the United Cigar
makers Of. Germany--l0,OO0 strong- bave
declared their adhesion At their late CONFER
k.01 - IT, T~slaxn ~ "a
loeue are making preparations 10 amalga-
mate the tailors' socisiies shronrhout Ger
many with view 70 their af6liation. The
steel WORKERS of Selingen hove established
| . productive association, and enjoan tho
congress % pr0mose the establishment Of
kindred associations everywhere.
The order Of the day Tor The afternoon
sitting prescribed the reading Of the COM
mittee reports on the nina Questions referred
| in their numerical order but ii appeared
that seven " the reports, though drawn up
in one language, had not yet been translated
| into the other two languages used al the
congress. In the Gaze Of the seventh and
eighth questions, the respective committees
we're ready with their reports 10 pclyglot
form. The Congress therefore resolved to
discuss those questions FIRST.
! The seventh question mooted the point
whether deprivation. OF political liberty was
not au obstacle to the social emancipas
of the working classes, and enc Of the main
causes Of s0cial disturbances. The com
mittee proposed to answer this question by
the following resolutions:
! l. That the social emancipation of the
working classes is inseperable from theiI
political emancipation. z That the estab.
4 Z. n 80 lska~e.. =. ~
absolute necessity. That the means to OBJ
tain this result should be for all the work
ingmen of Europe to claim the liberty o.
public meeting and the liberty OF the press
The congress adopted these resolution
unanimously and without discussion, ant
passed on to consider the committees repor
on the eighth question. This question 70
lated to al address to be presented 70 CD
Peace Congress about TO assemble at Gene
va By the Labor Congress Mt lausanne. Th
address reported BY the committee raised
lively discussion, which hste6 for an hou
and half. While all declared against war
many argued that they mast remove tn
causes Of war, and that those causes were I,
be found, not merely In dynastic ambition
nor 10 national or race antagonist, but il
the existence Of paaperism and in she wa
OF Glasses within any given national com
munity. Thesa argued THAI il would he idl
to declare against the effect without kim
10 remedy the causes OK that effect
The committee ana their friends ia tn
eongress argued IN defence Of their address
|, and referred to the many illustrious men an
thorough democrats who had gotten ND III
Peace Congress. They also insisted on th
advanced Liberalism of the Peace Congre ca
programme. In yainl The majority ia
sisted on adding 20 the address the follow
ing rider;
"WheTeas the primary, and main cause o
war is pauperism and the ar.of elasses
and whereas, with a view 10 arrive as IN.
abolition of war, 1t il not enough to disbant
armies, but il is necessary 70 change the or
LRaniEatioR Of so5iety, sorAa 10 Lad to
more equitable distribution OF the preduc,,
Of industry, therefore the Labor Conrrex
subjects its adhesion TO the Peace Conere-,
to the condition that the latter body accept.
the above declarations"
The address itself il as follows:
"Considering that the burden Of VIM
presses heavier upon the working class thar
any other, and that war nee oply deprive.
the poor o. The means OF subsistence, bu
that they also have to sustain the cffusior
OF blood; considering that the armed peac,
presses .as heavily upon the workingmen a
war itself, because 10 dev0urs che bsss re-
sources of the people In unproductive and
destructlEe labo1: consld ering that an nj
! ter alton in the present social relations
| whi,h are based upon the exploitation a
one portion Of the community 5y another. il
necessary condition TO remedy the evil. nv
present congress declares its adhesion 20 ths
Peace League constituted ut Geneva. aad IA
readiness to second their efforts In the IN :
terest and the preservation of peace. and de-
mards not only the discontinuance of \ war
policy and the abolition OF standing armies.
but also, in their place, . mineral frater.
nal bond Of free peoples on the basis OF nm
tuality and justice on the condition. how
ever, that the emancipation Of the working
class from its degraded position OF soc,al IN.
feriority be accomplished, and the var az
classes be put step to By The abolition ~
the'existing social contrast.s,
The congress then heard the snee, nj "a.
7: sepSfsss., SIC ss' ss. was taken
which it ls combined on the proersmms
| This report expatiated on the viess az ertho
graphy OF most OF the Europsaf tanguae A.
and recapituiated the advantages which ,
reform such as would render reading aceas
sible to a. would procure for the workin,
Classes. The congress resolved n follow,
upon this que stion;
Tine congress considerine That = spellins
reform which would render the airs N re.d'
| ing and writing accessible to an. ID az IN,
highest interest to the working CLASSES. "a.
eommends the branches Of the assoc;s ti.,-
g give their moral and material Supports U
Ine enorts which are being made 10 attain
this rusolt." Az
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