The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-16

wants o. the goyoIum0u5 ana Du1lmee8 IN
terests Of The nation that y woald furnish
. medium Of exchange, having equal power,
. nniferm vAlae and fitted for the perform
ance of III The funetions Of me aey, 90 exten-
sive With the jurisdiction Of govsrnment.
That with just rats per esnk interest On
the geyernment honda u would eject The
equitable distrib0tion of the products q ~
Dor between ncn-pzoducing capital md "
bors giving 70 laborers f6ir compensation
for their products, and to capital just re-
ward for it. use remove the neoc6si1y for
excessive toll and afford the industriaI GLASS
% The time and means necessary for social
and Intellectual culture. With the rate Of
interest ut three per cent. on the govern
Ement bonds, the national debt would be h
quidated within less than thirty years with
out the imposition or collection OF one far
thing q taxes for that purpose Thus II
would dispense with the hungry hoard Of az.
SCISSORS, tax-gatherers and government spies
that are now hafrassing the industrial classes
and despoiling them Of their Subsistence.
We further hold that it il essential to the
prosperity and happiness of the people and
the stability Of our Democratic Republican
Institutions, that the public domain be dis
tributed IS widely IS possible among the
people; . land monopoly beng equally as
oppressive TO the people and dangerous to
our institutions, as the present money mon
opoly. To prevent this the public lands
should be sold in reasonable quantities. and
to none but actual occupants, and to them
at the minimum price established by the
government. When grants OF the public
lands are deemed necessary for the encou-
ragsment Of important public improvements,
the Zee simple should not b. conveyed, but
only the proceeds Of the sale thereof.
We further hold that intelligence and vir-
tue ia the sovereignty are necessary to
wise administration eff justice, aud that as
our institutions are founded upon the theory
Of sovereignty in the people, in order to
their preservation and perpetuity, it lis the
imperative duty OF Congress to make such
wise and just regulations as shall afford all
the means of acquiring the knowledge requi-
site TO the intelligent exercise Of the privi-
ieges and duties pertaining to sovereignty,
and that Congress should ordain that eight
hours labor between the rising and setting
Of the sun should constitute a days work
in all Government works and places where
the National Government has exclusive ju-
risdiction, and that it 10 equally imperative
on the several States to make light provision
by legal enactment Be IL therefore unani-
mously
Resolved, That our fast duty is now to pro-
vide as speedily AZ possible q system Of general
organization in accordance with the principles
herein more specifically Sc forth, and that each
branch ofindustry shall be left to adopt its own
particular form Of orgaaizs ton, subjecs only 10
such restraint az may be necessary to place
each organization within line, so as to act 10
hmrm m all iniu IN tha al
fare of the whole AS sci as zach of the parts
and that IL is the imperative duty Of every man
in each and every branch of industry 20 aid in
the formation Of such labor organizations in his
respective branch, and to connect himself there
with.
COOPERATIVE.
Resolved, That in co-operation, based upon
just financial and revenue laws, we recognize a
! sure and lasting remedy for tire abuse Of the
present industrial system, and that until the
laws Of the nation can be remode lied so to
recognize the rights Of men instead Of classes,
the system Of cooperation carefully guarded
will do much to lessen the evils Of our present
system. We, therefore, hail with delight the
organization of cooperative stores and work
shops, and would urge their formation in every
section of the country, and in every branch OF
business.
Resolved, That We pledge our individual
and undivided support to the sewing women
and daughters Of toll IN this land, and would
solicit their hearty cooperation, knowing %
we do, that no class Of industry is 50 much in
need Of having their condition ameliorated as
the factory operatives, sewing women, etc, Of
this country.
IMPROVED DWELLINGS FOR LABoRERs
| Resolved, That we would urgently call the
attention of the indust ial classes the subject
Il r,f eona nj
believing 1t to be essential to the welfare OF the
whole community that reform should be eff
fected in this respect, as the experience Of the
past has proven that vice, pauperism and crime,
are the invariable attendants Of the over-crowd-
ed and lily ventilated dwellings of tie poor, and
urge upon the capitalists Of the country at.en-
ton to the blessings to be derived fronc invest
ing their means 10 erecting such dwellings.
STAKES.
| Resolved, That this Congress deprecates what
is familiarity known as STRIKES among working
men, and recommend that every other honor.
able means be exhausted before any such course
IL resortei 70.
| INTELLECTUAL IMPROVEMENT.
| Resolved, That the formation Of Mechanics
Institutes, Lyceums and Reading Rooms, and the
erection of buildings for that purpose, is rec ON.
mended to the workingmen in all cities and
towns as means tfaf ancing their Intellectual
and social Improvement
REMEDY FOR INSUFFICIENT WORK
| Resolved, That this Labor Congress would
most respectfully recommend to the workingmen
OF the country, that in case they are pressed
for want Of employment, they proceed TO the
public lands and become actual settlers, belev.
ing that if the industry Of the country can be
coupled with its natural advantages, it will re-
suit both in individual relief and national ad-
yantages.
| Resolved, That where a workingman Is found
capable and available for any Office, the pre-
ference should invariably be given TO such per.
sou.