The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-04-11


mnnis n the government and buslness IN
tsrssts of the nation; that it would furnish
q medium Of exchange, having equal power,
nnifonn valus and fitted for the perform.
ance cf Ill the functions Oh money. co-exten-
siys With the jurisdiction Of government.
That with = lust rate Der cent. Interest On
the govs<nment bonds, IL would effect the
equitable distribution Of the products Of Ia
Dor between non-producing capital and To-
Dors giving 70 laoorers fair compensation
Tor their products, and TO capital just re-
ward for its use remove the necessity for
excessive toll and afford the Industrial class
e the time and means necessary for social
and intellectual culture With he rate OF
interest at three per cent. on the govern
ment bonds, the national debt would be H.
quidated within less than thirty years With
out the imposition or collection Of one fa.-
thing OF taxes for that purpose. Thus Il
would dispense with the hungry hoard Of a.
seesc-s, tax-gatherers and government spies
tsat are now harrassing the industrial classes
and despoiling them Of th cir subsistence.
We further hold that il is essential to the
prosperity and happiness Of the people nd
the stability Of our Democratic Republican
Institutions, that the public domain be dis
tFibuted ~ widely As possible among the
people; land monopoly being equally as
oppressive 70 the people and dangerous to
our institutions, rs the present money mon
oPoly. To prevent tits the public lands
should be sold In reasonable Quantities, and
to none but actual occupants, and to them
a. the minimum price established bg the
government When grants Of the public
lands are deemed necessary for the encou-
ragement Of important public improvements,
the fee simple should not be conveyed, but
only the proceeds Of the sale thereof.
We further bold that int 'ligence and vir-
tue In the sovereignty are necessary to q
Use administration of justice, and that "a
o1r institutions are founded upon the theory
Of sovereignty in the people, in order to
their preservation and perpetuity, il 10 the
imperative duty OF Congress to make such
wise and just regulations as shall afford all
the means OF acquiring the knowledge requi-
site 70 the intelligent sxercise Of the prIvi-
leges and duties pertaining to sovereignty
and that Congress should ofdain that eight
hours labor between the rising and setting
OF the sun should o. litute days work
10 all Government works and places where
the National Government has exclusive IT,.
risdiction, and that II Is equally imper ative
on the several States ID make light provision
oy iegai enactment. Sc it therefore unani-
mously
Resolved, That our nrst duty is now to uro
VIDE Is speedily "A possible system Of genera
organization 10 accordance With the principle,
herein more specifically set forth, and that each
branch ofindustry shall Dc left to adopt IL owr
particular form Of organization, subject only tc
such restraint ~ may be necessary to place
each organization within line, so as TO act il
harmony 10 all matters pertaining 10 the vel
iare OF the whole As well as each Of the parts
and that Il 10 the imperative duty of every mar
IN each and every branch Of industry t. Aid il
the formation of such labor organizations in hi
respective branch, and to connect himself there
with.
COOPERATIVE.
Resolved, That in cooperation, based upor
just financial and revenue laws. we recognise ,
sure and lasting remedy for the abuse Of tn,
present industrial system, and that until ths
laws Of the nation can be remodelled 90 AZ K
| recognize the rights Of men instead Of classes
the system OF cooperation carefully guarded
will do much TO lessen the evils Of our presen
| system We, therefore, hail with delight th,
organization Of cooperative stores aud work
shops, and would urge their formation Ia ever,
section Of the country, and In every branch c
business.
Resolved, That We pledge our individu,
and undivided support to the sewing womeI
ana daughters of toll in this land, and wouls
sollcit their hearty cooperation, knowing a
We do, that no class OF industry il 90 much Il
need of having their condition amelorated a
the factory operatives, sewing women, etc, o
this country.
IMPROVED DWELLINGS FOR LABoREks
Resolved, That We would urgently call til.
attention of the industrial classes to the subiec
Of tenement houses and improved dwellings
believing it to be essential to the welfare of tn
whole community that reform should be Ell
iected in this respect, as the experience Of th.
past has proven that vice, pauperism and crime
are the invariable attendants Of the over-crowd
ed and lily ventilated dwellings Of the poor, an,
urge upon the capitalists of the country atten
ton to the blessings 20 be derived from invest
ing their means in erecting such dwellings,
STRIKES.
/ Resolved, That this Congress deprecates wha
Is familiarity known as STRIKES among working
men, and recommend that every other honor
able means be exhausted before any such cours,
Is resorted TO.
INTELLECTUAL IMPROVEMENT.
Resolved, That the formation Of Mechanics
Institutes, Lyceums and Reading Rooms, and th,
erection of buildings for that purpose, is recon
mended to the workingmen In all cities an,
towns, as a means of advancing their intellectual
and social Improvement.
REMEDY FOR INSUFFICIENT WORK.
Resolved, That this Labor Congress woalt
most respectfully recommend to the rkingmel
OF the country, thar, in case they are pressed
for want Of employment, they proceed to tn,
public lands and become actual settlers, believ
trrxk haks esh srIu 49, 4
coupled with its natural advantages, it will re
Vantagea
Resolved, That where a workingman is founc
capable and available for any office, the pre-
ference should invariably be given to such per
son.