The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-06-06

Q medium of'o1cn4nEos having equal power,
. uniform value and 6kted for the perform
nncs Of Ill The fnnctions Of money, 90 sxtsn-
ave win Nd j1kis1ictian az sossrnmsnk
That with just rate per cent interest on
ths government honda il vould s6sct the
,squibablg distfibuaon a he prod1cs ofia-
Dor between non-produeing capital and Ia
Dor, giving to labofers . fair compensation
for their produets, and 10 capital . just re-
ward for its use remove the necessity for
excessive ton And afford she industrial GLASS
- the time and means necessary for cocisl
and intellectual culture. With the rate Of
interest ct three per cent. on the govern
ment bonds, the national debt would be Ii
.quidAted within - than thirty years with
0uA The impositipn or sollection Of una far
thing OF taxes for shat purpose. Thus il
would dispense with the hungry hoard Of as
SCISSORS, tax-gatherers and government spies
that are nov harrassing the Industrial classes
and despoiling them Of their subsistence.
We further hold that ID Is essential TO the
prosperity and happiness Of the people and
the stability of eur Democratic Republican
Institutions, that the public domain be dis
tributed - widely % possible among the
people; land monopoly beng equally as
oppressive TO the people and dangerous to
our institutions, - the present money mon
opoly. To prevent this the public lands
should be sold In reasonable quantities, and
to none bat actual occupants, and to them
ct the minimum price established by the
govern -aent when grants OF the public
lands are deemed necessary for the encou-
ragsmsnt Of important public Improvements,
the fee simple should not be conveyed, but
only the proceeds Of the sale thereof.
We further bold that intelligence and vir-
tue in the sovereignty are necessary to a
wise administration Of Justice, and that as
our institutions are founded upon the theory
Of sovereignty in the people, in order to
their preservation and perpetuity, it is the
imperative duty OF Congress to make such
wise and just regulxtions a. shall afford oil
the means Of acquiring the knowledge requi-
site 70 the intelligent exercise Of the prlvi-
leges and duties pertaining to sovereignty,
and that Congress should ordain that eight
hours labor between the rising and sstting
OF the sun should constitute a days work
in all Government works and places where
the National Government has exclusive iu-
risdiction, and that it Is equally imperative
on the several States to make light provision
by legal enactment. Be 1t therefore unani-
mOusly
Resolved, That our FIRST duty is now TO pro-
vide As speedily al possible system of general
organization in accordance with the principles
herein more specifically set forth, and that each
branch of industry shall he left to ADOPT its own
particular form of organization subject only 70
such restraint a. may be necessary to place
each organization within line. so as to act In
harmony in all matters pertaining to the vel
fare Of the whole as well As each Of the parts
and that it is the imperative duty Of every man
" each ana every branch OF industry to aid in
the formation OF such labor organizations in his
respective branch, and 70 connect himself there
with.
co-oPrRArIvr.
Resolved. That in co-operatiou based unon
Just financial and revenue laws. we recognize a
sure and lasting remedy for the ahuse of the
present industrial system aud that until the
laws Of the nation can be remodelled 80 to
recognize the rights Of men Instead OF classes,
tns system oil cooperation carefully guarded
Wall DO much 70 lessen the evils Of our present
system. we, therefore, hail with dehgnt 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 Pnss1 NJ.
and uDa;v;dsd s,r,,, p,eT st our inu.s,uu an
~ d.nrh,. sSpP. ~ ~ sewing "on1l
-I.s "a toh IN 'his ianu, anu "ouiu
soneit .ne,r nearly cooperation knowing as
" ~ .nAI 10 class q INDUSTRY 10 80 mucn 10
a ne :. having tnelr condition smehorated as
IN. .ne Acso.y operatives sewing women, e'c', OF
'nAA country.
fho'rp DWELLINGS FOR LABoskRs'
Resolved, That We would urgently call the
attention OF the industrial classes to the subject
OF tenement houses and improved dwellings
believing II to be essential to the welfare OF the
whole community that reform should be eff
tected in this respect as the experience Of the
past has proven that vice, panperism and crime