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

CBAF VII lst9 In l--1. THr eaEAr LaE8R FE.
voLrfloa. l1fa. Ffofs-rAzr slc.sD.
Such was tHe political, financial ana so-
cial condition 1t tLl people previous tn their
action in lod6, when the tirst grea. labor
congress met i1 Baltimore. Another 80
appointed Jo meet at Chicago WV 1857. ana
the third aul Ast previous t1 the presi-
dental election mf- Az Pittsburgh in ls6e.
Considerable light was reflected 0n tho fol-
lowing subjects from these ilter-c,mru-
nings OF the people
l-C0NCEHNiyG LAH1E.
Resolved. Ih4t labor is tha epro.r-.l
lot IA all MANKIND, ali .hat to this JAW the-e
are 10 just exceptions
2 That labor by commanded oF af chris
tians indiscriminaley in the fourth Command.
menti IA the words, ''SiK days Shalt .noa Ia
bOr."
8. That all human attempt. to e,ad- thi4
law, hv creating classes ol id.ers, musa inevit.
hly result hF-ti in oppression second. .a anar-
ely ana confusion.
~ That AZ my lis1balienca t1 tac i4r. ha.
man happiness VAS insi. sa bv wi Irr obedience
70 the command. "Ia tls sRsa, IVY t6v fscs
w alt thou eet Jread,h WY ary t4la t1 hgDs
cheerful conIcntneut mHv replace t
Il. Tat there ass three forms of labor. wiz.
physical, intellectual ana moral THAT tgo "
these are now demanded irom aI. bg. iu tha
union and u.s. Of the three consists human NM
lection.
=. That those Vic d1 " return wv tbe;r
labors fun equivalent f1r taeir c1st Nave NV
inst right ~ thr means Of existence
L Iuat he who is abe % labor and is will.
ing 90 exist without performing IVY Iu,y. " a
clog upon progress, pest t0 himself Y lls-
grace ~ humanity, and an offence t0 IN God
2-c0AcERNINc LAB1RERs.
Under this term IVY included aIl tbosa
who by th-Ir toiI advance tu- we.l-Ieinr NJ
humanity.
They may be subdiviei again into moral
intellectual and physical la50rs. ara H.
after W these again classified IVY a.srculfur-
lists, miners ana mechanics.
=. A. necessary adiuucts of these NAV IA
placed The classes Nd distributors, land and
sea carriers, wholesale merchants and re.
tailers
y. There w uo position here f1r those
whose labJrs benefit only themselves. or
for such as restrict their services to iplIyid-
uais; and tho e who bas,l~ exist bv nan
dering to and clluvatins tta vices Ut com
munIties, can Je recognized only by meis1-
cholF eVIlS SUBJECT CD necessary removal.
Inc most needed and the least rewarded
ri All laooTers M the agricniturist; then fol-
Nv the miner ana mechanic, and the ariis-
nc, scientific, Intellectual ana moral Iab9rers
IN the community, These All have \ iust
claim On che services vi their fellow men
in the work they render to their neghbors
IN return.
Distributors proper cannot 70 this; they
merely divide and re-arran-e the produc-
tons Of others. a. in japan. they should
oe considered merely as adjuncts ~ produ-
GERS As n the case 0f railroad corpora
u0ns, who are distributors W.T. onlv W
goods but OF men. Their works should be
supervised, and their gains limited bv law.
n. - CONCERNING LAND, MINES, wArER-
COURSES, &C.
These are the gifts VI tile Deity. ths com
mon property " the people, which should
By held ever by the people, not subject IL
alienation 70 individuals the use Of which
should be awarded to such lab7rers as eau
produce the largest returns tlerefrom for
the general good.
REASONS
a. Because il il manifest that In countries
where our present system prevails the land
IS not properly worked. nj country III en-
.ightened Europe bearing a comparison az
regard cultivation with seml-civilized an
:ient Peru or modern Japan.
?. Because fearful interest, insidiously
spread over All articles of food, clothing and
shelter, IL hourly collected from AT consul
uers for every dollar Of artificial value
placed upon the land, and the other gifts of
be Deity above specified.
3. Because X is not Just the laborers who
eed the community should themselves be
educed to starvation, az is nov the case
gricultural laborers of Great Britain and
reland, and other countries in Z rope,
There the present system Of alternating ne
IND from the tillers thereof has long ob-
aimed.
4.-c0NCERNING WEALTH.
Wealth is the product Of the gifts Of God
nited to the labors Of man. The intrinsic
alue Of any commodity properly termed
Tealth.
Under this head may De enumerated all
rticles necessary to human existence, and
Il those material objects which adorn and
levate humanity in civilized life.
Wealth il very properly subject to sale OK
xchanged. Though the land ought not to
9 alieDated, the manure, seed or labor put
pom 1t, or any product derived from it. has
right mar ketable value aud isa proper
inject for traffic.
TO BE CONTINUED.