The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-30

. medium Of sxohanes, having equal DOVER.
uniform value and hbted for the perform
anoe Of M the funotionso OF money. co. extern
sfve with the jurisdiction Of government.
That with o just rate per cent interest On
the government bonds, ID would effect the
equitable disaributon Of the products Of la
Dor between non~produclng capital and la
boFs giving TO leborers . fair compensation
for their products, and TO capital Just re-
ward Tor Ito use remove the necessity for
excessive toll and afford che industrial class
90 the time and means necessary for social
and intellectual culture With the rate Of
interest ct three per cent on the govern
ment bonds, the national debt would be Ii
qnidated within less than thirty years with
ont the imposition or collection Of one far
thing OF taxes for chat purpose. Thus Il
would dispense with the hungry hoard OF as-
SCISSORS. tax-gatherers and government spies
that are now harvesting the Industrial CLASSES
and despoiling them Of their subsistence.
We further hold that 10 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 s widely a. possible among the
people; land monopoly beng equally as
oppressive'to the people and dangerous to
our instituf:ons, a. the present money mon.
opoiy. TO prevent this the public lands
should be sold in reasonable quantities, and
to nom but actual occupants, and to them
ut tho minimum price established by the
goveT nment. When grants OF the public
lanes 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 hold that intelligence and vir-
tue in the sovereignty are necessary to
wise administration Of justice, aud that a.
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 regulations as shall afford all
the means Of acquiring the knowledge requi-
site 70 the intelligent exercise Of the privi-
leges and duties pertaining to sovereignty,
and that Congress should ordain that eight
hours labor between the rising and setting
OF the sun should constitute days work
in all Government works and places where
the National Cover .nent has exclusive iu-
risdiction, and that it is equally imperative
on the several States to make light provision
BY legal enactment. Be it therefore unani-
mously
Resolved, That our first duty 10 now to pro-
vide - speedily a. possible q system Of general
organization an accordance with the principles
herein more specifically SET forth, and that each
branch ofindustry shall be left to adopt IA own
particular form Of organization, suhjecs only TO
such restraint ~ may be necessary to place
each organization within line, so as to act 10
harmony In all matters pertaining to the vel
K fare OF the whole as well as each Of the parts.
and that il Is the imperative duty of every man
in each and every branch Of industry to aid in
the formation of such labor organizations in his
respective branch, and to connect himself there
with.
COOPERATIVE.
Resolved, That in cooperation, based upon
just financial and revenue laws, we recognize q
sure and lasting remedy for the abuse Of the
presen: industrial system, and that until the
laws OF the nation can be remodelIed 80 as 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 she sewing women
and daughters of toll in this land, and would
solicit their hearty cooperation, knowing as
we do, that no class Of industry is 50 much 10
need of having their condition ameliorated as
the factory operatives, sewing women, etc, OF
this country.
IMPROVED DWELLINGS FOR LABoRERs.
Resolved, That we void urgently call the
attention of the industrial classes to the subject
OF tenement houses and improved dwellings,
believing lt to be essential to the welfare of the
whole community that q reform should be Eff
fected ir this respect, as the experience of the
past has proven that vice, psuperism and crime,
are the invariable attendants Of the over-crowd-
ed and lily ventilated dwellings of the poor, and
urge upon the capitalists of the country atten-
tTon to the blessings to be derived from invest
ing their means in erecting such dwellings,
sfRIKEs.
Resolved, That this Congress deprecates what
Is familiarity known as sTRIK IS among working
mel, and recommend that every other honor
able means be exhausted before any such course
| is resorted to.
| 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 a means Of advancing their In tellectual
and social improvement
REMEDY ron INSUFFICIENT WORK.
Resolved, That this Labor Congress would
most respectfully recommend to the workingmen
o. the country, that, in case they are pressed
for want Of employment, they proceed to the
public lands and become actual settlers, believ-
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.
vantages.
Resolved, That where a workingman is found
capable and available for any office, the pre-
ference should invariably be given to such per
son.