The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-06-13

wants o. To EcvWumeMt 4no 0uDtncss tn-
tesaats sof ~ nation thai IL would furnish
! ID dunn u sxchange, having equal power,
q Uniform yalne and fitted for the perform
ance Or III the functions of money, extern
alye With the jurisdiction Of government.
That wfsh = just fate. per cent. interest on
the Royanmsat bonds, ii would eject the
equitable diotzibuhon Of the products Of Ia
Dor between nen-producing capital and Ia
Dor, giving TO llAbsfers q fair compensation
for their products, and to capital q just re-
ward for its uss remove the necessity FOR
excessive toll and afford the industrial class
es the time and means necessary for social
aud intellectual culture. With the rate of
interest at three per cent on the govern
mont bonds, the national debt would be Ii.
quidated within less than thirty years with
o1t the imposition or collection Of one far
thing Of taxes fcr that purpose. Thus ID
would dispense with the hungry hoard of as
SCISSORS, tax-gatherers and government spies
that are now harrassing the industrial classes
and desp0iling them Of their Subsistence.
We furikev hold that IL il essential to the
prosperity and hsppiness Of the people and
the stability a CIR Democratic Republican
Institutions, that the public domain be dis-
tributed a. widely Is possible among the
people; land monopoly beng equally ~
oppressive 10 the people and dangerous to
our institutions, as the present money mon
opoly. To prevent this the public lands
should be sold 10 reasonable quantities, and
to none but actual occupants, and to them
ct the minimum price established by 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 hold that intelligence and vir-
tue in the sovereignty are necessary to q
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 regulations as shall afford ell
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 q days work
in all Government works and places where
the National Government has exclusive ju-
risdiction, and that il is equally imperative
on the several States . make light provision
By legal enactment Be 1t therefore unani-
mously
Resolved, That our first duty is now to pro-
vide as speedily as possible a system Of general
organization In accordance with the principles
herein more specifically set forth, and that each
branch ofindustry shall be left to adopt its own
particular form Of organization, subject only to
such restraint as may be necessary to place
each organization within line, so as to act in
harmony in all matters pertaining to the well
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 anc revenue laws, we recognize q
sure and lasting remedy for the abuse of the
present ind astral system, and that until the
Jaws of the nation can be remodelled so as 20
recognize the rights Of men Instead OF classes,
the system Of cooperation carefully guarded
viii 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 as
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 LABoKERS.
Resolved, That We would urgently call the
attention Of the industrial classes to the subject
of tenement houses and improved dwellings,
believing ft 70 be essential to the welfare Of the
whole community thata 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 the poor, and
urge upon the capitalists Of the country atten-
tion to the blessings to be derived from invest
ing their means in erecting such dwellings.
STRIKES.
Resolved. That this Congress deprecates what
ID Familiarity known as STRIKES among working
men, and recommend that every otter 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 recon.
mended to the workingmen in all cities and
towns, as means of advancing their il telectnal
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 70 the
public lands and become actual settlers, belev-
ing thatlif the industry Of the country can be
coupled with its natural advantages, it will re-
p IL both In individual relief and national AID.
vantagx
capable and available for any Office, the pre-.
ference should invariably be given to such per.
son.