The workingman's advocate., 1869-09-04

now advAnced 70 double, and, in some IN
stances, to treble their real values 10 ecnse-
Quence Of fictitious money additions placed
by the sfbitrary fat Of government, acting
as agent9 Of interested indivlduals uoon the
land
Thef efand Question, also, in :he opinion
OF yourk committee, underlies the money
question: and careful research proves that it
will be Hiticult, if not impossible, to per-
manentl7 establish the latter on Q proper
basis un il the land is free.
sit akso most materially enters into the
labor Question, for tits certain that in all
civilized countries the condition Of Artisans
and mechanics has been dependent largely
upon thf condition OF the aRriculturista, and
it 10 Questionable whether the solution Of the
prObleuI-' How to secure the producer the
prOceedk of his toll P'-will not be found,
when III full measure of the crops winch are
put IMP the earth are preserved to the
hands ehich they have been sOwn or planted.
SOeh being the case, your committee
endorss the wisdom and true economy If
the Mofaic laws on the subject, which sus-
tanned Ehe right of every individual 10 the
Jewish hfcommunity to an equal share OF the
soil, AID forbade the permanent alienation
thereof; also
"Because thu institution OF laws sane
tioning the purchase aDd sale OF land create
ariStO4 4rAcies, as in Europe, and il not abrO
gated here, must eventually prove the des-
tructi4 n of this Republic;
Hcause, neither governments, nor even
the a6alt peoples by which such are created,
are rifhteously in power to Ordain the per-
maneAt alienation Of the soil to individuals,
for 4e children Of all communities have
rightt in the land which forbid such aliema'
ton ID the common estate.
"Bscause the dismal effects Of the perm i
nent Alienation of the land from the cultIva-
tion& &thereof may be seen in Great Britain
and $so in our Southern States, where the
condk kion Of the most numerous and neces.
sary kbOdy Of laborers, viz tillers of the
soil. lare legally robbed OF the proceeds Of
their boil
"Hlecause the present deplOraable con.
ditios Of the ma sjOrity of the wealth pro
ducCSs Of the country is attributable to the
diviS ION which formerly existed between the
milli knS of arti6cers and the millions Of agri
cultlt ltfists, and that in the UNION Of these Ia
dust9ies we shall soon obtain victory.
I" FOR the foregoing reasons your commit
I tee cave nothing to add TO or subu act IRON
the resolution on the land question adopted
by he Chicago Congress, which declared
ha1the placing a money value on the gifts
of Il Deity, specifying the lands, mines
and lwatercour ses, was sacrilege;' or to tue
statement Of the former Baltimore Congress
whi4h awarded the :oOls to him that hath
the ability and the skill to use them, anu tho
land to him that hath the will and the hearI
to cultivate it,
K w. HUME, Chairman"
Deferred 10 the Committee on Cheroket
Ar. Cameron, Of Illinois, moved that Gen
eraI Winn, Of California, be added TO The
COknmittee on COolie Labor. Agreed TO.
tar. Daley, of Ohio, moved tnst the con-
Vetton finally adjourn at three O'clock OF
Saturday afternoon next, and meet ut elghl
o'4ock, A. NJ. on that day, and remain ir
4sion until the hour Of adjournment. Ag
reXd to.
Mr. Dunn, Of Philadelphia, offered IN,
following resolutions, which were referred 4
ting Committee on Platform:
WHEREAS, The worklngmen Of the Unite,
S%tes have every reason 10 regard the exis
titg telegraph monopoly in the dissemination
oHnews, created by the alliance existing be
tween the Associated Press and the Western
Ukion Telegraph Company, as inimical 4
tEHlr interests. Newspaper enterprise il
ttlwarted by it's rules and restrictions, which
sdRk to prevent ell competition in the bust
mss. No daily paper can obtain . profit
a lie existence unless it supplies ats readers
with the news OF the day from all parts u
tie world. Under the present restrictive
ststem Of the Associated Press no new jour
nj listic enterprise can share in its benefits
al any price New papers have been started
Nth the intention IF obtaining the news by
sfeciA. .sfQIt; but their design haa Is9gsntly
den rendered futile by the Western UniOr
Telegraph Company in incr easing the prict
Cf telegrL phic tolls to such All exon b,tan
&xtent as to make the enterprise impossible
recent instance Of this extortlOn has beer
Extensively noticed. The San francisco
Herald commenced, in January last, TO re
seiVe its Eastern news at q cost Of $500 pei
nonth in gold, and was about becoming I
, success, when the price Of it's IelegrsPhit
dispatches was suddenly, and without no
kice, increased to 900 in gold per month
-an impossible sum for any one newspaper
PUtslde of New York city to pay. A number
} bf newspaper enterprises are in embryo
throughout the country, for the dissemina
kiOn of intelligence to the American work
Bog men at a low price but they are held IL
hbeyance by this odious monopoly, which
possesses the power, and wields it whenever
necessary, to muzzle the American press
GAS remedy for this evil q postal telegTa
tphic system, under tbs auspices Of tho Gov
yernmCnt is suggested, by which speedy anC
fchesp communication can be effected
kthroLghout the country and individual IN
+terprlse enCOurage1 and sustained. Th'
tpresent high prices of telegraphic comDuni
cation are demanded by the monoPolists be-
cause the people have no other remedy
4 Great Britain has already declared in favour
Il OF reform and purchased the telegraph linei
i thI oughout its dominion, so that Its people
may have better and cheaper accommodation
I in communicating with each other. Ii ha'
!. been shown that telegraph line can be sup
: ported at charge of one cent per word fol
private messages, and five mills per wore
Tor press Messages, thrOughouIthe United
States. But the mOnopolists oppose and re
Ject all improvements tending to facilitate
business and at present the benefits d
speedy telegraphic communication in thin
! country are enjoyed bv the comparatively
lew who are able or obliged to pay the ex'
or0itant tariff attending It, and not by fht
many who desire but are unable TO use It
The design Of postal telegraph system was
proposed at The last Congress but it wal
defeated by the lobbyists OF the monopolists
Public attention has since been awakened tC
the abuses Of The present system by the ma.
ny and frequent ouuages perpetrated upon
free press; and the laboring men of the
country, who are directly interested in cheap
I ] nf
cation, and their :ellOw-printeLs, VINO are
directly interested in the establishment Il
new papers for the benefit Of the trade az
well as the public, should move upOn this a.
ore Of the vital questions Of the day
Resolved, That The Labor Convention Of
the United States denounce the existing tel.
Cgrsph monopoly in the dissemination Of
news, created by the alliance existing be
tween the Associated Press aud the W estern
Union Telegraph Company, as inimical to
tha infarasfa of tha rrscS M tha manila