The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-07-30
The Committee on Resolutions re.
Dorted as follows. which were adOpted

pOIV as IOhOWe, WuicQ were ADOPTED
Resored Thar the laws Of the nfted State,
should be altered that instead Of subornatnR
70 capital they AFFORD just protection or anC
I the iDdaNr:a interest Of the whole country.
kesolped That RnaIteraby opposed to the i'm.
p0rtation Of ssrvle race for the and only pur-
pose Of tsmperins with the labor If the American work
Resolved That We demand the abolish neut of the avs
TEN Of cont act labor 10 prisons and pententares
and that the labor performed BY convcts shall be
hIch viii least conflict with honeu industry outside OF
the prisons, and that the Manufactured bV the
convcts shall be Pot upon the markets at less than
the current market rates.
| kesoIved Who yer and whenever the workinRmen NJ
any cton Of country pressed for want OF en-
poyment, they should be recommended and assisted to
move to the public domain, there TO become actual
settlers snd cutvators OF the soil by doing this
OF remaining over crowded labor oenters Rweino
and intensity ing the composition among their fellow
Inborers and finally descending into the pauper or
worse the criminal class The natural advantages de-
riveabe from indusfrlously cultivating fruitful soil
would result both individual relief and ad yancement
ana the moral and social good Of the whole country
Resolved, that az LABOR s the from whence ali
national prosperity flows its intelligent prosecution ana
direction Is matter Of paramount Importance 10 The
Government well as to the worker, and therefor,
with view fostering stimulating and protecting the
true Industrial interests o. the country We ask the
alton OF separate department Of government TO Be
known a. the Department Of Labor wth power 10 ooI
sct and utilize all the available statistics Of every in
dustra in the country, promote spread Of
useful among the producing classes generaIlv
and make recvmendations to Congress from tirs
the best interests OF labor and more fair distriou
o
zKeotped That wherever work 10 scarce or Their a
difBcuIty betseen employers and employees that vs
end laborers should far as possible form
Oo-operative Societies for the purpose OF carving On
ferent branches OF business, and when the employer
ad vAn,es disposition the profits OF His M
ne with the aboTer on lair credit, he should enter
into such partnership.
Resolred hat the public lands Of the United STAT,
are the property The people, to disposed Of for th
benefit Of the people. That actual settlement ia the
oplv proper and legitimate purpose for which the so;
can be used that people the United states o.
in BY their constitutional agents. the Congress-
Nv the passage OF tue dIer=ut pre-emp.ion lava ~
ginning almost at the very formation OF our govern
M IT. and finally embodied In the almost perYct A.,
atead act Of May 30 1862 dedcsting the whole pubc
domain 70 by the people in tracts not 10 en-
c ed 100 acres each claimant, at a price mot 10 er
coed 81 IS per acre.
Kssetrcd That call Republicans to remember
that o, 1t the StsiaYery Issue, 1t the promise
OF that party, given to the people, that tue public
lands I'D be he'd sacred Tor settlement under the
pre.emption laws already in existence aud the nome.
stead law which pledged itself TO enact, and which va,
In due Tia passed by the Of nearly every Repnb
lie n assist by the majority Of Democrats that placed
the Republican p-rty In power.
Resolved, That We remind Democrats that at the
National Convention Of their party hell New YORK
June g. 1865 the pledge given by that party thai
public should be occupied by the people under
the pre- emPt and homestead laws.
On motion 1T was resolved, that the
Workingmen's Journal, published by
Amos Sandford, at Columbus, Kas., be |
continued as the organ Of the State
Labor Union. !