The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-07-31
The WOrkingmen's Platform.
The National Industrial Congress, re.
Gently in session at Cleveland, Ohio, adopt.
ed the following platform:

Inc NatlOnal industrial congress, re-
Gently in session at Cleveland, Ohio, adopt.
cd the following platform:
WHEREAS, The recent alarming development
checked, will inevitably lead to the pauperization
and hopeless degradation Of the toiling masses,
render it imperative, If We desire to enjoy the bless
ings Of the Government bequeathed us by the
founders Of the Republic, that check should be
placed upon the power and unjust accumulation
Of wealth, and a system adopted which will secure
to the labOrer the fruits Of his tOil and
WHEREAS, This much desired object can Only he
accomplished by the thorough unifcation of labor
and the united efforts of those who obey the Divine
tSnn ca That the sweat Of thy face shalt
WHEREAS, While we recognize in the ballot-box
an agency by which these wrongs can be rcdrcsscd
when other means fail, yet the great desideratum
OF the hour is the organization, consolidation and
cooperative effort of the producing masses Us q
stepping-stone to that education that will in the
future lead to more advanced action, through
and,
WHEREAS, While we fully recognize the power
and efficiency of Trade and Labor Unions, local
and International, as now organized in regulating
purely trade matters, yet upon all questions appcr-
tanning to their welfare as whole the influence Of
these organizations without closer union must
prove comparatively futile: therefore,
:, Resotred, That we submit to the people of the
United States the objects sought to be accomplish
ed by the Industrial Congress:
. First-TO bring within the folds Of the organiza-
ton every department Of productive industry.
making knowledge a standpoint for action and in
dustrial, moral, and social WORTH not wealth, the
true standard of individual and national greatness.
Second-To secure to the tOiler an equal share of
the wealth which he helps to create; more Of the
leisure that rightly belongs to him; more society
advantages; more of the benefits, privileges, and
emolumcnts Of the world; in word, all those
rights and privileges necessary to make him capa-
bic Of enjoying, appreciating, defending and per
petuating the blessings Of Republican institu-
lions.
7nird-To arrive at the true condition of the
producing masses, in their educational moral, and
financial condition, we demand from the several
Enlistment Of Bureaus Of Labor Statistics.
Fourfh-The establishment Of cooperative insti.
tutions, productive and distributive.
FftM-The reserving Of the public lands, the her
iage Of the people, for the actual settler and moi
another acre for railroads or spectators.
Sia4h-The abrogation of all laws that do not
adoption of measures providing for the health and
safety of those engaged in manufacturing or build
ing pursuits:
strikes whenever and wherever employers and en-.
plOycs are willing to meet on equitable grounds.
EighM-The prohibition Of the importation of all
servile races the discontinuance Of all subsidies
granted to mail vessels bringing them to our shores
ana the abrOgatiOn. or at least the modification
Of the Burlingame Treaty.
Ninh.To advance the standard Of American me-
chanics ny the enactment and enforcement OF
equitable apprentice laws.
1enM-To discountenance the system of con
tracing the labor Of convicts in our prisons and
refOrmatOry institutions.
Elerenfh-The reduction of the hours of labor
to eight per day, SO that labOrers may have more
time for social enjoyment and intellectual i'm
prOvement. and be enabled to Seach the advan.
tage conferred by labor saving machinery which its
brain has created
T're!fh-The providing Of purely National cir
culating medium, based on the faith and resources
of the Nation. and issued directly to the people
SO instituted ~ to constitute circulating medium
OF the necessary fexibility and receivable for ali
demands, public and private.