Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-07-25

The National Industrial Congress, re-
Gently in session at Cleveland, Ohio,
adopted the following platform:
WHEREAS, The recent alarming development
and aggression of aggregated wealth, which, un-
less checked will inevitably lead to the pauperiza
render it imperative if 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
to the laborer the fruits Of his toll and,
WHEREAS, This much desired object can only be
accomplished by the thorough unifcation of labor
and the united efforts of those who obey the divine
injunction that ln the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread"; and, tatt tt"5 *0fAa '~
WHEREAS, While we recognize in the ballot-box
an agency by which these wrongs can be Tedressed
when other means fail, yet the great desidera-
tum of the hour is the organization, cOnsolida-
ton, and cooperative effort OF the producing
masses as stepping stone to that education that
will in the future lead to more advanced action,
through which the necessary reforms can be OBJ
tanned; 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 apper
tanning to their welfare as whole the influence of
these organizations without closer union must prove
comparatively futile therefore,,
Res0lged, That we submit to the people OF the
United States the objects sought to be accomplish
ed by the Industrial Copgress t
l. To bring within the folds of the organization
every department of productive industry, making
knowledge standpoint for action, and industrial,
moral, and social worth, not wealth, the true
standard of individual and national greatness.
2. To secure to the toiler an equal share of the
wealth which he helps to create; more OF the leis-
ure that rightly belongs to him; more society adj
vantages; more of the benefits, privileges, and
emoluments of the world; in word, all those
rights and privileges necessary to make him capa-
Bile of enjoying, appreciating defending and per-
petuating the blessings of Republican Institutions
3. TO arrive at the true condition of the produc
ing masses in their educational, moral, and fnan-
cial condition, we demand from the several States
and from the National Government the establish
ment of Bureaus of Labor Statistics. .ss.ssan
4. The establishment of cooperative institutions,
productive and ,distrbutiye. wsasf .AE
8. The reserving OF the public lands. the heritage
of the people, for the actualsetter and not another
acre for railroads or speculators. .ts.. ...e
o. Inc abrogatlon OF an laws that Ia 90 y, not pear
ton Of measures providing for the health and safety
of those engaged in manufacturing or building
pursuits. .. fs ..s ..E..s
Z. The substitution of arbitration for strikes,
whenever and wherever employers and employees
willing to meet on equitable grounds.
8. The prohibition of the importation of all ser
vile races, the disc0ntinuance OF all subsidies
granted to mail vessels bringing them to our shores,
and the abrogation, at least the modification of
the Burlingame Treaty. *f.,..s1.
les by the enactment and enforcement of equitable
apprentice laws.
10. To dscountenance the system of contracting
the labor of cOnvicts in our prisons and reforma-
tory institutions. M
II. The reduction of the hours of labor to eight
per day, so that laborers may have more time for
social enjoyment and intellectual improvement,
and be enabled to reach the advantage conferred
by labor-saving machinery which its brain has cre-
ated. @A
IT, The providing Of purely National circulat-
ing medium, based on the faith and resources of
the Nation, and issued directly to the people, so
instituted as to constitute circulating medium of
the necessary exibilty and receivable for all de-
mands public and private. t4-