The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-10-17

gznixatio1 every department If productive In
dustfy, making knowledGe.a standpoint for
aceicn, Ind indus>giM merit and socinl worth
not vsalth-the true standard individ-
usl and national greatness.
Second-To secure b the :0iler an equal
share Of the wealth which be helps 70 create:
more OF the leisure that IighCly belongs to
him more societary advantages; more Of the
benefits, privileges and emoluments OF the
world; in a word, all those rights and priv
leges necessary to maks4 him capable Of en-
joying, approaching, defending. and perpetu
ating the blessings of Republican institutions.
Third-To arrive at the true condition Of
the producing masses in their educational,
moral and financial condition, we demand
from the several States and from the Nation
al Government the establishment Of Bureaus
Of Labor Statistics.
Fourth-The establishment Of cooper alive
Institutions, productive and distributive
klfth-TEe reservirg of the public lands
the heritage Of the people, for the actual set
ers, and not another acre for railroads or spec
/ nlators.
SlXth-The abrogation Of all laws that do
not bear equally upon capital and labor, and
the adoption OF measures providing for the
health and safety of those engaged in mining,
manufacturing and building pursuits.
Seventh-The enactment Of a Law to com
pei chartered corporations to pay their en-
4 ployes at least once IN every month, in full
for labor performed during the preceding
month, in the lawful money of the country
Eighth-The enactment of Law giving
mechanics and lab0rers first lien ON their
! works.
Ninth-The Abolishnent Of the contract
system ON the national, State and municipal
work
Tenth To inaugurate a system Of public
markets to facilitate the exchange OF the pro-
auctions Of farmers aud mechanics, tending
TO do away with middlemen and speeulntors.
Eleventh-To Inaugurste system Of cheap
transportation, to facilitate the exchange Of
| commodities.
Twelfth-The substitution Of arbitration
tor strikes, whenever and wherever employers
and employees are willing to meet ON equitable
grounds.
Thirteenth prohibition of the import
alton OF All servile races, the discontinuance Of
all subsidies granted to national vessels bring
ing them to our shores, and the abroRation
or at least, the modification of the Burlingamt
Treaty.
Fourteen.h-To advance the standard o
American mechanics, by the enactment ant
enforcement Of equitable apprentice laws.
Fifteenth-To abolish the system of con
TactinH the IADOr OF cOnVicts IN our prisons
and refomAtory institutions
Sixteenth-The reduction Of the hours 0
labor to eight per day, so that the laborer
may have more time for social enloymen
and intellectual improvement, and be enable,
to reap the advantages conferred by labor
saving machinery, which their brains hav
created
Seventeenth. That it is the duty Of the Gov
eminent TO establish just standard of distri
! button to capital and labor by providing pure
" national circulating medium. based on tn
faith and resources of the nation. issue
. directly to the people, without the interver
ton Of any system Of banking corporation,
> which money shall be a legal-tender in tn
5 payment of all debts, pubic and pr vate, an
t interchangeable at the option Of the holder /,
D Government bonds, bearing a rate Of intere
not to exceed : 65lOO per cent. subject
5 future legislation by Congress