The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-10-23
PLATFORM
OF THE
National Industrial Congress,
Adopted April 10, 1873.

WHEREAS The recent alarming develop
ment and aggression of aggregated wealth,
which, unless checked, will inevitably lead to
the pauperization aud hopeless degradation Of
the toiling masses. renders it imperative, if
we desire to enjoy the blessings of the gov
erment bequeathed us by the founders of the
Republic, that a check should be placed upon
its power and unjust accumulation, and a sys-
TEN adopted which vii secure to the laborer
the fruits of his toll and
WHEREAS, This much desired object can
only be accomplished BY the thorough unfit
cation Of labor, and the united efforts Of those
who obey the Divine injunction that " In
the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat thy
bread !" and
WHEREAS, The great desideratum Of the
hour is the organization and direction, by CO.
operative efforts, of the power of the produc-
lng masses for their substantial elevation
Vet We recognize IT'D the ballot box the great
agency through which our wrongs can be re-
dressed and
WHEREAS. While We fully recognize the
power and efficiency Of Trade and Labor
Unions, az now organized in regulating purely
trade matters, yet upon all questions apper-
tanning to the welfare of the masses as a
whole, the influence of these organizations
without closer union, must prove compare
lively futile Therefore
Resolved. That We submit to the people Of
the United states the objects sought to be &C
complished by the Industrial Congress
to bring within the folds Of the Or
ganizatiou every department. 81 productive in.
dustry. making knowledge a standpoint for
action, and industrial, moral and social worth
not wealth the true standard Of individ-
ual ana national greatness.
Second TO secure to the toilers a Just
share of the wealth they create more Of
the leisure that rightly belong to them /;
more SECRETARY advantage; more of the
benefits, privileges and rmuluments of the
world IN a word all those rights and priyi-
leges necessary To make them capable of en-
Toying, approaching, defending and perpet-
uatiug the blessings W our republican govern
mcnt
ThlId To arrive at the true condition of
the producing masses m their educational
moral and financial condition. We demand
from the several States and from the National
Government the establishment OF Bureaus Of
Labor Statistics
Fourth The establishment OF cooperative
institutions. productive and distributive
Fifth Tie rescrvug of tAe public lands,
the heritage Of the people, for the actual set
| Ter not another acre ior railroads ur spec
ulators.
| sixth Tbr .br,gatIon W MI Ia,,s tb,t u,
Dat bear apu4IIy un,u rapttal ANA lahnr wv
removal of unjust tecbnicalitl,s. DELAY. and
determinations in the administration uf Jus.
tIce, and the adoption Of measures proyId,
| ing for the health and safety ~ those eu
| gagged in mining. manufacturing ana building
| pursuits
seventh The enactment Of a law to com
| Wi chartered corporatinns ID pav their em
nloye. N least .r. III every month N am
! for labor performed during the pr-cedipt
month in the lawful money of the couutrv
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