Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-06-26

and private, shall lie discharged in
the legal tender money ofthe United
States, strictly according to tho
stipulation of tho laws under which
they were contracted.
Third-Resolvel, That the coin
age of silver Ike placed OH the soma
footing as that Of gold.
FUurth--Congress shall provide
said money adequate to the full en-
ployment Of labor, tho equitable
distribution OF its products and the
requirements of business, fixing
minimum amount, per capita Of the
population, as near as may be, and
otherwise regulating its value by
wise and equitable provisions of law,
80 that the rate Of interest will So
cure to labor its just reward.
Fifth IL is inconsistent with the
genius Of popular government that
any species Of private property
should I've exempt from bearing its
just share of the public burdens
Government bonds and money
shOnid he taxed precisely as other
property, and graduated income
tax should liz levied tor the support
of the government and the payment
of its debts.
Sixth-public lands arc the CON-
mon property of the whole people,
and should not be sold to specula.
tors nor granted to railroads or 9th.
er corporations, but should he do
mated to actual settlers in limited
quantities.
Seventh-The government should
by general cnactments encourage
tho development of our agricultural,
mineral, mechanical, manufacturing
and commercial resources, to the
end that labor may DO fully and.
profitably Employed; but no mono
pOlies should be legalized.
Eighth-All useless offices should
be abolished, the most rigid ecOno-
my favored in every branch of the
public service aud severe punish.
meDt inflicted upon public officers
who betray the trusts reposed in
them.
Ninth-As educated labor has
devised means for multiplying pro-
duction by invention and discover.
les, and as their use requires the
exercise of mind as we'll as body,
such legislation should 10 had that
the number of hours Of daily toll
will be reduced, giving to the work.
ing classes moro leisure for mental
improvement and their several enjoy
ments, and saving them from prema.
ture decay and death.
Tenth-The adoption ofan Amer.
can monetary system, rs proposed
herein, will harmonic all difference
in regard to tariff and federal taxa
. ton, reduce and equalize the cost Of
transportation by land and water,
distribute equitably the joint earn
ings of capital and labor, secure to
the producers of wealth the results
Of their labor and skill and muster
out of service the vast army Of idfcrs
who, under the existing system,
grow rich upon the earnings Of 9th.
! crs, that every man and woman
: may, by their own efforts, secure q
, competence 80 that overgrown for.
/, tunes and extreme poverty will he
: seldom found within the limits OF
: our republic.
Eleventh-Both national and
= State governments should establish
: bureaus of labor and industrial stat
istics clothed with the power Of gath
sring and publishing the same.
Twelfth-That the contract sys
,. TEN of employing labor in our pris
!, ons and ref0rmat0ry institutions
works great injustice to our mechan
les and citizens, and should be pro
% hibited.
:, Thirteenth-The importation o
, service labor into the United States
- from China is a problem OF the mos
!, serious importance, and we recon-
:, mend legislation looking TO its sup
. preston.
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