Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-09-19
PLATFORM.
ADOPTED BY THE NATIONAL sGREENBAC
j LABOR PARTY AT sEDAIIA.

and the national banking laws, will
all the amendments thereto. ,s
2. We demand the issue of ab5o-
Lutte money in grecnbaeks,. equal to
gold and silver to be full legal ten
ders for all purposes whatsoever, !,
3. We demand that all bonds now
subject to redemption hereafter, shall
be redeemed immediately in absolute
money. We demand that all bonds
not now due Or payable. shall be pur-
chashed by the treasurysas rapidly as
possible at the market rates and can
celled. -. -s
4. We recommend that, provision
be made by law for the issue of abso-
lutte money by the United States un-
der proper restrictions and conditions
to be loaned to states, counties and
cities ut the rate of two per cent. per
annum upon certain safe and satisfac-
tory security to be used to pay their
bonded indebtedness and relieve the
people of their present burdens OF
taxation.
). We demand that the federal
constitution be amended so as to limit
and restrain congress from exempt
ing any property, stock, bonds or
credits from taxation from granting
the public lands to any corporation or
association, from making the United
States party to any corporation OF
association; from granting, transfer
ring, pledging or assigning or in any
way conveying the public moneys,
credits, franchises, powers or sover-
eighty Of the government to any per-
son or corporation, from creating any
corporation except such as may be
necessary to carry out and execute
the powers OF the government itself
and from issuing amy interest-bear-
ing bonds of the United States i'll the
future for any purpose.
6. We regard the exemption OF
United States bonds from taxation as
the most anti-democratic law ever
passed by congress, and in order to
return to just and equitable system
of taxation: We advocate the es-
tablisllnent of an income tax on all
description of property, rights, credits
and effects, and ait kinds OF incomes,
annuities and gains by interest, dis
--,-- -+"-- -:srwise as the only just
and economical mod ievyipg
taxes, eXempting from this rucuruu
tax all products or annuities to the
amount Of one thousand doliaws for
each person. Cheers. s
Z. We oppose n double taxation
on debts secured by mortgages OIL
otherwise. We are opposed to the
system of internal taxation; to all
licenses upon merchants, traders OF
manufacturers for goods or stock on
hand, that operate as double or eX-
ira tax.
s. We demand the repeal of the
eviction law passed by our last State
legislature whereby man is slepriv-
ed of any, means of redemption of his
lands sold for his taxes or costs.
8. We demand that the salaries OF
all officers of our State, counties and
cities, who receive more than $1,000
per annum be reduced one half for
all salaries above that amount.
10. We demand the eight hour
law so called wherever it nay be ap-
plicablc to labor and for the passage
of the law to enforce the same.
H. We demand the abolition OF
law system of letting out by contract
the labor Of our convicts in our pris-
Ons and reformatory institutions, -.
II. We demand thorough reform
in the system of public school cduca-
ton, SO as to establish agricultural,
mechanical and commercial schools
in addition to the common schools to
prevent other schools being establish.
ed or sustained out of the public
chooi funds or said funds being used
for other than school purposes, t(
prevent the oft repeated changes and
the monopoly of the sale of tex
books being forced upon the peopl.
as well as other measures which vii
insure good COMMON school edu
cation for the poorest in our State a
the least possible expense.
Is. We favor the Improvement %
all navigable western waters by the
general government, and also, tina
the go, ernment build, own and con
troll the st. Louis and San Francisco
railroad. -
IA. That each sex shall receive
equal pay for equal work. "a.
Is, The abrogation of all laws tha
do not bear. equally upon the capita
and labor, the removal of unjust tech
nicalities, delays and s.discriminatial
in the adopting of measures propid'
ing for the health and safety of thos,
engaged in mining, manufacturing O
building pursuits. - sgr
l6. We are.opposed to the intro
duction of Chinese seryile labor ~
II. We are opposed to strikes
revolutions and violent measures fol
the relief of labor, and favor arbitra.
tion to settle all differences betweei
employees and employers. - ssi
18. We favor the enactment 10
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