The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-28

or THE NATIONAL tinEENBAck- LAnoR pAnrY or
the UNITED STATES, ADOPTED AT CHICAGO.
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Or THE NATIONAL anEENBAck-LAnoR Parry or
the UNITED STATES, ADOPTED At CHICAGO,
JrSE y, 1850.
/. That the right TO m stc and issnc money IL
sovereign power TO be maintained by the peo-
Pile for the common benefit. The delegation
VI this right to corporations - surrender Of
the 6 ntral attribute OF sovereignty, void Of
constitutional sanction, comforting upon n sub
ordinate irresponsible power and absolute do
minon over industry ani commerce. All
money, whether metallic Or paper, should be
i-siiud and ita volume controlled by the (ioy-
eminent. and not by or through banking cor
poratiolis, and, when 10 issued. should DO a
full legal tender for oil debts, public and pri-
vate.
q Tint the londs Of tile United States
should not be refunded, but paid No rapidly %
practicable, according TO contract. To enable
Tho Government to meet these obligAt ions.
lcgal-tender currency should DO substituted
for the notes VI the national banks, the ma
tional-banking system abolished, and the nm
| limited coinage Of silver, as well as gold, es-
tab iHhcd bv law.
s. hat labor should be 40 protected BY
national ind State authority "A to eqnalize It.
burdens. and insure n Just distribution Ut it,
results |: tho cigllt-hour law Of Congress should
be enforced the sanitary condition Of indu =
trial ut .blishmcnts placed under rigid control
the competition OF contract convict labor abol-
ishcd a bureau Of libor statistics established
| factories, mines and workshops inspected
| the employment Of children under Il years Of
| age forbidden, and wages paid IN cash.
1. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and
| cheap labor hcing simply slavery, the inporta-
| ton and presence OF Chinese serfs necessarily
| tends to brutnlize and degrade American labor
therefore immediate sters should he taken To
alrogate tho Bnrllngame treaty.
g. l.allroad hand grants fulfei ed hy reason Of
| non-fnllment Of contract should be imlnedi.
utIl ~ eluifuftu fla n
forth til public DOMAIN reserved exclusively as
homes FOR ncttal settlers.
q. II IL the duty Of Congress to regulate itl-
| tcr.Stnte tomnn rec. All lines ~ communities
tioi and transportation should be brought I'M
der such legislative control MI shall secure mod
crate lair and uniform rates for passenger and
| frci- hit traffic.
7. We dchonnce M destructive to prosp rity.
AMI dang, rnns to liberty, the 4 tons Of the old
parties III fostering and h,ist. ining gigantic
land. railroad and money corp rations and mo-
nololics, invested with and exercising powers
belonging 70 the Coy, rnmcnt, and MT rpspon-
siblc to II tor the MAINE Ut TIM r extrei u.
T. That the constitution giving Cong ress the
power to borrow money, to declarc war, to raise
| and supp. II rmies, 70 rovlde and maintain a
navy, never ints nied that the men Who loaned
Their money Ter Nh int, rest consid, ration should
be- pref. rrcd to the soldier anu sailor who
perled their lives and she'd their blood ON laid
" W
condemn the cruel class legislation Or the Re-
publican party which, while PROGRESSING treat
gratitude To the soldl I, has most unlustly dis
cr,m,naied against him and in favor Of tic
i, ndh )ld.r.
D. All property should bear liz Just proper
tion Of taxation, and We demand \ graduated
Income tax.
10. We dcnounce as most dangerous the ef-
forts everywhere manifest 10 restrict the rights
u suffrage.
IL. We arc opposed TO an increase OF the
| standing army i'll time III peace, aud the in
| sid,uns scheme 10 establish an enormous mill
itary power under the gnisc of militia laws.
H. We demand absolute democratic rules
| for the government OF Congress, plac ng all
| representatives Of the people upun all equ ]
| footing, md taking away frem committees
| veto poM,r greater than that Of tue plesl-
| dent.
H. We demand Government OF the people,
BY the people aud FOR the people, instead u q
Government VI tho bondhulders. by the bond
holders and for tho bondholdcrs, and We dt :
nouiice every attempt to str up sectional strife
as an effort TO conceal monstrous crimes
against the people
IA. In the Mrtncrance Of these ends wc ask
tho cooperation of all fair-mindcd people.
We have no quarrel with individuals wage nc
war upon classes, bat only against vicious in
| st,tutlOns. We are not content to endure fur
thcr discipline from our present actual rulers,
| Mho, having dominion over money, over trans.
| i,ortatlon, over s.a aud land, and largely over
the press aud the machinery OF Government
Weld nnWarrantable power over our institu
tons and over onr life and property.