The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-11-03
Plato 4 VI

or THE NATIONAL GnEEspAcK-LApoR Panty or
THE UNITED STATES, ADOPTED At CHICAGO
JrNE ., 1880.
/. That tho right to make and issue money IL
q sovereign power to be maintained by the peo-
pie for the common benefit. The delegation
OF this right to corporations IL q surrender Of
the central attribute OF sovereignty, void Of
constitutional sanction, comforting upon sub
ordinate responsible power and absolute do
minon over industry and commerce. All
money, whether metallic or paper, should be
issued and Its volume controlled by the tiov-
crnment. and not by or through banking cor
porations, and, when 20 Issued, should DO a
full legal tender for all debts, public and pri-
vate.
O. That tho bonds Of the tinted States
should not be refunded, but paid rs rapidly az
practicable, according 10 contract 10 enable
the Government to meet these obligations.
legal-tcndcr currency should be substituted
for the notes Of the national banks the ma
tional-banking system abolished, and the un-
limited coinage Of silver, as well as gold, cs-
tablished by law.
s. That labor should be 80 protected by
national and State authority as to cqualizc it,
burdens. and insure Just distribution OF it.
results the eight-honr law Of Congress should
be enforced the sanitary condition Of inlus-
trial establishments placed under rigid control
the competition Of contract convict labor abol-
ishcd; a bureau Of l.bor statistics established ;
factories, mines and workshops inspected
the employment OF children under il years Of
age forbidden, and wages paid i'll cash.
1. Slavery being simply cheap labor, AMI
cheap labor being simply slavery, the importa-
ton and presence OF Chinese serfs necessarily
bends to brutalize and degrade American labor
therefore immediate steps should be taken IL
abrogate the Burlingame treaty.
B. Railroad land grants forfeited by reason OF
nom ultillment OF contract should be immedi
atcly reclaimed by the Government. and hence
forth the public domain reserved exclusively rs
homes for actual settlers.
6. 1t is the duty Of Congress to regulate In
ter-Statc commerce. All lines OF colnmunica.
ton and transportation should be brought un
der such Legislative control M shall secure mod.
crate, fair and uniform rates for passenger and
freip hit traffic.
I. We dcnouncc as destructive to prosp rity
and dangerous to liberty, the actions cf the old
parties in fostering aud sustaining gigantic
land. railroad and money corporations and mo
nopolies, invested with aud exercising power
belonging to the Government, and not respon
sille to 1t for the manner of Their exerei.e
!. That the constitution, giving Congress the
power to borrow money, TO declare war. to raise
AMI support armies, To- provide and malntaiu d
navy. never intended that the men who loaned
their money for an interest considt ration should
be pref. rred to tho soldier and sailor who
d, rilcd Their lives and shed their blood on land
and sea in defense OF their country and We
condemn the cruel class legislation OF the Re-
publican party which, while processing great
gratitude to the soldi, /, has most unjustlv dis.
cr.minated against him and in favor OF the
bondholder.
.. All property should bear its Just proper
tion Of taxation. and We demand a graduated
income tax.
10. We denonnce as most dangerous the e.
forts everywhere manifest to restrict the hts
OF suffrage.
II. We are opposed TO an increase OF the
standing army in time Of peace. and the in
sidious scheme 10 establish an enormous mill
itary power under the gnise Of militia laws.
II. We demand absolute democratic rules
for the government of Congress. placing all
representative Of tho people upon an equal
footing. and taking away from committees
a veto power greater than that Of the Piesi-
dent.
H. We demand Government OF the people,
by the people and for the people, instead Of a
Government of the bondholders. by the bond
holders and for the bondholders, and we de-
nounce every attempt to stir up sectional strife
as an effort to conceal monstrous crimes
against the people.
IA. In the furtnorancc OF these ends We ask
the cooperation Of all fair-mindcd people.
We have no quarrel with individuals, wage no
war upon classes, bat only against vicious in
II tutions. We are not content TO endure fur
ther discipline from our present actual rulers,
who, having dominion over money, over trans
par,a:ion, over sea and land. and largely over
the press and the machinery Of Government,
WELD nnwarrantable power over our lnstitu-
tions and over our life and property.