The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-09-08
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Or THE NATIONAL HREESbACk-LABoh PARTY OF
rnE UNITED STATES, ADOPTED Ar CHICAGO,

Or THE NATIONAL HREENbACN-LABoNP PARTY OF
rHE UNITED STATES, ADOPTED Ar CurcAuu,
June o, 1880.
/. That the right TO mske and issue money Ii
n sovereign power to be maintained by the peo-
pie for the common benefit. The delegation
of this right to corporations Ia . surrender OF
the central attribute Of sovereignty, void OF
constitutional sanction, comforting upon sub
ordinate irresponsible power and absolute do
minion over industry and commerce. All
money, whether metallic or paper, should be
issued and its volume controlled by the Gov
eminent. and not by or through banking cor
porations, and, when 80 issued, should be a
full legal tender for oil debts, public and pri-
vate.
Z. That the bonds Of the United States
should not be refunded, but paid AZ rapidly Oh
practicable, according TO contract. To enable
The Government to meet these obligations.
legal-tcnder currency should be substituted
for the notes OF the national banks, the mn
tional-banking system abolished, and the UNI
limited coinage Of silver, as well ~ gold, es-
tablishcd by law.
g. That labor should be 10 protected BY
national and Statc authority ~ to equalize lis
burdens and insure Just distribution Of its
results the cight-honr law Of Congress should
be enforced the sanitary condition Of indus
trial establishments placed under rigid control
the competition OF contract convict labor abol-
ishcd bureau OF labor statistics established
factories, mines and workshops inspected
the employment Of children under IA years Of
age forbidden, and wages paid III cash.
4. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and
cheap labor being simply slavery, the lmporta-
ton and presence Of Chinese scrfs necessarily
therefore immediate steps should be taken to
abrogate the Burlingame treaty.
8. Railroad land grants forfeited by reason Of
-fuliillment Of contract should be immedi-
ately reclaimed by the Government, and hence
forth the public domain reserved exclusively as
homes for actual settlers.
6. II IL the duty Of Congress to regulate in
ter-State commerce. All lines Of communities
ton and transportation should be brought mn
der such Legislative control as shall secure mod
crate, fair and uniform rates for passenger and
fret hit traffic
I. We dcnonnce as destructive to prosM rlty,
and dangerous to liberty, the actions cf the old
parties i'll fostering and sustaining gigantic
land. railroad and money corporations and mo-
nopolies, invested with and exercising powers
belonging 10 the Government, and not respoil-
siblc to 1t for the manntr Of their exercise.
\. That the constitution, giving Congress the
power to borrow money, to declare war. to raise
and support armies, To provide and maintain a
navy, never intended that the men who loaned
their money for an int rest consideration should
be preferred to the soldier and sailor who
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 soldier, has most unjustly dis
eliminated against him and in favor OF the
bondholder.
.. All property should bear its just proper
ton of taxation, and We demand a graduated
income tax.
10. We denounce AZ most dangerous the ef-
forts everywhere manifest to restrict the rights
Of suffrage.
IL. We are opposed TO an increase Of the
standing army in time Of peace. and the in
sldions scheme 10 establish an enormous mill
tary power under the gulse of militia laws.
~. We demand absolute democratic rules
for the government Of Congress, placing ali
representatives Of the people upon All equal
footing. and taking away from committees
a veto power greater than that of the Presi-
dcnt.
Is. We demand Government OF the people,
by the people and for the people, instead Of a
Government Of the bondholders, by the bond
holder and for the bondholders, and we de-
nonnce every attempt to str up sectional strife
rs an effort to conceal monstrous crimes
against the people.
IA. In the furtherance of.4hese ends we ask
the cooperation Of all fair-mnded people.
We have no quarrel with individuals, wage no
war upon classes, bat only against vicious in
stitutions. We are not content to endure fur.
Their discipline from our present actual rulers,
who, having dominion over money, over trans.
portation, over sea and land, and largely ovel
the press and the machinery of Government
WELD nnwarTantablc power over cur nstitu.
tons and over our life and property.