The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-05-18

Or THE NATIONAL GREENRAcK- LABOR PARTT %
THE UNITED HTATEa ADOPTED At CHICAGO
JUNE Q. 1890.

Or THE NATIONAL GREENBAcK-LABoR PARry %
THE UNITED srArEa, ADOPTED At CnoAoo
JUNE 9, 1850.
/. That tho right to mako and Issue money II
sovereign power TO be maintained by tho peO-
pie for tho common boneat. The delegation
Of this right to corporations In surrender Of
tho central attribute Of sovereignty, void Of
constitutional sanction, comforting upon sub
ordinate irresponsible power and absolute do
mini0n over industry and commerce. All
money, whether metallic or paper, should DO
issued and IT. volume controlled BY tho Gov
eminent, and not by or through banking cor
FIJI ss nSs. Sn: II ds :'l public and .
vate
4 That tho bonds OF tho United States
should not BIO refunded, but paid - rapidly %
practicable, according TO contract. TO enable
tho Government TO meet those obligations,
legal-tcnder currency should bo substituted
Tor tho notes Of the national banks, tho ma
tional-banking systdm aboiished, and tho un-
limited coinage Of silver, - vol - gold, o.
8. That labor should DO 10 protected by
national and State authority ~ 70 oqualise ita
burdens, aud insure . Just distribution Of ita
results the oight-hour Law Of Congress should
be enforced the sanitary condition Of indus
trial establishments placed under rigid control
the composition Of contract convict labor abol-
ished bureau OF labor stAtistcs established
factories, mines and workshops inspected
tho employment Of children under II yoan 81
ago forbidden, and wages paid In cash.
4. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and
tion and presence Of Chinese serfs necessarily
bends to brutalixc and degrade American labor,
therefore immediate steps should DO taken "a
abroGato tho BurlinGAme treaty.
5. Railroad land grants forfeited BY reason OF
non-fulhllmcnt Of contract should b immedi-
stely reclaimed BY tho Government and hence
forth the public DOMAIN reserved exclusively y
8. II ID tho duty Of Congress % regulate In
ter-State commerce. All lines Of communica-
ton and transportation should b brought nm.
der such legislative control % shall secure mod.
srate, fair and uniform rates for passenger and
freight traffic.
and dangerous to liberty, the actions Of tho old
parties In fostering and sustaining gigantic
land, railroad and money corporations and mo-
nopolics, invested with aud exercising powers
belonging to the Government, and NOT rospoD-
sible to It for the manner OF their exercise.
8. That the constitution, giving Congress the
power to borrow money, to declare war, to raise
navy, never intended that tho mon who loaned
their money for An interest confederation should
be preferred to tho soldier and sailor who
pcriled their lives and shed their blood on land
and SEQ In defense OF their country, and We
condemn the cruel class legislation OF the Re-
publican party which, while protesting great
gratitude to the soldier, has most nnjustly dis
criminated against him and In favor Of thu
bondholder.
9. All property should bear its Just proper.
tion Of taxation, and We demand ! graduated
income tax.
TO- We denounce a. most dangerous tho Of.
forts everywhere manifest to restrict tho rights
Of suffrage.
II. We arc opposed TO an increase Of ths
standing army In time Of peace, and tho In
sidious scheme TO establish an enormous mill
itary power under the guiso Of militia lava
IL We demand absolute democratic rules
for the government Of Congress, placing al
representatives Of the people upon an cqua
footing, and taking away from committee
veto power greater than that OF the Prcsi
dent.
IS. We demand Government Of the people
by the people and for the people. instead Of
Government OF the bondholders, By tho bond
holders and for the bondholders, and We de
nounce every attempt to stir mp sectional strif,
- an effort to conceal mOnstrous crimes
against the people.
IA. In the fnrtherance Of thcee ends we AL
tho cooperation Of all fair-mindcd people
We have no quarrel with individuals, wage nc
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 sen and land, and largely owe
tho press and the machinery of Government
WELD nnwArTantable power over our institu
tons and over our life and property.