The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-10-05
PLATFORM

Or THE NATIONAL dnEENBAcK-T.ABoR PARTY OF
THE UNITED STATES, ADOPTED At CHICAGO
JUNE 2, 1850.
/. That tho right TO make and issuo money Is
sovereign power to be maintained by tho peo-
pe for the common benefit. Tho delegation
tho 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 tho Gov
ernmcnt. and not by or through banking cor
porations, and, when 20 issued, should DO =
full legal tender for all debts, public and pri-
vatc.
q That the bonds Of the United States
should not be refunded, but paid a. rapidly a.
practicable, according to contract. To enable
legal-tender currency should bO substituted
for tho notes Of the national banks, the ma
tional-banFing system abolished, and the un-
limited coinage Of silver, - we'll . gold, e.
tahishcd by law.
5. That labor should be- 10 protected by
national and State authority a. to equalize its
burdens, and insure q just distribution OF its
results !; tho oight-hour law OF Congress should
be enforced tho sanitary condition Of Indus
trial establishments placed under rigid control !,
the competition Of contract convict labor abol-
ished n bureau Of labor statistics established ;
factories mines and workshops inspected
tho employment Of children under II years Of
Ago forbidden, and wages paid In cash.
1. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and
cheap labor being simply slavery, the importA-
ton and presence Of Chinese ecrfS necessarily
bends to brutalixe and degrade American labor,
therefore immediate steps should be taken to
abrogate the BurlingAme treaty.
5. Railroad land grants forfeited BY reason OF
non-fulhllmont Of contract should b immcdi-
atcly reclaimed Dy tho Government, and hence
forth the public domain reserved exclusively -
homes for actnai settlers.
g. II Is the duty Of Congress 70 regulate In
ter-Statc commerce. All lines Of communica-
ton and transportation should be brought I'M
der such legislative control 40 shall secure mod
crate, fair and uniform rates for passenger and
freight traffic.
Z. We denounce as destructive TO prosperity,
and dangerous to liberty, the actions CT the old
parties in fostering aud sustaining gigantic
land, railroad and money corporations and mo-
nopolies, invested with and exercising powers
belonging to the Government, and not respon-
sible to 1t for the manner Of their exercise.
3. That the constitution, giving Congress the
power to borrow money, to declare war, to raise
aud support armies, to provide and MAINTAIN .
navy, never intended that the men who loaned
their money for an interest consideration should
be preferred to the soldier and sailor who
periled 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 soldier, has most unjustly dis
criminated against him and in favor OF the
bondholder.
.. All property should bear its Just proper
ton OF taxation, and We demand graduated
income tax.
10. We denounce A. most dangerous the e.
forts everywhere manifest to restrict the rights
Of suffrage.
IL. We are opposed 10 an increase OF the
standing army in time Of peace, and tho in
sidious scheme 10 establish an enormous mill
itary power under the guise OF militia lava
IL. We demand absolute democratic rules
for the government Of Congress, placing all
representatives OF the people upon an equal
footing, and liking away from committees
. veto power greater than that Of the presi-
dent.
Is We demand Government OF the people,
by the people and for the people. instead Of d
Government OF the bondholders hy the bond
holders and for tho bondholders. and we do
nonnce every attempt to str up sectional strife
"a an effort to conceal monstrous crimes
against the people.
IA. in the furtherance OF these ends we ask
the corporation Of all fair-minded people.
We have no quarrel with individuals. wage no
war upon classes. bat cnly agains, vicious i'm
etitutions. We are not content to endure fur
Their discipline from onr present actual rulers
who. having dominion over money, over trans
portation, over sea and land, and largely over
the press and the machinery Of Government,
WELD unwarTantahic power over our institu-
tons and over our life and property.