The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-09-21
PLATFORM

or THE NATIONAL dnERxBAcR-I4ABoI PARTY o.
THE UNITED SrArEs, ADOPTED At CHICAGO
JUNE 8, 1850.
/. That the right TO make and issue money Il
. sovereign power to be maintained BY the peo-
pie for the common benefit. The delegation
Of this right 10 corporations II . surrender OF
tile central attribute Of sovereignty void 81
constitutional sanction, comforting upon Sub
ordinate irresponsible power and absolute 90.
miDion 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 20 issued, should b. =
full legal tender for al debts, public ana pr
.. That the bonds Of the United States
should not bc refunded, but paid - rapidly .
practicable, according to contract To enable
the Government to meet these obligations,
legal-tender currency should DO substituted
for the notes OF the national banks, tho M
tional-banking system abolished, and the I'M
limited coinage Of silver, - well - gold, a.
tablished by law.
3. That labor should BE-, 20 protected By
national and State authority - to cqualise IT.
burdens. ard insure Just distribution OF IT.
results the eight-hour law Of Congress should
be enforced; the sanitary condition Of Undue
the competition OF contract convict labor abol-
ished; bureau Of labor statistics established /,
factories, mines and workshops inspected |,
the employment Of children under Il yean Of
age 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 serfs necessarily
bends to brutalize and degrade American labor,
therefore immediate steps should b taken 70
abrogate the BurlingAme treaty.
5. Railroad land grants forfeited BY reason Of
non-fulfllment Of contract should 81 immedi-
ately reclaimed ~ tho Government, and hence
forth the public domain reserved exclusively -
homes for actual settlers.
6. r. il the duty Of Congress b regulate In
ter-State commerce. All lines Of communica-
ton and transportation should b brought un-
der such Legislative control - shall secure mod
crate, 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-
nopolies, invested with and exercising powers
belonging to tho Government and not respon-
Gble to it for the manner Of their exercise.
9. That tho constitution, giving Congress ths
power to borrow money, to declare wa, to raise
and support armies, to provide and maintain .
navy, never intended that the mon who loaned
their money for IN 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 w
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
bondholde9.
8. All property should bear IL lust proper
ton Of taxation, and We demand graduated
income tax.
10. We denounce a. most dangerous the ef-
forts everywhere manifest to restrict tho rights
Of suffrage.
II. We arc opposed 70 IN increase Of the
standing army in time OF peace, and tho In
sidous scheme to establish On enormous mill
itary power under the guise Of militia lava
IL. We demand absolute democratic rules
for the government Of Congress, placing Ill
representatives Of the people upon An equal
footing, and taking 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 :
Government Of the bondholders. by tho bond
holders and for the bondholders, and We de-
nounce every attempt to stir up sectional strife
- an effort to conceal monstrous crimes
against the people.
ii. In the furtherance Of these ends We ask
We have no quarrel with individuals, wage no
war upon classes, but only against vicious in
stitutions. We are not content to endure fur
ther discipline from our present actual rulers,
who, having dominion over money, over trans
the press and the machinery OF Government
WELD unwarrantable power over our institu-
tons and over our life and property.