The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-10-19
PLATFORM


Or the NATIONAL LABOR PAnrT OF
the UNITED STATES, ADOPTED At CHICAGO
JUNE Q, 1850.
l. That tho right to mako and Issue money il
! sovereign power to be maintained by the peo-
plo for tho common benefit. The delegation
Of this right to corporations II . surrender Of
the central attribute OF sovereignty, void Of
ordinate irresponsible power aud absolute do
nlinion over industry and commerce. All
money, whether metallic or paper, should be
issued and Its volume controlled by tho Gov
crnmcnt. and not by or through banking cor
porations, and, when 40 issued, should be :
vate.
q That tho bonds Of the United States
should not DO refunded, but paid - rapidly a.
practicable, according to contract. To enable
the Government to meet these obligations,
legal-tcndcr currency should be substituted
tional-banking system abolished, and the I'M
limited coinage Of silver, . well = gold, e.
tabshcd by law.
g. That labor should be 10 protected BY
national and state authority - to equalize Its
burdens and insure just distribution OF its
results /; the cight-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; bureau Of labor statistics established
factories, mines aud workshops inspected ,
the employment Of children under Il years Of
ago forbidden, and wages paid in cash.
Z. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and
ton and presence OF Chinese serfs necessarily
bends to brutalizo and degrade American labor,
therefore immediate steps should be taken to
abrogatc the Bnrllngame treaty.
8. Rallroad land grants forfeited BY reason Of
non-fnlfillment Of contract should be immedi-
ot.lx,
forth tho public domain reserved exclusively -
homes for actual settlers.
g. It ID the duty Of Congress 10 regulate In
ter-State commerce.. All lines Of communities
ton and transportation should he brought UNI
der such legislative control as shall secure mod
crate, fair and uniform rates FOR passenger and
freih hit traffic.
z. We denounce a. destructive 70 prosperity,
and dangerous to liberty, the actions Of the old
parties in fostering and sustaining gigantic
land, railroad and money corporations and mo-
nopolies, invested with and exercising powers
belonging to the Government, and not respon-
0ible to 1t Tor the manner OF their exercise.
g. That the constitution, giving Congress the
power to borrow money, to declare war, to raise
and support armies, to provide aud maintain .
navy, never intended that the men who loaned
their money for an interest consideration should
DO preferred to the soldier ana sailor who
periled their lives and shed their blood on land
NJ
condemn the cruel class legislation Of the Re-
publican party which, while processing great
gratitude to the soldier, has most unjustly dis
crimnatcd against him and in favor OF the
bondholder.
9. All property should bear Its Just proper
ton Of taxation, and We demand . graduated
income tax.
10. We denounce as most dangerous the ef-
forts everywhere manifest to restrict the rights
Of suffrage.
II. We are opposed TO an increase OF the
standing army in time OF peace, and the in
0idious scheme TO establish an enormous mill
ttary power under the guise Of militia laws
II. We demand absolute democratic rules
for the government Of Congress, placing all
representatives OF the people upon an equal
footing, and taking away from committees
. veto power greater than that Of the Prcsi-
dent.
H. We demand Government OF the people,
by the people and for the people, instead OF
holders and for the bondholdcrs and We de-
nounce every attempt to STIR up sectional strife
as an effort to conceal monstrous crimes
against the people.
IA. In the iurtnerancc OF these ends we ask
the cooperation Of all fair minded people.
We have no quarrel with Individuals wage no
war upon classes. bat only against vicious in
sttutions. 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,
tons and over our life aud property.