The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-03-23
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Or THE NATIONAL HREENBAcx- LABOR PARTY o.
THE UNITED STATES, ADoPrKD At CucAoo

Or THE NATIONAL HREENBAcx-LABon PAR1Y o.
THE UNITED STATES, ADOPTED At CucAoo
JUNE 8, 1850.
/. That the right to make and issue money ID
= sovereign power to be maintained by the PEG
pie for the common benefit. The delegation
Of this right to corporations ID 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 30 issued, should b .
full legal tender for all debts, public and pri-
vate.
2. That tho bonds Of tho United States
should not be refunded, but paid % rapidly 90
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 na-
tional-banking system abolished, and tho un-
limited coinage Of silver, - we'll - gold, e.
tablished by law.
3. That labor should be.Dso protected by
national and State authority - TO equalize IL
burdens. and insure Just distribution OF "
results the cight-hour law Of Congress should
be enforced the 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 and workshops inspected
the employment Of children under II years Of
age forbidden, and wages paid in cash.
=. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and
cheap labor being simply slavery, the impoyta-
ton and presence OF Chinese serfs necessarily
bends to brutalize and degrade American labor,
therefore immediate steps should BE- taken r.
abrogate the Buriingame treaty.
s. Railroad land grants forfeited BY reason Of
non-fulfillment Of contract should 80 immedi.
ately reclaimed ~ the Government, and hence
forth the public domain reserved exclusively q
homes for actual settlers.
6. It 10 the duty Of Congress 10 regulate In
ter-State commerce. AL lines Of communities
ton and transportation should b brought un.
der such legislative control @ shall secure mod.
crate, fair and uniform rates for passenger and
freik hit traffic.
4. We denounce as destructive to 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 10 the Government, and not respoD-
sible to It for the manner Of their exercire.
8. That the constitution, giving Congress thu
power to borrow money, to declare war, to raiss
and support armies, to provide and MAINTAIN Z
navy, never intended that the men who loaned
their money for IN interest consideration should
be preferred 10 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 protesting great
gratitude to the soldier, has most unjustly dis.
crimlnated against him and in favor OF thu
bondholder.
.. All property should bear its Just proper.
ton Of taxation, and We demand . graduated
income tax.
10. We denounce as mort dangerous the Of.
forts everywhere manifest to restrict the righta
Of suffrage.
II. We are opposed 10 an increase OF the
standing army in time Of peace, and the in.
sidious scheme 10 establish an enormous mill
itary power under the guise Of militia laws.
II. We demand absolute democratic rules
Tor the government OF Congress, placing OIL
representatives Of the people upon an eaua
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 the bond.
holders and for the bondholders, and We de-
nounce every attempt to str up sectional strife
~ an effort to conceal monstrous crimes
against the people.
IA. In the furtherance Of these ends we asl
the cooperation Of all fair-minded people
We have no quarrel with individuals, wage no
war upon classes, bat only against vicious in
stltutions. 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 oveI
the press and the machinery OF Government
WELD unwarrantable power over our institu
tions and over our life and property.