The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-07-27
PLATFORM
Or THE NATIONAL GRERNBACK-LABoR PARTY OF
THE UNITED SrATEs, ADOPTED IT CHICAGO

Or THE NATIONAL GREENBAcK-LABoH PARTY OF
THE UNITED STATEa, ADOPTED IT CHICAGO
JUNE O. 1880.
/. That the right to make and issue money Is
asovereign power to be maintained ~ the peo-
pie for the common benefit. The delegation
Of this right to corporations ID . surrender Of
the central attribute OF sovereignty, void 81
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 so issued, should be
Full legal tender for al debts, public aud pri-
vate.
q That the bonds OF tho United States
should not be 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 or the national banks, the ma
tional-banking system abolished, and tho ,iri-
limited coinage Of silver, ~ well ~ gold, es-
tablished by law.
5. That labor should be 30 protected by
national and State authority rs to cqualizo It's
burdens. and insure Just distribution OF It's
results the eight-hour law Of Congress shonld
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
tlN employment Of children under IL years ct
age forbidden, and wages paid in cash:
4 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 30 taken to
abrogato the Durlingame treaty.
5. Railroad land grants forfeited BY reason q
non-fulflment Of contract should be immedi-
ately reclaimed by the Government, and hence
forth the public domain reserved exclusively -
homes for actual settlers.
6. It is the duty Of Congress 10 regulate IN
tcr-Etate commerce.. All lines Of communities
ton and transportation should be brought I'm.
der such legislative control o. shall secure mod
crate fair and uniform rates for passenger and
freight traffic.
Z. We denounce Is destructive TO prosperity,
and dangerous to liberty, the actions Of the old
parties in fostering and sustaining gigantic
land, railroad and money corporations ard mo-
nopolies, invested with and exercising powers
belonging to the Government, and not rcspoD-
sible to it for the manner OF their exercise.
8. That the constitution, giving Congress tho
and 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
pcriled 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 protesting great
gratitude to the soldier, has most unjustly dis
eliminated against him aud In favor OF the
bondholder.
8. All property should bear its Just proper
ton OF taxation, and we demand . graduated
income tax.
10. We denounce as most dangerous the eff
forts everywhere manifest to restrict the rights
Of suffrage.
II. We are opposed TO IN increase OF the
standing army in time Of peace, and the in
| sidiOus scheme to establish an enormous mill
itary power under the guisc OF militia laws.
| ~. We demand absolute democratic rules
for the government Of Congress, placing al
| representatives Of the people upon an equal
/ footing, end 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 q
/ Government Of the bUndholders, by the bond
holders and for the bondholders, and we do
nounce every attempt to stir up sectional strife
~ IN effort to conceal monstrous crimes
against the people.
IA. In the furthcrance OF these ends We ask
tho cooperation OF all fair-mindcd people.
We have no quarrel with individuals, wage no
war upon classes, bat only against vicious in
stitutions. We are not content to endure fur
thcr discipline from our 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 unwarrantable power over our institu-
lions and over our life and property.