The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-06-15
PLATFORM

Or THE NATIONAL lREENBAcK-LABoR PANTY OF
THE UNITED STATES, ADOPTED At CHICAGO
JuNE 0, 1880.
/. That the right to make and issue money ID
sovereign power to be maintained by the peo-
pie for tho common benefit. The delegation
OF this right to corporations Is 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
ernmcnt. and not by or through banking cor
porations, and, when 90 issued, should be
full legal tender for oil debts, pubic and pri-
yate.
.. 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 tho notes OF the national banks, the ma
tional-banking system abolished, and the I'M
limited coinage Of silver, - well - gold, e.
tablished by law.
4. That labor should be 70 protected BY
national and State authority % to equalize IT.
burdens. and insure Just distribution Of IT.
results tho cisht-hour law Of Congress should
be enforced the sanitary condition Of indus-
trial establishments placed under rigid control,
ished bureau OF labor statistics established;
the employment Of children under II years Of
age forbidden, and wages paid In cash.
4. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and
cheap labor being simply slavery, the importa-
bends to brutalizc and degrade American labor,
therefore immediate steps should be taken 70
abrogate the BnrlingAme treaty.
8. railroad land grants forfeited by reason OF
nor-fulfillment Of contract should b immedi-
ately reclaimed ny the Government and hence
forth the public domain reserved exclusively -
homes for actual settlers.
| o. II il the duty OF Congress b regulate In
ter-State commerce. All lines Of communica-
4 ton and transportation should bo brought I'M
der such legislative control % shall secure mod
crate, fair and uniform rates for passenger and
| frcja Int traffic.
! 4. We dcnouncc as destructive 10 prosperity,
aud dangerous to liberty, the actions Of the old
4 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-
sible to 1t for the manner Of their exercise
8. That the constitution, giving Congress the
power to borrow money, to declare war, to raiss
\ 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
pcriIcd 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.
o. All property should bear its Just proper
ton Of taxation, and We demand graduated
| income tax.
10. We denounce a. mort dangerous the ef-
forts everywhere manifest to restrict the rights
| Of suffrage.
/ II. We are opposed TO an increase OF the
/ 80 1i,,.y ina S,f nd Ia In.
sldions scheme TO establish an enormous mill
itary power under the guise Of militia laws
1 L. We demand absolute democratic rules
for the government Of Congress, placing all
representatives Of the people upon IN equal
footing, and taking away from committees
4 veto power greater than that OF the Presi-
dent.
Is. We demand a 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 stir up sectional strife
a. an effort to conceal mOnstrous crimes
against the people.
IA. In the iurtnerance Of these ends We ask
the cooperation Of all fair-minded people.
We have no quarrel with individuals, wage no
war upon classes. but only against vicious in
/ sttuiiuns We are not content to endure fur
ther discipline from our present actual rulers,
who, having dominion over money, over trans
pertation. over sea and land. and largely over
the press and the machinery of Government,
WELD nnwarrantablc power over our institu-
tons and over our life and property.