The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-08-24
PLATFORM

or THE NATIONAL dREEfrAcR-LABo PAATT %
THE UNITED sTATEs, ADOPTED Af CHfcAoc
JUNE ., 1880.
/. That tho right TO make and issno money IL
sovereign power to be maintained by tho pco-
ple for tho common benefit The delegation
Of this right TO Corporations ID n surrender OF
tho central attribute Of f5seteisnty, void Of
constitutional sanction, comforting upon sub
ordinate irresponsible power and absolute 40.
minion over industry and commerce.. Al
money, whether metallic or paper, should DO
issued and Its volume controlled BY tho dov-
porations, and, whom 40 issued, should %
full legal tender FOR al debts, public and prs-
tatc.
q That tho bonds Of tho United States
should not DO refunded, bnt paid - rapidly -
practicable, according TO contract. To enable
tho Government to moot these obligations,
legal-tcndcr currency should DO substituted
for tho notes OF tho national banks, the ma
tional-banking system abolished, and tho un-
limited coinage Of silver, - we'll - gold, o.
tabshed by law.
s. That labor sllculd b. no protected BY
burdens. and insure Just distribution Of its
results tho cight-hour law Of Congress- should
be enforced the sanitary condition OF indus
trial establishments placed under rigid control [,
tho competition OF contract convict labor abOl-
ishcd; bureau OF labor statistics established |;
factories, mines and workshops inspected /
tho employment Of children under u years Of
age forbidden, and wages paid In cash.
l. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and
cheap labor being simply slavery, tho imports
ton and presence OF Chinese aerfs necessarily
bends to brntalize and degrade American labor,
therefore immediate steps should be takon 70
abrogate the Burlingame treaty.
5. Railroad land grants forfeited BY reason Of
non-fulfllmcnt Of contract should b immedi.
Ately reclaimed by tho Government, and hcnoo-
forth the public domain reserved exclusively -
homes for actual settlcrs.
Q. II 10 the duty Of Congress b regulate In
tcr-Statc commerce. All lines Of communities
der such Legislative control - shall secure mod
crate, fair and uniform rates for passenger and
freght 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 rcsp0n-
sible to iSfor the manner Of their exercise.
9. That the consultation, giving Congress the
power to borrow money, to declare war, to raise
and support armies, 10 provide and maintain 9
their money for IN interest consideration should
DO preferred TO the soldier and sailor who
periled their lives and shcd 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 die.
eliminated against him and In favor OF the
bondholder.
Q. All property should bear its Just proper
ton Of taxation, and We demand . graduated
income tax.
10. We denounce a. most dangerous the Of
forts everywhere manifest to restrict the rights
Of suffrage.
II. We are opposed 10 an increase OF the
standing army in time Of peace, and the in
Gidious scheme TO establish IN enormous mill
itary power under the gnise Of militia lava
II. We demand absolute democratic rules
for the government Of Congress-, placing al
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 Z
! Government Of the bondholders, by the bond
holders and for the bondholders, and We dc.
nounce every attempt TO STIR up sectional strife
| % an effort to conceal monstr0us crimes
against the people.
| IA. In the fnrthcrance Of these ends wc AL
the cooperation Of all fair-mindcd people
We have no quarrel with individuals, wage no
| war upon classes, bat only against vicious in
| situations. 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 ovcl
the press and the machinery Of Government
WELD unwarrantablc power over our institu
tons and over our life and property.