Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1885-04-25
CALIFORNIA LABOR CONVENTION
Nc. PLATFORM nF The COMBINED
TRADE. LABOR AND GRANGER AS
sEMBLY OF The PACIFlC COAST.

Tue following plaitnrm vas ad'pteu
At the recent labor coaVenti'n ~ >ah
Francisco. as a oasis Oh which To urite ali
,sc Trade Uaions ana labor organizations
Of the Poetic Coast II was adopted ar
ter three days discussion on the suo-
iect. AMI embod,es the principles upon
winch all the producing classes msy
unite tor The purpose of making their
demands respected.
Whereas, In the opinion of this Con-
yention. "hard times" are the result OF
monopuliz.tion hy non producers OF the
natural resources, the tools OF production
and the medium OF exchange, and must
occur periodically until these monopolles
are abolished.
Resolved, That the remedy ler "hard
rinesn must be ascertainod by the pro-
ducing classes of shop and farm, and,
when found, put in practice.
Resolved. That the working classes
are fast being reduced to slavery; and 1t
is uow imperative that every branch pe
organized; and that, when 30 organizeo'
the work of agitation, federation ana
education be increasingly pursued.
Resolved, That his Convention, while
not condeming strikes tor shorter hours
or higher pay as temporary measures OF re
liet. regards the naturalization OF lana,
the means of transportation, the CIR
culatlng medium, and the implements oi
production as the only satisfactory soiu-
t,on of the labor question.
Resolved, That tins Convention, having
rerard to the strained relations at present
existing between capitalists aud wsSe-
workers, looks with the grayest apprehen
sions upon the yrtutl establishment OF
standing army in this country oy
tbe continued enrolment OF ne"
militia corps, and the smpinymant oy ,he
CAPT alis,s OF srmed drtect'vco; and that
,nis Convention commenis this matter u
tie serious attcn ron u the labor orSani-
z.t;crs ct the Peciic Coa't.
Resolved. Taat this Convention IS CT
toe ,o;,on tn.t the agricultural clasSeS
rr,rcsecteI here by the gFanyer's OF
osn.za,ion. which pursues an active
propsgasda on the lines OF practical CO.
operation, dispensing with mid'lemen,
nd which is composed of the produc>
,rs ON the farm and field, are necessary
factors in the solution OF the labor ques>
t,on. and therefore as repre- enting tue
workets OF the t tes and townf,we exteoa
to ,he;o the haud oi fellow ship and pleoge
raternal aid.
Resolved. By the represeu tatives of the
CANCERS. on behalf of the Patrons oi
Husbundry represented in this Conven-
ton. we pledge to the organized lahor OF
the cities our good Will, friendship and
, assistance in the work OF organization
aud education.
Resolved, That, revoiciug the words of
sucn men as Louis Blanc and Victor
Hugo, of france; Karl Marx and Will
liam Liebkuecnt, of Germany; II. NJ
Hyndman and William Morris, OF Eng
land; Bronterre, O'Brien and Michael
Davit,, OF Ireland; Ply Margal, OF Span;
Andr,as Scheu, Of Austria; aud john
Ss,nton, Joseph Buchanan aad Henry
App lston, we. the Pacific Coast Cong'es'
of Trades and Labor Orgauizatic us, unan-
imou sly declare: First, tnat every indiV
iduai Willing to work has right To de-
maud from organized society the oppor.
tuuity, and 10 receive for That toii It's iu'i
| value; second that it is the duty OF the
whole people in their collective capacity
to no xd.ninster tine affairs OF the com-
mon wealth as TO secure to all their just
demand.
Resolved. That an organized committee
of eleven bs appointed to fedederate all
tue labor organizations of the Pacific coast
upon the following basis: The name to
be the Central Labor Union oi the Paci'
fic; each union to send one delegate for
eact 200 members, or fraction there
OF: each class Of unions IN particular occu'
pstions to be federated uader the name
of Trades Assemblies at the earliest pos
sible moment.