Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-03-30


the general introduction of machines, is |
carried on in all branches of industry |
with such gigantic means and appli- |
ances as but few are able to possess.
The present industrial system is CO.
operative in one respect only, which is:
That not, as in former times, the individ |
ual works alone and for his own ac-
count, but dozens, hundreds, thousands |
of men work together in shops, in
mines, on huge farms, cooperating as
to the most efficient division of labor,
while the fruits Of this cooperative
labor are not reaped by the workers, but
are in great measure appropriated 10y
the owners of the means of production.
This system Of gradually extinguishing
the necessarily separates society into
two Classes-the wage-wOrker and the
capitalist. This system causes:
The planless and reckless rate of pro-
duction.
The waste of human and natural
forces.
The commercial and industrial crises
The constant uncertainty of the ma
terial existence of the wage-workers.
The misery of the laboring masses.
The accumulation of wealth in the
hands of few.
These conditions, which, under the
present industrial system, must become
more aggravated and inconsistent with
the interests of mankind, and are op-
posed to the principles of justice and
true democracy, as they destroy those
rights which the Declaration of Inde-
pendence of the United States holds to
be inalienable for all men--the right to
life, liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness.
In order, therefore, to abolish these
conditions, we strive to introduce the
perfect system of cooperative produc-
ton; that is, we demand that the work
ers obtain the undivided product of their
toll
The basis of cooperative society
stipulates the substitution of public for
private ownership of land, instruments
of labor (machines, factories, etc., and
with it cooperative production, and
guarantee of share in the product in
accordance with the service rendered
by the individual to society.
We also declare that our present &C
ton has been hastened by the demoral-
izatiOn of the local political labor move
ment, and the desertion of honest, pro-
gressive principles by unscrupulous
leaders and their infatuated followers,
some going to the "demOcratic' party,
some going to the "republican" party,
and the ostraCism of the socialists by
scheming politicians, who have used the
name of labor to deceive the worker
and subserve their own private interests.
LOCAL PLATFORM.
l. The city government should own
and operate the street cars, elevated
railroads, gas works, electricl lighting
and telephone service.
2. Ample school accommodation
should be furnished and the school laws
rigidly enforced.
3. The annual interest of the city's
funds amounting to $4,000 should be
| turned into the city treasury, instead of
| being pocketed by the city treasurer.
A. The factory, workshop, and tene-
ment inspection laws should be effect
ually enfot 2ed.
5. Eight hours should be the maxi
mum length of working day for all
city employees, with pay day every
week.
6. Our public school buildings and
other public buildings suitable for the
purpose should be open in the evenings
for free political meetings, the town
meetings of colonial days be re-estab-
| lished, and the widest discussion of
industrial, social, and political ques-
tions be encouraged, free from all
police interference.
The report was unanimously
adopted, and the convention pro-
ceed to nominate a ticket, with the
following result:
THE TICKET.
Mayor-CHARLEs ORCHARDsoN.
Treasurer-JOHN kNEFEL.
Clerk-JOHN MCGILL.
SOUTH TOWN.
Assessor-M. L. MORRIS.
CollectOr-BERNARD BERLYN.
Supervisor-WmLIAM DOYLE.
Clerk. B. BEEL,
NORTH TOWN.
Assessor-L. c. CROWLEY.
Collector-H. GERHARDT.
SupervisOr-JOHN GOULD.
Clerk-WmIIAM KEMPKE.
WEST TOWN.
Assessor-A. c. BERG.
Collector-THOMAs GRET.
Supervisor c. PETERS,
Clerk-HENRY HANSEN.
| ALDERMEN.
Fourth Ward-Edward Meagher
/ Fifth Ward-GeO. Killer.
! Seventh Ward-P. knickrehm.
Eighth Ward-Peter Netz.
Ninth Ward-Gustav Bartels.
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