Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-03-28

cessi I'll the better the workman can cal
Culate the success of what he undertakes,
that is, the more intelligent he is Ana
the soldier, like the workman, will be
more skllIful in the performance of has
task, the defense of his country. With
us in Germany, as in most of the cOun-
tries Of Europe, nearly half Of the ma
tons income is spent in preparation for
war, while education and culture are
put off with sums scarcely worth men
tioning, Let us reverse the proportion |
and the peoples wealth will multiply
ten-fold without injury to our power OF |
defense, A Minister Of Education who |
understands his'business is the best Min |
lister Of Finance and War.
For the working class especially, and
that in the interest of theCommonwealth,
we demand:
SHORTENED HOURS OF LABOR AND A LEGAL
WORKING DAY.
The wage worker. too, must have
time and leisure "to cultivate his lntelli-
genCe and attend TO the affairs of State"
The Congress of English Trades Unions,
held last year in Birmingham, recon-
mended the eight-hour working day for
| all trades, and expressed its conviction
that by this means 1.-The physical and
| mental power of the workers will be in
creased and morality promoted and the
number of the unemployed diminished.
ProhbHton Of the employment Of Chu
dren and egudl pan for eq,tal w0rk for
Men and Women
Both are necessary to prevent the
further sinking of wages and to save the
rising generation from deterioration
| Abolition Of Indirect tnrps and intro
auction Ofd PrOqresSire Income Tdr,
Every tax upon neCessaries of life is a
tax upon the workers force of labor,
| hnnCa a restriction unOn production and
an iniurv to the nrosnar,tv of tha
neonle
FINALLY. bpfOy1n of the uopou and
| C,,plIjt SuStpu ana iro,0otjou of Lud,,e.
I, 5oi and ArrjcuItJtol prod1,cfj7,p 20
0nerUtj,,e AsSorinti0us bv the intern putjou
Of State credit or state GunraDtu
The noint il to make credit nrcessible
to the Working class, This the State has
done in most generous measure both
directly and Indirectly for tho nromn.
t,on n the can;talistic mathod Of nro.
dnction Tat The Stata NOW in ;ts P,,n
| int II n or 10 % nprnt ltrl
associotiono If tho ro,kors Ndth;nr, 10
n,nro odvantogaoue to tho Con,n,on
aoal,b tLan ;netica i, oil +b;noS
So much for the nreliminarv cord;.
tions n labor reform MA worI in nn, -,
have heen advised nerhans honestlr
anouoh to keen out of nolit;r, and hnsy
themselves solely win their economir
interests ae If n6Iitical and economic in.
taresty conld ha sanaratnd ~ s;ndI,nns
oro o,l;t with q botcbot Whooro. h =,
fai,nuaI onr limo ~ roasoninrr tl,,'s fa,
nannnt T th;nl ha IN dnnhf thor ,ra
,;'nI,, tho urnrl,incr Glass ,,,,st Grst * al
o,,1 y,,,,,l Of All resolve 10 transform no
, Utica conditions in the direction OF
freedom, State-heIp no less than self
helm is needed for securing to the worke,
+ tLa fnll undiminish4d result If nj,
industry that is an existence worthy nj
NAM ~ w.
The State alone. and only a free Stat,
( will helm the workers
. Let MS sum nm briefly the substance
, of the foragoing.
The system Of wages. labor meets th,
damands If Justice And Humanity a,
y GttIo os aid the slavery and sarvitnda ~
fnrmar times like 9 avery and sorvi
, tude WAGES labor WAS once a ste,
forward in civilization from which nm
> den;ahle advantages have accrued r.
', Snc;nty
- TbG social question Of the Present j,
, how, ~ ahoIish the ages svstem withon
@ i ,Hm the ADVANTAGES of production an,
= di.tr;hntion ~, oroS nv means If assoc;
" utaJ lohor 90 y W y > ''''' VI ''''0N'
"'S To- tIis and tbara ;s but ona moaps
,h.a ,,,star, nf froo a,soc;ated inhnr ,h,
= c cm. system The Present is s'' ,
! t;n,o ~ trarY;tion fron, tha ,,a,,os :, We
t t"'' lc,nitaIi.t;c netbod Of nrodnct; 9n
" to't ,h VS. srstan, nf Assncioted T ahnr
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