The advocate., 1891-09-02
TH1 FEDERATION on LABoR.

atlon OF AexaS, az ATS july session as Tol-
lows:
Ave demand chat all money, whether
coin or paper, shall be issued directly by the
general government, and shall be full legal
tender for all debts, both public and pri-
vate, and that the volume shall increase as
the ratio of production and population ex-
pands. To this end we demand the unlimA-
tied coinage Of silver, the issue Of treasury
notes, government loans on real estate with
proper limitation upon quantity and value
of land and amount Of money, and also on
nom -perishable products.
B-We demand the passage of law pro.
hibiting alien ownership Of land, and chat
Congress take prompt action to devise some
plan to obtain all lands now owned by alien
and foreign syndicates; and that all land
held by railroad and other corporations in
excess Of SuCh as is actually used and needed
by them be reclaimed by che governments
and held for actual settlers only.
Give demand that taxation, national,
state or municipal, shall not be used to
build up one interest OK GLASS at the expense
Of the other, and we demand a just aud
equitable system of graduated tax on wealth.
Dive demand that all revenues, national,
state or county, shall be limited to the neC-
essSry expenses Of the government, eConomi-
cally and honestly administered.
Eve demand government ownership
control and operation of all transportation
of passengers, freight and intelligence, sub
ieCt to public franchise.
Eve demand the election Of president,
vice-president, and United States Senators,
by direCt vote of the people.
GIVE demand reciprocity or free OK
change of commerce with all the nations Of
the world, especially with those under Re-
publican government, just as soon as the
same is practically possible.
And we further submit the following az
our report of the state platform Of the
Texas Federation Of Labor;
We favor closer relationship between
the organized farmers and all other branches
of organized labor in cooperative effort for
the general good, to the end that equal
rights to all and special privileges to none
shall be the practice as we'll as the theory Of
our government.
Re'olved, 1. That we favor eight hours as
legal working day on state and municipal
work, and demand of the legislative power
of this state the passage Of a law 80 deolar-
ing, and pledge ourselves to do all in our
power to establish and perpetuate the eight
hour system.
2. We demand the passage Of law re-
quiring that wild OF unCultivated lands be-
longing to private individuals or corpora
lions, in large or small bodies, be rendered
for taxation at the same valuation per acre
as improved lands of the same quality in
the same county or district as a matter Of
justice to labor.
3. We demand the enactment Of law in
this state providing for the arbitration of
differences between employer and employe,
and enforcing the decision Of the arbi-
traitors.
4. We demand the enactment of a more
effective laborers' lien law.
5. We demand the adoption Of a more
uniform series Of school books for the pub
lie schools of this state, and that they be
published in the state and by the state, the
use Of which shall be furnished to the chill
dren in the schools free.
6. We demand the abolition of all convict
contract systems.
z. We earnestly protest against the adop-
tiOn by vote Of the people Of the amend
menk 70 section 4. article g, of the Consiiku-