The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-10
Queer Mix Up at a Meeting Last
Night.
PLATFORM ADOPTED.
THE ORGANIZATION CLAIMS TO BE
NoN-PARTISAN.
An Enthusiastic Meeting of the
County Democratic Society Yes
terday MISUNDERSTANDING Mass
Convention ut ToOele-The Work
ingmen's Democratic CIub-The
Fifteenth Ward Club.

Fifteenth ward Club.
The immediate restoration of silver
to its patriarchal power, full protec-
ton to every American industry, ad-
mitting free of duty the necessaries of
life only" the admission of Utah to its
rightful place among the sisterhood of
states. and that all office seekers put
themselves on record as sympaUhizing
with this propa ganda. was the declar-
alton Of principles enunciated by new
organization which was last night
launched under title of The Labor
Trust" 1t disclaims any element of
craftsmanship, expresses it's faith in the
ballot box. the masses and legislation
as the remedy for hard times and
pledges itself to that line of conduct
which viii bring the greatest good to
the greatest number.
! The organization was effected in the
Old chamber of the W'asatch block
where Justice SO long held its sway
and participated in by several hundred,
/ who cheered conservative speech and
! launched their protest with convulsive
emphasis. when Theodore Burmester,
an ex-Democrat, urged it upon them to
baptiza the newborn babe in the
murky depths of Republican fallacy.
The meeting was called to order by
John WMbeck, who stated it's object TO
be the organization of Workfagnan' 5
club that the wage Garner might be in
position to protect his rights, a CO.
relative purpose being to establish
labor bureau. To protect themselves
Mr.. Witbeck called attention to the
necessity for unity, to harmonious &C
tion always having uppermost in word
the welfare and prosperity OF the ma
tion.
Mr. witbeck was made temporary
chairman, which honor he acknowl-
edged. after which the preamble and
resolutions were read and adopted, as
follows:
That grand American citizen, Abra-
ham Lincoln, in his first annual mes
sage ITO Congress said:
Labor is prior to and independent
of capital Capital is only the fruit OF
labor and could never have existed If
labor had not existed.
/ Labor is the superior of capital and
deserves much the higher consider1-
ton"
Further on he said: mo men living
are more worthy to be trusted tnan
those who toll up from poverty, none
less inclined to take or touch aught
which they have not honestly earned.
Let them beware of surrendering a
political power which they already
possess and which, if surrendered, will
surely be used to close the doors or
advancement against such as they and
fix no disabilities and burdens upon
them till all of liberty shall be lost.
Labor. properly stated includes all
citizens. men and women who furnish
an equivalent for what they receive
! from others. 1t does not include stock
and option gamblers, spoils politi-
clans. tin-horn gamblers and interest
| gatheres. Accepting and applying to
labor the sentiments of the great Lin
coin. there is no escape from the con-
clusion that almost all congressional
! legislation in the last twenty-one years
| has been opposed to the rights of labor
and directly in the interest of capital.
Resultant solely from that legislation
and in no degree from natural causes,
labor finds itself PROSTATE and helpless
in the grasp of capital, entailing upon
it such suffering as has never before
existed in the life of the nation. Such
| conditions could not exist had not labor
surrounded its political power" and
| allowed the doors of advancement to
be closed against it."
The. first fatal blunder was made
when labor permitted the destruction
of silver as a money metal done by
both the dominant parties at the com
bined solicitation of London and New
J York banks.
Both of those parties have witnessed
the awful shrinkage of all property
values as the result and, having had
the power to undo the wrong, have ut
terly refus ed to do so.
Labor has surrendered all its rights
to merciless capital until to most
minds, it seems impossible to regain
its rights but by force.
AS a last peaceful resort, in the hope
of forming perfect labor organiza-
! ton" against whatever foe to its right
full progress we. the labor element of
/ Salt Lake city and of the territory of
! Utah, organize under the title of The
! Labor Trust, adapting the following
/ basis of principles and making the fol-
| lowing demands:
First-The true line of human con
! duct consists in doing only that which
I Will bring the greatest good to the
+ greatest number.
( Second-That the law of action does
/ not bind US to supply our wants from the
manufacturers of England and other
! foreign countries because they NAV
! cost less and do a good to the foreign
artisans, for our own Ia borers will nee
essarily remain idle or crowd other in
dustrieS.
] Third-Nor will the rule require us
/ any longer to keep open our heretofore
nospltable doors to the influx of another
foreign pauper or laborer of any kind
until every man, woman and child now
IN our land has found profitable en-
ployment
OUR DEMANDS.
First-The immediate restoration af
silver to its position and power as a
money metal prior to 1873, without re-
gard to the action of any or all other
governments.
: Second-A full protection to every
American industry, making wise dis
examination in all duties imposed IA
Vorlng the weaker industries, admit
ting free only necessaries of life that we
cannot produce profitably in our own
country
Third-The Congress of the United
4 States to furnish all the money to tba
] people and, in addition to gold and
! silver, sufficient volume of legal ten
/ der treasury notes to equal $50 per
/ capita of all the people
Fourth-The immediate admission of
utah to its rightful place among the
slsterhood of states. This last demand
Is founded on justice and should he a
once complied with
/ The four preceding demands granted
labor will resume its rightfuI place in
the nation and peace and prosperity
supplant the present unrest and dis
! tress.
The immediate political action of the
Labor Trust will consist in demandiner
of all candidates for Office +bo+ tLa