The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-24
HOUSTON LABOR COUNCIL.
Its Platform Of Principles and Its
Political De mands.
GOVERNMENT TO OWN RAILROADS.
Ustvsrsai and Equal Right of Suffrage
Without Regard To Color,
Greed Or sex.


ifnously adopted and ordered printed:
1tous,on tnb,r Cou,cl 20 m. xyor,a Of
- c.,,
LABOR, Greeuns'
Houston, Texas May 1a.-Whereas, The
S,aar,..a .r,ont,o,,op ~ ,,,o, rorcos "a,
.eue'a' 's~S,' " n.y. ''sNe' Va
Houston, known as Houston Labor Coun-
Gil. was Instituted for the Industrial and
.oo,,t ha,en, ~ ,,hor ard ,vbar.as
-, -,
Cap'tai mas ieaTneu 10 commune 10 es-
cape competition.
r,,bor bas Learned IA aivida IN ssc,nc
-.
comfort
Capital has learned to use government
IN t,r,her ,.s oun aasiy,s ,c,t,s, labor
Labor has learned 10 support govern
fnent. from which It derives no benefit.
Ana r,hora,s rho ,,r.,o,,, ,.,t,,,,., -,
Anu "hete"s' iHe present Unhappy con-
dition of labor is largely due to ignorance
of Industrial mud noli;ic,t ofYairs ON th.
n,rt -, ,be ,,horIr,, ,,,,,,,,. o,d
Wv - y. NJ us w. w. "''1
whereas, the competitive system OF M
dustry. based primarily upon the 'udIvid
usl ovrarsh,, of n,,,,r.,g ,,,,,oa,,,e,, 60
""' y" - ''.P % ''''"'' "''"'e'l''e" ~
sources, and subsequently upon the lnd-
~, b.. ,,.,,, w.. -, 80.
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tho evolution of society toward higher
and more complex forms of human roln
,,ors,,,, 49,. ,.....s.a.n,,.
and unden,s,,e ounrcss.on 10 tho ,yo,,.-
,r,-,,,r., .,.anas ,
"n7 .''
Whereas. The aforesaid competitive Sys-
VEN, "."s. I" 'su h'o"i, ns l"' pap'''''a'''
pan o. private eNplei'a'lon 81 tnose ae-
,ha,a,,,n,,I ,oa,,,,,,,ia,,a., NO. , ,.,,' ~
r. go. 49,"
block In the path of prnnrees "A pru,lni.
corrun,o- Of NH, ,,n,.,,,n ana =, MAN
.o.' ", r"'',v '"' 'i'''''
. Nf- tf.t fflt
advantages over tho ,nagse, Of th.. nn,,tli,
IN coo,co ma a,..,,, n.t,,.. ~, t..,,
10 cocrcr hhd hHalh eNJn.f 'uem mo inr
auppor, Of political measures which would
lie an insult TO the conscience Of fr,..,n,a,,
-,
alone give sanction, ana
yvt.r.s, nv, -,a,,a,l,. ,,,,,,l, ,,,,,,,
A., 'u- a. ~ ''',''''5 '''ii',e "'''''''
me wage-"orkins classes, HI wing the
unjust foundation of the competitive sys-
t.,, aud ina m,oo,,i oa,.o,,,.,,...s' ,,.',.r,,,,
'e'" gu" H'' ""ep"'' "'N''' iah'9 u''' "'''@
TO those VINO control ana profit by It. arc
by far too clever not to Know That all this
iniauitous system can Of its own motion
merely that amount OF MS proluct neoos
wS VII from hin IL liz Urine az IN.
svstem h,.; w.ll-sarnea ,..lsure Injury tu.i
e resoived That That we ic accredited rep
rsssa ae,i % Of the rsdss so leg or
s a,i@ia,,", as, or 49,, a.1it.,il, M ,
SiaJ,, ~ 90 10 90 sl,.,', ,l,,,,i,',l, ,t..
t tt. =. .I ~ - ~
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M sl'n .i ia,i" "n' t'Vl "Ni',iN, -. .
r,aees , TN .nnnS ~
distress anu ee,n2itio s'tN"N q" VIC
masses OF the workers ana Tint IN n,-
vrrn',nye Nh s,.,, t,,r ip'
on such llues as are hes, calculated 20
snpplant 'compctiiion ani ils itundNi'nt
funaamenials; by sNosli,IsanS tAt , 10, a
No, he ear,nityatia,, II ne mems n ,f5,
ducticn--iald. tools and cnuItai. ua It FUR
thar
or, r.Sgs'p' pdnstriaily but in nl1liio,,
,bsr.to ,,s.. our nolitieal rights ma ,rly-
ileges IN a manner c9neften' with our
,sceip2mie belief ihHink snsn d.,in.J IT,.
VIZ nsEi' - gt nny ,.a ~ ,nas,rs ''
The following platform was adopted rs
nnauimons VOC 10, o, ,h. genl
.. The United states SHAH on,aiH post
..evyn,, ~ IN. c,uulz