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May 24, 1878
The Ouachita Telegraph
Monroe, Ouachita County, Louisiana
What is this article about?
The platform of the Social Liberal Communists details 16 reform proposals, including eight-hour workdays, child labor bans, free education, income tax, government banking, and direct legislation, aimed at supporting workers' rights and political equality.
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THE COMMUNE.
The platform of the Social Liberal
Communists gives a good idea of the
first purposes of the "Nationals," and
their allies. In a condensed form it is
as follows:
1. Eight hours for the present as a
legal working day, and prompt pun-
ishment of all violations.
2. Sanitary inspection of all condi-
tions of labor, means of subsistence
and dwellings included.
3. Bureau of Labor Statistics in all
the States as well as in the National
Government. The officers of the same
to be elected by the people.
4. Prohibition of the use of prisons
labor by private employers or corpor-
ations.
5. Prohibition of the employment of
children under fourteen years of age in
industrial establishments.
6. Compulsory
education of all chil-
dren under fourteen years of age. All
materials, books, etc., necessary in the
public schools to be free of charge.
7. Prohibition of the employment of
female labor in occupations detrimen-
tal to health or morality, and equal-
ization of women's wages with those
of men, where
per-
formed.
equal service is
8. Strict laws making employers lia-
ble for all accidents resulting through
their negligence to the injury of their
employees.
9. All wages to be paid in the law-
ful money of the nation, and at inter-
vals of time not exceeding one week.
Violations of this rule to be legally
punished.
10. All conspiracy laws operating
against the right of workingmen to
strike or induce others to strike, shall
be repealed.
11. Gratuitous administration of jus-
tice in all courts of law.
12. All indirect taxation to be abol-
ished, and a graded income tax collect-
ed in its stead:
13. All banking and insurance to be
conducted by the Government.
14. The right of suffrage shall in no
wise be abridged.
15. Direct popular legislation,
en-
abling the people to propose or reject
any law at their will, and introduction
of minority representation in all legis-
lative elections.
16. Every public officer shall be at
all times subject to prompt recall by
the election of a successor.
The platform of the Social Liberal
Communists gives a good idea of the
first purposes of the "Nationals," and
their allies. In a condensed form it is
as follows:
1. Eight hours for the present as a
legal working day, and prompt pun-
ishment of all violations.
2. Sanitary inspection of all condi-
tions of labor, means of subsistence
and dwellings included.
3. Bureau of Labor Statistics in all
the States as well as in the National
Government. The officers of the same
to be elected by the people.
4. Prohibition of the use of prisons
labor by private employers or corpor-
ations.
5. Prohibition of the employment of
children under fourteen years of age in
industrial establishments.
6. Compulsory
education of all chil-
dren under fourteen years of age. All
materials, books, etc., necessary in the
public schools to be free of charge.
7. Prohibition of the employment of
female labor in occupations detrimen-
tal to health or morality, and equal-
ization of women's wages with those
of men, where
per-
formed.
equal service is
8. Strict laws making employers lia-
ble for all accidents resulting through
their negligence to the injury of their
employees.
9. All wages to be paid in the law-
ful money of the nation, and at inter-
vals of time not exceeding one week.
Violations of this rule to be legally
punished.
10. All conspiracy laws operating
against the right of workingmen to
strike or induce others to strike, shall
be repealed.
11. Gratuitous administration of jus-
tice in all courts of law.
12. All indirect taxation to be abol-
ished, and a graded income tax collect-
ed in its stead:
13. All banking and insurance to be
conducted by the Government.
14. The right of suffrage shall in no
wise be abridged.
15. Direct popular legislation,
en-
abling the people to propose or reject
any law at their will, and introduction
of minority representation in all legis-
lative elections.
16. Every public officer shall be at
all times subject to prompt recall by
the election of a successor.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Economic
What keywords are associated?
Social Liberal Communists
Political Platform
Labor Reforms
Suffrage Rights
Income Tax
Child Labor Ban
Domestic News Details
Event Details
The platform of the Social Liberal Communists outlines 16 points on labor rights, sanitation, education, taxation, suffrage, and government operations, representing the purposes of the Nationals and their allies.