WHAT THE UNITED LABOR PARTY STANDS FOR

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8257, 21 October 1912, Page 4

WHAT THE UNITED LABOR PARTY STANDS FOR

1. For tho autonomy of the trades and t.h'* solidarity of the indnptries. 2. For the peaceful fcettlcinent of industrial disputefl hy conciliation and arbitration, but it reserves tho strike as a weapon of last retort. . . memlx/rii "“and personal bargaining by those who would be its representativea. 4. All emu I overs Drofe«sional workers and members of the, various trades ac£ absolutely eicltulcd ’a» members of tills Imily from uny voice jn any trades dispute In which they themselves arc not involved as employees, are given representation in the great problems of common concern to all workcrH of the nation. , . 6. It will make every man hifl own landlord, but no on ,° a ant i he neighbor's expense. What the user of the land producesJ o shall.have. jnil shall have it all. What the nation creates it will appropriate for the commit 6. It will make an end of the private .extortion, of all Indus trios in which private monopoly becomes inevitable public enterprises 7. It will make tho school house the most important institution of the n f at ’ on ' in 3SatHal gather around it tho forces which will make for civic 7 J°^ n '"tunities capacity, for tho social life of the young and for life-long educational PP 3. It Will establish direct responsibility to the majority voW of tho people all legislative bodies and all elective officers through proportional representation, the initiative, the referendum, and the recall. 9. It-will promote and. enforce every possible . tending rairo tne standard of living, make just and stable tho earnings of labor, jedae ~ commodities, provide for the helpless, tho aged and tho victims of accMlcnr. 10. It will do those things as they arc approved by the authority of popjdap majorities ?imi it will seek for these majorities by an educational campaign waxen is already on and will last continuously until all shall have boon adopted and ar effectively administered. ■'