People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1897 — Laws Demanded by Labor. [ARTICLE]

Laws Demanded by Labor.

A memorial was Thursday presented to the president and members of the cabinet by the executive council of the Federation of Labor, outlining the demands of labor for legislation as follows: Amendment to the federal eighthour law, the remodeling of our immigration laws, reform in the national banking system and in the issuance of the currency of the United States, and liberal appropriations for government public works and for the improvement of rivers and harbors.