itical rights.

The legislative enactment of a minimum wage of _30s._ for all workers.
Equal pay for both sexes for the performance of equal work.

_Social._--Abolition of the present workhouse system, and reformed
administration of the Poor Law on a basis of national co-operation.

Compulsory construction by public bodies of healthy dwellings for the
people; such dwellings to be let at rents to cover the cost of
construction and maintenance alone, and not to cover the cost of the
land.

The administration of justice and legal advice to be free to all;
justice to be administered by judges chosen by the people; appeal in
criminal cases; compensation for those innocently accused, condemned,
and imprisoned; abolition of imprisonment for contempt of court in
relation to non-payment of debt in the case of workers earning less
than _2l._ per week; abolition of capital punishment.

_Miscellaneous._--The disestablishment and disendowment of all State
Churches.

The abolition of standing armies, and the establishment of national
citizen forces. The people to decide on peace and war.

The establishment of international courts of arbitration.

The abolition of courts-martial; all offences against discipline to be
transferred to the jurisdiction of civil courts.

INDEPENDENT LABOUR PARTY

_Constitution and Rules. 1907-8_

_Object._--An Industrial Commonwealth founded upon the Socialisation
of Land and Capital.

_Methods._--The education of the community in the principles of
Socialism.

The Industrial and Political Organisation of the Workers.

The Independent Representation of Socialist Principles on all elective
bodies.

_Programme._--The true object of industry being the production of the
requirements of life, the responsibility should rest with the
community collectively, therefore:

The land, being the storehouse of all the necessaries of life, should
be declared and treated as public property.

The capital necessary for industrial operations should be owned and
used collectively.

Work, and wealth resulting therefrom, should be equitably distributed
over the population.

As a means to this end, we demand the enactment of the following
measures:

1. A maximum of 48 hours working week, with the retention of all
existing holidays, and Labour Day, May 1, secured by law.

2. The provision of work to all capable adult applicants at recognised
trade union rates, with a statutory minimum of sixpence per