“B. ECONOMIC PROGRAMME.

“1. One day of rest in seven; eight hours to constitute a day’s labor for adults; prohibition of the labor of children under fourteen in private establishments, and the reduction of their labor to six hours a day between fourteen and eighteen.

“2. A protecting ‘surveillance’ of apprentices by corporations of laborers.

“3. A legal minimum of wages, determined each year according to the local price of provisions, by a statistical commission composed of laborers.

“4. Legal prohibition of the right to employ foreign laborers with smaller wages than those given to Frenchmen.

“5. Equal wages for equal work for laborers of both sexes.

“6. Free instruction in science, trades, and professions.

“7. Support of the aged and infirm by the public.

“8. Suppression of all interference of employers in the management of funds destined for the benefit of laborers.