As part of the Omaha Platform, the People's Party demanded that there be a reduction in the working day fair, a safe, sound and flexible national currency, assistance to farmers with the financing of their labors, fair and liberal pensions to ex-Union soldiers and sailors, the direct election of the Senators, single terms for Vice-Presidents and Presidents, initiatives and referendums to be readily available, a secret ballot system, the nationalization of railroads, telegraph, postal systems and telephone systems a graduated income tax and the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
A.King Victor Emmanuel appointed Count di Cavour prime minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia.
<span>The concept of capitalism was devised by a man named "A. Adam Smith" who wrote a book called The Wealth of Nations in 1776, since it was Smith who spoke of the "invisible hand of the market". </span>
The labor movement in the United States grew out of the need to protect the common interest of workers. For those in the industrial sector, organized labor unions fought for better wages, reasonable hours and safer working conditions.
