The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-05-14
Platform Of PrircipIes.

shs NttI tusIs movement recently
organized in this county. Read II
aud learn what lit sclsiorth,
Profoundly impressed with the
truth that the farmers Of Mason
county, West Virginia, should de.
finitely proclaim to heworld their
general object, we hereby unani-
mously mako this declaration Of
principles:
Let. United BY the strong and
faithful tie Of agriculture, we mu-
tually resolve 10 labor for the good
Of our class, our country and man
kind.
ID. We heartily endorse the
motto: an essentials, unitg in.
non-esse.nItials, liberty;inall things
3D. We shall endcavor to adj.
vance our cause by laboring to nc.
complish the following objects:
LIST. We shall earnestly endeayor
to suppress personal, local, section.
al and national preiudices, all un.
healthy rivalry, and all sefsh am.
bition.
%. For our business interests we
desire TO bring producers and con.
sumers, farmers and manufacturers
into the most direct and friendly,
relations possible.
Sd. That we regard The interests
Of the farmer, the mechanic, the Ia
borcr, the miner and manufacturer
as identical, and one cannot suf.
fer the effects Of misreprcsenta.
ton by the law.making bodies Of
our country without the other be.
ing affected proportionately. We
therefore invite the hearty cooper
alton of all these classes, regard.
less Of past party affiliations.
4th. We hold that transportation
companies Of every kind are noces.
sary to our success, that their inter.
ests are intimately connected with
our interests, and harmonious ac-
ton is mutually advantageous, and
that individual happiness depends
upon general prosperity.
9th. We are no enemies TO rail.
roads, nor of any corporations that
will advance our industrial inter-
ests.
9Th. We are opposed to such
spirit and management of any cor
poration or enterprise as tends to
Cypress the people and rob them Of
their just profits, We are not enc.
mics to capital but we oppose the
tyranny of monopolies. We long
to see the antagonism between cap.
ital and labor removed by common
consent aud by an enlightened
craftsmanship worthy of the 10Th
century. We arc opposed to excess
sive salaries, high rates of interest
and exorbitant per cent profits in
trade. We desire only seGf-prolec-
ton and the protection Of every
true interest of our land by legiti-
mate transactions, legitimate trade
andlegitimate profits.
9TH. We shall advance the cause
Of education by all Just means
within our power and here pledge
curse Ives to faithfully and harnO.
niously labor, for all future time,
to return, by our united efforts, to
the wisdom, justice, fraternity and
political purity of our forefathcrs.
SIh. We regard the furnishing
of free passes by Railroad and other
transportation companies, to mem.
bers of Congress, State legislatures
and Judges of courts, as a species
of bribery that should be punished
with severe penalties on the part
of both the givCr and receiver.
9th. We insist upon the ques.
tion of Prohibition being sub.
to the people at the polls of
this State, aid regard the acts of
those members who opposed and
voted against the petitions hereto.
fore presented to the Legislature,
as deserving the censurc Of all |
parties who recognize the right Of
petition.
10th. We boliovcin an adralorun
system Of taxation, and all laws
making taxation unequal are I'M
just and oppressive and should be
repealed.
18th, We regard the present
mode of collecting taxes us entail.
ing unnecessary expense, together
with the order system, combined,
giving a few individuals connected
with the office of shcriffopportuni.
ties for specializing Mt the expense
Of the taxpayers, while with a
County Treasury much might be
saved annually. The smallest tax
payer, as well as the largest III the
county, feels the evil of constantly
increasing taxes, and earnestly de-
mand reform in expenditures.
18th Last butnot least,we insist
upon first principles: That the
office should seek the man and not
the man the Office, and the custom
of politicians canvassing for nomi-
nations will be rebukcd at the
polls, and the candidate who will
not endorse all tho foregoing prin-
ciples. mood notexpect The support
Of the American Fufmcrs' Pnrtv.