The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-03-04
Second Day,

NO OChor business was transacted tho
first day.
Second Day.
At tho opening of the session the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
Whereas, In consequence of tho compe-
tition Of British India, Egypt AMI other
countries in supplying wheat to England
and other European countries which for
merly got their supply from the American
market, and whereas, in consequence Of
said competition tho price Of grain has been
Thsrsfore, be it resolved, That it is an i'm
psrative duty Of our legislature to enact
such laws a. will reduce the cost of selling
and moving the grain to tho very lowest
cost, and for that purpose We are In favor
ship grain In bags at carload rates.
Board of Railroad Commissioners adj
dressed the Alliance at length. He said
some of the railroads we're not making
money and others were making too
much and their profits ought to
be divided with the farmers who
raise the wheat on their lines.
Tho grain law has been in vogue
but short time-since the first of last
September, virtually since the 18th of
that month. Caution should be used
in proceeding to amend it. The rail-
road commissioners are the servants of
the farmers, and trust to their wisdom
and inspiration for guidance. The
commissioners are going from station
to station throughout the state, moet-
ing in person tho people interested,
and they hope by next September or
October to be able to give an opinion.
But the grain law, however defective,
should not be abrogated. 1t may be
brought to perfection after awhile.
The farmers should not relax the grip
which they have gotten upon the
grain trade of the state.
In answer, Gen. Baker said that only
one road-the Miiwaukee-has oppos-
ed the law with regard to placing fiat
warehouses along its line. We have
told them now, for the last time, that
unless they, within reasonable time,
accede to the requirements of the law,
we will bring suit against them. The
last conference was only yesterday,
and We told the representatives. of the
road that the discussion was now at an
end.
1t has been charged. said member
of the Alliance, that the elevators of
Minneapolis have remained unlicens-
ed, not because of defect in the law,
but because the commissioners have
not enforced the law. How is it, Mr..
Commissioners.
Commissioner Murdoch arose to
answer the inquiry. There was an
element in the situation at Minneapolis,
he said, which we did not appreciate
last winter. Even MIR. Pillsbury, who
was in the legislature, did not ap-
preciate it. The elevator men at
Minneapolis all came to us and expect
ed to take our licenses. In talking it
over it came out that the wheat is put
in the bins for the mills regardless of
grade. One half the grain that comes
here goes direct to the mills. As We
have constructed the law, if the wheat
of the different owners is kept separate
the warehouses need not become pub
lie warehouses. The warehouses here
''chose the lesser evll'' and now keep
the grain of different owners separate.
But all but q small fraction of the grain
received in Minneapolis has been in
spected and weighed by the state. This
situation calls for an amendment to the
law permitting the millers to rent bins
in public houses and mix tho grades,
for the purposes of manufacturing.
The following committee on the
agricultural farm and experimental
station was announced by the chair:
c. l.. Smith, A. A. Williams, D. E.
Myers, H. A. Swaine, w. Muzzy.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
At the afternoon session Hon. 1gna-
thus Donnelly from the committee on
resolutions submitted very volumi-
nous report as follows:
o Resolved, That it is with pride We call
the attention of the farmers of this state to
the fact that tho only remedial legislation
which tho people have obtained during the
past twenty years, however defective it
may yet be, is due to the existence and
public opinion which it has helped to Gre
ate.
Resolved, That tho alliance, while not .
partisan association, is political In tho
sense that it seeks to correct the evils Of
misgovernment through the ballot-box :;
sary BY the failure Of both Of the great po-
litical parties Of our state to maintain the
rights Of the people against corporate az
erosion.
Resolved, That the Republican party
having had complete control Of our state
government through all the years during
which the evils of which we complain have
arisen, must justly be held responsible for
it, failure to abate or abolish them; while
on the other hand, many of the so-called
leaders of tho Democratic party have been
among tho most servile tools of the rail-
roads and rings. While recognizing, there-
fore, the honesty of the rank and file of
both parties, we declare our intention to
support no man for office simply because
he il . Democrat or Republican, or il the
nominee of any ring-packed caucus or Con-
vention, but to give our SURFACES without 1e-
gard to party affiliations only to those who
haveproved by theirpast acts their fidelity
to our interests.
Resolved, That there are really but two
parties in this state to-day-the people and
their plunderers. The only issue is: Shall
the people keep the fruits of their own
industry or shall the thieves carry them
away. Tho clamor of the contending
political parties are too often like the
bands and banners Of q circus procession