The Iola register., 1889-11-22
FARMERS PLATFORM.
Resolutions of the Farmers Congress
Meeting Next Year IN Iowa.

Resolutions OF tho Farmers Congress-
Meeting Next Year IN Iowa.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov. IT,
Among the resolutions passed by the
farmers congress was one favoring
schemes for improving the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers and for ship
canal across Illinois connecting the
Mississippi and Lake Michigan. The
farmers institute was indorsed and
national aid recommended and Ma
tiOnal Board of Agriculture demanded.
Chicago was indOrsed over st. Louis as
place for the Worlds Fair. II. F.
KOlb, of Alabama, was reelected
president and vice-president from
each State was chosen. B. +. Clayton,
of Illinois, was elected secretary and
Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio, treasurer. The
next meeting will be held in Iowa.
"A resolution favOring the repeal Of
the tobacco tax was defeated; also a
resolution that the revenue from the
whisky and tobacco tax should be dis
tributed among the States to relieve
local taxation; also a resolution favor
ing Government aid to steamship lines
| to build up trade with Central and
South Americas; also a resolution fav-
Oring unlimited coinage of silver; also
a resolution favoring bounties to sugar
growers. A resolution favOring Con-
gressional investigation of accidents to
railroad employees, caused by imperfect
brakes and couplings, was adopted; al
so the following resolutions, which
were prepared by Hon. William E..
Lawrence, of Ohio, and reported favor
ably from the committee:
Resolved, That while Congress main
tains the policy of a protective tariff
we demand that all farm products
shall be as fully protected as the most
favored of the manufacturing indus
tries.
Resolved, That while as now, pro-
tectivc policy is maintained which sub
stantially protects impOrtations of for
eign carpets and many other articles of
manufactured goods, we demand that
the duties on mutton, sheep and wool
! of all kinds shall be SO increased as to
equally prohibit the importation of
mutton, sheep and wool of every kind
which can, under protection, be suili-
ciently produced at fairly remunera-
tive prices in the United States to sup
| ply all American wants, including the
better class of carpet woods, especially
as carpets as luXuries are entitled to
less flvorthan farm and ranch products.
| Resolved, That the tariff on wool inn
ported to make carpets should at least
be rs high as that imported to make
| coats.
Resolved, That if protection to this
extent he denied we will call upon the
farmers of the United States to assert
their power at the ballot box and 9th
erwise TO right the wrong and injury
of discrimination against them. If they
fail in this the wool and mutton pro-
ducing industries will he so seriously
crippled that they will he in large
measure destroyed and the farmers will
10 longer have any interest in protec-
tiOn for the manufacturers of wOOlen
goods, but will insist that they shall
have no larger measure of protection
than is accorded TO the wool industry,
including any kind of wool.
Resolved, That the farmers of the
United States are not called upon to
support the nomination of any man for
President, Senator or Representative
i'm Congress who will not to his utmost
ability aid in carrying out the object OF
the foregoing resolutions.
Resolved that we favor commercial
treaties with nations which accept sill
yer as legal tender money as well as
gold and against those which have de-
mOnetized silver.
After an amendment had been de-
fcatcd vote was taken on the resOlu-
tions and after considerable discussion
division was agreed upon so as to
take II separate vote on the silver resO-
luton. On the majority report, ex-
cepting the silver resolution, the vote,
as taken by States, stood as follows:
For the resolution as reported by the
committee-COlorado, 5; Florida, 2; IL
linOis, 2S; Idaho, =; Indiana, 10; Iowa,
Is; Kansas, IL; Kentucky, Z; Maine,
IL; Michigan, Is; Ohio, "A; Pennsyl-
vania, %; Missouri. II; Rhode Island,
&; total, 40. Nays-Alabama, 12;; Flor
ida, S; Georgia, Is; Indiana, Z; Ken
lucky, Z; Texas,14 Missouri, IS; North
Carolina, IL; total, 50. The silver resO-
luton was then carried unanimously.
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