The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-07-12
THE EacQ0.
Farmers, Gnd1ers, Horticuiturists.
Dairy and Stocimsn are requested to
Write for this DEP artmeht.
Object of the Farmers Alliance

few farmers are familiar
with the Object Of the association. The
following resolutions passed by the
Wisconsin State Alliance give par
tial knowledge of the scope and aims.
of the Alliance.
The committee on resolutions report
ed the following resolutions, which
were adopted by unanimous consent:
Resolced, That the productive
classes should have no interest in the
factioual wars that are wagcd for place
alone, by professional partisans, while
righteous reforms anguish for lack
of unity among honorable and patriotic
men,
Resolved, That we are opposed to
any system of finance which necessari-
ly perpetuates the public debt, but
that we are in favor Of paying the same
as rapidly as possible, that the surplus
in the treasury may be reduced; and
we are further in favor of the free col
mage of silver equally with gold, and
we demand that the Government shall
issue all paper money direct to the
people, thus placing our circulating
medium beyond the control or influence
of corporate or private capital.
Resoloed, That in the needed reduc-
tion Of national taxes the burden
should be removed from the necessa-
les Of life in common use; and the
absurd proposition made by certain
leading public men and various politi-
cal State conventions. to take this tax
from spirits and tobacco, in preierenc &c
to removing it from the necessaries,
demands our earnest protest. We can.
not readily believe that Congress will
offer TO the people cheap whisky and
and tobacco, in preference to cheap
sugar, lumber, salt, coal and clothing,
Resolved, That the unequal taxes
now loaded upon the land, though gen.
orally the least productive of capital
demand a radical reform; and the
double taxation on mortgaged real
estate, which cruelty and often fatally
brushes the debtor, laundably struggl-
ing to save a home, by exacting taxes
on all he owns, and then on all he
owes, together with high interest
while the creditor, hest able to bear
burdens, escapes his share of taxes by
evading the law, is an outrage upon
justice. The successful example o.
Massachusetts demonstrates that there
is remedy for this wrong, and we
pledge ourselves to work to accomplish
like reform. Me favor, so far as car
be made practicable, graded income
tax, according to the measure of pro
lection wealth receives, thereby giving
just and greatly needed relief to pro
ductive labor.
ResolOed, That railroad freights and
fares should be greatly reduced so thai
railroad capital shall bear its just share
ofthe depression now so seriously affect
ing agriculture; and that the Inter
State Commerce law should be S,
amended and enforced that this enc
may be brought about: and that al
the States enact laws supplemental t.
the Inter State law. That ultimate
solution Of the transportation problem
may be found in the ownership anc
operation by the Government of one o
more trans, continental lines with theil
connections and feeders at rates basec
upon fair return for service rendered
and actual capital invested, and under
a management prescribed by genera
law in which their is a strict persona
responsibility. That the present sit
uation of the Union Pacific railroad
offers fair opportunity for such al
experiment; and we believe thu
Government should take that road, ant
acquire by purchase or construction
connection to the seaboard, instead OF
extending its debt sixty to eighty years
and perpetuating its present exolbitan
and tyrannous exactions.
Resolved, That We demand such leg
islation in regard to the liquor traffic
as will prevent that business from in.
creasing our taxes, endaugering the
morals of our children, and destroying
the usefulness of our citizens.
Resolved, That the Interstate Com.
merce law should be fully enforced,
and that the Legislature of Wisconsin
should enact laws to aid such enforce
ment, and that members of our legisla-
tive bodies should not receive or
accept gifts, as free passes from railroad
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