The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-29
ALLIANCEAND GRANGE.
AN IMPORTANT COMBINE.

The Farmers Alliance and knights of
Labor of Kansas Agree to Work To-
gether.
1t was recently announced that nego-
hations were in progress between
the Farmers Alliance and the State
TRANCE of Kansas for cooperation be-
tween the two organizations and union
of action in all things concerning the
two organizations. This combination
has been completed, and it is
now made public that the Farm
ers' Alliance, which has in the
short time of one year become one of
the most powerful organizations in
Kansas, having a membership of over
100000, which is increasing at the rate
OF several thousand every month, has
enlisted the cooperation of the Knights
of Labor of Kansas and will have the
support of that organization in every
thing which effects the welfare of the
tiller and toiler.
committee of conference from the
State Assembly of the Knights of Labor
and the Kansas State Farmers Alliance
met at Meriden and agreed on basis of
cooperation in Kansas in business and
in politics. The agreement, while it is
not union of the two orders, makes
them practically one in all things where
united action will add strength to any
proposed enterprise.
The union is effected upon the follow
ing PLATFORM:
First-Such legislation as shall effectually
prevent the extortion of usurious interest by
any form of evasion of statutory provisions.
Second-Such legislation as will provide
for reasonable stay of execution in all cases
of foreclosure of mortgages on real estate
and the extension of the time of the con-
firmation of sheriff's sales.
Third-Such legislation as will effectually
prevent the organization and maintenance
of trusts and combines for the purposes of
specializing in any of the products of labor
or transportation of the same.
Fourth-The limitation of taxation to the
actual requirements of legitimate and neces-
sary expenditures; the limitation of in
divdual liability to taxation to actual in
divdual possessions, excluding all forms of
indebtedness and requiring that such taxa
tion be levied equally and equitably on all
property without discrimination in favor of
money or money credits.
Fifth--The adjustment of salaries of public
officials to correspond with existing financial
conditions, the wages of other forms of labor
and the prevailing price of the products Of
labor.
Sixth-The adoption of the Australian sys-
TEN of voting and the Crawford system of
primaries.
Seventh-The establishment of National
system in which circulating medium in
necessary quantity shall issue directly to the
people without the intervention of banks
all the National issue of money shall be full
legal tender in payment of all debts, public
and private; in providing the circulating
medium the unlimited coinage of silver
shall be guaranteed, and the GOyernm ent
shall not guarantee or recognize any private
banks or create any banking corporations.
Eighth-The public lands, the heritage of
the people, shall be reserved for actual set
tiers; not another acre for railroads, or
spectators, or alien landlords. And all
lands now held for speculative purpose
shall be taxed to their full value.
Ninth-The abrogation of all laws that do
not bear equally upon capitalists and labor
ers, and the removal of unjust technicalities
and determinations in the administration of
justice.
Tenth-The enactment of laws to prevent
aliens from acquiring titles to land In the
United States and Territories, and to force
titles already acquired by aliens to be relin-
pushed to the National Government by pur
chase which shall retain such right of emf
nent domain for the use of actual settlers and
citizens of the United States