Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-12-11

purpose of restricting any legitimate indus
try or business enterprise, and would there
fore operate equally and justly in every sec
tion of the country and could not injuTiously
affect any interest or industry.
But while praying for the passage of the
Paddock pure food bill as measure of jus
tice to all our interests we desire to most
earnestly and emphatically protest against
the passage of House bill No. II ,59S, known
as the Conger lard bill, for the reason that it
proposes to extend the taxing power of the
Government and increase the list of articles
upon which taxes are levied at time when
the tendency is toward reduced taxation and
the demand is being made for the removal of
taxes from articles of necessity and
daily use among the people. The
Conger lard bill proposes to place taxes
on the manufacture of compound lard and
prohibitory restrictions on the sale of the
same. tax on compound lard is a tax on
the cotton seed oil raised by the cotton
planters of the South. A tax on compound
lard is a tax on beef fat, product of the
cattle raisers of the West. The Conger lard
bill taxes cotton seed oil and beef fat in order
to enhance the price of hogs lard. 1t arrays
the farmers of the North against the cotton
planters of the South and the cattle raiseIs
of the West. 1t is sectional legislation, and
therefore the industrial movement declares
It's open and increasing hostility to it.
In the war of the near future which will be
declared by us against sectionalism the
farmer and his friends will be the citadel
around which the heaviest battles are TO be
fought We are not content in simply shak-
ing hands across the bloody chasm. Oul
work is to fill up and efface the bloody
chasm. We are as many as the waves but
one as the sea. Sectionalism must not and
shall not live. Upon our banner written
above and below the sheaf and the cotton
bale is a new device born of new era 1t Is
fraternity and unity" In this spirit the
Conger lard bill has met with the opposition
of the farmers, both North and South.
Some short speeches followed the
introduction of the memorial and the
convention adopted the following resolu-
tions amid tremendous applause:
Resolved. That we are opposed to the
Conger bill and that we favor the passage of
the Paddock pure food bill.
The remainder of the afternoon ses-
sion was chiefly devoted to inside mat
ters relating to the Alliance.
At the night session resolution was
passed favoring the establishment OF
postal savings banks. A committee was
appointed to arrange for a good summer
encampment, time and place to be fixed
hereafter. The National executive
committee was authorized to form III ate
a plan for a mutual life association and
to report at the next annual meeting.
At o'clock a. m. the meeting adjourned.
Just before the noon adjournment a
resolution was passed ipdorsing the
sub-treasury bill as it now stands in
Congress and calling upon Congress to
pass it promptly. AS the bill now stands
it does not include provision OF loans
on land, but this feature does appear in
the formal demands as adopted. This
is a seeming contradiction, but it is ox-
planned to mean that the passage Of the
present sub-treasury bill would afford
partial relief and later on the loan feat
ure would be more easily secured than
at present.