Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-09
CITY, UTAH TERRITORY
THE FARMERS. ALLIANCE.
What the Members Demand from
the Country.

u = - LnS' ALLIANAE-
What the Members Demand from
the Country.
OCALA, Fla, Dec. s.-Early Ia
the afternoon session of the Farm.
erS Alliance the financial policy OF
the order came up for discussion
under the report OF the COMMITTEES
on legislation. 1t contained the fol.
lowing amended demands:
First-An abolition Of National
banks ami the establishment OF sui
treasures in the several States, to
loan money direct to the people OF
rate OF interest not to exceed two
per cent per annum, on non- perish
able farm products and real estate,
under proper limitations upon the
quantity of land and amount OF
money; that the amount OF circu.
iating medium may be increased to
not less than $50 per capita.
Second-Congress shall pass laws
to efiectualiy prevent dealing in
futures on all agricultural and me
chanical productions, preserving a
stringent system OF procedure in
trials, to secure the prompt convic.
ton Of offenders, with such penal
ties as shall secure the mos. perfect
compliance with the law.
Thiri-Concemns the silver bill
recently passed and demands free
and unlimited coinage of silver.
Fourth-Demands the passage OF
laws prohibiting alien ownership OF
land and that Congress take prompt
action to devise some plan TO OBJ
tain all lands owned by aliens and
foreign syndicates and that all
lands held by railroads and other
corporations in excess Of what Is
actually used and needed by them,
be reclaimed aud held for actual
settlers only.
Fifth-Believing in the doctrine
OF equal rights to all and special
privileges TO none, We demand that
our national legislation be SO framed
In the future as mol TO build up one
Industry at the expense Of another.
We further demand the removal OF
the existing heavy tariff tax from
the necessaries Of life, that the poor
of our land must pay. We further
demand just and equitable system
Of graduated tax on income. We
believe the money Of the country
should be kept as much as possible
in the hands Of the people, and We
demand that all the national and
State revenues be limited to the
necessary expenses Of the govern
ment economically and honestly
administered.
Sixth, We demand the most rigid,
honest and just State and national
control aud supervision Of means Of
public communication and trans
portation, and il this control does
not remove the abuse now existing,
We demand government ownership
Of such means Of communication
ana transportation.
q spirited debate followed the in
Of the report.
President Hall, of the Missouri
Alliance, declared himself uncom-
promisingly opposed TO the sub
treasury plan, as being unconstitu-
tionai and directly opposed to the
of the order. Ii such q
step were taken it would destroy the
order in Missouri in less than ninety
days.
CoDgressman-elect Simson, Of
Kansas, Clark, of Texas, and Others
favored the sub-treasury plan.
The amendment OF Livingston.
that the amount in circulation shall
not be less than $50 per capita, was
agreed 10.
Many other speeches for aud
against the sub:;reasufy scheme
wefe made and the vote finally
taken Resulted in its .saoption of the
demands set forth above by a vote
OF 90 to 10.
AT the afternoon session Wardell
of South Dakota moved 10 recon
slider the vote by which the Alliance
protested against the naesage of the
election bill, stating his reasons to
be feeling that the protest would
retard the progress OF the Alliance
in the North and West.
wacieil's motion was laid on the
tahle-55 to 30.
Delegate Car Of North Carolina
presented n memorial TO Congress.
heartily approving and asking the
passage OF the Paddock pure-food
bill, and empha;ically protesting
against the passage of what Is
known as the Conger lard bill. The
was unanimously adopt
ed.
At the night session resolution
was passed, urging the establish
ment of postal savings bank.
Buchanan Of Tennessee took &C.
cas.cn to warmly denounce those
who had furnished in
TO representatives as
''scoundrels," GLARS" ''knaves"
and ORATORS"
After passing the customary reso-
buttons Of thanks, the National AL
lance. at O'Clock Tuesday morn
ing adjourned.
The sub-treasury bill, as il now
stasds in Congress, does not include
provision for loans on land, but this
feature does not appear in the for
NAL demand today.