The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-09
AMENDED DEMANDS.
Financial Policy Of the National
Farmers Alliance.
A Spirited Debate on the Report Of the
Committee on Legislation.
Lively Discussion Over the Sub Treasury
Question: Memorial to Congress
Unanimously Adopted.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

OCALA (Fla), Dec. 9.-ln yesterday fore
noon session of the Farmers Alliance the
financial policy of the order came up for
discussion under the report Of the Commit
tee on Legislation. 1t contained the follow
ing amended demands:
First-Abolition of national banks; estab-
lshment of sub-treasuries in the several
States to loan money direct to the people at
a rate Of interest not to exceed two per cent
per annum on non-perishable farm products
and real estate, with n proper limitation
upon the quantity of land and amount of
money; that the amount of the circulating
medium be speedily increased to not less
than $50 per capita.
Second-Congress shall pass laws to effec-
tually prevent the dealing in futures on all
agricultural and mechanical productions,
preserving stringent system of procedure
in trials TO secure the conviction of Offenders,
and such penalties as shall secure the most
perfect compliance with the law.
Third-Condemns the Silver Bill recently
passed, and demands free and unlimited coin
age of silver.
Fourth-Demands the passage of laws
prohibiting alien ownership Of land and
that Congress take prompt action to devise
some plan to obtain all lands now owned by
aliens and foreign syndicates, and that all
lands held by railroads and other corpora
tions in excess of what is actually used and
needed by them be reclaimed and held for
actual settlers only.
FiftE-Beieving in the doctrine of equal
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we demand that our national legislation be
so framed in the future as not to build up
one industry at the expense of another.
We further demand the removal of the eX-
iSting heavy tariff from the necessaries of
life that the POOR of our land must have
We further demand just and equitable
system of graduated tax on incomes. We
believe the money of the country should be
kept as much as possible in the hands of our
people, and demand that all national and
State revenues be limited to the necessary
expenses of the Government, economically
and honestly administered.
Slxth-We demand the most rigid. honest
and Just State and national control and Su-
pervlsion of the means of public eOmmuni-
cation and TRANSPORTATION, and if this control
does not remove the abuses now existing
we demand the Government ownership Of
such means Of communication and trans
pOrtation.
A spirited debate followed the introduc-
ton of this report
Loucks of South Dakota offered an
amendment TO strike out the word farm
before products, but after some discussion
changed tito read ''mercantie' instead of
farm" Then Davis of Kentucky offered
long amendment, and speeches for and
against these amendments went on for a
long time.
President Hall of the Missouri Alliance
declared himself uncompromisingly op-
posed TO the sub-treasury plan. "It is, he
said, "unconstltutionai, and it is directly
opposed to the principles of the order; it is
unjust and lnequitable; very eXtravagant;
and would bring financial ruin to the farmer
and all other classes of business; 1t would
have, and is now having, the effect Of draw
ing the minds of farmers and other laborers
from the greatest curse of the age-class
legislation" In conclusion, lie said, if such
a step was taken it would destroy the order
in Missouri in less than ninety days.
Congressman-elect Simpson of Kansas.
Clark Of Texas, and Others favored the SUBJ
treasury plan.
The amendment by Livingston that the
amount of circulation shall not be less than
500 per capita was agreed TO.
Many other speeches for and against the
sub-treasury scheme were made, and vote
was finally taken which resulted in the
adoption of the demands as set forth above
by vete of 90 to 70.
AT the afternoon session Wardell of South
Dakota moved to reconsider the vote by
which the alliance protested against the
passage OF the Election Bill, stating his rea-
son 10 be the feeling that the protest would
retard the progress of the alliance in the
North and West. On motion of Hall of
Missouri WardelPs motion was laid on the
tabc-56 to 80.
There was considerable excited discussion
over the matter. The States voting with
Wardell were Illinois, Texas, Indiana,
Michigan. PENNSYLVANIA, South and North
Dakota. There was divided vote in the
delegations from Arkansas, Missouri, West
Virginia, Florida and Kansas.
Delegate Carr of North Carolina pre-
sented memorial to Congress heartily ap-
proving and asking the passage of the Pad
dock Pure Food Bill, and emphatcally pro.
as the Conger Lard Bill, which is denounced
as measure tending toward more taxation
and unjust discrimination against cotton
seed oil of the South and beef fat of the
West and is sectional legislation, against
which the industrial movement declares un-
ceasng hostility. The memorial was unaui-
mously adopted.
At the night session resolution was
passed urging the establishment of postal
savings bunk. Just before Adjournment
Buchanan of Tennessee took occasion to
warmly denounce those members who had
furnished information to the press repre-
sentatives as "Sc0undrelS, liars, knayes and
traitors"
After passing the customary resolutions of
thanks, the National Alliance at / o'clo ok
this morning adjourned. The Sub Treasury
Bill, as it now stands in Congress, does not
include the provision for loans on land, but
this feature does appear in the formal de-