The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-08
NEW TESTS, All

THE Wilmington Messenger is
L greatly worked up Oh account of
the fact that the farmers are taking
an active part in public affairs this
year. In one of its issues of last
week We find the following:
Farmer Wilson, in the Wake
county Democratic convention, intro.
duced resolutions demanding the
abolition of the national bank system,
prohibition of dealing in futures, and
unlimited coinage of silver. Wilson
said, in speaking Of the resolutions,
that the Democratic party had lodged
these issues long enough, and that
their future success depended upon
the adoption of his resolutions. New
tests, ah! Wilson lis an Alliance
man
Here are the resolutions hat were
read and though the Messenger takes
great pains to ignore the fact that
they passed we will here state that
they passed unanimously;
Reso1ved, That we favor the aboli
ton of national banks, and the substi.
tuition of legal tender Treasury notes
in lieu of national bank notes, issued
in sufficient volume to do the business
of the country on a cash system, regu,
lating the amount needed on a per
capita basis as the business interests
of the country expands, and that all
money issued by the government shall
be legal tender in payment of all debts,
both public and private.
Resolved. That we favor that Con.
gress shall pass such laws as shall
effectually prevent the dealing in
futures of all agricultural and mechan-
zeal productions, preserving a strin
gent system of procedure in trials as
shall secure the prompt conviction,
and imposing such penalties as shall
secur the most perfect compliance
with the law.
ResOlved, That we favor the free
and unlimited coinage Of silver.
ResOlved, That we favor the passage
of a law prohibiting the alien owner
ship of land, and that Congress take
early steps to devise some plan to OBJ.
tain all lands now owned by alien and
foreign syndicates, and that all lands
now held by railroads and other cor
%porations, in excess of such as is actu.
ally used and needed by them, be re.
claimed by the government and held
for actual settlers now.
Resolved, Believing in the doctrine
of "equal rights to all and special
privileges to none," we demand that
taxation, national and State, shall not
be used to build up one interest or
class at the expense of another. We
believe that the money of the country
should be kept as much as possible in
the hands of the people, and hence
we demand that all revenue, national,
State or county, shall be limited to
the necessary expenses of the govern.
ment economically and honestly ad.
min1stered.
RESOLVED, That Congress issue a
sufficient amount Of fractional
currency to facilitate exchange
through the medium of the United
States mail"
Farmer Wilson did say that the
Democratic party had lodged these
issues long enough" Now what is
the matter with the Messenger? Is it
feeling bad because farmer Wilson
had the courage and manhood to get
up and say that the Democratic party
had lodged these questions long
enough? The fact of the business is
we need hundreds and thousands of
farmer. Wilson's in both parties in this
country. We see lodging every day.
Our representatives in the u. S. Sen.
ate and Congress have been lodging
the Sub!Treasury plan for months and
! not one of them have managed to