The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-12-12
NUMEROUS CONVENTIONS
The Farmers Discuss Several
Amendments 20 the ST. Louis
Platform.
The Sub-Treas i,ry Bill Endorsed
in Toto Other Things Far
mers Want.
Federated Labor Convention in Session
at Detroit National Boards
of Trade.

OCAI.A. Fla, Dec. AT the Farm
ers' Alliance convention the committee
ON agricultural statistics reported pro-
posing that committee of five Alliance
congressman make arrangements to get
statistics, so that the people will not be
dependent on reports from the govern
meut statistician. This was agreed to.
The presidents salary was fixed at
81, 800 with travelling expenses. The
official residence was fixed at Washing
ton.
The financial policy of the order came
up for discussion early in the forenoon
upon the report of the committee on leg
islation The report contained the fol-
| lowing amendments:
First-We demand the abolition of
national banks; we demand that the
govern ,nent shall establish sub-treasur-
les or repositories in the several states
which shall loan money in direct to the
people at a low rate of interest, not to
exceed per cent. per annum, on nom
perishable farm products direct and
upon real estate with limitations upon
the quantity of land and amount of
money. We demand that the amount
of circulating medium be speedily in
creased to not less than $50 per capita.
Second-We demand that congress
shall pass such laws as shall effectually
prevent the dealing in futures on all
agricultural and mechanical produc-
tons, preserving stringent system OF
procedure in trials, such as shall secure
/ the prompt conviction and imposition
of such penalties as shall secure the
most perfect compliance with the law.
Third--We condemn the silver bill
recently passed by congress and demand
in lieu thereof the free an unlimited
coinage of silver.
Fourth-We demand the passage of
laws prohibiting alien ownership of
land and that congress take prompt &C
ton to devise some plan to obtain all
lands now owned by aliens and foreign
syndicates, and that all lands now held
by railroads and other corporations in
excess of such as is actually used and
needed by them be reclaimed by the
government and 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 shall be so framed in the flu
ture as not to build up one industry at
the expense of another. We further
demand removal OF Cne 6XlSUlng
heavy tariff from the necessaries of life
that the poor of our land must have.
We further demand just and equita-
BILE system of graduated tax on incomes.
We believe that the money of the coun-
try should be kept as much as possible
in the hands of the people, and hence
we demand that all national and state
revenues shall be limited to the neces-
sary expenses of the government eco
nomically and honestly administered.
Sixth--We demand the most rigid
honest and just state and national gov
eminent control and supervision of the
means of public communication and
transportation, and if this control and
supervision does not remove the abuses
now existing, we demand the govern
ment ownership of such means of COM
munication and transportation.
A spirited debate followed, at the be-
ginning of which the president reminded
the members of the restriction of five
minutes placed upon all speeches. The
Alliance passed resolutions endorsing
the sub-treasury bill as it was introduced
in congress. A resolution was also
passed condemning the Conger lard
bill.