Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-18
do so until the committee can he called to-
gether and new chairman be elected
TIE PLATFORM.


THE PLATFORM.
| recommend that the Cincinnati platform
adopted last May be adopted as the national
platform of the Peoples party OF Texas.
and that YOU recommend such changes as
YOU think should be made AT the next ma
tional convention: and as the work of emit
ting money to the people IS the most i'm
portant problem to be solved at this time.
would recommend Us Il solution of this
veXed question that we demand the immed-
late foreclosure by the national government
of its liens on those great Pacific railways,
which now owe the government more than
their value, and that the government buy
them in, own and operate them in the inter-
est of the people
, That as the most efficient and ready
plan for putting none" in circulation, We
demand that the United States government
build at once as many as seven trunk-llnes
OF railway, and that full legal tender
paper money be issued by the government
to pay for the construction of said railway.
! and that they be owned and operated by the
government This is better than war.
which has been the former plan resorted 10
TO emit money TO the people when they have
| been deprived of il is now. This Is Il sim
! pie plan, and can be understood by all who
will take the time to investigate il. The
money would be based on the people, their
! patriotism, property ana ability 10 pay,
! which has never been doubted, except for
| the purpose Of filing the purses of the
/ money sharks.
3. That we demand the construction of
! levees. warehouses. and such other public
| improvements as are actually needed by the
| government tthe people,. There is, i'll my
| my Judgment. no reason why the Federal
| government should always bc 4 renter. and
| therefore it would be well for all postal
! buildings to be constructed by the govern
ment and paid for by the issue of a full le-
! Gal will NJ
as fast as the improvements Will. and the
! buildings will be as safe an investment for
| the government as for building and loan aSsO-
Citations. These propositions may seem alb
| surd at the start, but. after careful iuvesti-
| CATION and study. they viii be found To be
correct, and much better than war as a
means through which 10 circulate money
among the people.
| am sure that the transportation fees
| paid by our people would meet all the oN-
| penses of government. and do away with
! al tariff and internal revenue, and leave US
free from taxation, and AT the same time
! give US u better service for sOue-half we
! now pay for what we get.
! These trunk lines Of railway would reg
ulate all others, and al the same time boil
all the water out of railroad stocks
FREE COINAGE OF SILVER.
| wish to call your attention to the fact
| that free and unlimited coinage Of silver
/ Will DO US but little good.
II is estimated by the Democrats tia, the
annual production of silver from the mines
| in the United States is S6O,0J0.O00 The
present law provides that $4.500,O00 shall
| be purchased and coined per month; twelve
| times Si,500,000 is SOL, 100000 annually.
| This S54,OO0,OOO is put in circulation either
| in silver or in full legal tender certificates,
| and is sent out among the people as fast as
| the same can be done, which must be done
very fast as we now have 4 depleted treas
ury at Washington. We find from this
| that there is only $G,000,O00 annually not
| coined, il the Democrats are correct.
| In regard to the silver of other countries,
| it is not ours, ana fail to see where we
| would be benefited if we coined il free for
| them. If they leave it here at per cent
| interest per aunum. in twenty years they
| would take ii all back ana as much more.
! II is now estimated that we have only s.
| per capita III circulation among the people,
and that $50 is necessary. Then granting
| that we have $G4, 000.O0 of both gold and
! silver produced each year. il would only
| make - per head year. aS we have 81.
| 0OO.GO0 people in the United States. At
! this estimate it would take twenty-five and
Gue-haf years with full coinage of both
! gold and silver 10 reach the $50 limit, with
| out destruction OF any money or increase of
| population. Hence | recommend that you
| give this subject Il careful investigation, as
| ] am sure that free coinage is not the para
! mount issue With our people, and that the
railroad ard sub-treasury plans will have
TO be pressed forward as a final solution of
| the money question.
| TARIFF.
| The tariff issue has been used as STUN
bling block over which our people have fallen
| into the hands of monopoly, and are to-day
! helpless iuvalids because they have taken
! that dose from the hands OF politicians for
| the last twenty-five years without asking
what the principal ingredients were of
| which it was composed, and to-day know
no more about ii than they did when il was
| first submitted 10 them as good or bad
medicine. depending upon which of the
| two doctors offered it, We find. upon in
| yeStigation. that there are only five cents
between them: Mills, the great Demo
cratic doctor, offering it al Il ~ cent rate,
! while Mckinley, the Republican doctor,
| gave il al 4 A. cent rate, and while all this
| is true, | would recommend that we take
| steps TO abolish it at the earliest possible
| moment, which can only be done by the
| government owning and operating all large
public enterprises which now Cypress the
people, and let the profits therefrom go to
the general government. | know this Will
be called paternalism, but | have very
great objection TO being bastard. and am
willing to be the heir of legitimate pa
rent.
STATE PLATFORM.
In making up your state platform,
/ take pleasure IN referring to
you for your consideration the plat
form adopted by the state Fed
GRAFTON of Labor at Sulphur Springs. July
8 and 4, 1891. II comes as near covering the
ground as anything l have seen in print. II
is short and comprehensive, as l trust you
will make yours.
ALIEN LAND LAW
The alien land law has caused a consider
able howl to go up from the money sharks,
and it must be that ii has hit them, or they
would have held their peace. While we, as
party, are not responsible for its enact
ment, as it is a Democratic law enacted as
such, vet | advise that it be carefully con-
sidered, and il found to be good, let US re-
commend that il do remain on the statute
book of Texas. But If, after investigation
you find that it is not bestfor this state at
this time under present financial embar-
rassment. then il will be your duty to
recommend such changes as will make it do
the greatest good to the greatest number of
our people.
THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.
Under the present constitution of this
state, the permanent school fund can only
be invested in state and United States
bonds, and as the bonds are falling due and
are paid off, there viii be left no permanent
investment for this fund. would there
fore suggest that you demand that an
amendment 10 the constitution of the state
be submitted to the people for their vote to
so change the constitution that this fund
can be used by the state for the construc-
fiOn 0f railroads n bI-ilf OuCuad and