The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-01-08
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Tswa, and the reduction of railroad passsn.
ger rates to two csnts per mila We anita.
pate tAs ultimate ownership OF railroads by
the government as the solution Of this ques.
ton.
TAird.-As producers We demand free and
open markets for eur grain, and thAt tie
railways shall receive and ship grain ~ tEAy
receive and ship other commodities twr the
ownSr to its destination. That the grading
Of wheat at country stations be AbSljshsd,
and grain be bought and sold upon It's msr.
it's; that the right to establish side tracks to
grain warehouses and the equal use Of cars
shall in no manner be abridged.
Fourth.-Wo demand the maintenance Of
the present freedom of traffic law, the pres.
ent grain laws and the law for the distribu.
tion of cars and the erection by the state of
public warehouses where the producer shall
store his grain unmiIed in special bins at
actual cost at Duluth and the agricultural
fair grounds, aud we demand that the leRts-
lature shall thoroughly investigate the
method Of handling, inspecting and weigh
| ing grain under existing rules. We demand
a law fOrbidding any railroad corporation
from issuing any mortgage bonds or stock
until an ltemiZed account Of the cash, labor
or property duly sworn to, has been present
ed to some officer Of the state for examina-
tion. and if found to be true account Of
the money, labor property received, to reg
lister and certify to the same as issued in
pursuance OF law and as constituting part
OF the capital stock of such corporation.
| Fifth.-Our public lands shall be reserved
in small quantities without cost to actual
settlers only, and We favor laws for the pro-
lection of our forests. Alien ownership OF
land should be prohibited, and we demand
the forfeiture and restoration to the public
domain of all unearned land grants.
Sixth.-The present high rate of interest is
unjust; it should be reduced to per cent.
per annum, with stringent penalties to pre-
vent money loanels rom e1acting higher
rate.
seventh.-Ws favor an increase in the vol.
ume of money equal to the requirements of
increasing trade and business. We demand
the free coinage OF silver. and condemn the
silver bill az fraud upon the. people.
Eighth.-All public Offices which affect the
interests OF the people should be made elect
oral; therefore we hold that United States
senator's and railway commissioners should
be elected by popular vote, and also the
superintendent OF public instruction.
We ask the next legislature to establish
the Australian system OF voting or the
whole state and that election day be made
legal holiday.
Tenth-We demand the prohibition of the
employment o. children under fifteen years
in the mills, shops, factories and workshops
, o: the country, and we also favor the adoP-
tion Of the factory and mine inspecting Law
and the employers liability act and We Ia
vor the publication o free text books.
Eleventh-We :avor the settlement of all
strikes by arbitration, and equal pay for
equal work, irrespective Oleex, also for short.
/ er hours of labor in actories, stores und
public works, and we also favor a lien law
that will give labor first lien on it's pro.
ducts.
Twelith.-We are opposed to the giving
away OF valuable franchises by the state and
municipalities.
Thirtesnth.-That we hold that mortgage
inde btedness should be deducted rom the
tax on reality whether such mortgage Is held
athome or abroad, and we ask such laws az
will make the hidden property pay equal
taxes with the visible property.
Fourtsenth.-We believe in d graded In.
come tax for corporations and individuels
to the end that wealth shall be com PEELED to
contribute its share to the various burdens
of taxation.
Fifteenth.-That the salaries of all our
public officers. state and county, should be
reduced to correspond with the reduced in
come OF the producers and working people.
Sixteenth.-That in obedience to a reason
able demand request the coming lsgisla-
ture to submit the question 0: constitution
al prohibition to vote OF the people.
Seventeenth.-That we renew to the SOL
diers whose valor saved the nation the ex-
| preston of our pro oundest gratitude. and
we declare that it is the sense o. the Amari-
ean people that tie men who fought for the
| Union shall receive liberal pensions, and that
| the same generous spirit should be extended
to the widows and orphans of the heroes of
the war.
Eighteenth.-That while We still believe
that the convict labor OF the state could, il
! honestly directed, furnish cheap binding
twine to the farmers OF Minnesota, yet, as it
appears that it is the manifest purpose of
the present management OF the pGnitGntiary
to thwart that Just desire. we demand of th&
present Legislature thorough h-investi9ation
of that institution and ofths recent purchase
OF . system of tWne machinery, and II neces-
sary for its radical reformation and the re.
moval of the penitentiary from its present
| loca ton.
Nineteenth.-We demand the passage of
| the Conger lard bill now before the United
States senate and such further legislation as
may be necessary to control the traffic in
aduItrated food products.
Twentieth-That auction gambling on
| boards of trade should be abolished, and
we ask the state and congress to pass such
laws as to make all such transactions q
| criminal offense
Twenty -frst-We denounce the force bill
| now pending in congress a dangerous and
| revolutionary measure, devised for partisan
| purposes. 1t will open the wounds of the
war and retard the happy day of regenera-
| tion and peace, and we hold that one of the
| RranQeSG aims OF the Alliance IS the TestOra
| tion offraternal feeling and true concord to
| the people OF the republ
Twenty-second-Tha the governmental
methods of dealing with the Indians is iIog.
ical imbecile and expensive. The enCire
management in all it's details should be
promptly transferred to the war depart
meut, and our bold pioneers saved from per
petual menace Ollie and property, to which
| American citizens should be no longer ex-
| posed.
Twenty -third.-That we demand that the
| government foreclose its lieu on the Union
| Pacific railroad and take possession, and
| operate the same in the interests of the peo-
| pie of the United States, and we do not ap-
prove the report of Senator Davis, of this
state, on that question.
| Twenty. ty.fourth.-That the Alliance deems it
| unwise and mndieious to establish an organ.
| but regards with favor and will encourage
with its support all papers which espouse it's
cause and defend it's principles.
Twenty -ffth.-That weinvite all industrial
| organizations of kindred principles with our
| own to federate with the Farmers Alliance
each maintaining its seperate and distinct
| identity, with view to confederating them
| into one grand union.
| After the resolutions, the constitution, and
many other things we're debated the con.
vention adjourned
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