The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-12


Vance. In that letter Mr. Carr only
asked if Senator Vance would obey in
structiOns to advocate the Sub Treasury
plan of financial reform. But the in
structiOns passed by the legislature en-
braces the objects" of financial re-
form set forth in the declaration of
principles at the late convention at
Ocala. The Ocala declaration embraces
not only the objects set forth in the
ub-Treasury plan, but includes the
objects embraced in the Land bill the
free coinage of silver and the abolition
of the national banking system. While
our Senators are left free by these in
structions, as we% think they should
have been, to employ their own meth
DDS IN the securement of reforms, they
are actually committed to the advo-
cacy of all the objects of financial re-
form put forth by the Alliance at
Ocala
Now, that all may understand exact
ly what the deman Is for financial re
form as adopted at Ocala were, we
print them in full:
10. We demand the abolition of na5
tiOnal banks.
b. We demand that the government
shall establish Sub-treaSuries or depOsi-
tories in the several States, which shall
loan money direct to the people at
low rate of interest not to exceed two
per cent. per annum, on nOn-perishable
farm products, and also upon real es-
tate, with proper limitations upon the
quantity of land and amount of money.
c. We demand that the amount of
the circulating medium be speedily in
creased to not less than $50 per capita.
2. We demand that Congress shall
pass such laws as will effectually
prevent the dealing in futures of all
agricultural and mechanical prOduc-
tlOns; providing a stringent system of
procedure in TRIALS that will secure the
prompt conviction, and imposing such
penalties as shall secure the most per
feet compliance with the law
3. We condemn the silver bill recent
ly passed by Congress, and demand in
lieu thereof the free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
f. We demand 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 alien and foreign syn
dicateS; and that all lands now held by
railroads and other corporations i'll eX-
cess of such as is actually used and
needed by them be reclaimed by the
government, and held for actual set
tiers only
5. Believing in the doctrine of equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none, we demand =
o.. That our national legislation shall
be SO framed in the future as not to
build up one industry at the expense
of another.
b. We further demand a removal of
the existing heavy tariff tax from the
necessities of life that the poor Of our
land must have.
C. We further demand a just and
equitable system of graduated tax on.
incomes.
d. We believe that the money of the
country should be kept as much as pos
sible in the hands of the people, and
hence we demand that all national and
State revenues shall be limited to the
necessary expenses of the government
economically and honestly admins
tered.
6. We demand the most rigid, hon
est, and just State and national gov
ernmental control and supervision of
the means of public communication
and transportation, and if this control
and supervision does not remove the
abuse now existing, we demand the
government ownership of such means
of communications and transportation
z. We demand that the Congress of
the United States submit an amend
ment to the Constitution providing for
the election Of United States Senators
by direct vote of, the people of each
State
Immediately after the adoption of
these demands, brother Davie, of Ken
lucky, wishing no doubt to emphasize
the first demand, and desiring to let
the world know that 1T was the chief
and most important of all the demands
of our reform movement, introduced
the following resolution, which was
adopted by rising vote, only four
votes being cast against it. Read this
resolution carefully:
WHEREAS there is now bill known
as the Sub-Treasrlry bill in the hands
of the Ways and Means Committee of
the House of Representative which
should have been reported and acted
upon at the last session, and which if
enacted into law would bring the finan-
cial relief so much neededby all classes
and industries: Therefore, be it
ResOLUed, That this national cOnven-
tiOn of the Farmers Alliance and In
dustrial Union do most respectfully
and earnestly ask that said, bill be en-
acted into law as soon as possible, or
some other measure that will carry out
these principles and meet the necessi-
ties of the toiling masses.
Senator Ransom, as well as Senator
Vance, was instructed We think the
instructions are very plain, and that
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