The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-15
THE SUPREME COUNCIL.
Proceedings of the Third Annual Meeting
at Indianapolis, Ind, Novenl-
Der 1921, 1891.
FIFTH DAY.


lima, reported tavorably by committee
on demands and adOp ed:
WHEREAS, We, the National Farm
ers' Alliance and Industrial Union, in
Supreme Council assembled, do find in
considering the great questions that re-
late TO the development Of our country
Ill its material and Industrial interest
none Of greater magnitude or Of more =
vital Importance than that of the Inter
State Commerce law and its lust and
equitable administration in the interest
| of all classes Of our citizens; and where
as, there is now q vacancy on this
Board Of the members from the South;
therefore be it
ReSOlred, That we recommend and
most respectfully request and urge
upon the President of the United States
that he appoint to this vacancy the
Hon. ID. Z. Duncan, who now holds the
position Of Chairman of the South
Carolina. Railroad Commission, and
who has been on said Commission for
the past nine years, thereby having
had long experience and training for
this work
3. The recommendations that have
already been filed with the President
from all classes of citizens, and from
all sections of the country, are of such
a nature and kind as to leave no Ques-
ton Of doubt as to his qualifications
and ability to fill acCeptably this high
and most responsible position. We
furthermore ask his appointment as a
representative Of the entire agricultu-
raj interest OF our common country.
3. That these resolutions be sent to
the President by special committee
from the body
Report of the committee on demands
was submitted by Bro. Weaver, of
Iowa:
Mr. president: The committee on
demands inStructs me to make the fol
lowing unanimous report:
We re4ffirm without any change Oh
alteration the demands adopted at the
last annual meeting Of this body at
Ocala, Fla which are as follows:
Ia We demand the abolition Of no
tiOnaI banks.
b We demand that the goveI nnent
shall establish sub treasures or de-
pOsitOries i'll the several States. which
shall loan money direct to the people
at a low rate Of interest," not to exceed
2 per cent. per annum, on non perish
able farm products, and also upon real
estate, with proper limitations Il pom
the quantity OF land and amount Of
money.
We demand that the amount of
the circulating medium be speedily in
creased to not less than $50 per capita.
3 That we demand that Congress
shall pass such laws as will effeCtually
prevent the dealing in futures Of all
agricultural and mechanical prOduc-
tiOns; providing q 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 re
Gently passed by Congress, and demand
in lieu thereof the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver.
4 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
bow owned by aliens and for eign syn
dicates; and that all lands now held by
railroads and other corporations in eX-
cess Of such as is actually u6ei and
needed by them be reclaimed by the
government, and held for actual set
tiers only.
Believing in the doctrine Of equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none, we demand
q. That our National Legislature
shall be so ramed in the future as not
to build up one industry at the expense
of another.
We fur her demand d removal of
the existing heavy tariff tax from the
necessities Of lite, that the poor Of our
land must have.
C. We further demand a Just and
equitable system Of graduated tax on
inc bmeS.
d. 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 National
md State revenues shall be limited to
the necessary expenses Of the govern
ment economically and honestly ad-
miniStered
+ We demand the most rigid, honest
and just State and National govern
ment 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 govern
ment ownership of such means of com
municatiOn 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.
Unanimously adopted by a rising
vote, the only change being to substitute
In the first demand the word Issue"
for the word loan" and the word
: tax for the word = interest" /"
Realizing that the action of the mem
bers of the Fifty-second Congress who
were elected by tho . III of a lIio,-o, 49,,
stltnencies will have an important in
fIence upon the welfare f our beloved
Order, we respectfully and earnestly