Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-28
THE MINNESOTA ALLIANCE.
Oficers Elected and Resolutions Adopted
at the Convention Held at St. Paul, Minn.,
December 80, 81 and January L.

for the ensuing term: 'SVice-Presidents,
First district, I. j. Meighen, of Fill
more; Second district, ID. p. Lister, of
Lac qui Parle; Third district, H. V.
Poore, of Renville; Fourth district, r.
H. McGnee, of Chisago; Fifth district,
c. H. Bohall, of Todd; State Lecturer,
Miss Eva Mcdonald; Secretary, A. L.
Stromberg; Treasurer, ii. P. Bjorge.
The resolutions adopted are as fol-
lows:
The Farmers's Alliance of the State of Min
nesota in convention assembled, hereby or
dain and establish the following declaration
of principles:
First-We demand that the "war tariff"
which has so long survived the OBJECT of its
creation, shall be radically revised, giving
verv material reductions in the necessaries
of life and placing new material on the free
list to the end that may compete with the
world for market, and that such luxurieS
as whisky and tobacco shall in no manner be
relieved from internal taxation till the high
protective tariff has been wholly divest d of
it's extortons, and we especially deDounce
the Mckinley bill as the crowning infamy of
protection.
Second-We demand Governmental control
of the railways, both by State and Nation, to
the end that all discrimination shall cease;
that watered stock shall not receive the re-
ward of honest capital; that the pooling of
rates is such an element of monopoly as
should be absolutely prohibited; that our
Legislature shall enact a freight rate law
which shall fix rates no higher than those
now in force in Iowa, and the reduction of
railroad passenger rates to two cents per
mile. We anticipate the ultimate ownership
of railroads by the Government as the solu-
| tiOn of this question.
Third-As producers we demand free and
| open markets for our grain, and that the
railways shall receive and ship grain as they
receive and ship other commodities for the
owner to its destination. That the grading
OF wheat at country stations be abolished,
and grain be bought and sold upon it's mer-
it's; that the right to establish side tracks to
grain warehouses and the equal use of cars
shall in no manner be changed.
Fourth-We demand the maintenance of
| the present freedom of traffic law, the present
grain laws and the law for the distribution of
| cars, and the erection by the State of public
warehouses where the producer shall store
his grain unmixed in special bins at actual
cost, at Duluth and the agricultural fair
grounds, and we demand that the Legislature
shall thoroughly investigate the method of
hauling rain under existing rules.
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 seven per
cent. per annum, with stringent penalties to
prevent money loaners from exacting a
higher rate.
Seventh-We favor an increase in the vol
ume of money equal to the requirements of
increasing trade aud business. We demand
the free coinage of silver, and condemn the
silver bill as fraud upon the people
Eighth-All public offices which affect the
interests ha do
electoral; therefore. we hold that United
States Senators and Railway Commissioners
should be elected by popular vote, and also
the Superintendent of Public Instruction
Ninth-We demand a law forbidding
any railroad corporation from issuing any
mortgage, bond or stock until the itemized
account of cash, labor or property received
to register and certify to the same as issued
in pursuance of law and as constituting
part of the capital stock of such corporation
We ask the next Legislature to establish the
Australian system of voting for the whole
State, and that election day be made legal
| holiday.
Tenth-We demand the prohibition of the
! employment of children under Is years in
the mills, shops, factories and workshops of
| the county, and we also favor the adoption
| of factory and mine inspection law and the
! employers liability act and we favor the
| publication of free text books.
Eleventh-We favor the settlement of all
strikes by arbitration, and equal pay for
| equal work, irrespective of sex, also for
| shorter hours of labor in factories stores
| and public works and we also favor lien
| law that will give labor first lien on its
| products.
Twelfth-We are opposed to the giving
away of valuable franchises by the State and
| municipality.
Thirteenth-That we hold that mortgage
Indebtedness should be deducted from the
| tax on realty whether such mortgage is held
| q home Or VIC aGH Low
will make the hidden property pay equal
| taxes with the visible property.
Fourteenth-We believe in graded income
| tax for corporations and individuals to the
end that wealth be compelled to contribute
| its share to the various burdens of taxation.
| Fifteenth-That the salaries of all our pub
lie officers, State and county, should be re-
| duced to correspond with the reduced in
| come of the producers and working people.
Sixteenth-That in obedience to a reason
! able demand we request the coming Legisla
| ture to submit the question of constitutional
| prohibition to vote of the people.
Seventeenth-That we renew to the sol
| diers whose valOr saved the Nation the ex-
| preston of our p, ofoundest gratitude, and
| we declare that it is the sense of the Ameri-
can people that the men who fought for the
| Union shall receive liberal pensions, and
that the same generous spirit should be ex-
tended to the widows and orphans of the
| war.
| Eighteentl-That while we still believe
that the convict labor of the State could if
| honestly directed, furnish cheap binding
| twine to the farmers of Minnesota vet as it
appears that it is the manifest purpose of
the present management of the penitentiary
| to thwart that just desire, we demand of the
| present Legislature thorough investigation
of that institution and of the recent purcha
of system of twine machinery, and if nee
essary for its radical reformation the re-
moval of the penitentiary from it's present
| location
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 adulter-
ated 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 a criminal
! offense:
Twenty first-We denounce the force bill
now pending in Congress as dangerous and
revolutionary measure, devised for partisan
purposes.
Twenty -second--Tkat the Governmental
methods of dealing with the Indiana is IL
logical, imbecile and expensive The entire
management in al its details should be
transferred to the War Department, and our
bold pioneers saved from perpetual menace
of life and property, to which American
citizens should be no longer exposed.
Twenty -third-We demand that the Gov
ernment foreclose its lien on the Union Pa
cific railroad and take possession and operate
the same in the interest of the people of the
United State, and we do not approve the re-
port of Senator Davis, of this State, on that
question.
cnty-FourtE-That the Alliance deems
it unWise and iniudicious to establish on or
gan, but regards with favor and will encaur-
age with its support all papers which es
pouse its cause and defend its principles.
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organization of kindred principles with oui
own to fedrate with the Farmers Alliance
each maintaining its separate and distinct
identity, with view to confederating then
into one grand union.
DISCRIMINATION.
Why should a Privileged CIass Have All tn
Favors?-QuestiOnS For Farmers an.
WOrkingmen to Consider.