New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-07

which has too long survived the object of its
creation, shall be radically revised, giving
very material reductions in the necessaries of
lie and placing row material on the free list
to the end that we may compete with the
world for market, and that such Injuries
US whisky and tobacco shall in no m manner be;
relieved from internal taxation till the high
protection tariff has been wholly
Invested of it's extortions, and We
especially denounce the Mckinley bill as the
GROWING lnfamy of protection. "A
Second.-We demand government control
OF railways, both by state and nation, to the
end that all determinations shall cease; that
reasonable rates shall be Established; that
watered stock shall not receive the reward of
honest capital; that the pooling of rates is
such an element OF monopoly as should be
absolutely ptohibited; that ourlegislature
shall enact freight rate law which shall fix
rates no higher than those now in force in
Iowa, and the reduction Of railroad passen-
ger rates to two cents per mil,. We antici-
pate the ultimate ownership ofrailroads by
the government as the solution of this ques-
ton.
Third.-As producers we demand free and
open markets Tor our grain, and that the
railways shall receive and ship grain as they
receive and ship other commodities for the
owner to it's destination. That the grading
OF wheat at country stations be abolished,
and grain be bought and sold upon it's mer-
Its; that the right to establish side tracks to
grain warehouses and the equal use of cars
shall in no manner be abridged
FOurth.-We demand the maintenance OF
the present freedom of traffic law, the pres
ent grain laws and the law TOR the distribu-
ton of cars and the erection by the state of
public warehouses where the producer shall
store his grain unmixed in special bins ut
actual cost at Duluth and the agricultural
fair grounds, aud we demand that the legis-
lature shall thoroughly investigate the
method of handling inspecting and weigh
ing grain under existing rules. We demand
law forbidding any railroad corporation
from issuing any mortgage bonds or stock
until an itemiZed account of the cash, labor
or property duly sworn to, has been present
ed to some officer of the state for examna-
ton, and if found to be q 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.
-Fi;th.-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 Z per cent
per annum, with stringent penalties to pre-
vent money loanels rom exacting higher
rate. ~- ~ 49,.
seventh.-We 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 as fraud upon the people,
Eighth.-All public Offices which affect the
interests OF the people should b, made elect
oral; therefore we hold that United States
senator's and railway commissioners should
nd oil fho
superintendent of public instruction.
We ask the next legislature to establish
the Australian system of voting Tor the
whole state. and that election day be made
legal holiday. ".-
Tenth.-We demand the prohibition of the
employment of children under fifteen years
in the mills, shops, factories and workshops
OF the country, and We also favor the adop-
ton OF the factory and mine inspecting law
and the employers liability act, and we ia
vor the publication OF free text books.
Eleventh.-We favor the settlement of all
strikes by ar bitration, and equal pay Tor
equal work, irresptct.v OF sex, also for short.
er hours OF labor in .actories, stores und
public works. and we also favor lien law
that will give labor first lien on it's pro.
ducts.
Twelth.-We are opposed to the giving
away of valuable franchises by the state and
municipalities.
irteenth.-That we hold that mortgage
indebtedness should be deducted rom the
tax on reality whether such mortgage is held
athome CT abroad, and we ask such laws as
will make the hidden property pay equal
taxes with the visible property.
Fourteenth.-We believe in O graded in.
come tax for corp orations and individuals
to the end that wealth shnll be compelled to
contribute it's share to the various burdens
of taxation.
Fifteenth.-That the salaries of all our
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reduced to correspond with the reduced in
come of the producers and working people.
Sixteenth.-That in obedience to reason.
able demand we request the coming legisln-
ture to submit the question OF constitution.
al prohibition to vote of the people. 4r
Seventeenth.-That we renew to the SOL
diers whose valor saved the nation the ex.
preston OF our pro oundest gratitude. and
we declare thut it is the sense of the Amer-
can people that the 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, if
honestly directed, furnish cheap binding
Irvine to the farmers of Minnesota yet, as it
appears that it is the manifest purpose OF
the present management Of the pcnitentiary
to thwnrt that just desire we demand of the
present legislature O thorough investigation
of that institution and of the recent purchase
of u system of Irvine machinery, and ii neces-
sary Tor its radical reformation, and the re-
moval Of the penitentiary from its pres emit
location.
Nineteenth.-We demand the passage OF
the Conger lard bill now before the United
; States senate and such further legislation az
may be necessary to control the traffic in
adultrated food products.
Twentietli-Thut auction gambling on
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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 as q dangerous and
revolutionary measure, devised for partisan
purposes. 1t will open the wounds of the
war and retard the happy day of regenera-
ton and peace, and we Hold that one of the
grandest aims of t he Alliance is the rest ora.
ton OF fraternal feeling and true concord to
the people OF the republic.
Twenty-second-Tha the governmental
methods of dealing with fhe Indians ia itloo.z