The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-07-19

organized will never cease to
ward until every wrong is ria JbpoVe tor,
equal rights and equal priyije6ann.aed and
lished for all the men and 6es estah,
this country; we declare, theroffnllen&
UNION OF THE PEOPLE
First-That the union Of H.
forces of the United States the IT, labor
cOnsumated, shall be permon WmIs DAY
perpetual. May its spirit enfan and
all hearts for the salvation Of u. into
public and the uplifting of manE SIe Re-
Second-Wealth belongs to binnoo
creates it, and every dollar taken Who
industry without an equivalent is IRON
berry. IF any will not work roo
shall he eat" The interests o ffe.tna
and civic labor are the same. tH3fa
enemies are Identical. 'AeR
Third-We belive that the tir,o,
come when the railroad cornorotils
must either own the people or tho I uHs
pie must own the railroads, and sb6PTT1S
the government enter upon the woag
of owning and managing all raiiro "JK
we should favor an amendment IN F
Constitution by which all persons Ine
gagged in the government service eb vI
be placed under a civil service roo ouHl
ton of the most rigid character %"
to prevent the increase of the poWor az az
the national administration bV tho WI VI
of such additional government a~ 7
plOyees.
PLATFORM.
We demand a national clrrAnor
safe, sound, and flexible, issued bv tbos
General Government only, a full Ingai
tender for all debts, public and priva33o
and that without the use of bankino
corporations, a just, equitable ana
efficient means of distribution diracttoo
the people at a tax not to exceed 2 nsr
cent. per annum, to be provided as set
forth in the Sub-Treasury plan Of the
Farmers Alliance, or a better system,
also by payments in discharge Of it's
obligations for public Improvements,
We demand free and unlimited coin.
age Of silver and gold at the present
legal ratio of Is to 1.
We demand that the amount of the
circulating medium be speedily in.
creased tonot less than $50 per capita,
We demand a graduated income tax
We believe that the money of
the country should be kept as much AZ
possible in the hands of the people
and hence we demand that all state
and national revenues shall be limited
to the necessary expenses of the gov.
eminent economically and honestly ad,
ministered.
We demand that postal savings
banks be established by the govern
ment for the safe deposit of the earn.
ings of the people and to facilitate ex.
change.
CONTROL OF TRANSPORTATION.
Transportation being a means of ex
change and a public necessity, the
government should own and operate
the railroads in the interest Of the
people.
The telegraph and telephone, like the
p~ostofice system, being a necessity for
the transmission of news, should be
owned and operated by the government
in the interest of the people.
RECLAIMING THE LAND.
The land, including all the natural
resources of wealth, is the heritage
of all the people and should not be
mOnopolized for speculative purposes,
and alien ownership of land should be
prohibited. All land now held by rail.
roads and other corporations in excess
Of their actual needs, and all landsnOW
owned by aliens should be reclaimed
by the government and held for actual
settlers only.
RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions were offered
independent of the platform, and were
adopted, as expressive of the sentiment
of The convention:
Resolved, That we demand a free
ballot and a fair count in all elections
and pledge ourselves to secure it to
every legal voter without Federal IN
tervention through the adoption BY
the States of the unperverted Australian
or secret ballot system.
2. That the revenue derived from a
graduated income taXshOuld be applleQ
to the reduction of the burden OF taxa
ton now levied upon the domestic IN
dustries of this country.
3. That we pledge our support to taT
and liberal pensions to eX-Union SOL
diers and sailors.
4. That we condemn the fallacy OF
protecting American labor under the
pISSCuC SySG0uu, "llHCu OpCbo Jul P
to the pauper and criminal classes OIL
the world and crowds out III wage
earners; and we d~enounce the present
ineffective laws against contract labor
and demand the further restriction OF
undesirable immigration. 49,.
5. That we cordially gympatnz8
with the efforts of organized working,
men to shorten the hours of labor, ana
demand a rigid enforcement Of the eLt
eight-hour law on government
work, and ask that a penalty clause be
added to the said law.
6. That we regard the maintenance
of a large standing army Of mercer
aries, known as the Pinkerton system
as a menace to our liberties, and We
demand it's abolition; and we condemn
the recent invasion of the Territory o.
Wyoming by the hired as8assIn8 u
p~lutocracy, assisted by Federal otlce[s'
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