The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-07-14

cause and a%lienates our people. We, therefore.
re-declare our faith III the following PROPOSE
lions: r.
First-We affirm our hostility to every spe-
cies of class legislation, and demand that such
as now exists shall be swept from the statutes.
Equal justice to every citizen and special priv
lege to none, should control the letter and spirit
Of all legislation.
Second-We denounce the present cunning!y
devised scheme OF a protective tariff as the
most vicious form OF class leg Station, with a
sole purpose in its use TO build up some interest
at the expense OF all the others: and, there
fore, we insist on radical REDUCTION OF tariff
taxation. ~t
Third-We demand a gradual increase of the
national money for the people, to the minimum
OF $50 per capita: and as a part OF this in
crease we favor the issuance OF legal tender
the growing business OF tie country on a cash
basis without damage or advantage to any
class; such notes to be a legal tender in pay
ment OF all debts, and to be paid out by the
government for all purposes and to all classes
of the people; and we insist that silver shall
have all the rights in coinage. and Inequalities
of legal tender which gold possesses, as our
fathers did before us.
THE WHEAT QUESTION.
Fourth-The wheat question is the para
mount issue i'll this state, and by its Importance
overshadowing all other interests. We call es-
pecial attention to the minority report made
BY E. j. Moore. OF the m appointed bv
the last legislature to investigate the public
elevators of the state. The evidence is sufficient
to convince unprejudiced minds that the price
Of wheat is arbitrarily fixed each day and sent
to producing points throughout the Northwest;
also that the powerful combine embraces this
entire continent. reaching to Liverpool and
thence to continental Europe. To meet this gil
gantic trust the efforts Of Individual enterprise
are futile, and all the national laws OF supply
aud demand are Ignored. Therefore we invoke
the power OF the state, and ask our Eext legisla-
ture to make sufficient appropriation for the
erection OF elevators at deep water on Lake Su-
perior where grain can be stored, unmixed, at a
nominal cost by individual producers awaiting
sale and shipment to the markets of the world.
We call attention. to the report of the
chief inspector, which shows that over. $50
900 OF a surplus has accumulated
from the weighing and inspection of grain. We
We also ask that whatever change is made In
the grain laws that the inspecting and weighing
OF grain by the state shall be extended to the
country stations. 1t is OF the utmost impor.
lance to the wheat producers OF this state that
all farmers have equal facilities for reaching the
tracks OF railroads at country stations and
that q law be passed makingi it the duty abso-
lutte OF every railway corporation, company or
ASSOCIATION now or at any inture time oper-
ating a railroa or acting az a common carrier,
to furnish side track facilities for erectlon OF pri-
not less than 5000 bushes each for the storage
OF grain awaiting shipmen: on such line of ran.
way. and to permit and allow sUcn elevators to
be erected and controlled by any person, asso.
citation or corporation desiring to erect, main
tain. control and operate the same for said pur-
pose, and further making it the duty of such
railway TO receive, transport ana carry over its
line promptly all grain offered for shipment in
Car lots without previous storage and as offered.
THE PASS" MUST GO,
tTth-Wel Insist that all forms OF discrimina-
ton by railway corporations, including Tree
passes, transient rates and terminal charges
shall cease; and we demand SUCH IL schedule of
charges rs shall be based on ac,url cost with nee
essary expense and not Oh wAtered stocks: and
we believe that both the state and nation should
control such corporations with renewed vigor
and force.
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present unequal system OF taxation; that hid
den property be made to pay equal taxes with
visible property: that mortgage indebted
realty: that all equitable system OF graduated
tax on incomes shall be established. and also a
residuary tax upon great estates.
seventh-We favor a material reduction OF
interest, and demand tnat severe penalties be
attached to the practice of usury.
Eighth-We ask of congress the passage Of
laws prohibiting the alien ownership OF lands,
and II possible to, X clalm all 50 held by alien
and foreign syndicates. and all held by railroad
companies in eXcess of that absolutely necessa.
ry. and that these and all other lands De held
ton to our forests.
Ninth-We believe that the government
should own and operate the telegraph and tele.
Tenth-We favor laws Tor the suppression Of
option gambling and the abolition OF all forms
Of trusts and tombines.
CAPITAL vs.. ADO
Eleventh-We demand the repeal OF all laws
which place capital above labor: and we favor
an equitable lien law, q better convict labor
law, y factory inspection law. an employers
liability act. the prohibiting the employment OF
children under fifteen years OF age, free text
books for public schools. and the eieht-hour
work day on! all national, state or municipal
work.
Notwithstanding life as more sacred than
property we hold that neither corporations nor
private persons shall be permitted to retain in
for the sake OF defending property.
Thirteenth--We demand = more vigorous i'm.
paupers, criminals and vicious classes shalinot
be permitted to enter this republic, and that
protected interests shall be prohibited from i'm.
porting labor to compete with free American
labor.
Fourteenth-We insist that all great officers
OF the government whose duties directly. affect
the interests OF the people, shall be made cleo
vice-president Of the United States should net
BIO eligible to y second term.