The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-11-03
PLATFORM
tf n IA Oh Farmers Alliance
and .nduslla! Union adOpsd at
Otaa. Fa. ID. eth. 1899.

1. We demand the abolition of natioua q.
banks.
We demand that the government shall es-
tabllsh suS-treasurieS or repositories in the
several States, which shall loan money d.
rect 20 the people at low rate of interest
not to exceed two per cent per annum. Oh
non-perishable farm products, and also upon
real estate, with proper limitations upon hs
I quantity It land and amount Of money.
we demand that the amount of the circu-
latinE medium be speedily increased to not
less than $50 per capita
>. We demand that Congress shall pass
such laws as shall etrcctually prevent the
dealing in futures of all agricultural aid
mechanical productions: preserving strip-
gent system Of procedure in trials as shall
! secure the prompt convection, and imposing
sucii penalties Is shall secure the most per
| feet compliance with the law.
! J. We condemn the silver bill r,ecutIv
| passed by Congress, and demand in lieu
Thereof the free and un limited coinage of
| silver.
t. We demand the passage of laws prohib-
tllnG alien ownership of land, and Congress
to take prompt action to devise some plan to
Obtain al. lands now owned by alien, and
! 1oreIgn syidicateS; and that all lands now
| !ieid by railroads and other corporations in
excess OF such az is actually used and needed
by them be reclaimed by the government.
and held for actual settlers only.
| .. Believing in the doctrine of equal right,
10 aIl and special privileges to none, we de-
mand that our national legislation skau 10
50 framed IN the future Us net to build up
one industry at the expense of another: and
we fditi!er demand removal of the existing
heavy tariff tax from the necessities of life
that the poor Of our land must have: we
further demand just and equitable system
OF graduated tax on incomes We believe that
the money of the country should be kept as
1nach as possible in the hands of the people.
anG hence We demand that all national and
stats revenues shall he limited to the neces.
sary expenses CT the government econon-
lcally and honestly administered.
q. We demand the most rigid honest aud
Just State ana national government control
ana supervision of the means of public
communication and transportation, and
II this control and supervision docs not re-
move the abuse now existing, We demand
The government ownership of such means of
communication and transportation.
I, We demand that Congress of the United
states submit an amendment to the constitu-
ton providing for the election of United
States Senators by direct vote of the people
of each State
Whereas, there is now a bill known as the
sub-treasury bill in .!.e Lands of the WAYS
and means committee of the House of Rep
resentatiyes which should have beon report
ed and acted upon at the last session. and
which if enacted into law would bring the
financial rciiei so much needed by all classes
and Industries; therefore be it,
Resolved, that this national convention Of
the Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union
do most respectfully and earnestly ask that
bill be enacted into law as soon a. possible,
or some other measure that will carry out
these principles and meet the necessities of
the toiiing masses