Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-11-30

TO help us to determine wnerner we are &c
have q republic to admins /, offer
as to the conditions upon which II Is TO he adj
ministered, believing that the f rces Of re prm
this day organized will never cease 10 move
forward until every wruug reese, ID Il nd
equal rights and equal privile ges securely es-
tablshed for al the men and women OF this
country.
We declare, therefore
That the union of the labor forces of the
United States this day consumnated shall be
permanent and perpetua-may its spirit enter
into all hearts for the salvation 0f the republic
and the uplifting Of mankind.
Wealth belongs to him who cre,,. ; il, and
every dollar taken from Industry without an
ne ia shall he eats The interests Of rural
and civic labor are the same: their enemies
are identical.
We believe that the time has come when the
railroad corporations must Ell Their own the peo-
pie or the people must own the railroads, and
should the government enter upon the work OF
owning and managing any or all railroads we
should favor an amendment to the constitution
bywhich all persons engaged in the government
service shall be placed under a civil service
regulation of the most rigid character, so as
to prevent the increase of the power of the
national administration by the use of such
additional government employees
We demand national currency, safe, sound
and flexible, issued by the general government
only; a full legal tender for all debts, public
apd private, and that without the use of bank
ing corporations; a just, equitable and efficient
means of distribution, direct to the people, at
a tax not to exceed per cent. per annum, to
be provided as set forth in the subtreasury
plan o. Farmers Alliance, or some better
syst by payments in discharge of its
obi, for public improvements.
We I'd the free and unlimited coinage
of silN ~ and gold at the present legal ratio of
16 to l.
We demand that the amount of the circulat-
ing medium be speedily increased to not less
than fifty dollars per capita.
We demand a graduated income tax.
We believe that the moneys OF the country
should be kept as much as possible in the
hands of the people, and hence we demand
that all national and state revenues shall be
eminent economically and honestly admins
tered
We demand that postal savings banks be es-
tablshed by the government for the safe de-
post of the earnings of the people and to facil-
itate exchange.
Transportation being a means of exchange
and a public necessity, the government should
own and operate the railroads in the interest
of the people.
The telegraph and telephone, like the post
Office system, being necessity for the trans
mis- ion of news, should be owned and oper-
Il ed by the government in the interest OF the
seOple.
The land, including all the natural sources
Of wealth, is the heritage of all the people, and
A.,Ould not be mOnopoized for speculative pur-
poses, and an alien ownership of land should
Le prohibited All lands now held by rail-
roads and OF her corporations in excess of their
OF IA needs, a. d all lands now owned 0v
aliens hould ba reclaimed by the government
and held 10, actual settlers only.