Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-07-19

TO help US to determine wnerner we are Il,
have republic to administer before we diffe,'
as TO the conditions upon which it is to be &C =
ministered. relieving that the forces of reforl :
this DAY orga nzed will never cease to movs
forward until every wrong Is remedied q n
equal rights and equal privileges securely .
tablished for all the men and women of tn.
country.
We declare, therefore
That the union Of the labor forces of tn
United States this day consummated shall L.
permanent and perpetual-may its spirit ente
into all hearts for the salvation of the repuhli'
and the uplifting of mankind.
Wealth belongs to him who creates it, ana
every dollar taken from industry without az
neither shall he eat" The interests of rura
and civic labor are the same; their eneDlies
are identical.
We believe that the time has come when the
railroad corporations must either own the PEG
pie or the people must own the railroads, and
should the government enter upon the work o.
owning and managlng any OF az railroads we
should favor all amendment to the constitution
by (which al persons engaged in the government
service shall be placed under civil service
regulation of the most rigid character, so o.
to prevent the increase of the power OF tho
national administration by the use OF sucl
additional government employees.
We demand Il national currency, safe, sound
and flexible, issued by the general government
only; Il full legal tender for all debts, public
aDd private, and that without the use of bank
ing corporations; a inst, 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 of the Farmers Alliance, or some better
system; 50 by payments in discharge of its
obligai for public improvements.
We drI4and the free and unlimited coinage
Of silver and gold at the present legal ratio OF
Is to /.
We demand that the amount of the circulat-
tug medium be speedily increased to not less
than fifty dollars per capita.
We demand graduated income tax.
We believe that the moneys of the country
should - kept as much as possible in the
hands of the people, and hence we demand
that all national and state revenues shall be
limited TO the necessary expenses of the gov
ernment economically and honestly admins
tered.
We demand that postal savings banks be es-
tabished by The government for the safe de-
post of the earnings of the people and to facil-
itale exchange.
Transportation being a means Of exchange
and public necessity, the government should
own and operate the railroads in the interest
OF the people.
The telegraph and telephone. like the post
mission of news, should be owned and oper-
a'ed by the government in the interest of the
people.
The land, including all the natural sources
OF wealth, il the heritage OF all the people, and
should not be mOnopoli2ed for speculative pur-
poses. and an alien ownership Of land should
be prohibited. All lands now held by rail-
roads and other corporations in excess of their
Actuil needs. and all lands now owned "
aliens should be reclaimed by the government
and held Ton actual settlers only.