The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-06-21
WANT THE EARTH.
SOME THINGS THE PoPULIsTs WANT
OUR GOVERNMENT TO DO.
A Brief and Accurate Analysis Of Just -Four
Of the Monstrous Demands the Populists
are Making on Our Government.
Truly Delectable statesmanship.

These are four of the Populist meas
ures now pending in the congress OF
the United States:
House bill No. 1896, introduced by
Representative Davis, Populist mem
Der from Kansas, provides that any
mortgage debtor who has failed to pay
his mortgage debt or interest shall, II
he so desires and if his mortgage debt
is upon real estate occupied as home
or used for support, be adjudged bank
rupt and his oltgaee debt exempted
from collection by the usual method OF
foreclosure under the laws of the seve-
raj states. And the creditor, after pro-
curing and filing in the county treas
urer's office an abstract of title to the
estate held and statement of the in
cumbrance created, certified to by the
register of deeds of the county wherein
the estate is located, can receive from
the county treasurer, ii the estate Is
found by an appraisement board to be
worth the amount of the mortgage, a
draft on the United States treasurer
for the amount of the debt, interest
and official fees, payable on demand.
Thereupon the county record of the
mortgage shall be marked, Settled by
the United States government The
amount of the draft must be paid by
the United States treasurer in treasu-
ry notes, receivable for all dues and
legal tender for all debts and taxes,
and when SC paid it shall be charged
upon the books against the real es'
tate, creating lien upon it; while the
debtor, if he promptly pays per cent
interest semiannually, shall be allow
ell 20 years time on the debt. How
much money this would cost the gov
eminent it is utterly impossible to es-
innate. 1t would be so large an
amount as to be almost beyond com
prehension.
House Bill number 6767, introduced
by Representative Davis, Populist
MEMBER from Kansas, directs the Sec
rotary of war to enlist Immediately,
for one years service, force of $500, :
900 men, to be known as the Industrial
Volunteer Army, to be clothed, fed
and paid under the same rules as are
now prescribed for recruits in the reg
ular army,
Instead of mill iary service at arms
this industrial army is to be employed
on public works and improvements,
such as rivers and harbors, canals for
navigation and irrigation, roads, high
ways and the like.
To pay for its maintenance, an issue
of $500, 000,0 600 United States notes is
authorized for the first year, and $780,
900, 900 additional annually thereafter
If the bill should become law, it
would cost the government $500, 000,-
900 year.
House bill No. 1886, introduced by
Representative Hudson, Populist
member from Kansas, provides that
all pensions granted heretofore or here.
after for military service in the Fed
eral army or navy during the civil war
shall be paid off at once for 10 years to
come, and so settled, at the option of
pensioners, upon surrender of their
pension certificates and the waving
by them of all further claims for pen.
sion. These lump payments shall be
made in treasury notes or greenbacks
issued for the purpose and redeemable
ment five years after first issue. If the
bill should become law it would cost
the government not less than 1900,
10000 Zone billion five hundred mil
lions).
House bill number 1887, introduced
by Representative Davis, Populist
member from Kansas, provides for the
allowance of service pensions, ranging
in amount from $40 to $25 per month,
in addition to disability pensions un-
der present laws, to all soldiers and
sailors of the Union army and pavy
in the late war, irrespective ofage, and
to widows and minor children of all
such soldiers dying from causes not
traceable to army or naval service
The commissioner of pensions esti>
mates that this bill, if il should become
law, would cause an annual increase
over present pension expenditures OF
fully 5000, 100000, which would make
the sum total of pension expenditures,
$500, 900, 900 for the coming year. and
death will but slowly" the commits
sioner says, Tighten the national bur
den" To provide this immense sum
of money, tax is to be levied under
the provisions of the bill, on incomes,
on legacies and gifts to heirs OF estates
and on lands and landed estates.