Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-07-25

Identical with the purpose of the national
CONSTITUTION, to form q more perfeot
union, and establish justice, insure domea.
TIC tranquility, provide for the common
oe1ense, promote the general welfare, and
secure the blessings Of liberty for ourselves
and our posterity.
we declare that this republic can onlv
endure rs a free government while built
upon the love of the whole people for each
other and for the nation; that it cannot
DC pinned together by bayonets; that the
on "at Is over, and that every passion.
sno resentment which grew out Of it must
die with it; and that we must h. IN fs.t
- We are In name, one united brotherhood.
Our country finds itself confronted nv
conditions for which there 10 NO preoeasnt
IN the history of the world. Our animal
agricultural productions amount 40 bill
Mons or dollars in value, which uust
Witnln Few weeks or months he az
changed for billions of dollars of com
moolEes consumed in their production,
the existing currency supply is wholly
inadequate to make this exchange. The
results are falling prices, the formation
OF combines and rings, the impoverish-
nent OF the producing class. We pledge
ourselves that, if given power, We win
LABOR to correct these evils by wise and
| lcSlsldtlOn, IN accordance with
the terms of our platform.
We believe that the powers of govern
ment-in other words, of the people
should be expanded, as in the case of the
postal service as rapidly and as far as the
gooo sense of an intelligt mt people and
the teachings of experience shall justify,
10 Inc end that oppression, injustice and
poverty shall eventually cease in the land
"nlle our sympathies as a party of re-
form are naturally upon the side of every
proposition which will tend to make men
inteiilgent, vlrtuous, and temperate, we
nevertheless regard these questions-im-
Portant as they areas secondary to the
great issues now pressing for solution,
ana upon which not only our individual
prosperity, but the very existence Of free
Inst'ntions depend; and we ask all men
W nrse help rs to determine vhether We
are to have q republic to administer be-
fore We differ as to the conditions upon
which 1t is to be administered. Believing
tnat the forces of reform this day organ
leo VIII never cease to move forward
until every wrong is righted and equal
rights and equal privileges established for
all the men and women Of this country,
We declare, therefore:
UNION OF TEE PEOPLE.
First. That the union of the labor foroes
of the United States this day consummased
shail be permanent and perpetual; nav
Its spirit enter into all hearts, for the AL
Walton OF the republic and the uplifting
of mankind
second. Wealth belongs to him who GRE
ates it; and every dollar taken from in
oustry without an equivalent is robbery.
II any man will not work, neither shall
ne eat" The interests of rural and civil
labor are the same; their enemies are
identical.
Third. We believe that the time has come
when the railroad corporations will either
own the people or the people must own
the railroads; and, should the government.
enter upon the work of owning and man
aging all railroads, we should favor an
amendment to the constitution by which
all persons engaged in the government
service shall be placed under civil serv-
ice regulation of the most rigid character,
so 6s to prevent the increase of the power
of the national administration by the use
of such additional government employees.
THE QUESTION OF FINANCE
We demand a national currency, safe,
sound, and flexible, issued by the general
government only, full legal tender for
all debts, public and private, and that
just, equitable and efficient means of
distribution direct to the people, at tax
not to exceed per cent per annum, to
be provided as set forth in the sub treas
ury plan of the Farmers Alliance, or q
better system; also by payments In
discharge of its obligations for public i'm
provements.
We demand free and unlimited coinage
of silver and gold, at the present legal ra-
ito of 16 to /.
We demand that the amount of circulat-
ing medium be speedily increased to not
less than $50 per capita.
We demand graduated income tax.
We believe that the money of the coun-
try should be kept, much as possible,
in the hands of the people, and hence we
demand that all state and national reve-
nues shall be limited to the necessary e1-
penses of the government, economically
and honestly administered.
We demand that postal savings banks
be established by the government for the
safe deposit of the earnings of the peo-
pie, and to facilitate exchange.
CONTROL OF TRANSPORTATION.
Transportation being a means of ex-
change and public necessity, the gov
eminent should own and operate the
railroads in the interest of the people
The telegraph and telephone, like the
post-ofice system, being a necessity for
the transmission of news, should be owned
and operated by the government, in the
interest of the people.
RECLAIMING THE LAND.
The land, including all the natural
sources of wealth, is the heritage of the
people, and should not be monopolized
for speculative purposes, and alien own
ership of land should be prohibited.
All land now held by railroads and other
corporations in excess of their actual
needs, and all lands now owned by aliens,
should be reclaimed by the government
and held for actual settlers only.
leading foreign banker says, accord
ing to the Boston Bureau, that there is q
disposition to belittie the Importance OF
the international interest account. His
records. extending over a series of years,
show that fully $l10,0oO,0OO is sent
abroad each year on foreign holdings Of
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