Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-01-11
THE FARMERS ALLIANCE.
Revolutions Adopted by the Annual Con
vanti0n At Minneapolis.

RESOLUTIONS Adopted by the Annual Con-
vantion At Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 1O.-The State Farm
ers' Alliance elected the following officers:
President, j. l. Vermilya of Dover.
Secretary. A. H. Hendrickson.
Treasurer, r. Nj. Probsttield.
Lecturer, l.. G. Long.
Executive Committee, First district,
Thomas Meighen; Second, Peter McGrath;
Third, Michael Holden; Fourth, S. w.
Power; Fifth, Jonas H. Howell; Sixth, A.
M. Still; Seventh, DIR. G. Johnson.
. The resolutions adopted by the conven-
ton set forth:
That we have learned with great sur
prise and regret thai the Irvine trust, with
its millions Of capital, proposes to secure
from the present legislature an act to
abolish the Irvine plant at Saltwater and
leave the producers at the mercy OF the
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That we demand Of the legislature that
it defeat any such action, and pass such
laws as will increase the output of Irvine
from the state factory.
That we deplore the action of the su-
preme court of this state in setting aside
the statute passed by the last legislature,
providing for the erection of the state ele-
vator at Duluth, on the ground of incom-
potency. We cannot see why the surplus
of a. fund taken from the pockets of the
farmers to pay for Inspecting their wheat
could not, at the demand Of the farmer, be
used by the trustees of the fund, the state,
to erect warehouse for the handling and
shipment of the wheat so inspected.
" That we are unequivocally opposed to
the adoption of what is known as the
township system for the. common
schools of Minnesota, as the present sys-
tern is fair in regard to the distribution Of
money raised by taxes, is satisfactory to
the people Of the state, and gives an OPP
portunity to any district which wishes to
raise the standard of their schools by rec
ognizing the individual merits of q
teacher, to do so.
That. we demand that the investigation
of the pine land frauds which has revealed
such terrible amount of corruption
should be continued and all guilty parties
prosecuted.
That the Russian thistle has become a
source of great danger to the farming in
terests of large part of the state, and we
call upon the present legislature to take
action, looking for its arrest or destruc-
ton.
That inasmuch as the present salaries of
officials were established at a time Of un.
usual prosperity, when wheat was worth
$3.50 per bu hel, and III view of the present
poverty stricken condition of Che tH.,pNy-
ers, we maud OF tie present legIslat ure
q reduction of all official salaries, state aud
Local, 10 t-rrr> pond with the prices paid to
prIvale parties for similar services.
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should be 20 amendeu that candidates tur
ONCE should not bu required to ~ IDr
printing the halloC any mere THAI they
are r, Quired To pa for the ballot boa,s
And We are III Iavor of tie county ticket
being printed by the lowest bidder.
THAT we protest against the issue of
United States bolts, especial IN times of
perfect peace, thereby eliminating
against one ol the gr~ate-t cons Vitutional
n!etnls- s. Iver--yll.d enforcing the miseries
OF The people.
7 hat tie government of the United
Statcs is under the same obligation TO sup
ply he people with currency IT'S it is TO
supply ahem with postage: stamps or laws
FOX their pro eGIiOl.; and we deuuunce it
ats Uuconsiit GtloAel for the govern nlrnt to
delegate Thu uuIy 10 individuals lo1"tbe.r
as it oulti lie to delegate to individuals
! the laWn.ati & power.
That we Crnouuce the present system of
grain inspection in this state as iniquitous
and an all. id gment OF he RICH s and liber-
ties of the producer. We esprci;til; de-
nounce the bill known as Governor Mel
! sons bill, and pa ed us seuate.tile No. 81.
That we demand the handling and ship
ping of grain al country stations and ter
minal points absolutely Tree from restric-
tions OF any nature, and that it be bought
and sold and shipped as free as butter,
eggs and any other products.
That we demand the passage of law
that will make all mortgages taxable in
the counties in which they are recorded,
regardless of where they are Leld, and The
amount of the mort cages be deducted
from the assessed value of the property
covered By &c sid mortgage.