The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-12
Should be Untaxed.

indianapolis, Ind, Nov 1.-THE
Farmers National Congless at its ses
sion to. day by resolution, requested en-
President Harrison to address the body.
The president of the congress, referring
to bill pending in the United States
Senate providing for an industrial COM
mission, said that action should be taken
by the farmers convention. looking to the
appointment of one or perhaps two of the
five members of the commission from the
membership If this congress.
The session was largely devoted to
resolutions and they were referred to the
committee on resolutions as follows:
Suggesting S. ". " allerton, of Illinois,
as secretary of agriculture; requesting
the Congress of the United States to up.
point corps of civil engineers to eX-
anime and report rs to the practicability
of constructing - ship canal connecting
the Atlantic with the Great Lakes by
way of rivers and the Gulf of Mexico;
that it is the sense of this congress that
women should he given the right of
suffrage; that the Congress of the United
States should take active measures to re-
strict undesirable immigration; discour-
aging class legislation and discouraging
scctionalism.
w. Ii. Holman, of Illinois, introduced
rs the supreme court of the United States
had decided that the tux on incomes is
unconstitutional and whereas the farmers
income includes all the PRODUCTS of the
farm. all farm products should be
exempt from assessment or taxation.
BY Mr.. Stahl, of Illinois: "Whereas
trusts are annually robbing the Ameri-
can people of millions of dollars: be it,
Resolved, That this congress demands
that the laws against trusts be enforced
and such laws as are now inadequate be
strengthened. ~
The committee on locating the next
meeting of the congress reported in favor
of st. Paul, Mimi, and suggested that it
he held ut least two months earlier in the
year than the present congress.
a resolution was offered and referred
favoring the initiative and referendum:
also graded land tax.
j. Adam Bede, of St. Paul, said he
WAS Democrat, but he knew that silver
could be mined by the wealthy, by great
corporations, and that they alone could
get any profit ont of it.
4 resolution with Il decided silver ring,
introduced by Mr.. Oifutt, of Indiana,
was substituted by the following resou-
ton and adopted against the warm pro-
test of Mr.. Oifutt:
ncfcaS, ullc general cOncenSuS OF
opinion of the people of the United States
that gold and silver coin on a Just parity
of value should be equal money OF ulti-
mate redemption without limit, in which
this.farmers' national congress concurs,
but differences of opinion exist rs TO the
methods by which this policy can be
secured, and,
Whereas the recent election resulted
in favor OF bimetallism by international
com mercial nations; therefore
Resolved, That the Farmers National
Congress urgently requests TIE incoming
administration of the national govern
ment TO speedily adopt I'LL practical
methods TO obtain the concurrence Of Il
sufficient number of nations to secure in
ternational bimetallism with the unlim-
tied coinage of gold and silver IT'S equal
money OF ultimate redemption and
thereby restore bimeuallic prices for the
worlds commerce.
Mr.. Lawrence, chairman of the com
mittee, said the committee with one eX-
ception were of the opinion that the reso-
lutions expressed the opinion of vast
majority of the United States and that
the substitute was Il proper one.