The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-19
THE FARMERS IN CONGRESS
AT YESTERDAYS SESSION CITE.
RENCY AND PROTECTION
WE'RE DISCUSSED.
ON INTERNATIONAL SILVER COINAGE
Gen. Stone Submitted Project Tbaroo,
A Memorial to Be Presented to Con-
gress Relative to Tariff on
Farm Products.

indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 1.-THE Ma
tlonal Farmers Congress. at its sessio,
today, by resolution requests ex-Presi
dent Harrison to address the body.
The president of the congress- referrin,
to u bill pending in the United States sen
ate providing for an industrial commits
tsion. said that action should be taken b,
Y the farmers convention looking to tn,
appointment of one or perhaps more Of
the five members of the commission from
the members of this congress.
The session was largely devoted tc
resolutions and they were referred to the
committee as follows:
Suggesting w. A. Alerton of Illinois
as secretary of agriculture; requesting
the congress of the United States to ap
point corps of civil engineers to ex.
anime and report as to the practicablity
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 be given the right of
suffrage.
w. II. Hoffman of Illinois introduced a
resolution to the effect that inasmuch as
the United States had decided that the
income tax was unconstitutional, and
whereas the farmers income includes all
products of the farm, all farm products
should be exempt from assessment or
taxation.
Mr.. Stahl of Illinois introduced the fol-
lowing resolution:
Whereas, Trusts are annually robbing
, the American people of millions of dol
lars; therefore. be it
Resolved, That this congress de-
mands that the laws against trusts he
enforced and such laws rs are now in
adequate be strengthened"
The committee on locating the next
meeting place reported in favor of St.
Paul, Mimi, and suggested that it be
held at least two months earlier in the
year than the present congress.
A resolution was also offered and re-
ferred, favoring the initiative and refer
Gdum; also a graded land tax.
y. a. Bede of st. Paul said he was
democrat, but he knew that silver could
only be mined by the wealthy, by great
corporations. and that they alone could
get any profit out of it.
A resolution with decided silver ring
introduced by Mr.. Offutt of Indiana was
substituted by the following resolution
and adopted against the warm protest of
Mr.. Offutt:
Whereas. The general consensus of
opinion of the people of the United
States is that gold and silver coin on a
Just parity of value should be equally
money of ultimate redemption without
limitation, in which this congress con-
ours, but differences of opinion exist as
to the methods by which this policy can
be secured; and
Whereas. The recent election resulted
in favor of bimetalism by international
commercial relations: therefore, be it
"Resolved, That the Farmers Ma
tional Congress urgently requests the
government to speedily adopt all prac-
ticable methods to obtain the concurrence
of n sufficient number of nations to Sc
cure international bimetallsm with the
unlimited coinage of gold and silver, and
thereby restore bimetallc prices to the
worlds commerce"
Mr.. Lawrence chairman of the COM
mittec, says the committee, without eX-
ception, were of the opinion that the SUD
stitute was n proper one. .,
ne AFTERNOON StSSlDn VI lh' ~
National Congress was devoted to the
reading of papers of interest to the agrl-
culturists. One paper on good roads and
the benefit derived from them was read
by Otto Disner of Wisconsin, member OF
the executive board of the League or
American Wheelmcn. ,,
Gen. Roy Stone of the agricultural de-
partment at Washington read paper
hearing on the silver question after the
election. Gen. Stone said:
.Though the election of 1876 turned
almost wholly on silver it touched only
a side issue of the great silver qnes-
ton. 1t dealt almost exclusively Oh Tree
coinage. Even on that basis the eiec-
ton may settle nothing. 1t IS not III
human nature that party when e nhs
made such Roadway in its irst nsn.
should be willing to accept one dcal us
final Unless. therefore, the situation Is
wholly changed by some wide actlon VI
the victors, this campaign may only serye
TO line up the opposing forces and en-
hitter the existing antagonisms Tor Il
hotter conflict in the future and one Ill
which this minor detail will still continue
to be obscure and displace the main queSI1,
lion in this case-the question that VIII
have to be met and met with delDcra-
tions when the strife has ended IN rum
Or exhaustion. ,oeorr,
Various plans for currency REFORM h,t
have met with more or less FAVOR pul
none had commanded any general assent
The essentials of plan were: .
"First-It should provide new
natural and growing use for silver.
.'Second-It should be capable OF peins
able to put in operation gradually 'eii'a-
lively and without shock.
"Third-It should be tcrmlnaDle At rmt
-me without serious loss and WITHOUT
LANCER to the present system. . 40
"Fourth-It should not be liable TO ne
reat itself in practice by, stlmulatlns 'nt
reduction of silver and, therefore, IN
must not assure any definite increase an ~
iemand or price to cause Eusn Vi ''pi-
ral into silver mining. 1,;.;o,o1
ut is not likely that such adult,o'i;n a.
,so can be found in the local currency ~
INV country. for with the Temptation ol
1 1lI per cent profit in any County pos
n.y. NJ silver very nearly the limit oi
safety" ,...o, Tho following
reject eject for international silver coinage 10
SFirst-An international mint NC
nonad under the auspices and manage
'innt Of the governments of the chiei