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Show ri.KMHMi KOR Tilt: r'AKMr.K. Ah KliMiieMl IMammm Hy Ih Nat lima I Iwturar f the Alliance. Washington, May Mi. The henring of the Fanners' Artiauce representn-livcs representn-livcs was continued by the wayi and means committee, Mr. Livingstone, the national lecturer and organizer, taking up the argument. He ipioted President Lincoln's prophecy that corporations would be enthroned, that the property of the country would be concentrated, and the republic itself overthrown as others had been. (Mie tweutielh of the people owned three -fifths of the property. prop-erty. If congress refused to iipprov 0 a sub-treasury plan, then let it remove the restrictions hedging in the national banking system. The farmers would care nothing about trusts and combinations combi-nations and concentrations of money if they could hold their crops in sub-treasuries sub-treasuries ami were uot roiupellod, as al present, to sell them al stilted times. Il would be a godsend to the eouutry lo pa's a subtreasiiry .bill for the reason lif for 110 other) tLa't' there would not be a bucket shop ; left In, the United Suit's, the day of speculation in crops would be done away , with, and tne producer . and consumer be brought together) Silicon millions of dollars wswld build all the- warehouses ware-houses the alliance wanted. .M'tutt good were river and harbor improvements improve-ments to tliedobt ridden aad oppressed farmers In conclusion he said, if the eoiumittee thought landed basis best, if they could not aoeept crop basis let llieiu put it in tho bill. Do something lo relieve the farmer Hoa't make it a question of tariff or politics, but let the bill stand on its merits. |