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Show THE FARHERV AM.I IXCK. What tue Srmbrrs Demand from tbe Country. Ocala, Fla., Dec S. Early la the afternoon session of the Farmers' Farm-ers' Alliance the fl nanclal policy of the order camo up for discussion under the report ot the committee on legislation. It contained the following fol-lowing amended demands: First An abolition or Ifatioual banks anJ the establishment of suU treasuries in the several States, to loan money direct to the people at a rate of Interest not to exceed two percent per annum, on non-perishable farm products and real estate, under proper limitations upon the quantity of land and amount of money; that the nmonut of clrcu. lating medium may be increased to not less than $30 per caplLi. Second Congress shall pass laws to effectually prevent dealing In futures on all agricultural and mechanical me-chanical productions, prescrviug a stringent system of procedure in trials, to secure the prompt couvic-tion couvic-tion of offenders, with such penalties penal-ties as shall secure the most perfect compliance witli the law. Third Condemns tho silver bill recently passed and demands free and unlimited coinage of silver. Fourth Demands the passage of laws rohlbltlng alien on ncrsblp of laud and that Congress take prompt artijn to devise some plan to obtain ob-tain all lands owned by aliens and foreign syndicates and that all lands held by railroads and other corporations in excess of what Is actually used and needed by them, bo reclaimed and held for actual settlersonly. Fifth Believing in tho doctrine of equal rights to all and special privileges to none, we demand that our national Ii-'islatlon bvsa framed in tho futuie as not lo build up one industry at the expenso of another. We further demand the removal ot the existing heavy tariff- tax from the necessaries of life, that the poor of our land must pay. We further demand a just and equitable system of graduated tax on income. We behove tbo money of the country should be kept as much as possible In the hands of tho people, and we demand that all the national and State revenues be limited to the necessary ex-ieusts of the government, govern-ment, economically and honestly administered. Sixth, We demand the most rigid, itonest nnd Just State and national control aud supervision of means of public communication and trans-twrUtioti, trans-twrUtioti, aud if this control does not remove tha abuse now existing, we demand government ownership of such means of communicatiou ana transportation. A spirited debate followed the introduction in-troduction of tho report. President Hall, of the Missouri Alliance, declared himself uncompromisingly uncom-promisingly opposed to the sub-treasury sub-treasury plan, as being unconstitutional unconstitu-tional and directly opposed to the princiiles of the order. If such a step were taken It would destroy the order in Missouri in less than ninety days. Congressman-elect Simson, of Kansas, Clark, of Texas, and ollurs favored the sub-treasury plan. The amendment of Livingston. that the amouut in circulation shall not be less than $-30 per capita, was agreed to. Many other sceches fur aud against the tub-treasury schtme TTcfe made and the vote flnallv taken resulted In K.iiJoptlon of the demnuJsset fjrth above by a vote of S3 to 79. At the afternoon session Wardeil of South Dakota moved to reconsider recon-sider the vote by which the Alliance protested agalnuthe patsago of the election bill, slating hl3 reasons to be a feeling that the protest woul J retard the progress of the Alliance in the North aud Wist. WarJeil's motion was laid on the table 55 to 22. Delegate Car of North Carolina presented a memorial to Congress, heartily approving nnd asking the Casssgo of the Paddock pure-food ill, and emphatically protesting ainst the passage of what is known as the Conger lard bill. Tha memorial was unanimously adopted. adopt-ed. At tho night session a resolution was passed, urcing the establishment establish-ment of a postal sivlngs Lank. Buchanan of Teuuissee took occasion oc-casion to mrmly denounce, those members who had furnished information in-formation to representatives as "scoundrtls," "liars," "knaves" nnd "Iralhini.' After passing the customary resolutions reso-lutions of thanks, the National Alliance, Al-liance, at 1 o'clock Tuesday morning morn-ing adjourned. Tbo sub-treasury bill, as it now stands In Congress, does not include provision for loans on land, but this feature does not appear In the formal for-mal demand today. |
