Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1890 — FARMERS OF THE WEST. [ARTICLE]

FARMERS OF THE WEST.

They Have Views and Express Them In Resolutions. The Farmers’ Congress, which met at Council Bluffs, la., decided to meet next year in Missouri. The result of the Farmers’ Congress embodies itself in the work of the committee on resolutions. This committee has held long sessions, and the discussions were earnest, calm and dignified. From the Orst vote it was evident that the committee was divided on the strict lines of the two systems of political meetings in this country. A great many resolutions were acted upon, some of thorn of a very radical character, but the following are the only ones which received the approval of the committee:

“Resolved, That we demand of Congress most liberal appropriations for the improvement by all practical means of our interior waterways, which shall make them, in-, stead of sources of disaster and destruction to large sections of our country, useful as great national highways for commerce and trade. We demand the unlimited coinage of silver the abolition of the national banking laws, the refusal of our national government to extend the cuarters of national banks now, in existence, and the issuance of full legal tender treasury notes in lieu of national bank notes, In sufficient volume to meet the business demands of the country and the constantly increasing demand of trade.

“Resolved, That we are in favor of a constitutional amendment making United States Senators elective by the people. We believe that the farmer is paying more than his just proportion of taxes; therefore we favor a graduated income tax law, to the end that the incomes of the wealthy may bear their share of government sup port. “Resolved, That this Congress demands the amendment of the patent law so that the exclusive use of an invention be limited to ten years. ,