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" 2. We demand that all public school land be held in small bodies, not 

 exceeding 320 acres to each purchaser, for actual settlement, on easy terms of 

 payment. 



"3. That large bodies of land held by private individuals or corporations, 

 for speculative purposes, shall be rendered for taxation at such rates as they 

 are offered to purchasers on credit of one, two, or three years, in bodies of 

 1 60 acres or less. 



" 4. That measures be taken to prevent aliens from acquiring title to land 

 in the United States of America, and to force titles already acquired by aliens, 

 to be relinquished by sale to actual settlers and citizens of the United States. 



"5. That the law-making powers take early action upon such measures as 

 shall effectually prevent the dealing in futures of all agricultural products, 

 prescribing such procedure in trial as shall secure prompt conviction, and 

 imposing such penalties as shall secure the most perfect compliance with the 

 law. 



" 6. That all lands forfeited by railroads or other corporations, immedi- 

 ately revert to the government and be declared open for purchase by actual 

 settlers, on the same terms as other public or school lands. 



"7. We demand that fences be removed, by force if necessary, from 

 public or school lands unlawfully fenced by cattle companies, syndicates, or 

 any other form or name of corporation. 



"8. We demand that the statutes of the State of Texas be rigidly enforced 

 by the Attorney-General, to compel corporations to pay the taxes due the 

 State and counties. 



"9. That railroad property shall be assessed at the full nominal value of 

 the stock on which the railroad seeks to declare a dividend. 



"10. We demand the rapid extinguishment of the public debt of the United 

 States, by operating the mints to their fullest capacity in coining silver and 

 gold, and the tendering of the same without discrimination to the public cred- 

 itors of the nation, according to contract. 



"ii. We demand the substitution of legal tender treasury notes for the 

 issue of the national banks ; that the Congress of the United States regulate 

 the amount of such issue, by giving to the country a per capita circulation 

 that shall increase as the population and business interests of the country 

 expand. 



"12. We demand the establishment of a national bureau of labor statis- 

 tics,*that we may arrive at a correct knowledge of the educational, moral, and 

 financial condition of the laboring masses of our citizens. And further, that 

 the commissioner of the bureau be a cabinet officer of the United States. 



" 13. We demand the enactment of laws to compel corporations to pay 

 their employees according to contract, in lawful money, for their services, and 

 the giving to mechanics and laborers a first lien upon the product of their 

 labor to the full extent of their wages. 



" 14. We demand the passage of an interstate commerce law, that shall 

 secure the same rates of freight to all persons for the same kind of commodi- 

 ties, according to distance of haul, without regard to amount of shipment. 



