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ship of land, and that Congress take early steps to devise some plan to 

 obtain all lands now owned by aliens and foreign syndicates ; and that 

 all lands now held by railroad and other corporations, in excess of such 

 as is actually used and needed by them, be reclaimed by the govern- 

 ment and held for actual settlers only. 



5. Believing in the doctrine of " Equal rights to all and special privi- 

 leges to none," we demand that taxation, national or State, shall not be 

 used to build up one interest or class at the expense of another. 



We believe that the money of the country should be kept as much as 

 possible in the hands of the people, and hence we demand that all reve- 

 nues, national, State, or county, shall be limited to the necessary expenses 

 of the government, economically and honestly administered. 



6. That Congress issue a sufficient amount of fractional paper cur- 

 rency to facilitate exchange through the medium of the United States 

 mail. 



7. We demand that the means of communication and transportation 

 shall be owned by and operated in the interest of the people, as is the 

 United States postal system. 



For the better protection of the interests of the . two organizations, it 

 is mutually agreed that such seals or emblems as the National Farmers' 

 Alliance and Industrial Union of America may adopt, will be recognized 

 and protected in transit or otherwise by the Knights of Labor, and that 

 all seals and labels of the Knights of Labor will in like manner be recog- 

 nized by the members of the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial 

 Union of America. 



S. B. ERWIN, Chairman, J. D. HATFIELD, 

 N. S. HALL, Secretary, S. B. ALEXANDER, 

 J. D. HAMMONDS, D. K. NORRIS, 



F. M. BLUNT, H. S. P. ASHBY, 



B. H. CLOVER, R. F. PECK, 



M. PAGE, R. C. BETTY, 



J. R. MILES, W. 'S. MORGAN, 



W. H. BARTON, J. W. TURNER, 



N. A. DUNNING, A. S. MANN, 



S. M. ADAMS, 



Committee on Demands of the National Farmers' 

 Alliance and Industrial Union. 



T. V. POWDERLY, 'RALPH BEAUMONT, 



A. W, WRIGHT, 



Committee representing the Order of the Knights 

 of Labor. 



