124 AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



FIFTH DAY. 



ST. Louis, MISSOURI, December 7, 1889. 



Committee appointed to wait on the Kansas delegation reported that 

 delegation in waiting to be admitted. 



On motion they were admitted at once. 



The delegation was escorted to the platform, and reported that they 

 were ready to consolidate. 



After much enthusiasm the following resolution was unanimously 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union 

 hereby approve and ratify the consolidation of the Farmers' Alliance and 

 Farmers and Laborers' Union of the State of Kansas. That J. M. Mor- 

 ris, G. Bosher, L. V. Herlosker, Perry Daniels, T. J. McLean, and Henry 

 Shapscott be received and seated as delegates from said State, and that 

 a charter for the Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union of the State of 

 Kansas be issued to B. H. Clover and S. M. Morris and their associates. 

 Committee on Constitution reported on the monetary system, which, 

 after an animated discussion, was adopted by a large majority. 



We, your committee on the monetary system, beg to submit the 

 following report, and recommend that 50,000 copies of this report, 

 with complete arguments in support of the same, be published and dis- 

 tributed to the members of our order and to the country, under the 

 supervision of the National Economist, provided the printing and distri- 

 bution shall be done at actual cost by said journal, to be paid on the 

 aoth day of November, 1890. 



C. W. MACUNE, 

 L. L. POLK, 

 L. F. LIVINGSTON, 

 W. S. MORGAN, 

 H. S. P. ASHBY. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE MONETARY SYSTEM. 



The financial policy of the general government seems to-day to be 

 peculiarly adapted to further the interests of the speculating class, at 

 the expense and to the manifest detriment of the productive class ; and 

 while there are many forms of relief offered, there has, up to the present 

 time, been no true remedy presented, which has secured a support uni- 

 versal enough to render its adoption probable. Neither of the political 

 parties offers a remedy adequate to our necessities, and the two parties 



