HISTORY OF THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE. IO9 



treasury and money centers of the country, until there is 

 no money among the masses to enable them to effect 

 exchanges without submitting to the tolls and exactions 

 of the organized money trusts in this country. The people 

 have been forced to the expedient of doing business on 

 chattel mortgages or bills of sale to the sweat and blood 

 of labor instead of legal tender currency. The above facts 

 unmistakably point out the causes of industrial depression. 

 We therefore recommend the following legislative reme- 

 dies: 



WE DEMAND 



1. That the national banking system shall be abol- 

 ished. 



2. That the money of the country shall consist of 

 coin and United States treasury notes, all a full legal tender 

 for all debts, public and private, and in sufficient volume 

 to do the business of the country in cash. 



3. That there shall be unlimited coinage of silver as 

 well as gold. 



4. That there shall be constitutional amendments 

 submitted to the States prohibiting forever hereafter the 

 issuing of interest-bearing bonds, or the chartering of 

 banks with the power to issue notes that shall circulate as 

 money, and requiring that the President and Vice-Presi- 

 dent of the United States and postmasters be elected by a 

 popular vote. 



5. That the inter-state commerce act be so amended 

 as to secure to the whole people the benefits of railway 

 transportation at just rates, and rigidly enforced by a rail- 

 road commission. 



6. The passage of a law prohibiting the formation 

 of trusts and combinations by speculators to secure control 

 of the necessaries of life for the purpose of forcing up 

 prices on consumers, imposing heavy penalties. 



