We demand a national currency,
safe, sound and flexible; issued by tbe
general government only; a full legal
tender for all debts and receivable for
all'dues, and an equitable and efficient
means of distribution of this currency,
uirecuy to me people, at ine mini
mum of expense and without the in
tervention of banking corporations
and in sufficient volume to transact
the business of the country on a cash
basis.
(a) We demand the free and un
limited coinage of silver and gold at
the legal ratio of 16 to 1
(6) We demand a graduated income
tax.
(c) That our national legislation
shall be so framed in tbe future as not
to build up one industry at the expense
of another.
(d) 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 nation
al and state revenues shall be limited
to the necessary expenses of the gov
ernment economically and honestly
administered.
(?) We demand tbat postal savings
banks be established by the govern
ment for the safe deposits of the sav
ings of the people, and to facilitate
exchange.
(f) We are unalterably opposed to
the issue by the United States, of interest-bearing
bonds, and demand the
payment of all coin obligations of the
United btates, as provided by existing
laws, in either gold or silver coin, at
the option of the government and not
at the option of the creditor.
TRANSPORTATION.
(a) The government shall purchase
or construct and operate a sufficient
mileage of railroads to effectually
control all rates iof transportation on
a just and equitable basis.
(6) The telegraph and telephone.
