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GRAIN MARKET MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS. The opening of the market this morn ing was'wild and excited, the first trade in July being at 74c, and selling up to 75c, within a minute afterwards. The feeling was nervous during the entire session and the fluctuations rapid, the trade being inclined to the opinion that the market looked toppy, and inclined to get out a short sale on the bulges. July at one time sold 2&c over Saturday’s close. The news was all very bullish, the visible supply decreased 3,139,000 bu making the stocks now 56,484,000 against 62,000,000 a year ago. As the shipments from the seaboard last week were comparatively light, this wheat has been going into consumption. The foreign markets have not been follow ing the advance on this side, and cables closed barely steady. The English vis ible supply decreased 750,000 bu and the amount on passage decreased 320,000 bu. Clearances from the Atlantic sea board 440,000 bu of wheat and flour larger than any day last week. Russia reports the crop prospect not so favora ble as last year. The crop damage re ports from the winter wheat country continue to come in and frost is again predicted for some sections. The world’s shipments of wheat for the week was 9,300,000 bu which was 3,000,000 bu more than the theoretical requirements. The local receipts of wheat are smaller than a year ago, 186 cars today against 326 cars the corresponding day a year ago. The demand for No. 1 northern wheat Was good at %c over the July option. THE MINNEAPOLIS MARKET. Open- High- Low- Clos ing. eat. est. Ing. May 74% July 74 75% 74 74% September 78% 7% 78% 71% On Track—No. 1 hard, 75%c; No. 1 north •rn, 75c; No. 2 northern, 74c. SALES. No. 1 hard, 1 car, 76%c. No. 1 northern, 1 car, f. o. b., 76%c. No. 1 northern, 1 car, o. t., 76c. No. 1 northern, 6 cars, 76c. No. 1 northern, 19 cars, 75%c. No. 1 northern, 5 cars, 75%c. No. 1 northern, 24 cars, to arrive. 76c. No. 1 northern, 4 cars, to arrive, 75%c. No. 1 northern, 16 cars, to arrive. 75%c. No. 1 northern, 4 cars, to arrive, 75c. No. 2 northern, 3 cars, 75c. No. 2 northern, 2 cars, 74%c. No. 2 northern, 1 car, 74%c. No. 3 wheat, 1 car, shrunken, 73c. Rejected, 2 cars, 2 lbs off, 74%c. Rejected, 2 cars, 1 lb off, 73%c. No. 3 corn, 3 cars, 53c. Ear corn, 1 car, 53c. No. 3 white oa ts,2 cars, 31%c. No. 3 white oats, 1 car, 31%c. No. 3 white oats, 2 cars, 31 %c. No. 3 white oats, 1 car, 30%c. No. 3 oats, 1 car, black mixed, 30%c. No. 3 oats, 1 car, dirty, 30%c. DULUTH MARKET. Open- High- Low- Clos ing. * est. est. ing. May 74% July 75% 76% 75% 7.5% September 72% 73% 72% 72% On Track—No. 1 northern,t r 6 —aO 5 On Track—No. 1 hard, 75%; No. 1 north ern, 74%; No. 2 northern, 71. FLOUR. . The week opens with an excited flour market. Millers have been unable to advance the price as fast as wheat has appreciated. Acceptances by letter have to be turned down. All orders should be wired, as the markets fluctuate so rapid ly that millers cannot quote for even to morrow’s acceptance. Fisrt patents, $3.95@4.25; second patents, $3.75@4; first clears, $3.20@3.30; second clears, $2.60@ 2.70; export bakers’ $2.90(@>3; Red dog-, sls. BRAN AND SHORTS. ’ The market rules steady, with a rout ine trade at unchanged values. FEED AND MEAL. , Ground feed, ton, $20.50; corn meal, \ $20.50; bolted meal in wood, per bbl, $2.65. Quotations for car lots. HAY. The market holds steady. Receipts light, but the demand is limited. BARLEY. Quoted at 42@43c, according to quality. Rye—Quoted at 60@61c for No. 2. Fla'x —No trading. V, CORN. The speculative market ruled strong in Bympathy with wheat. Cash offerings were fair and prices held steady at 53c for No. 3. OATS. Speculative oats ruled rather firm, but the market was somewhat neglected. Cash offerings were fair and the local de mand good. No. 3 sold at 30%@31c, and No. 3 white, at 31%c. CHICAGO GRAIN. Chicago, May 20. —Advancing wheat values were still in- order during the morning hours of the board of trade ses sion today. The atmosphere was charg ed wih the bull spirit. Few were to be found who would even mention the pros pects for a decline and there was none who had the courage to akje the “sport" side. The weather map this morning was covered with frost marks, the observer predicted further further freezing to night and the newspapers were filled with crop damage stories. Every com mission house had private dispatches re porting injury. Added to these potent "bull” arguments was the prospect of a substantial decrease in the visible supply. Country orders to buy were still numer ous and such of the professionals as car ed to take a hand preferred buying to selling. July wheat, which closer Satur day at 71%c. opened oday at 72@72%c, afterwards advancing to 74%c, a net gain of 3%c. Strength varying from moderate to the most intense prevailed in wheat until within a few minutes of the close today. On frost predictions of further freezing and a decrease in the visible supply. Cables were all higher. Cash wheat was strong and 2%c higher. The English vis i ible and the amount on ocean passage l both showed moderate decreases. 1 Prices broke near the close on realizing 1 sales but July made a net gain of l%c for \ the day. \ Corn took strength from wheat from \freezes and he general bull tone. Esti mated receipts for tomorow, 900 cars. Ifhe visible decreased 414000 bu July clos *«%c higher than Saturday. V)ats were firm with the other grains. Estimated receipts for tomorrow, 580 cars. The visible supply increased 178,- 000\bu; July closed unchanged. Flax —Steady; cash. No. 1, $1.48; reject ed, 1&1.46; May. $1.47% asked; September, $1 .25'bid; receipts, 12 cars. TiiAothy was steady; prime cash, $5.00 nomimal; country lots, $4.50@4.75; prime clover, $9 nominal. Provisions— Pork boomed today, higher hogs aVid strong grain- furnishing the primary motive; packers were good buy ers; Jul'y pork closed 35c higher; July lard, 7%(C higher, and ribs 12%c higher. Note —Wheat estimated recelps for to morrow, 4(6 cars. Chicago! May 20.—Opening. 9:30: Wheat May, 72c ptd; July, 72%@72; September, 72%@72c. <porn—July, 54@54%c; Septem ber, sfe@ssV.ic. Oats—June. 29@29%c; Ju ly, 29%c; September, 28%@28%c. Pork, July, $12.55; September, $12.80. Lard, July, $6.90; September, $7.05. Ribs, July, $6.40; September, $6.52%. Chicago, May 20.—Closing. 1:15 p. m.— Wheat. May, 72%c: July, 73%c; September, 73%c. Corn, Maty, 53c; July. 53%c; Septem ber, 54%e. Oats, June, 29%c; July, 29%c; September, 28%@28%c asked. Pork, May, $12.72%: July, $12.82%; September, $13.10; Lard, May, $6.67%; July, $6.90; September, $7.05; Ribs, May, $6.35; July, $6.45; Septem ber, $6.62%. ca 000 F ed, $1.25 BEERBOHM CABLE Liverpool wheat, firm, moderate de mand, %<@>ld higher; futures, strong. Id higher. London corgoes off coast, wheat firmer, 3d higher; on passage, wheat strong, 6d higher. English country mar kets, partly Id to Is dearer; corn firm. Paris, Wheat 10®15 centimes lower; flour, 15@20 • centimes lower; French country markets, partly 50 centime* to 1 franc hTgimflv MINNEAPOLIS STOCKS. No. 1 hard 1,132,077 No. 1 northern 10,739,500 No, 2 northern 281.556 No. *3 northern 25,536 Rejected wheat 14,626 Special bin L.., T,063,785 Total n, 277,074 Increase for the week 704,748 Other grains—Corn, 5,415 bu; oats, 121,- 409 bu; barley, 17,056 bu; rye, 822 bu: flax, 3,598 bu. NEW YORK PRODUCE. New York. May 20.—Flour—Receipts, 19,200 bbls; sales, 3,800 bbls; state and western, moderate demand, firm Wheat—Receipts, 253,200 bu; sales, 12,- 160,000 bu; No. 2 red, active, unsettled, ex citing and higher, advanced 2%@2%c on crop damage by frost; declining %@%c; now unsettled at 2%@2%c over Saturday. May, 75%@75%c; June, 75%@75%c; July, 74%@76%c; August, 74%@76c; September, 74%@76%c; December, 76%@78%c. Corn—Receipts, 66,300 bu; sales, 450,000 bu; No. 2 fairly active, stronger; July, 58%@59%c; September, 59%@60c; No. 2, 55%@56%c; steamer mixed, 55%@56%c. Oats—Receipts, 94,800 bu; sales, 25,000 bu: No. 2, moderately active, firmer; Ju ly, 33%@31c; western, 32@41c. Beef—Quiet, easy; extra mess, $8.50@ 9; family, sll@l3. Pork dull, steady; mess $13.25@13.75; lard, quiet, firmer; steam rendered, $7.12%. Butter —Receipts, 8,- 300 pkgs; quiet; fancy about steady; west ern dairy, 7@l2c; do creamery, new, 11@ 17c; do old, B@l3c; do factory, 7@loc; El gins, 17c; imitation creamery, B@l3c. Cheese —Receipts,4,6oß pkgs; quiet easy; full skim, 10c. Eggs—Steady, fairly active; western, 13%@16c. Sugar, steady, quiet. Molas ses, steady, 26@32c Rice—Fair demand, firm; domestic, 4% @6c. Freights—Dull, nominal. Tallow—Quiet; city, 4%c; country, 4%c @4%c. , CHICAGO PRODUCE. Chicago, May 20.—Butter, steady; ex tras, 16@16%c; seconds. 12@14c. Eggs, steady; fresh stock sold at ll%c. Cheese steady; Swiss, 10@llc. Live poultry steady; turkeys, 7@9c; chickens, 9@9%c. PRODUCE MARKET. Minneapolis, Monday, May 20. Butter—The market is in good condition for thisseason of the year. Prices are about steady. Sellers are anxious to keep closely cleaned up. Anything choice to fancy is moving well. Some accumulation is quoted in medium goods. Creamery, firsts - 14%@15 Creamery, seconds 11 @12% Creamery, thirds 9 @lO Creamery, storage, as to quality. 7 @ 9 Creamery, imitations, firsts 10 @l2 Creamery, imitations, seconds ... 7 @9 Dairy, fancy, special makes V 14 Dairy, choice 9 @ll Dairy, common to good ... 7 @ 8 Ladles, extra 9 @lO Ladles, No. 1 8 @ 9 Ladles, No. 2 6 @7 Ladles storage, as to quality.... 5%@ 6 Packing stoidt 5%@ 6 Grease, butter 3 Cheese —The market is weak. Receipts of new makes are quite large and sellers are anxious to keep cleaned up. Twins or flats, fancy, full cream, Min. or Wis., new made B@> 8% Twins or flats, full cream, good to choice, new made 7 @ 7% Twins or flats, colored 7 @7% Twins or flats, full cream, early made 3@ 5 Brick, extra, fancy 9%@10 Brick, No. 1 8 @ 9 Brick, No. 2 4 @6 Skims 3 @4 Limburger 9 @lO Primost, No. 1 6 @6% Primost, No. 2 3 @ 4 Youhg America 11 Swiss Cheese. No. 1 12 @12% Swiss Cheese, No. 2 9 @lO Eggs—The market is firmer today. Of ferings are small and demand active at 10% for fresh receipts. Quotations are: Fresh laid cases included, 10%c. Cases returned %c less. Sales are made subject to candling. Poultry—The market cleaned up well Saturday. The feeling today, however, is easy. There is not much demand, with fair offerings. Quotations in live poultry are as follows: Chickens— Hens, light 9% Hens, heavy 9 @> 9% Roosters, young 8 @ 8% Roosters, old and staggy 6 @6% Springs, %@1 lb average, doz 3.00@3.50 Springs, 1%@2 lbs average, doz 5.00@6.00 Turkeys, hens 10 Old, Toms 8 @ 9 Ducks, reasonably fat 10 @ll Geese, reasonably fat 8 @9 Dressed Meats—The market is weak on veal and dull on lambs. Considerable stock was carried over Sunday. Veal, fancy 6 Veal, fair to good 3%@ 4 Veal, pdor 2 @.? Spring lambs, pelts on 6@28 Spring lambs, pelts off 8 @lO Mutton, country dressed 6 @ '( Hogs, country dressed, light to me dium, clean 6%@ 5% Hcgs, heavy, coarse 5 @ 5% Game—Tame pigeons are in good demand. Tame pigeons, doz 1.25 Squabs 1.75 Frogs legs doz 5 @ls Fish—Receipts are small and market Arm. Demand is good. Quotations are for drawn fish. Undrawn sell for fully a cent less. Black bass » 9 Pike 5 @ 6 Pickerel 4 Small fish 3 @ 4 Croppies 4 @5 Dressed bullheads 2 White fish inland 3 @ 4 White fish, Manitoba 6 Beans—The market is about steady with only a fair inquiry. Fancy, navy, du 2.25 California navies, fancy, ou 2.25 Medium, hand picked, bu 1.90@2.00 Medium, fair 1.65@1.75 Dirty lots 75@1.50 Brown beans, fancy, bu 1.75 Dried Peas—Market is firm with a fair de mand. Fancy yellow, bu 1.10@1.15 Medium quality, yellow 85@ .95 Green, fancy, bu 1.05@1.15 Green, medium quality 95@1.05 Potatoes—Market dull and weak with large supplies. Stock offered is largely from the extreme west. Minnesota and Dakota- Choice mixed, per bu, car lots 45 @SO Common, mixed, per bu carlots.. 30 @35 Choice straight varieties, car lots, per bu 45 @SO Fancy straight varieties, car lots, per bu 50 @55 Western stock, fancy Burbanks, per cwt, car lots .’. 90 @95 Western stock, fancy Rose, per car lots 85 @9O Western stock, choice, car 10t5... 75 @BO Western stock, common, per cwt, car lots 60 @65 FRUIT MARKET. These quotations are prices obtained by Jobbers in less than car lots. Apples—The receipts are light. Market is firm on good stock. Ben Davis, fancy 5.50@6.00 Missouri Genetons 4.50@5.00 Strawbeapies—Receipts today were some thing over five cars. The demand was ac tive and the market ruled very strong on good berries. Arrivals were mostly from Illinois and Missouri and cleaned up quick ly. Choice sound stock sold all the way from $2.50@3 for 24 quarts. Indications are that prices will rule strong all the week, as the demand is large, both from the city and country trade. Choice stock, 24-qt cases 2.50@3.00 Cherries —Some fine stock is on the mar ket and selling well. Quotations are: Colifornia white, per box 1.25 California black, per box 1.50 Bananas—The following quotations are for stock in shipping order: Fancy large bunches 2.00@2.56 Medium bunches 1.76@2.00 Small bunches 1.60@1.73 Cranberries—Supply is small. Demand Plow and market weakening. Jersey, bbl 9.00 Jersey, du crates 2.50 Honey—The market is quiet and easy. No Demand in round lots at quotations. Fahey white clover, 1-lb sections.. 14 @ls Choice white clover ; 12 @l3 Two-lb combs 11 @l2 Dark honey, as to quality 9 @lO Oranges—There is a fair trade and the market is steady. Messina, 160 s 2.25@2.50 Messina, 200 s 2.50 Cal. Wash. Navels, according to size ;.. 3.25@4.00 California seedlings 2.25@2.50 Rcdland seedlings 2.50(52.75 St. Michaels 3.25@3.50 Mediterranean Sweets 3.00@3.25 Malta Bloods 3.50@3.75 Lemons—Market s firm with a good de mand. Mesinas, fany, 300@260s 4.25@4.73 Messtnas choice, 300@ 360 s 4.00@4.25 California 3.00@3.25 Pineapples— Large, per doz 2.00 Small, per doz 1.50@1.75 SUNDRIES. Ginseng, dry, good to choice all sections $2.75@2.5$ Ginseng, dry, very poor or black, all sections 2.23 Ginseng, green .59 Seneca root, dry. good to choice, all 23@ 24 Seneca root, poor or bulby 21 @ 22 Beeswax 22 Beeswax, dark 13 New Vegetables—The market is fairly THE REPRESENTATIVE. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22. 18tf5. well supplied with new vegetables which is cleaning up well. String beans, 2-3 bu box 2 25 Wax beans, 2-3 bu box 2.50@3.00 Green peas, bu box 1.50@1.75 Asparagus, doz. 90@1.00 Green onions 15 Spinach, bu box 30 @4O Head lettuce doz 35 Mint, doz 30 @35 Cucumbers, doz I.oo@l 10 Parsley, dos 30 Lettuce, doz 25 Pie plant, 50-lb box 75 Pie plant, per lb Horse radish, per lb 4 @5 Radishes, doz 15 Tomatoes, 5-lb baskets 1 50 New beets per do z 100 Summer squash, per doz.,, i'oo New Potatoes bu 2 00 Sheep pelts— Large heavy wooled pelts 60 @7O Medium wooled pelts 40 @SO Wooled pelts, small 15 @25 Shearlings and short wool 12 Lamb skins ...-. 15 @25 Dry shearlings v 3 MINNEAPOLIS HORSE MARKET. Barrett & Zimmerman report demand steady and receipts considerably lighter and prices range about with those of yesterday, if anything a trifle higher. The market seems to be recovering from the effects of the heavy receipts of the past few days and the feeling is for higher prices than horses are now sell ing for. The following are some of to day’s sales and are for horses service ably sound unless otherwise mentioned. Bay mare, 6 years old, 1,100 lbs $70.06 Gray mare, 5 years old, 1,300 lbs sound 75.00 Bay mare, 7 years old, 14,000 lbs, sound 65.00 Bay mare, 7 years old, 1,500 lbs 62.50 Bay gelding, 5 years old, 1,200 lbs... 57.50 wind and work 65.00 Bay gelding, 5 years old, 1,200 lbs... 57.50 Bay gelding, 5 years old, 1,100 lbs, sound driver 107.50 CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. Union Stock Yards, May 20.—The Drovers official quotations today: Cattle—Receipts, 10.000 head; market active and 10c higher; fair to extra beeves, $4.30@5.90; Stockers and feeders, $2.75@4.60; mixed cows and bulls, $2.20@ 4.70; Texans, $3.25@5.10. Hogs—Receipts, 34,000; market active, s@loc higher; light, $4.35@4.65; rough packing, $4.25@4.45; mixed and butchers, $4.35@4.72%; heavy packing and ship ping, $4.50@4.80; pigs, $3.25@4.40. Sheep— 1 8,060 ihead; jrnairkqt 10c higher; natives, $3.00<§>4.85; western, $3.50@4.75; Texans, $2.50@3.80; lambs, $3.50@5.90. ST, LOUIS LIVE STOCK. St. Louis, Mo„ May 20.—National Stock Yards—Cattle—Receipts, 3,300 head; market active and higher; beef steers, $4.50@5.80; stockers, $2.25(5)3.50; feeders, $3.00©4.50; Texas fed steers, $3.90@4.95; gro*» steers, $3.80@4. Hogs—Receipts, 3,500 head; market opened s@loc higher; heavy, $4.40@4.60; mixed, $4.10@4.55; light, $4.20@4.50. Sheep—Receipts, 7,000 head; market 10c higher. CRUDE OIL UNCHANGED. Pittsburg, May 20. —The Standard Oil Company’s price of $1.65 per barrel for crude oil remains unchanged. On the Oil City Exchange the market opened today at $1.75. At Pittsburg the opening market price was $1.70. LONDON GRAIN. London, May 20.—The grain markets opened firm. At Liverpool, firm, %@ld higher; wheat, futures strong and Id higher. Corn firm, %d higher; futures Id higher. London cargoes of wheat off coast, firmer, 3d higher; on passage, strong and 6d higher. Mark Lane, Eng lish wheat strong and 9d higher. For eign, strong and 6d higher. Corn strong and 6d higher; flour firm and 6d higher. English country markets 6d to Is dearer. French country markets 50 centimes to 1 franc higher. Paris wheat, 10@15 cen times lower; flour, 15@20 centimes lower. Berlin wheat, May, % mark lower; July, % mark higher. GRAIN IN REGULAR WAREHOUSES. May 11. May 18. No. 1 hard 1,149,615 1,132,077 No. 1 northern 11,390,111 10,739,500 No. 2 northern 270,635 281,550 No. 3 northern 25,536 25,536 Rye 14,626 14,626 Special bin 1,131,299 1,083,785 13,981,822 13,277,074 Decrease — Corn 6,392 5,415 Oats 222,902 121,409 Barley 20,048 17,056 Rye 829 822 Flax seed 6,930 3,598 AN AUTOMATIC HARNESS Harnessing of a carriage or a buggy horse is made a simple matter by the in vention of an automatic harness. The attachments are suitable for all classes of vehicles, using single harness with either breast-strap or collar, with or without breeching, and they can be con verted into double harness instantly. The single-tree, traces, shaft tugs and many leather bands and straps upon the shafts are removed, giving the shaft a clean appearance, and reducing the har nessing and “hitching up” to a mere moment’s work. The attempt to dis pense with the single-tree and traces has often been tried, but never before successfully. The wear and tear of the harness is said to be reduced 30 per cent and the horse can be detached instantly. The horse can work in perfect comfort, with no chance of sore back, bruised shoulders or rubbing of the sides. The bearing on the back of the animal being removed, the vital organs are released from unnatural pressure, and his breath ing is normal. The automatic harness, ’which is unhitched by the easy pull of a trigger, seems to be as humane as it is up to date. PLAINT OF A BANK ROBBER. "Bill an’ me’s split,” said the bank rob ber, as he grew reminiscent over a glass of his favorite beverage. “Ain’t ye heerd of it? No? W’y we wuz near nabbed one night while we wuz turnin’ a trick a little way out. Bill wuz that ugly that he like to spilt the whole game. “You see it wuz this way: We’d piped a bank that wuz an easy game, an' Bill an’ me went down to do the job. We got in dead easy an’ we got the vault open ’thout much trouble, an’ there right in front wuz a lot of large yellow shinners. Natur’ly I made a grab fer ’em, but Bill, like a blamed fool, Jumped fer a lot of silver in the back of the vault. “ ‘Wot ye doin’?’ sez I. " ‘l’m arter the stuff,’ sez he. “ ‘Here it is,’ sez I. “ 'Not much,’ sez he. ‘l’ve been study in’ this here currency business, an’ my principles is silver.’ “ ‘Silver be hanged!’ sez I. ‘You’d make every honest cracksman do his work with a horse an’ dray.’ “ ‘l’ll not go agin my principles,’ sez he, ‘fer any goldbug.’ “ ‘You're a lunatic,’ sez I. But he stuck to his fool principles, an’ in tryin’ to get away with about a ton of silver he split a bag an’ the bucks rolled out an’ hit the floor with a noise like the ringin’ of lib erty bell, an’ we had to ’break an’ run fer it. That’s w’y Bill an’ me split. I ain’t pertickler Jest who I work with gener ally, but I don’t want no silver men in mine. I ain’t no pack mule, nor yet no Hercules.” THE ENGLISH ACCENT You can sell almost anything if you know how. A young Englishman in Bos ton, anxious to increase a somewhat nar now income, left word at several teachers’ agencies that he would undertake to teach the true English accent to Bos tonians ambitious of bettering their speech. He actually obtained two puplis. One of them, a grave, middle-aged man, quit his studies after two lessons because of a disagreement with the teacher. The other, a young girl, who was deeply anx ious that her parents should not know of her new line of study, was for some time a source of profit to the teacher. A VICTIM OF OCCULT *ARTS Madge—What would you say if I told you that Mr. Swellhedde has actually proposed to that odLous Miss Elderby? Marrette —I’d say that hypnotism is making tremendous strides. PEOPLE’S PLATFORM. ADOPTED BY THE CONVENTION AT OMAHA, NEB., JULY 4, 1892, Assembled upon the one hundred and sixteenth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the People’s Party of America in ther first national convention, invoking upon their action the blessiftgs of Almighty God, nuts forth in the name, and on behalf of the people of the country, the following preamble and declaration of principles: The conditions which surround us best justify our co-operation: we meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot box, the legislatures, the Congress, and touches even the ermine on the bench. The people are demoralized most of the states have been compelled to isolate the voters at the polling places to ig-event universal intimidation or bri bery. The newspapers are largely sub sidized or muzzled; public opinion silenced; business prostrated; our homes covered with mortgages; labor impoverished; and the land concentrating in the hands of the capitalists. The urban workmen are denied the right of organization for self-protection; imported pauperized la bor beats down their wages; a hireling army, unrecognized by our laws, is estab lished to shoot them down; and they are rapidly degenerating into European con ditions. The fruits of the toils of mill ions are bodily stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind, And the possessors of these in turn despise the republic and endanger liberty. From the same pro lific womb of governmental injustice we breed the two great classes—tramps and millionaires. The national power to create money is appropriated to enrich bondholders; a vast public debt, payable in legal tender currency, has been funded into gold bearing bonds, thereby adding millions to the burden vt the people. Silver, which has been accepted as coin since the dawn of history, has been de monetzed to add to the purchasing power of gold, by decreasing all forms of prop erty, as well as human labor, and the sup ply of currency is purposely abridged to fatten usurers.bankrupt enterprise and en slave industry. A vast conspiracy against mankind has been organized on two continents, and it is rapidly taking possesssion of the world. If not met and overthrown at once it forebodes terrible social convulsions, the destruction of civ ilization, or the establishment of an ab solute despotism. We have witnessed for more than a quarter of a century the struggles of the two great political parties for power and plunder, while grievous wrongs have been inflicted upon the suf fering people. We charge that the con trolling influences dominating both these parties have permitted the existing dread ful conditions to develope, without seri ous effort to prevent or restrain them. Neither do they now promse us any sub stantial reform. They have agreed to gether to ignore, in the coming campaign, every issue but one. They propose to drown the outcries of plundered people with the uproar of a sham battle over the tariff; so that capitalists, corporations', national banks, rings, trusts, the demone tization of silver, and the oppressions of the usurers may all be lost sight of. They propose to sacrifice our homes, lives and children on the alter of Mammon; to destroy the multitude in order to secure corruption funds for the millidnaires. As sembled on the anniversary of the birthday of the nation, and filled with the spirit of the grand generation of men, who estab lished our independence, we seek to re store the government of the republic to the hands of "the plain people,” with whose class it originated. We assert our purposes to be identical with the purpose of the national constitution:—“to form a more perfect union, establish justice, in sure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general wel fare, and secure the blessing of liberty for ourselves and our posterity.” We declare that this republic can only endure as a free government while built upon the love of the whole people for each other and for the nation; that it cannot be pinned together by bayonets, that the civil war is over and that every passion and re sentment which grew out of it must die with it; and that we must be in fact as we are in name, one united brotherhood. Our country finds itself confronted by con ditions for which there is no precedent in the history of the world. Our annual ag ricultural products amount to billions of dollars in value, which must within a few weeks or months be exchanged for billions of dollars of commodities consumed in their production; the existing currency supply is wholly inadequate to make this exchange. The results are falling prices, the formation of combines and rings, and the impoverishment of the producing class. We pledge ourselves that if given power we will labor to correct these evils by wise and reasonable legislation, in accordance with our platform. We believe that the powers of govern ment—in other words, of the people—should be expanded (as in the case of the postal service) as rapidly and as far as the good sense of an intelligent people, and the teachings of experience shall justify; to the end that oppression, injustice and pov erty shall eventually cease in the Jana. While our sympathies as a party of re form are naturally upon the side of every proposition which will tend to make men intelligent, virtuous and temperate, we nevertheless regard these questions—lm portant as they are—as secondary to the great issues now pressing for solution; and upon which not onjv our individual prosperity, hut the very existence of free institutions depends; and we ask all men to first help us determine whether we are to have a republic to administer, before we differ as to the conditions upon which it is to be administered: believing that the forces of reform this day organized will never cease to move forward until every wrong is righted and equal privileges estab lished for all the men and women of this country. We declare, therefore. UNION OF THE PEOPLE. First—That the union of the labor forces of the United States this day consummated shall be permanent and perpetual; may its spirit enter into all hearts for the salva tion of the republic and the uplifting of mankind. Second—Wealth belongs to him who cre ates It; and every dollar taken from in dustry, without an equivalent, is robbery. “If any man will not work, neither shall he eat.” The interests of rural and civic labor are the same; their enemies are identical. Third—We believe that the time has come when the railroad corporations will either own the people or the people must own the railroads; and should the govern ment enter upon the work of owning and managing the railroads, we should favor an amendment to the constitution by which all persons engaged in the govern ment service shall be protected by civil service regulations of the most rigid char acter, so as to prevent the increase of the power of the national administration by the use of such additional government em ployes. FINANCE. We demand a national currency, safe, sound, and flexible; issued by the gen eral government only; a full legal tender for all debts public and private; and that without the use of banking corporations, a just, equitable and efficient means of distri bution direct to the people, at a tax not to exceed 2 per cent per annum, to be pro vided as set forth in the sub-treasury plan of the Farmers' Alliance, or some better system; also by payments in discharge of its obligations for public improvements. • We demand free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1. We demand that the amount of circulat ing medium be speedily increased to not less than SSO per capita. We demand a graduated income tax. We believe that the money of the coun try should be kept, as much as possible, in the hands of the people; and hence we demand that all state and national reve nues shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the government, economically and honestly administered. We demand that postal savings banks be established by the government for the safe deposit of the earnings of the people, and the facilitation of exchange. TRANSPORTATION. Transportation being a means of ex change and a public necessity, the govern ment should own and operate the railroads in the interest of the people. The telegraph and telephone, like the postoffle system, being a necessity for the transmission of news, should be owned and operated by the government in the interets of the people. LANDS. The land, including. all natural sources of wealth, is the heritage of thh people, and should not be monopilized for specu lative purposes; and alien ownership of land should be prohibited. All land now held by railroads and other corpor ations in excess of their actual needs, and all lands now owned by alliens, should be reclaimed by the government and held for actual setters only. RESOLUTIONS. The followng resolutions were offered in dependent of the platform, and were adopted, as expressive of the sentiment of the convention. Resolved, That we demand a free ballot and a fair count in all elections, and pledge ourselves to secure to it every legal voter without federal inter vention, through the adoption by the states of the unperverted Austrailian se cret ballot system. Resolved, That the revenue derived from a graduated Income tax should be Thompson Wagon Company, WYinneapolls, - - Minn. Manufacturers and Patentees of the ONLY GENUINE “Climax” Spring Wagon and Fine Concord Buggies The “Genuine Climax Wagon” The “Thompson” Concord Buggy. finely trimmed with best No. 1 trimming leather. A beauty in appearance. Built of the very best material throughout. 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Leaves Union Depot for Chicago and St. Louis, 7:00 p. 10. AT* tiros from same, 8:25 a. m. daily. applied to the redticton of the burdens of taxation now leved upon the domestic in dustries of this country. Resolved, That wo pledge our support to fair and liberal pensions to ex-Union soldiers and sailors. Resolved, that we eondem the falacy of protecting American labor under the pres ent system which open our ports to the pauper and crminal classes of the world, and crowds out wage earners: and we de nounce the present inefective law against contract labor, and demand the further restriction of undesirable immigration. Resolved, That we cordially sympathize with the efforts of organized workmen to shorten the hours of labor and demand a rigid enforcement of the existing eight hour law on government work, and ask that a penalty clause be addo«l to said law. Resolved That we regard the malntain ance of a large standing army of mer cenaries, known as the Pinkerton system, as a menace to our liberties, and we de mand its abolition, and we condemn the recent invasion of the territory of Wyo ming by the hired assassins of plutocracy, assisted by Federal officers. Resolved, That we condemn to the thoughtful consideration of the people and the reform press, the legislative sys tem known as the Initiative and Refer endum. Resolved, That wo favor a constitutional provision limiting the office of president and vice president to one term, and pro viding for the election of the senators by a direct vote of the people. Resolved, That we oppose any subsidy or national aid to any private corpora tion for any purpose. H. E. TAUBENECK, Chairman. Marshal, 111. J. H. TURNER. Secretary, Georgia. LAWRENCE McFARLAND, Secretary, New York. M. C. RANKIN, Treasurer, Terre Haute, lad. NELSON, TENNEY dc CO. Manufacturers and Dealers in LUMBER. 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