AP Success - AP US History: People’s Party Compared to Other Parties

We demand a national currency, safe, sound, and flexible, issued by the general government only, a full legal tender for all debts, public and private...at a tax not to exceed 2 per cent. per annum...Transportation being a means of exchange and a public necessity, the government should own and operate the railroads in the interest of the people. The telegraph, telephone, like the post-office system, being a necessity for the transmission of news, should be owned and operated by the government in the interest of the people...The land, including all the natural sources of wealth, is the heritage of the people, and should not be monopolized for speculative purposes, and alien ownership of land should be prohibited...That the revenue derived from a graduated income tax should be applied to the reduction of the burden of taxation now levied upon the domestic industries of this country...That we oppose any subsidy or national aid to any private corporation for any purpose.