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Stared the Patrons of hsbandry
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Demanded reforms to lift the burden of debt from farmers and other workers and to give the people a greater voice in their government.
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A fifth of the work force was unempoyed
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"Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commericial interest, the laboring interest, and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor thihs crown of the thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross."