Our country finds to confronted by conditions for which there is not precedent in the history of the world, our annual agricultural productions amount to billions of dollars in value, which must, within a few weeks or months be exchanged for billions of dollars' worth 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, the impoverishment of the producing class
Source: www. norton. com/college historicamerica media/ch22/resources/documents populist. htm
What proposal did the popullst Party make to address the problems outlined in its platform?
O allowing the free coining of silver
Oregulating bank interest rates for loans
ensuring government support for farmers' cooperatives
providing subsidies for farmers who leave fields unplanted