his led to the creation of the Populist Party, whose goal was to take control of the government so they could fix all these problems. They would have taken control of the railroad and used it for the people, lowered the interest rate, established the legal coinage ratio, and established a fair income tax. All of these documents mentioned simply aid as to show what exactly the party wanted, and how the economy changed, and what they would do. In conclusion, this is the plight of the farmers, and what they proposed to do about it. ...