The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-10-25
d. N. COCHRAN, Secretary.

EF At meeting of the millers and mill
owners Of knightstown. Ray svile, Ogden and
vicinity, convened for the purpose of taking
into consideration the high tariff imposed on
flour, and also upon offal from wheat, by some
of the Railroads We are informed that there
was An arrangement made and entered into
bv the Indiana Central, the Hamilton and Ea
ton, and the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
ton Railroad Companies. to bill flour through
to Cincinnati, from any point on the Central
Railroad, at cost from this place Of thirty
cents per barrel. We are also informed that
sometime last spring or summer, this arrange
ment W as voluntarily repudiated by the Rail
roads between Richmond and Cincinnati,
without giving the Central Railroad notice
thereof, in consequence o! which one OF us
has sustained loss Of about dollar per bar
rel on a quantity that was billed through, by
its being refused and detained ut Richmond
until the price fell, and that these two said
roads have added an additional tariff of seven
cents per barrel from Richmond to Cincinnati.
In consequence of this unfair dealing and
high tariff. We have met in convention to make
our complaint known TO those directly inter
ested in said roads. Whereupon. Joseph Sto-
pher was appointed President, and c. White.
Secretary, and after q free interchange Of
opinions, it was
Resolved, That whereas there arc twelve
Touring mills running about twenty four pair
Of burrs, and capable of manufacturing more
than sc, 900 barrels of -four per year, all of
which must be shipped from the depots IN this
vicinity, besides, perhaps, an equal amount
from other points between Indianapolis and
Richmond; and, whereas, there are other
roads and canal BY which we can ship even to
Cincinnati at about the same or less cost. and
other ports, towns and markets besides Gin
cinnati, both south and east, OF which we can
and have awaited ourselves OF, ever since We
learned the increase of tariff upon US.
Resolped, That We shall continue TO evade
pa.ronizins said roads named above, whilst
their present <riff continues, even at a sacri-
fee on longer ones, for can ship to Louis
vile, Dayton, Cleveland, Buffalo, Baltimore,
or even Cincinnati, via Indianapolis and Law
renceburg. at about the same rates.
Resolrea, That the tariff on bran and
shorts being about fifty per cent higher than
on wheat and -four, precludes our shipping 1t
70 any market, the consequence IS that 1t must
be consumed at home, st a great sacrIhce to
US, whilst the roads lose all. Therefore, We
request all railroads, Indiana Central inclu-
ded, to reduce the freight on this cheap art-
Gle, at least as low as on wheat and flour per
ton.
Resolse3, That we invite Inc attention OF
al interested in the milling business on the
Central Indiana Railroad, between lndianap-
oils and Richmond, to the above preamble and
resolutions. aud request that they take SINH
lar action.
Resolved. That the papers Of Cincinnati.
Hamilton, Eaton, Richmond and 1ndianapo-
lis be requested to publish the above for the
notice and action Of said roads. and tina. the
Secretary be directed to furnish copies of the
proceedings of this meeting TO the Cincinnati
Gazette and Richmond Palladium for publ,ca-
ton JOSEPH STOPHER, President.
c. WHITE, Secretary.