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] IOT Morning on N0114$ 70 t4tE3ED lHf0fa HhH
| road Was Euilt.
Sow let us see *hat they charge fer trans.
Folta:inS cattle and hcgs-
Thcold company charged (Ear 1ates) so8.O %
Fer car, tWhich MRS $1,000 more than their
| pace iate). And for ore car gayo tie owner
Of stock free ride to Chicago, and Il mora
than one car they gave him free pass both
never charged regular dealers fare either way
even II ttcY bad but one ear). The N, ". Co.
cbsrge fil.Q for Gle car and no Eaa3 eitanr
way, making tie owner pay sa.s5 to ride to
ChicsEo, which addrd to *fl.0s makes $3.50,
| difference bttnE $li.69 to come ont Of our
fatmsrs on every car load OF sto:k shipped
forn tlis pcint. But This Is moi all. A cat
t1s dealer told me the other day that buyers
bad to have ma:g'u to lDauee the safe deliy-
<fy to Chicago. I asked him to exp,Ain. Ia
said that he loaded q csr With cattle; the
company took possession Of it, and whsle IN
Yotfe to Chicago, through the carelessness OF
the company the door got open and QUO Of
the e!ee.s jumptd cut ard was Killed. The
dt aler called On the 9upcrlntcndent]tor pay,
and was told That the company would not
paJ-that he must run all such tisks himself,
90 you see that 5000 Of extortion from the
stock.
have given yon the tariff on principal A.
ticles shipped from be,e. NoE let ms shoH
sou how The Company usea blade that ems
both ways, how they tax our people for artf-
c.es b,orght from Chicago:
G,&G.U c:3N. r. Il.
S;s;s =; ~; !: :es sssi ssis' 5'p!e'
owner takes hta
OWL risk, shtn
Mo1.e.es. .......e1c s. 40, H1oQ
Dry conds in
boxer. b5e "
And On a!i kinds Of agricultural imple-
menss the tariff Is 20 per cent more than G.
& G. wRr rates. Our merchants aud manu-
fac.uless all tell me that they could at all
tim:a get large shipments at SPECIAL rates
from the old Company. which wers at much
less than regular rates, but no such fayors
can be had now. But tie meanest part Is to
be told. The Company charge on every
ffcieht bill for all stamps used end all rove
nue. tax, which increases the above rites very
materially. There Is cne other piece ot rAs-
calfty. That Is the combination between
roads and warehouse men, or elevator men,
II you please, and also between roads and
certain produce dealers In Chicago aad on
the line Of the road. don't pretend to SAY
that the managers Of the road share any Of
the outrageous profits made bT these deal.
eIe, but 5ou co1la not make our farmers be.
lieTe they don't u sou should swea. 1t on
stack Of uibles as ltgh as IaMountaln eyer
vent in his balloon.
Now, I asf, Is It to be wondered at thai tha
people Of this country are unanimous In
theIr hktIed and deteetasion OF the North
weat2ln road, its President, Superintendent,
and all Other officials and aunkcgs connected
with ily The timo wss when Mr. Ogden was
loved and respected throughout Northern
Hlino!e-wheu It would not have been safe
for any man to say aught aga!nst him. Then
tie road an accommodation to the country
through which 1t passed. and when he acted
for the interests Of the company by 80 doing
he Kept the anterest2 OF ths people In view.
But The temptation and Influences with
which ho has been surrounded have proved
too much for hin. his name has passed
from the list Of public beuefactots to the
low ltvel ofa Wall street ttoperator, )" and his
strongest friends have became his bitterest
opponents. To make his Investments In
worthless Wisconsin and Michigan rnads
profitable, he has shlncled the G. d c. U. R.
rates Cf freight on that road to Increase the
value ofthe other stuf-a transaction which
subjects the farmers and people Of Northern
Illinois to outrageous robbery and exiortion.
The public feeling against him aad his com-
paDy here is perfectly overwhelming. Our
people believe that the time has abont come
when they will be compelled by some nesns
10 adopt decisive measures to avoid being
taxed to death to add value to worthless
reada In other States. There Is no use in the
company coming down by degrees couple
ofcents on certain articles. Bnt let them be
honest and charge only what Is right, and
put men in cba'Ee Of The read who at least
will think as much Of the citizens OF ultnois
as they do Of cttizens Of Wisconsin.
In what have written I do not desire to
be understood us rejecting on any Of the
suhoIdi mates and employees Of tbs road,
FOR as far as know and can Learn. they are
university respected. It is only those who
sre responsible for the abuses complained OF,
that !. IN common with other citizens Of
Northern nlinoie, wish to expose, and against
which to record our firm protest.
/ The c. s n. ". R. R. Company are doing
mtre to 1e;a1d the growth OF the Northwest
FanJ did to build them mp. No one win pur-
chate land on the l'ne Of the road. l wonld
not do 60 tnyse1f. for should expect to con-
t1ibute all that produced on It. to swelling
the income returns pi Ogden, Tlden & Co,
The policy OF the c. d N. ". R. r. is to cor
trol all lines q railway running out Of Chica-
got the Chicago & Milwaukee road In their
g1ip now, and are using that tine property as
an adjunct Of the old bankrupt Fond Du Lac
concern, sucking the blood Of the Milwaukee
Railroad stockholders, and hoping to induce
them to cell ont for tong and leave them
have accomplished this, It will only be neces-
ssry for them to swallow the Detroit & Nh.
waukee road, and consolidate that With their
other lines IN tour different States, to enable
them to fence In the Northwest and execute
their OWL pleasure upon two millions Of pep
PIE. How do you like the pictnses We who
live within reach Of the Mississippi River
may make shift to 20 to st. Louis with our
trade when that monopoly millennium arslYes.
b1t Heaven help those who lire farther Ii.
land, and HeaVen help the city Of Chicago,
too, when this vast region, now tributary to
htr, becomes tributary 10 single railroad
company. JUSTICE.