, 1865-12-11
RESOLUTIONS toF TIE OGLE cO!1NTY
HQARQ OF SIipleREfE6I., @N4tt

AAA~@@At t10.tC I'VE 1AE OTLE E0!iKTH
BOARD OF SuPERvISORs,
BoAED or ourzns1eoRs, Uaix Co.. Ill.
DEcEnnER Session. dec, &, I6GJ
4se<ooed, That this 9oafd heseby protest a1sfnx
the noropolict and excessive tarida Of thu railroad
passing through tins county, and We recommeo,
the farmer. md MI others interested to call m,
hold mass meetings At the principal ylllag es Of th
county Tor the purpose OF adopting such measure.
~ my be calculated 10 relieve the people Of th,
onrthcns now Imposed upon them, and that cop,
OF This resolution be ecat BY the Clerk OF thu
Beard 10 the publishers Of each Of the Osle comfy
papers, and also OF the daily papers Of Chicago
with request for publication Of the same.
FARMERS AND GRAIN DEALERS coSvEN
T1oN In DE kA1B COUNTY.
The Timfs has the followin. report Of .
ConEcntion Of iarmers and grala dealers held
De HA1H, H., Dec. 8.
o'clock P. NJ, Ezekiel Noble, Esq., beioe
chosen Chairman, and E. 4. Porter, Esq,
Secretary.
Three Vice Presidents were also elected.
viz: Thomas Dodgc, Of De Kalb; s. Cros.
sctt. Of Palnpas, and hir. Richards, Of Dement,.
Thomas u. Hopkins, Esq, Of Dc Ka1b, BE-
fng called upon, made some explanatory re-
marks In reference TO the objects Of the Con
yention. II WIS held to remedy certain cricv-
ances n0w borne by rcason of the existing
monopolics, which had become TOO Aeayy to
be longer endured. There must be some rem
edy for these evils, alld the Convention had
met to consult and advise in regard to the bsst
methods to be adopted.
On motion, the President appointed com-
mlttce Of five, to dratt resolutions expressive
Of tic sense Of the couycntioa. The chair
appointed Mcssrs. j. ". 6ilu nj, Aaa Dmond,
z. l.. Mayo. P. L. Fox and Thomas Dodge.
On motion Of Mr.. smull, II WIS further re-
tn1 nd $1,n%f1 f11nr rfsuf~
mittee Of fve. who should confer with the
Chicago and Northwestern railroad with the
purpose in view Of inducing that incorpora-
tion, II possible, TO rccede from lis present
extortionatc freight tariff.
General Daniel Dustin made an elective
speech upon the subject before the conyca-
tlon. He was followed ty Augustus Harring-
Prairie Farmer.
The committee on resolutions was Instruct
cd 10 cou1crwith tho railroad committee, and
report the results attained at an adjourned
meeting, on Friday, Dec. q.
Those who had complaints to enter against
the rallro1d company were called upon 10 re-
Masn at tho close Of the meeting, and make
tie same knoNn to the committee on rcso!u-
tions. Nearly twenty remained on this inyi.
tatinn, and presented their grievances.
There were about 600 people In attendance
upon the proceedings. The feeling upon the
subject before the convention was Intense.
Mob law WIZ even Limited at, unless there was
Il concession oI somo kini mas3e hv thnsr cor.
trolljnr tbr fronsit nf nrodmrts
AZ nj, etfcct al fhe ,neetin~ # mav In r,cn.
toned tllat n hiph nfi;cIai ~ Tho f!hic,~n =
vnrtIwest.rr Fn;,wor .rto rss H. ,sfo,,5
ance upon the proceedings, te1cgfaphed or
d11s along the line, compromising IN regard
with thc sunplyinr of cnai 10 rcnsnmcrs aIont-
the line Of tic road.
The whole ufair was determined md snfrit.
ed in its tone. and the conv,ntfon n3;nnrnea
10 meet at the same place on Friday. be- o3
when the reports Of tie com1aittecs viii BE-
IMPORTANT Address IT., 1,,tr >,rpcr,.xrs
OF MIWAUKEE. 40
lFrum the urdson VII !, sf,- md 14nae,
The merchants or Hndson h.r;n~
mertfnr i'e,j i,r tbs,, ~ ~ a,c.t " u.
nnarf,nnns1r r:,o1raJ " 1ere ere o.1 ~ -,
..,sss ~ eoatle "nn Your CITY, dcsife 70 c1-
l'AuA ~ YOU lueH !casons Tor 1n1s action.
Anu Alh1 we h!l sa1 tnat Ro nave always felt
and 40 now ieel an interest In Milwaukee as
ecfns the chief city Of our State, second only
to That felt By yourscivEs-
What VIC complain Of is this that we have
becn ior long time earnestly calling your
attention to the fact that our means of COM
nun'cation with Milwaukee, were controlled
by monopoly Of railroad and stcamboat
farmers Of The upper Mississippi yaIleT to % thc
extent Of lundreds of thnnsanas ~ do1,.rs
you have naid little ~ a. most no A.
teation 10 our complaints. and have made M
earnest and United efforts to correct these
nlonstTons abuses
hare alluded. Increased passane and 1rc;1htI
are to the most exorbitapt rates cLarrin5 as
high and even higher on wheat and dour to
La Crosse, than was charged to St. Iou,s he.
fore the war, and eren more on up freiphts.
but they have sought by means uniust and
Legitimate, to control the carrying trade Of
the riEer, by summariIy CHOKING oil ali nnno-
siti9n..
The through feiEhts to Milwaukee are 80
rents per barrel on -four, and IS cents prr
ushcl on wheat, of which amount thc rem.
lar Steamboat lines running in connection
hhh bolh the Prairie du Chien and Lacrosse
Tnoads, get ten cents on wheat and 50 cents on
jorT-doub1e what would be fair co1npcn-
auoi'. anu ~hxt It would be d1d not the iait-
oao managers prevent MI competition. And
hese exoThitant rates nsc drawn from the !
'ochets oI 1he producers, deprecInfluE their I
i19I t 10 enncn inc monopoly:
1nose o1 you VINO tnnpcent1y Imagine that
&c Mississippi river Is free to lawful CON-
'ore, arc mnen mistaken. The managers Of
ae 1~o railroads leading from your city to
as III MtsEasa'Pp s1ees, seem 10 Lave decfeed,
90 2 are inexorable In the execution
tneif mandates, that no boats shall RIM
tae appef f7Fer, except those belong
y TO the consolidated Packet Compantes.
% ol1ef boat can lind It's freight at their !
epots OF elevators, except at a disctimina-
on aealnst II alike unjust and rutnous. For
a3anp!e7 NE fa1lfoaa companies charge m
ot 1taependent ooat cents Per bnshel more on
r. nsas, Mtu - cents per oa1ret more on -four, |
y G10nspol1ation 1rom Prairie du Chien OF
aC5ossS TO milwaukee,, than is charged the
e1uI8r lines. similar Increase In pfice Is |