The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-12-21
i MOVEMENT FOR CHEAPER TRANSFORM

A MOVEMENT FOR CHEAPER TRANSFORM
TroM "A Farmers Mass Convention, on the
transit question was held Fst Bloomington, !
Illinois, on the 10Th. Resolutions were ad-
opted in favor of ship canal around the
Fills Of Niagara; of treaty securing the
free use of the st. Lawrence River, and the
use at moderate rates of toll, of the Cana
dian Canals of the opening of a short route
of transportation from Lake Ontario to the
Hudson river; Of the improvement of the
Mississippi, Illinois, Ohio, Fox and Wiscou-
sin rivers, and lake st. Clair; of the en-
largement of the Illinois and Michigan ca
al;and of ship canal from lake Champlain
to the Hudson declaring that railroads, by
extortion, forfeit their franchise recon
nlendlng the formation of leagne to OBJ
lige railroads, express comp ,nies aud ware
housemen. by Legislative action or constitn
tional provisions, to restrict their charges
within reasonable limits and calling a
mass convention of the people to form such
league.
For ourselves We have little faith in the
accomplishment Of either of the measures
proposed by this meeting. So long as We,
that is the great Northwest depend upon
ali eastern market for our immense surplus
Of grain. stock, &C., instead Of creating
IL I,I,
ton 1T 1t, 80 loug will the carrying and
transportation business he the principal and
controlling interest of the country. The
product Of these great and ever developing
States, n,~St be moved at what ever cost
and the transportation companies know it
and act accordingly.
The la" Of supply and demand will gov
ern in this as in every other business, iii
spite IF leagues. protests. or statutes even.
The law cannot compel men to build rail
,ads nr dig canals nor carry freight after
they arr b1iit or lug. So long az the de
uIaud TOR transportation is almost double
tine supply, transportation companies will
set their own prices We coincide entirely
With the views Of Prof B Turner express
Ell III the discussion 81 the preamble and
resolutions:
Ills project for getting rid If or finding
remuner alive market for the surplus grain
III the west Was 81 simple and feasible that
he was surprised they uad not before enter
ed upon it. There were 1900 900 people i'll
this State Taking it as basis that each
person in the State used $40 worth of Wool
eH goods imported into the State per year.
which makes $40, 900 900 annually paid foI
cloth alone, they received five cents bush
81 for their corn, whiuch showed that II
took 100, 00U, 900 bushels of corn to clotht
the people Of this Stats. No canals or rail
roa.;s in the world could carry off this I'M
INTENSE amount ot corn, nor was it at all uec
essary that 1t should be carried off There
was another and better way Of using theil
supplies OF grain, and allowing them share
vi the profits which were now mouopoized
hy companies formed for that purpose -
they had long been asleep in regard to the
avenue which was before them and in their
own hands if they would use it. They rails
ee their own wool in Illinois coal was .un.
der their feet, and needed but to be dug for;
corn and other grains were rolling around
their doors The question naturally arose
why they could not manufacture cloth here
as well as in New England. 1t has been
suggested that we could not procure the la
Dor. That was not the reason. If they
could combine together, and use the intelli-
gence and resources at their command, they
could get TO- 600 uolders and spinners from
New England III six months and they
would be glad to come. In every county
seat IN the State they could have hundreds
OF splndles at work and make more money
out OF them than by any possible farming
operation they could go iuto WHAT was
the reason they did not go into it Because
they could not get the capital. Why not BE-
cause when farmer gets little money to-
gether he puts it into land, increasing the
area OF MS farm on which to raise corn to
rot at his door or to use for fuel or if he
realized On 1t. not above five cents bughel.
IL tine members Of the convention would go
home aud Investigate tho subject, they
"0u'd mud they mig int as we'll nave 20 600
uOo bushels ut corn as not, The spectacle
~ taiiiicro Raising produce au'i materials for
tne manufacturer of houts aud Shoes, coats,
flanreis aud snlrts and then sending east u
procure Those very things manufactured MAS
perfectly Astounding Some uIeu would
Try tn convince tiiem mat it MAS Impossible
ior them To 40 authing but raise corn and
pork III illinois The reason they argued 70
""s becaase they Wished 10 pui! hli der
over thclr eyes aud prevent their using the
iesouIces al their command; they must ne
on the guard against some men vino are so
friendly To them The people East had no
corn, they procured il from the West; no
coal, they bought 1t in Pennsylvania; they
had Ii" wool, it was raised 10y the farmers
Who IN part Acre the CONSTITUTES IF the raw
pfodutls manufactured East What MAS
the Reason teen try cnui no nlauufa,t ure
htreF Was It tecdusc the art 1T manuta'
tnrlng died ont few degrees west? 1t
was piepoHterons to suppnse it, and couid
not tie cut rtaIi,cd Tor "a monebt"
AMENDING THE CoNSTIrU TON. We print