, 1866-01-08
ANTI-MONOPOLY MEETING.

| AAFRe Meealn& OF Farmers at Rock forr1
interesting Spccches-The Re.olu.
lions Adopted-A Northwestern
Freight Agent on lhs NV1tness stsnd.
Especial Dcapatch 10 the Chicago Tribunc.1
| ..- RocKFoRD, Ill, jim. 8.
A Convention for miscellaneous nurno.e. v,a
held this afternoon In Rockford. 1t was or1ausze5
X O'CLOCK In Browns nall. ME. G. Il. Mariner
| occupied the chair, and MID, s. Hya,, acted AZ
Secretary. ~
Me- sTuEs' ADDREaa
MI. Z. Il. stsles. &tated that this wss Fafmr,.a
Aeetipg, bat tho resolutions to bc brought before
h"efe from PREVIOUS meeting OF the stockhold-
@ s.s u ue onion despatch Company. It's pur-
poses were to urge eheap transportation. chean
storage md honest inspection Of The ja,mer's IN.
duets, andto achIete this, they de.tzed to eaIn
unity Of action IN electing honest member. Of the
Legislature, md In opposing the railroad mouono.
lfea. These monopoltes are, he said. drawing the
very hio-hlood ffom the people, and By their e.or.
btssnt charEes they arc paying dividends on he
iaee Ok stoek originally only worth half its tace and
paying enormous talaHes to their officers, ereater
.aan ever. 1ho great eTl, however, was that Of tho
efe1ero Of Esaip atofaEe iu Chicago, controlled hv
tho Northwestern Railroad Company, by which si1
gram which they chose to reject w.s thrown into
own gEa!n again, bns be forced to take tn rctnrn
ahea Is esd assaea wal ysns S. AneRes
the men to whom Tho g1ain VA shpped IL Ghcas
~ere AZ epecn1Ato1s therein, md Of coarae mads Il
CO se Marin a9T6' grsG p0stes
remedy ne could SEQ was the erection, by faFmer;.
q storehouses and elevators Of their oHn In eli.
The chairman satnly appealed to tho audience ,or
10 make tpeeeh but nobody did 50 ior
Mr. Hieby asked what wonld be the cost OF w,,,.
M5 sue. !sPlisa TIA. sturst. & Co.'S grain
p.F. R1cHARnz
D. 2. R{chards spoks warmly Of the roh,..,
ptaettsed BY the Northwestern Ks1road, md ssfz
taad eseIy man VI who aold grim by them IN the
He also denounced IN no measured terns IF aoaa.:
,ssx ~ 1hs E hans ana snew q
hing long enoqs ihe @ers shoa,d lou aoFs no
a stop to It. W put
Mr. Bea1d kaId that this gas not a ,,e,,,,,4
for the interests Of the Union Derpatc6 9!o1n5 so5
6nt 70 eonsldsI The several incuh res,inr nnoM
es oF tba cen9 @ h e5 5rs5 g.
oly. The p1rpoee N view, he sar uas 1ssfm III ~
9st The ahf ea. @ s rroaas To-
enormous ehaxes for transpo. .tion r. ,s 70 she
xo5f Va. woIh y4ss eeahsl eea{s d n Rsss nsx
pes % bu.hei foe ooaTe,,ns men charging slis
2 Ths rolt;ns lt%srs he believed we1s IGst Eel
H. Il bsas & te nasa ss,,rnad m he long or
s'.nng s' thsy that the power of these coss
DC ne es n 1hsi; unt{ are ready also TO combine
s,enl,1rists to elect Legslaare w6ieh Mo1a Gf
ae 9i t1s keep
results. The speaker also dre a.teno ~ - Insured
sss ot sR RoT s.9a ,,a2 The
:oft sixty cents per bashei to csT na1n IT, ~,
NJ Yole & L. es9 twsrs "a
II OR products By tbs es1sbushmeSt Of ma5nts
ang asSts n this PIT q he country BE- aso
1tgso stpDgiy eaoWlng The great practical beueois
REsoLruoNB.
NJ. Fsnneld preseated The following resolutions,
'tcparea !or aaop'1on By this meeting. Ths com.
,Ethe Inenhess q The Onion Desp.teh CO rom
county hcld At Rockford on tho 9Sh
lay OF Dccember 1865 TO drztt rp1olutons expresS
ne Tho seat19en. Of the meeting concerning tha
lstsa Of marketing psodnee, rslfpad ta11as, Tsls-