, 1870-04-08
THE TRANSPORTATION CUES
TON,
The Relation OF the Carrying to s..~
PEcducinE 1nscrcst OF the CouAtrr-
Call for o Convention.
E-,,,, H. Flrotsi,

The Relation OF the Carrying to sa~
Producing lnsere>t OF the Couatrr
Call for o Convention
From the Fratrla Farmer.
To TIE FARMERS OF TIE Soa7HwEsr Viii
you permit working farmer, whose entire IT,
terest il identiGea with you11, to address "
you word OF warning
A crisia in our A11airs il approaching. aud
danger threatens
leading staples is so low that they cAunos r.
TRANSPORTED to tho markets Of Europe, or even
to our own sea-boatd, and Leave margin fer
profits. by reason Vt tho excessive rates OF
transportation.
During the war, but Little attention Was Civ
eE to the great increase in the price OF freghts,
as the price Of tp1od1cs was propoFtionAbiy
high; hut we look in min for any abatementt
now that va ara obliged to accept less tlia:i
half the former prices for much that we rai-e-
We lock in vain for any diminution IN the
carrying rates to correspond with tae r7riil.
declining prices Of tn, means OF living, and Of
materials for constructing boats, cars, engines
4nd ttack but, On the other hand, We Zee a
total ignoring Of that rule Of reciprocity be-
tween the car1yihg and producing interests
which prevails in every other department VI
trade and commerce.
Doee it not behoove Us, then. to inquire cam-
estly how long va can stand this Discerning
scale On the one hand, and the ascending, On
the other, and which party must inevitably aul
speedily so to the wall ...
I By no nesnA counsel Aosfl;.y to the carr.-
inR snterett-it il one Of tho pro1uccre bept
friends; hut, like the hre that cooks our food
and warns our dwelling, It E1ay Alsn become
the hardeat of naxetern. The 6ze-hepa lsNShx
| as he eec4pes from our control, and IN 40 hour
icks up and sweeps away tho accumulasions u
rea Of toll ...
Mnny OF us are not aware Of The gigantic
proportions the carrying interest il assuming.
1cts than forty years since the tint railroad
fire WAS kiudled On this continent, but which
nov, like = mighty conasgEahon, il cracking
! and roaring oser every prairie and through
every mountain gorge. lite hfet year produced
| fifteen miles; the List, 5000.
| On the ga1ne mammoth rcs1e goes on ths
| work OF organization And direction. H tbs
uee Of almcet unlimited means it enliats in it4
service the tineet talen:- OF the land officers,
| attorneys. SCENTS and Lobbyists. gives free
| psssce aud splendid entertainments to the rap
1eecntatives Of the people, and even tTans-
ports whole legislatures into e1ceeding high
| mountstns, showing them the kiugdoma Of tho
world with layiEh promises Of reward for fcaltt
and support: witness its land grants and fran
chise secured from the rowera that be, sus,l
World.
In Europe every cosrcrat;oa returns its
{ranchit u TO the crcwn within specified time,
while here their tries art more SECURE than the
lAI1ue1N warranty deeua.
Iu you Ray 1ilat sOti nIe out OF debt hnd eau
ttop Trodueiug when it does not I'ays
lte!l you. tny ftieud., that tha carrying tn
tcrest with it's y1eeent momentum unchecked,
will coon acquire the power to tag your uniu-
cunheIctl EeEsetsions into leaseho1ds, aud fou
and ne into tenanta at will.
lfAncy hear the respouse-These things
are 10 Lux What Cal, VIC do
Na:hcE, ms frie:.lt, what can VIC mol do !?
WL.: power can withstand the combined and
coletn1tated forte u tns producing interest
IT tina republic lAs what aSsi.s cur
are unahlo to uac it for want Of cseaight ? or,
Ike = mighty nl1ny without disctrline, every
men fighting or his own hook i or, whst IL
still wo:Re, reposinR in fAHcied security whila
the DeElAls Of the enemy hasn we'll nigh
tto1u away the last lock OF strength In Thu
respect We constitute solitary e1ceplon,
every other interest hssing long sisce protect
cd itself BY union and organization
As measure calculated to bring I'll H.
tcsested, AZ it wcze, within speakiec- Ist7ace,
and as \ stepping stone to III efficient utbani-
zstion, propoac that tie farmers OF Tic great
I Nortl.=s. concentrate their e1oFte, power.
aud leanA a. the great transportation coMFa-
nies have done theirs. and accomplish souse-
Thing, instead at fEittezinB sway tl,eic c1csta
in doing nothing.
And, to Ills end, suggcet convention of
thota opposed to ths present tendency 10
monopoly knd oxtortionAte charges by our
transportation companies, to meet At bloom
ington, Illinois, on the 2oth day Of April
next, f1r tho purpose OF discussion and tha
appointment OF committee to raise funds 10
bt expended in ue employment Of tic highcs.
o1ler Of legal talent to put In form OF report
and argument an exposition OF the nghta,
w1cngS, interests, md in5u1ses with THAR
tcmedies) Of tLe producing naassss Of tha
Northwest, cnd lay it before the authorities Of
eaci, state. end ct the gencrA Government
CpngTesH ~ rew il eefsion aaa the Cooatitl-
tinpal Convection of this STATE will then asain
Le convened. Farnczs, now il the tina for
action. EEERy T. WHEELER.
DowSEnis GEorE, DursSo CouEty, III.