, 1873-02-04
Mass Meeting Of Farmers at
Champaign, Ill.
Speeches by A1essrs. ". G. Rlagg, ]. D.
Pllinnoy, Henry T. Aspern, J.
W. Langley, and Others.
Various Remedies Suggested tor
Present Evils---Tfe ResO-
lutiOns Adopted.
From Our OHn Correspondent.

From Our Oscn Correspondent.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, Feb. !, 1879.
The meeting was callod to order by the oficort
Of the Champaign County Tarruers' Club, and
on motion, Mr.. q. ". MoElroy, iof 1snntoul, WA
elected Chairman, and II. J. Dunlap, Of Cham
psi2p. Secretary. Commtttoes on Organization
Financo. and Resolutions wero appointed; aftei
which the Chairman stated tho object OF tht
u,aosing in brief address, aud recommended
tim farmers Of this county, in purchasing thels
implements. machinery, wagons, and other gooos'
to buy, az far ~ possible, thoHo manufacturers ~
Chamnafru County. Tho addroBs WAS received
with app!suBo, showing TINT tho 1eehnes o'
those present wero with the epoalter.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Hon. ". @. Fl1gg, Of Madison County
=, 49, 1,roncaf1cd TO address tho mooti1g as fol-
Iowa:
krEECu OF aIR. FLAda.
r.r,nu.r.nMEns OF CHAMPAIGN County, !
ssyo been invited to moot you hero today IN
meotinc to coupidor tho abuses consoauont upon
SIR exiting railway system; and l presume l
Si!l be expected, in common WIN otlers' 70
uTcr nv remedies for the unpleasant and un-
oraftab,o condition Of affairs noT existing. !.
f., AZ ndirees, introducing tho subject OF rail-
uar 1arieIation and railway reform, which bad
~: nouor to deliver before gathering o. tho
representative farmers Of tho SINE, ns nloo.a.
IL ~. aome two weoks ago, after pointing cut
It's deuepdonce upon competition as nre8aiator
-: railway r:tcB had been m utter failuro, both
In ENGLAND md tho United StatoB, aud Tint
faa in common w sanfs siP gPas, sn a INV Mn5Cr o
tinrtd. practical monoplieu, 7 then suggested
rar;aty Of rometlics that might properly ho ap-
r,lic1 Tor Tho discussion of the Convention. Aa
lid not havo time on that occasion to oven sthto
them at length, lwli eneeyor 70 40 20 @ now, ". -,
:eady lave Upon our statuto-hook,- Tontor to to
In, conductor your 21 or conla por mile with 10
cents additional for not having prrchased .
ke and pa moro you roo4 dep 70 tSons
Be- 1tz'ns Mo,t ao opai a1st faro Woy %
Item with the continual prcaontation Of the
case Of tho Pooplo against tho Railroads, and
stand by tlo laws OF your Commonwealth; lf u
takes good many 10. oniorco tho laW, naYo q
Stats If yo1 can help yourselyea. up IN Mclean.
County ihoy have organized . club to rido nc
cordiuc to law; and tho only thing TINT prevent
cd them from doing go was their mobility te, TO
maIe tho conductor receive anything; Ihey
Seconti-Cau for additional Htate legislation.
Wo want q low fixing reasonable na1!mum ratoa
OF freight, with powor to como down snnmar1ly.
sharply, and dccisivoly upon those who 40 MT
obey t. We "aps az acs 9a p,io Se
ways, and tho involved principle that rMlwny
corporations arc public OF quaai.publio, CORPORA
tions. In tho enmo act, provision 'snoula 10
made for the passage or hauling OF passenger or
rates, Ut proper times, over gny railroad. In
other words, whnt is now mndo d monopoly ~
iusile rcilwnY ringH and, in the name of " COL,
vred 1inag," plumbers at once stockholders an{i
tho public Should instead Of R'ing ts tue p5e7 Of
condemnation OF railways, go that tie proper
officers may, whom tho circumstances justify,
condemn any railway, a1sd have short mpthoa
and an impaired obligation OF the contract sup
posed to exist between the Company AUG tho
btato. This condemnation need not go beyond
tho condemnation Of TINT part OF its franchise
apdF Ths hs r9e oempapy e rs snS and trsshs S
this way I believe that, for q comparatively
small expenditure, if any, all tho moro OBJ
tectionablo parta Of our railway, charters can
b made way WITH eyen though The monstlohs Ss
controlled in their charges wero sustained bY
cur Courts.
FourM-Beok md ask for other Legislation
elsewhere. have thus far spoken only OF the
subject to the Constitution and laws Of illinois:
But this same inordinate greed and e3tortlon Of OF
railway management extends from ..Ohlcago to
Now York, from st. Louis to baltimore, from
Cairo to New Orleans. We must procure gon-
A+4cAtt t.N6 u, ii.
especially the rates OF freight, from the NORTH
rest to the seabosr 80 that lnstena to, o. paThng h;g
81 cents per busho Tor carrying gram 's1 ,,e 1r
e:go to New York, es Ar. Ferguson snoMs w. w y
have done for the last iyo yoars t wa ~ nay ~ ge,
done %o ts asaE eops - than
2ffny: ~ TiGa nat hp 10 enss eensTrod ''' " '
III know viz toae, mon disputed point, o where
there is much h9nest Ha mt
Ing theso e1tortionase rates, as among tae Rost
eble remedies laow tho dl1ien11oe 1 a!.9t, that
Toua 6eset tho undorta9 e the taat Stln Of an
Immense diyersity Of conditions IN tno Maeton. U.
corrupt Influences in Nalonal loEsaIon maGse
all these great and unacrap1ong ihon;oponsa ~,
would be united nganst us but ne!aevS me
should nnd IN
OF tla tho power ~ to ega
Interstate commerce, under the greas pecess.' 1881
ties ef the sos e n1{ o be peopo By rss
EOtT EQt OF h0HSAcnas "A'As