The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-09-18
The TRANSPORTATION CUES
TON "a 60
The

Ou az buO y hSeP = 0P''ACneAOA AnOO'AhS
held at the Cooper Institute New York on
Wednesday evening last: bA sE8
WHEREAS, The productive industries
of the nation are not only the source of
our collective and individual wealth, but
also of tue elements on which our nation
al aod individual existence depends i
and
WHEREAS, ALI mateEial produt Is are
the fruit of labor and capital, and as
neither labor or capital can continue
probably and actively employed wuhout
just eq livalent and.
WHEREAS, Great national industries
are only sustained and prospered by the
interchange of the products of one
section of country for those of another
and
WHEREAS, The existing rates of
transportation for the varied products
of the Union from one part of the country
to snnther, and to foreign countries, as
well as the transit cost of commodities
required in exchange, are, in many in
taroes, injur Gus, and to certain interests
abb oIutelY destructive, arising in part
from an iDsuficiency of avenues, and
in part from the defects and ubu ses O f
our present syetem of transportation /;
and &alA
WHEREAS, One OF the great and
meserial wants of the nation to day IS
chear transportation; and. a5
WHEREAS, New Yorkis the natural
outlet for the product Of great portion
OF he continent; and ~
WHEREAS, A material and permaD ept
diversion of her commerceis threatened;
therefore. ~... - offT
Reso2ced, That it is our duty as mer-
chants and citizens to organize an asscia.
ton TO foster tn interests Of the city, the
State, and the nation, in connection with
the question of transportation. -.
Rsso'0sd, That the production of the
country, both agricultural and manufac-
turing, has increased much faster than
the tacilities'tor transportation, that ad Id
tiopal avenues IF communication with the
West and the South are an immediate
necessity; that the policy of our Govern
ment, both State and national, shnnl
be go shaped that our great product No
Interests and the commerce depending
thereon should not be eft to the mercy
OF corporations which, by virtue ot
combinations and cancellations, have
become monopolies whose tendency is t.
override and subyert the rights of the
people; that in our present system of in
land transportation there exists many
detects and abuses which should receive
careful legislative attention in order tha
all interests may be justly treated and
harmonized.
ReSolOed, That the production of the
country has so increased that double
track railways, exclusively for freight, are
a necessity, and that business men will
not tolerate delay for ten or twelve DAYS
IN transporting goods 1000 miles, when,
with road devoted exclusively to freight
the same distance can be trayersed in
about four days, at one halfof the usual
expense.
RssotOed, That the abuses In the prese nj
system of railway management must
cease. The watering of stocks, the
reckless and unprinclpled financial man
a9ement,the inside rings" of contractors,
She granting of special privileges to
numerous "fast-freight lines" the lavish
and extravagant expenditure in controll.
ing elections and corruptng Legislators,
all tend to prevent the transportatio on of
freight at reasonable rates.
Res0loed, That the freouent and
arbitrary changes in the rates Of opr
present freight lines constitute a serious
defect in the management of our railwor
system, tending to prevent buyers from
coming to this market, because their
freight may be advanced so per cent in 8
single day, and it is desirable that moro
uniform and permanent rates should b.
maintained.
ReaoI0ed, That corporations created
by the peoplet and by them endowed