Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION.
RESOLUTIONS Adopted by the New Yo1
Convention.

C0nVemtlO0s
The following resolutions were
adopted by the Farmers Cheap Trans.
portation Convention in New York, on
Thursday, previous to it's final adjourn
mont:
WHEREAs, The productive industries of the
United States, plantation and farm, mine and
factory, commercial aud mercantile, are not
only the sources OF all our national and in-
dlvidnal wealth, but also the elements on
which our very national and individual exist
ence depends and
WHEREAS, All national products are the
fruits OF labor and capital, and a. neither Ia
Dor nor capital will continue actively employcd
without an equivalent mcasurablv just and
.iWHEREAs, Great national industries are only
sustained and prospered by interchange or
the product Of one section Of the country for
those Of. another; and
WHEREAS, The existing rates OF transporta-
ti0n tor the various products Of the Union,
from one part OF the country to another, and
to foreign countries, az we'll as transit cost OF
commodities required IN exchange, are in
many instances injurious, and to certain in
terests absolutely destructive, arising, in part
WHSREAs, The great national want Of the
nation, to-day, il relief from the present rates
OF transit npon American PRODUCES therefore
Resolved, That it IL tho duty or the hour,
and the mission Of this association, to obtain
from Congress, and different State legisla-
tsres. such legislation a. may be necessary
to control and limit bv Law, within constitu-
t'onal and legitimate limits, the rates and
charges OF existing lines OF transportation !;
to increase where practicable, the CAPACITY
OF our present water ways, and to add such
new avenues, both water aud rail, as our inn
mensc'y increasing internal commerce de-
mands, 90 that the producer may be Jointly
rewarded ter his honest toll, the consumer
have cheap products, and our almost Iimltless
sul plus fiiid foreign markets at rates to COM
pete with the world.
+ Resolped, That cheap transportation, both
Of persons and property, being most conducive
to free movement OF people, aud the widest
different parts OF the Union is essential TO the
welfare aud prosperity Of the country.
Res0lued. That constant aud frequent asso-
ciation OF Inhabitants Of remote parts Of tho
United States, ia not only desirable. but neces.
| sary for the maintenance OF homogeneous
area of our territory.
Resolucd, That the best interests Of the
country also demand the freest possible inter-
change Of the industrial products Of the varied
climstes and industries Of the United States,
go that breadstuds, textile fabrics, coal, lum.
local in their production. bnt general in their
consumption, may oil reach the consumer at
! the least practicable cost Of transportation,
| and that IN arbitrary IN unnecessary tax lev
led BY transfer, over and above fair remu-
neration for investment, is burden upon the
producer aud consumer, that it is the part Of
wise statesmanship to remove.
Resolued, That certain leading railroad cor
porations of the country, although chartered
| to subserve the public welfare, and endowed
| with right of eminent domain, s0leIy for
that reason, have proved themselves practical
ly monopolies and become the to ls Of avari
cious and interruptions ptalists, to be used
impoverish the country through which they
run.
Resolved. That many of the railroad corpo,
rat,ons have not only disregarded public con
venience and prosperity, but have oppressed
citizens, bribed our legislatures, and detiet
our courts and judges. and stand to-day thu
most menaciDg danger to American ibsrt.
and to republican government.
Res0!red, that the present system OF railws,
management having failed to meet the JUS
expectations and demands Of long suffering
people, mast be radically reformed, and con
troIled by the strong hand of law, and raiIwa,
corporations compelled to perform thei
proper functions as servants, and not - mas
ters of the people.
Resotued, That to this end We invoke the al,
OF all fair minded men in all the states OF tn
Union, In excluding from the halls OF lesisla
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bench, all such railway officials, railway attor
neys, or otker hirelings, rs prosti titute pubii
Office to the base uses Of private gain.
Resolued, That, leaving different sections
and interests that desire cheap transportation
to work out the problem in such . manner q
they may deem b St, We earnestly invoke thei
careful confederation; their energetic acton
and their resolute will, in regulating aud con
trolling rates of transportation, and in givlnl
remunerative wages to the producer, m,
unt armed charges tor their carnage.
Resolued, That we invite people OF the va
rious states, to organize Subsidiary associa
tions, state, county and town, to co-operat
with the national association. That power t
accomplish the purposes desired, rests abso
lutely with the suffering millions. Relief j
within their reach and control. United actor
and the near future will give ue, certain, q
Its need for all time, and the good of all; tn
true solution OF tho problem Of cheap trans
portation.
I The convention appointed the follow
ing committee to prepare an addres
to the people: Hon. Josiah Quincy
of Boston; NJ. D. Wilbur, Of Mich
gan; Horace n. Day, Of New Yor
city; r. II. Ferguson, of Troy. Ne,
York; Henry Bronson, of Kansas; J
A. .Noonan, Of Milwaukee, and J. q
Price, of New York.
The convention then adjourned +
meet in Washington, January 1874, a
the call of the executive committee.