, 1873-10-23

EVENING 2ES9IONs
THE CONVENTION nEsuMED BUSINESS At 1880. |
aIr. CoGeeu, Champaign, urged the following feao- |
lutions:
Resolved That the first duty Of tho people is to aub-
lec all transportation companies or corporations 10
'ni soutd That il is their next duty to urge
making Of shtpcanal from the Atlanse aoanoaTd by
ers 70; o eep water IL ho Gull ot Mexico by Nj
Fssoiued That It s their next duty to obtain tho
stasnco Of our Federal Government by advance Of
credit for the purpose Of building q donee-track
freight railroad from near tue neof tho Kansaa =
Nebraska, Iear an 1ir line posHiblo to NOW YORK
MI. WIGHT
was In favor Of tho route suggcsted, but wa'
opposed to tho Government undertaking to
build it. Thoro was bar acrosa the Miae-
iasippi which $4,000 year failed to dredse
aud keep clear. canal could be BULL making way
clear to the ocean from New Orleans ot 4 cost Of
900 Ooo and that would give an outlet for tue west
by why OF tho Mississippi, reducing tho freight TO Law
erpool 40 cents hundred. II tho railroads added 8
ths farmers M Of H ssGo1GGo %s1 sesr ss
ornment should undertake tho work, They should
lsss tiee T Ten mions Of whlto boing robbed
every day out Of ha their earnnga b these monopo;
Tho should 9ua eani Greqna nd 1ss MeaFa o%oa 1
Ill., ferTy not tn,nk T. possible to .ia bui1a csnqs ~ 4
and then they should elect to .ako charge Of tito public
whoee nonssy ~ nsa t
(Applauso.] 3h' a0ssan@Sus Mn p1sMor Sao''1 ~ ''
., K.no,, waptea nts:eas rse' He tired .ss Of
s''n b. much 1t them et twenty years Of t!n,s would
" snp pay I'll living Too s
Gei pateas sa eys!ssins s sssS
Ea!ss Hs I. q kpsw q. ,,m. msna mi
vito found ahe could buy The kind Of lat for 10
cents. They could not ahoe horse less than 60 cents
sants They psy s15 ~ soys t1st A. saonl
not cost more than $25 friend Of nas hsE hoasa, T.
e tsora tnsre LIN LIN they Would not
thsm 81 leas than SIS, mud one man asked him s6o
shoS hsyS tss ApsiiS ss 81 Govern
,nsnt going INTO tho canai-dlggins business.
vss In favor of tho Go doyernment doing anything II
was bet.or managed than the Erio ailroad aud tlt
Iailroada. There were eaaea vhero Tug aoysrnmeu
did much better thAn private citizens. The Northern
Wien Wien they came ne down to prsetisa they shoa!t
ask what way they could get Ee!sf speeau!
s %as 9ss er 81 ~
the KanaT r. fortn nd o as hs5n oan
something, and then urge 1t upon Congress:
} Mr. pofre wished to move that It tho sonse
tho Convention that wator-trhuHportat!oa would no
: give immediate relief.
: Mr, Cat1eon defended hia resolutions.
MR. LEwlB,
Of Douglas County offered substitute follows:
. iietoiptd That the producing casses Of the countr
can no longer endure the e1orbant rateA Of tranBpor
. | tation tmposed upon us and TINT VIC den1nl that 0
: National Congreas take into consideration tmnediatol
q | thc Transportation qucstlou. ..
: Resolved, That Congress- orcn circumnayiga1
:: | route BY wator, and also build or moro donh
track railroads from east to vest and pass laws regt
:: latlng tariffs on nuea already built.
g.. MI. HART,
LABal!e, defended the Illinois Il Michigan Cana ~
stated that It reduced the rates Of competing r.,
+ rohds uo waB IN favor OF getting III the az ths
could State and National to Get some way tor tran,
poFti1x produce to tho seabosrd, either by Now Yol
r. OF New Orleans. He would compel railroads 70 obt
|. law They wero public highways, aud should bo "
dor control llko any other public corporation. ~
l. Illinois Law WAS partially III operation. THO roads 10
practically, they had not. Next January the roa m
would DO compelled to submit 10 the maximum M FaI
being n1ed by the Commissioners. Tho law W. wa
move In the right direction Tlle sovereign reopl0
| the State intended to control tho public HIGHWAY
l. which belonged to then-the soVerelgnh Or 1h1 hta
eri,i.,out controlling through trHi3'o ies"ten II,
rs 6atos, Tint was tho right Of tho people, ahd u
d would demand It. (Arplauke.l
MN. HARRIS, a.
Br Ironuoss believed the trouble with them Haa Il!
wpro all In duht au they had to sell thelr proanea
,a thoy could hold their grain uu they Kot ther nF
it they vera al Of oMe niinl they cnad @ o2nlfo!
market, They should bp united. TUG farmers
L, this colntrytho producers OF what tho WORTH nee
SHOULD not bo BiSYes.
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