, 1873-12-16
THE FARM ERS.
Further Proceedings Of the Iowa
State Grange.
4 Government Railway Deslrefl---
Discrepancy In tho Treas
uycr's Accounts.
The Illinois Farmers Association TO
Meet To-Day in Decatur.

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DEsalo1SEs, H.. Doc. 15.-Losa than ln1f tho
dc1cgatoa 10 tho State Grange remained over
Suuday for tho business Of this wcok.
a GOVERNMENT HALFWAY nEs1nEp.
a committoc OF five was appointed to roport \
momoriAl to Congrosa in behalf Of tho 100, 900
Iowa farmers represented by the stato Grange
for don'lo~track freight line connecting tito
East nnd Wost.
THE TA1 on TEA AND COFFEE.
On motion Of z. s. Colin, tile following wns
adopted:
Re.olrtd, That our delegation In oongrces be IN
arnctsd y tllo 100000 farmers Represented ~ tho
stao Grange Of Iowa to oproeo tho revival Of lc tnx
oil tea an coce aud, II 1lcrcastl roven,te Is
hnry, to uEga the re-ennctment Of tho Income tax.
OTHER DuA1NEss.
4 resolution was adopted that each financial
officer be required to give bonda In twice tho
amount iutrustcl to Ills charge.
Tho Grange IL n HcnEon .: late hour to-
night Tho Executive Committee will romain in
session In this city ntl Of tllis wooh.
ito the Associattd i'tss.l
4 FAitatEfs8 HlNu.
DEs Mo1sEs, 1n., Dcc. 15.-Tho meeting Of
the State Grange Oil Saturday was not very llnr
in toward the Executive Committee. who Ind
bought tho patent for tho Werner Harvester
with tho Grange's money, but rofnHo to al-
low tho Grange to soil tho col,tract
Dy some means tho contracs got into tho daily
printed report Of the Convention. and the whole
edition wna nelzed and burned up, which causcd
considerable excitement, and tlln Committee arc
charged with forming n ''ring" for their own
bouolit.
TIE rnEAsuREn's ACCOUNTS.
There is II discrepancy Ut several hundred dol
ara in tho TreaHurers report, which IL mol OK
planned, aud lllo Grange is to Lold oyor till to-.
day to invontigaso sheso two mattsss
THE RAILROAD TAnlFT.?
rF tin{ mill IN nrnff
Tailroad Tariff nsked to DO excused, aa they
! wero members of tho Legislature THO rosolu-
tiou that tho Lcgieaturo has tho exclusive right
to regulate railroad tariff was reconsldered, and
tho word " "exclnBivo" was stricken out.
ITO tie 4 tssositted I'res<.l
DEsMo1NEs, Dec. l5.-1he Suite Grange hold
three sessions to-day, ard adjourned suo tllo ut
II o'clock tonight. Nearly MI Of THO timo Of
amendments to tho slato and National Constitu-
tions Of tho Ordor. Some Of tho recommended
tions for charges in tho National Constitution
aro very radical, but Of gccret character.
The Committee appointed to prepare o railroad
tariff bill failed 10 mike n report.
! THE GOVERNMENT HALLWAY.
| Several resolutions III favor of yarioltt trans-
| portation schemes woro adopted, among thou, .
dontlo-traeh freight rail1oad from Council
Bluffs d.rectly through on tho shortest line
to Norfolk, w. Statements wcro mado, in
tho Grange. during tho debate preceding
the adoption Of tho latter resolution, that En-
glish md German capitalists wero roady to ad-
| :ance tho required money to build and equip
| tho road.
A good deal Of work WAS done, but it waE
| nearly all Of q secret character.
Tho Grange adIournd TO meet in DosMoineE
| tho second Tuesday In December next.
| The Illinois Farmcrs' Association.
| speciat Disuatch to Ths Chicaao Tribune.
DECATUR, ILL.,, Dec. 15.-rho annual session ol