Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-06-12
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL CON
GRE~~.

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-.gTs-sI -rsofutEgrs relating 20 transpoTta-
-ioc etc we-r offered and referred
Ie-okursoxss Ia fGy0r Of the Morrill, land
graft bsZi- zaf providing for The appointment
az cs-nssrse - uaenOrlzlize Congress II us
sehalf. we're debated and laid on the table 10
b. called Up 81 the pleasure Of the Congress
The resolution eOn6eTnning the Eight hour
Lag and reszaeSting Congress % repeal Il Was,
afrs- discussion, voted down By large MAYOR
ity.
A resolution 20 appoint committee Of
tbsre 10 c4yEsfer ~ith The railroads, and soiicit
the usual reduced fare eourtesies 10 the mem
hers ot TIRE Congress, was debated and finally
drsea-sz1-ss3 10 J,-Enzny not voting.
TIE Committee on Transportation made the
foEl0~I1g TspoEi.
Tne eAesy ,-nzsy.9-rs-son o. persons and proper
y = 1aEsoz--l necessity oar eosa.ss : IN
vt-ses snd 6Essrs~ II IL cIre-sat parts he eml.
20. tkz.kgr d. Draper, il IL Civil PoBey o.
Au4e-5za- hEs stated that Re regard. cheap irarl-
rsg-zGtsaz eEen boxing 81 II Simply As means o.
r,5yz gE-r f-25e-ZiZzEZ ant rl1fyfrg our Popl.
lstsoa >. EstjOzAi zsce-sssy- Eyeh more true, u
p,s--lble. = TIE statement hat The greal-
y y .zs-e-Tsd 81 furnishing ali articles
WIGS r<oSzessyz i local bat who-e eoI.ump-
t5oa !. zssr1I and reea-.Ary a. he lowest Es--lole
ca~l q transportation Eghi States Ia the North
vx.st u-otBeed -sagta.l.9 babel. 81 cereals II
IsTz--8 hSzshsi. for every man. woman and child
q IL popa5ats0n. and enough properiy distributed
- rerd lie xn0e - 90 90 Of the nation while the
Eass had 10, grain eaoagh 20 lasJ her more tnan
sta,ee rnoaIh. u the year. and The four
S0atsern states q S0afh Carolina Georgia. Ala
hzFn4 and FLORIDA required J9su,pB OF bushels
saO.e w-sir than they grew. Pennsylvania has ex-
h4astfes. ziaes q gold Massachusetts,, with her
immense factories, has none. The Southern states
have sol eBlinentF adapted 10 the Production OF
cogton and sugar, articles sought and needed by
all E,crEiUns o. the more Northern States.
Missouri has he, immense mines OF iron,
whose manufacture and use goes every
wbgrp The Pacific Coast has her mines her
wheat and her minerals, valuable 10 all. To fetch
and carry the-e raw products, and the secondary
products o. the manufacture. from producer 10
CONSUMER. at the lowest cost l. the most worthy
and rno-t desirable object Of the day III wil re-
move AZ oppressive burden that noy rests Ike an
incsbEs upon the producing interests OF the coun
try and i've cheap food. cheap fuel, and cheap
clothing 10 the people everywhere. In examining
into this subject find that IN the first place the
preseHt for freight and transportation are
Insufficient al least a. now organized ana oper-
ated do no, do their proper work. Our water routes
are distracted by falls and rapids That are not over
come; By shoals and sand bars ina. are hot 1sihoV-
"a and FOR months u the year blockaded by ice
| a. BE- low water. The railways, being used both
for passenger and freight transportation can carry
only relatively small amounts OF irelght ana DOM
waller and railway routes are blocked by an insnf-
AGENCY Of warehouses. elevators and other modes
Of transferring freight al our principal inland and
/ seaboard ciiie-. We find, moreover, that rates
| CHARGED by TRANSPORTATION companies are e1orbi
tauf a. compared with the necessary cost and are
even prohibfory In their character at ponis remote
/ from the great markets While ar; Quincy and M
| n n Ferguson have demonstrated that il l. posi-
Die 10 carry bushel Of grain from sL Louis or
Thicago the seaboard by rail for cents, and we
believe 10 cents per bushei y ample 10 90 so
the statistics show that daring the last five years
| the charges for such carriage have averaged over
| 81 cent. from Chicago and over 81 cent? from 81.
| Louis, from three TO five times the necessary
| cost The rates by water, whilst considerably
lower are stD much above the necessary cost and
In the northern part Of the country are not in opera
ton during the winter season The charges Of eIeFa-
tor and other warehouses have st many points been
also eKn-btan and oppressive. Thus. IN seasons OF
plenty the producer Ends the price OF hi products
| reduced below the cost OF production, and IN
seasons Of scarcity the consumers must pay I'M
vsrrantable and un besrable prices for the ncces-
.srie- Of life. Not only this but nssmueh a. the
seaboArd prices, except In cities OF local scarcity,
fx the prodncer- price, ~ his own locality. the re-
suit q that the hih prices Of freight cause OF
los 10 the producer, even upon what be cells at
home With an immense region OF wheat and
other g-ain-growing country opening up in the
Northwest these evils 10 special farming in
terests threaten TO be greatly aggravated and in
creased in the future. We may add that the unjust
4 determination
gravaie6 aud intensified this evil Determinations
are undRy exciting and building up the prosperity
q competing po;ni-. and depressing and destroy
ing that Of other polnis Keai estate = aep,ecia.,
l the country l. even becoming depopulated by
reason Of unjust Determinations In view OF these
facts your Committee believe that due encourage
ment should be given 10 the opening Of new routes
| aud the improvement Of the old ones, 30 a. 10
furnish transportation at cheap rates between
al parts OF the republic Among these
| ing, which. from q cnr-ory examination,
] seen to have more or less merit: The Niagara
| Ship Canal; the Caughnawaga Champlain Canal
! route from the So Lawrence 10 New York; the Fox
| River Canal. Of Wisconsin, the James River and
| Kanawha through water line the Illinois Miehi-
| gan Canal and the illinois River Improvement; the
| Atlantic a Great Western Canal. and the Mssis-
sippi and Apalachieola Canal along the Gulf coast
| The Southern Pacific and Northern Pacific Rail
roads already aided by grants OF lands. and
their construction II l. believed secured, and We
believe will be important means OF relieving the
| pressure u uanscontinentsl transportation The
| scheme Of the Eastern Western transportation
through ' route from the Northwest to the
| Atlantic. We call attention TO and ask an in
1 yestigation Of the merits Of the narrowgauge
! railroads, As much cheaper in their construction
and operation than the existing railways; Of freight
| tracks or railways adapted especially 10 cheap
transportation, and OF tram railways laid upon the
| common highways OF tine country, which we be-
iieve can be done Al cost not exceeding that Of
macadamized roads. We recommend that efforts
be made and persevered in until all railway cor
porations shall be subject TO the regulation Of the
General and State Governments, to insure the
| absolute and perpetual prohibition and prevention
Of extortonaie charges and unjust determinations.
We recommend that all men who believe the rights
| Of the people should be protected from the ex-
torions and determinations Of transportation mo-
nopolies should unite in reforming the Executive
| Judicial. and Legislative Departments Of our
| National and State Governments. by excluding
1 therefrom the proprietors and servants OF
| such monopolies We depreca,e, finally, the
practice Of the Executive judicial and Legislative
officers In accepting fayors from transportation
/ corporations whose interests are more or less In
eonfict with those Of the people whom such officers
4 were elected to serve.
| The following resolutions were presented:
| WHgEEAs. We recognize the railroads OF the
country an effective means Of developing its ag-
ricultural resources, and a. having interest In
| common and inseparable with the country through
which they pass; and
1 WHEREAS We have 10 times past fostered and
sided them by liberal charters and concessions
made by public and private parties, and sti desire
TO encourage further development OF the railway
system; therefore,
Resosred. That fair degree Of reciprocity would
| suggest that corporations having a common inter-
l est and public aid should In their turn endeayor
/ TO subserve the interests Of the country through
which they pAse by charging fair rates for freight
| and by the equitable and just treatment Of ali
| poinx along their lines.
| Res0irtd, That on the contrary, railroad cor
pOYAtiOns In many instances have been pYnyhitant