Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-25
October IS. lS73.

We have, in the following, a re
port of some of the proceedings OF
the Farmers Convention which met
in Chicago on Thursday. In the
main the purposes thereof seem to
have been coherent and clearly de
fined; but it Is almost inconsistent,
It seems to us, for a convention to
pass a resolution in favor of free
trade, and another pledgins supp ort
20 home industries. But the general
demand for greater facilities for
transportation and fairer rate of
prices therefor seems to have been
urged with An intelligent modera-
tion-although the report re"i.h
presented would seem to illustrate
that it is not q possible thing even
for the Farmers in Convention as
sembled to possess, any more COM
pletely than any other class, the
secret Of SO far segregatlng them
selves from the balance of mankind
az to maintain and enjoy and exem-
pity the possession of, one common
conviction or one common, sp celtic
rule and purpose Of action. Says
the report:
Tho Farmers Convention thi. after |
noon appointed q committee of Eve of !
their most prominent members, all of |
this State, to meet the Senatorial Trans
poetation Committee at st. Louis on the |
eth instant - requested by Senator
Wendell, and again took up the discus
sion Of tho water transportation Ques-
ton. The debates of the convention are
Ysthsr dssrltory and cover . wider range
than subjects nominally under discus
mon would warrant, the speakers Rener-
aIly giving their views ON nearly all the
topics ON which they feel interested. w.
@. Fla0R, President Of the Illinois State
Association. made . thoughtful address
on the subject of railway legislation, =,
taking the ground that railroads arc the I
Of Legislatures and necessarily I
subject to their control; at the same time I
any hostility to railroads OK i.
eept whore they exceed the bounds Of :
reason in their treatment Of the people
Who gave them life and upon which they !;
hive: 4 delegate introduced . series Of
resolutions oppoaing the protective tariff, ]
recitinx the hardsLips it inflicted upon ,
the farmers. and demanding its repeal.
The resolutions were adopted The
10 not 20 large - had bssn
The majority Of the dele 1
yatss are from Illinois, but il contains . q
number Of representative men, and the q
discussions are calculated to advance the
armsrs' cause. Il
In the afternoon session Of the Far b
ners' Convention the report Of the Com
nittee on Resolutions was discussed. G
The report resolves a. follows: FIRST Y
Congress without delay to
'ass . maximum freight and passenger
~ regulating traffic between States,
nd requesting Legislatures to pass q
~ regulating the same within States,
nd protesting against further granting =
any subsidies to private corporations il
any kind. Second-That experience n,
a. shown water routes to b the cheap =,
It. and Congress 10 requested to open u
ater routes from the Mississippi to the F
lahoard. rhird-EncOuraging home
~ tending to lessen the
ecessity for transportation. Fourth
hat Debt is burden and urging far N
'en to avoid it and thus b prepared
u the coming struggle between the ~
eOple and the monopolies. Fifth II
hat no industry can be protected by :,
gislation except At the expense of other -
and that the convention is "
opposed to all special legislation. Sixth te
the perfection of !,
,untv and State organizations. The
rst resolution was adopted without de-
ate. The second gave rise to q lengthy
iscussion A number Of prominent n
len wished to amend SO as not to limit T.
,e Recommendation to canals FROM the Is
Mississippi to the East, but to include IL
lie south and impro, enents of tho la
River. Others wished the
overnmen. to bald railroads and i'm ca
rove the water facilities. This was the n
Dneral expression, the only difference "
ing as to the chti e Of the water routes d.
, be recommended. A small minority I
opposed any aid from the government ii
III said all they asked was that Con In
-ess should cease legislating against iii
lem and for monopoIies. The follow to
q substitute was adopted by . two h
Iird vota: I've demand the construc- VI
On of railroads and the Improvement: ne
water communication between the of
terror and the seabOard. the same to q,
owned and operated by the General N
for the purpose affOrdinS ju
cap and ample transportation and to Ps
otect the people from the exaction Of III
,nopo!ies," The resolution indOTsing b.
g proposed continental double track he
l-av froyn Omaha To New York WAS he