The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-08
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION.
The farmers Convention at New
York,

I
Cheap Transportation Convention met
1890 o'clock, r. Il. Ferguson, Of Troy, Ii
the Chair.
Alter number Of associates were sd,
mitted to representation In the Conven'
ton, the Committee on Permanent Or
ganizatlon made the following report:
President, Josiah Quincy, Boston; Sec
retary, II. r. Ferguson, Troy, n. Y. ViCt
Presidents, Louis A. Thomas, Iowa; Hen
ry Branson, Kansas; General West, Wis
consin; William Boswell, Iowa; Governor
Smith, Georgia; ]. A. Thompson, West
Virginia; Adelbert Ames, Mississippi
George j. Post, New York; ]. B. Phinney
Illinois; W. 8. Wood, Ohio; E. A. Stan
ward, Missouri; ]. Il. Gray, District oi
Columbia; Joseph E. StetSon, New Jersey
franklin @. johnson, Indiana; A. Morri.
son, Minnesota; E. A. Dodge, Vermont;
E. Wakes, Nebraska; Ex-Governor
Addlelord, Rhode Island; General L. G.
Hersen, Maine, J. B. Sergeant, Connect.
cut; Henry 8. Hall, North Carolina, Col.
Palmer, Columbia, South Carolina; M. D.
Wilbur Michigan; James Macarthur, Ken.
lucky; Daniel Pratt, Alabama. The re-.
port was approved Of and committee ol
i've appointed 10 inform Mr.. Quincy Of
his appointment. When that gentleman
entered the room, he was warmly receiv.
ed. In his address to the committee, Mr..
Quincy said that he had spent q large
part OF his life in building railroads, and
Ielt keenly the danger growing out Of an
immense railroad monopoly. He appre-
ciated their great benefits, but was aware
Of their danger to the people. The great
granaries Of Illinois will hold enough to
supply the last with food, but 1t depends
on one or two men to say what shall be
paid for that food when delivered In the
eastern cities. He thought that some
thing must be done 10 take this mat.
tor out oil the hands OF few men.
II was matter that interested
deeply the whole country, and should not
be controlled by a few. The object OF
this A ssociation was TO counteract this
great evil. The railroads have power 10
bribe Legislatures, and will continue To
dictate the laws until the people have
come together and asserted their rights.
The rights OF railroad shareholders are
no! to be iufringsd upon, but the. para.
mount right Of the whole people 10 cheap
transportation must be asserted and SO.
cured.
The constitution and bylaws reported
provide that the organization shall be
known as the National American Cheap
Transportation Association" whose OBJ.
iect shall be the cheapening and equaliza.
ton OF railroad transportation rates
throughout the United States
The convention rG.assembled at three
o'clock. The following parties were ad.
mitted as delegates: Rev. MIR. freeman,
Illinois; NJ. Nj. Pomeroy and Charles II.
Morris, of tho PurveyOrs' Association and
Board of Trade, Of New York; Hon. D.
B. MellIs and Theodore E. Tomlinson.
While waiting Tor the report OF the
Committee on Resolutions, Horace II.
Day, NJ. NJ. Pomeroy and Others, deliv-
cred brief addresses, advocating the. OBJ.
iects of the movement. The Secretary
read letter from Governor Smith, Of
Georgia, Eegretting his inability TO be
present, and expressing the opinion that
cheap transportation can only be SC.
cured by the lines oil water communication.
The letter concludes as follows: 81
agree with you that there Is no question
before the country Of equal Importance
with this, and heartily second you In
your patriotic desire that neither parties
nor sectional jealousies be suffered TO In.
tertere with or impair the successful
prosecution Of the grand undertaking. 1t
would give me great pleasure TO sec you
at the convention at Atlanta on the
S0th Of May, accompanied by such dele.
cation as the convention Of the 9th Ot
Alay may select"
II. D. Wilber, Chairman ot the Com
mittee on Resolutions made report that
the Resolution created considerable OF a
discussion some delegates objecnng to the
strong language used toward the railroad
corporations. The Resolutions were Ia
ken up section by section and discussed
and adopted. The following are the Res.
olutions as amended and adopted:
WHEREAS, The productive industries
ol the United States, plantation and farm,
mine and factory, commercial and mer-
chantilO, are not only sources Of all our nat.
ional and, individual wealh, but also the el
ements on which our very national and
individual existence depends; and, d
WHEREAS, All national products arc
fruits OF labor and capital, and neither
labor nor capital will continue actively
employed without an equivalent measure.
bly, just; and,
WHEREAS, The great national indus
tries are only sustained and prospered by
the interchange Of tho products Of one
section Of the country TOR those ofanother;
and,
WHEREAS, The existing rates Of trans.
portation for the varied products Of
the Union from one part oil the country
to another, and 10 all foreign countries
as well as the transit costs of the commo.
dities required IN the exchange, arc In
many instances, injurious and 10 certain
interests absolutely destructive, arising
in part, at least, from tho insufhcienCy
from the avenues; and,
WHEREAS, The great national want Of
the nation today, Is o relief from the
present rates Of transit upon American
products; therefore,
ReJolped, That 1t is the duty Of the
hour, and the mission of this Asso citation,
to obtain from Congress and the different
State Legislatures, such legislation as may
be necessary TO control and limit by law,
within the constitutional and legislative
limits, the rates and charges of existing
lines Of transportation, 10 increase where
practicable the capacity Of our present
water ways, and TO add such new avenues,
both Of water and rail, as our immensely
increasing internal commerce demands,
so that the producer may be rewarded for
his honest toll, the consumer have cheap
products, and our almost llmltlesS surplus
lind foreign markets at rates to compete
with the world.
q R'olred, That cheap transportation,