, 1873-03-18

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fiscal year wo turned ont Of our own mills 2,050-
o00, 900 pouuta Of rails. It thus appears TINT,
Tor tho purpose Of railroad construction and ro.
pounds Of rniln por allnun,. Thu current duty
unon foreign rail ts oac por 100 lbs, md OIL steol
rails l}Sc por ID. rlo effect Of Tho duty IL to III.
otoaac M i tlio pI1co to that oxtent, not only upon
which, If tho duty wore removed, would lavo to
bo oorrosponaingly reduced to enable man,1fac-
t'lrora to compelo with importers. The follow.
Ing etntemo1lt, tlen, will show tho cont Of the
tariff, laat year, to Our railroad companies On
rails nlone:
1stronrEp, r1aoA1 YEAR 1B71-7a.
800 lbs iron rails, duty o3cents per 100 ralue
2.s ~ iii liz steel rs, , * 9se Sde
or HOME rnoDuorloa N is7s. N'''''"'
1900, 600 600 lbs iron rails Gu cents per leo
lis stsei rails TX iseSo% seSeo1
Total n gola valne: .ss2 sgsa:!
Equivalent IN currency. 2j T60, ,00G
1t will THUS DO Hoon that tlo tariff incronsos
tho nnnual expenditure Of tho roa1u upon rails
$25, 750, 900. Besides this, We have to tnle into
account tho consumption Of Iron for otllor p,1r-
| plntoH, &c., tho amount Of which can bo only
ynguely guessed at. It may, however, DO safely
estimated that tho iron consumed by tho rail-
roads III various ways ia increased In cost by tia
tariff to the s1tent Of s30,0o0,000 per annnm.
Taking tho ANNUAL gross earnings Of all the rail-
roads Of tho country at sdho, ,oo0, ,oo1-tho amount
diai5ea rde aud na on s sasiR a
amounts to ~ ccnts on tho dollar of the whole
receipts Of tho roads: Or talking ita ratio to tho
capital Of tho roaas, Il amounts to pcr cont per
an1,urn tho 50, ,000, 900, 900 which Mr. Poor
estimates ns Invested in railroads.
| This onormouB iron-tax has to DO collected, to
worry large oxtent, from the farmer, iu the wn7
OF .increasod transportatiou ctargos on thcir
products. This howovcr IL but small l1 pnrt rt't Of
tho augmented cost Of constructing aud work.
ing raiiroadn which rcaults IRON tile tariif. Tho
tariff has like effect upon al dutiabie articles
uacd by the roads, md causea 9 very material
enhancement Of tho .wasc1 paid to tho lnrgo
army Of laborers employed By then, and whom
1t Ii considered that the working expenses
amount To about s275, ,o0o,o 600 por annum, it will
enaily be socn how largo must bo tho amo1,nt
added to the exponao account, directly and iudi-
rcctly, through tho tariH. Now, some intorosts
find it possible to compensate thenaolycs for
Of protecting ppecinl industrioa) by CORE
spondingy increasing tho price Of tlloi7 pro-
ducts; but tho farmers have no much redress.
Tho value Of farm products ia determined by tho
foreign markets. wl,ero tho gurpluR abovo homo
wants is dlsposod Of; aad the price Of cotton,
wheat and pork is consequently tho sauo, tnriH
Il thus results that tho injury inflicted upon
tho agricultural interests through oppressive rail-
road rates is III very largo degreo, tho inlnled-
alto consequence Of the pernicious HyBto1n Of foc-
toriug domestic manufactures through tarifTs.
II the farmers wore to liroct their efforts moro
toward romodylng that fundamental blundcr in
tllo commercial policy OF the Nation, aud lean to
experimenting with Stuto railroad commissions,
thoy would DO In good way toward protecting
themselves permanently against d wrong which
is Bapping tia very foundations Of our nSricul-
tural prosperity.
: .Lotter FROM g. n. s.-sst1., Secretary o2
: the 1iti1aois stnto Farmers Associ:.-
'tiO1l.
+ KEwAsE1, ILL.,, March 49, 1871.
Jas r na Esg Iesi bt,sn; ~ l., st,, ;,a+ r.
i hand. It iB with most 1tnfeiyned regret that
4 must ngain dong mysolf the pleasure ef meeting
you and my friends Of hock lslant Comfy.
engaged for every a9y ;ts ts woo s nea;,nnn o;
y Saturday III Oglo. Thoro is no place TINT would
4 hayo given me moro pleasure to DO than with
YOU on the 12th but ma my other engagcn,en;ta, at
3 letter, must forcgo tho pleasure for tEo
II prosont; hoping. however, that may meet
t you at no distant day. Our work
}. goes bravoly on. Tho most chcoring ns, IS;
RI people nro determined to continue tho srngslo
Il until tho moBtrouB wrongs 40 now suffer sEall
d po fully rcdrcsscd. We need look for no hclp
from the GGserner LIS aRRop;m'Ssnss S;'S 1a ie3
Ia only hopo il now In tho Legislature, and eyer
20 there foar NO ayo snnu hope for relief unlcs:
or VIC give our servants to understand in unnlla
n aud that wo will, he satisfied with nothing shos
1T Of NIL tho Constitution will give us Ill the way
j. Just laws for or,r protection:
nt I consider the Supreme Court decision pioet
+ OF copteuptibio pottfogglng Ni,l unworthy o.
20 the grayo mon WHO constitute that body. Strip
PED or It's yerbaEo i anGnz 10 2ss ss nW nu
10 prohibiting unjust discrimination, but they ar
m m1o not allowed to decide what tn}tica a,sd e3tor
to tion is. Our accustomed royoronce for thoa
nj pntio,,nted bodies must soon give plaza to con
~ ton15t il this is fnr specimen OF Their ie5a
O. acuien. PorapH tho sooner We como Sai 10 I'm ena
nv nurer modo Of relief than through that SLOT
a. TLia, after an Ia tho true state Of tho case
liz When Hlayory was rampant IN our leau, no M ue
y: oipion could bo Ind from our courts III 1aso
10 Of freedom. 80 now, when railroads arc on
o. nipotont; when their inaiduons corrunsions ar
q peryading every branch Of our Government n;s1.
aa on tic broad ground ii right and justice, by
rs opinion very often helna Judges 60 decide + +
ci- tho right. Lot ua continue TO a9HaiIce III ~
opinion. Only radical maasstroa will help u y,
AZ md II no fail to accomplish cur cnda by acl
il lot ug establish another such q precedent q
i" was 1uailo in Boston laybos century ngo.
l. Wo should ba IN tut pymnatny haa &c sccGI q
Of Baano end. We care nothing TOR means only
ct they nre tributary to ende: neneuber that Il
~ only salvation Of tao sEr!Gultn:al ,tteress +
farmer iB in union Of interests and union Of *
tiou. Da a. radical as you may, VOL, carnot !
moro radical than tho omorKenoy domand
IL proupt. decided action alamo will aaeuro tho 1t
conpjishment Of o,lr object, and wl,on socurct
re.nen.bor nlways tint "Etornal vigilance ia th
t. price OF liberty" Faithfully yours,
Ill s. Ii. SM1TII.
u, Letter from n. N. Foster, Geneva
nv Dcp1lty, and TIclnber of tho E1ocu
Il, two Committee OF Static Grange.
10 s1EIL1su, ILL.,, March II, 1873,
10 J. p. Dap, EsQ.:.. >.
ii DEAN Sin Allow mo to acknowledge throug
g. you tie receipt Of kind invitation from l,ano
al GUS friends i'll Rock lalhnd to be pro1ent at yot
ia County Convention tomorrow. Please assul
10 thcm that nothing but actual prostration pr
r. venta mo from cheerfully accepting auoh an i,
l. vitation. ! am happy to know that this wot
Of aud active representatives Of tho tlllera Of Il
,g coil. lind 1t not been for my proseat illnee
d. which lloA lasted since tho first Of the mont