, 1873-02-04

tho opportunity. end .ofton the do.
eiro, OF co-operatIng for tho common good
enHo wS havo boon cut Oh s,ld pnoroa \, M III
plo Of Tile State, wo hayo not controlled Its pol
Icy In legislation, nor rcoeyod NIL adequate pro.
toclon from itR laws. Wo oloet railway attorneys
Legislation. We 1nisloprcscnt ourBolvcst aud
then complain becnuBc mon whnso intoroBts arc
mot identified with own, and who do not m
doretanf our wants, cannot foroaoe and proytde
for them.
Tho conclusion from oil this 10 plain, and mood
hardly DO spoken. Wo mlst organtzc,-organszo
thoroughly, In every township and county II II our
State and incite to similar action II, othor btates
Wo must grow social and Intelligent by meeting
a. a. others have combined for mutual profit.
In buying what we must buy ana In selling t 1gnG o9
Freat Influence Of tho farming CLASS In eolit,
Haasos for righteous legislation, that shall hold
ali monopolios under strict and unccasihg super
vision. .e-.
Thnt is tho work In which wo united ont = scat
tered forcos at Bloomington, two weeks since
Prairio. and I know not vatnly, to be up aud
doing Enforce tho laws made for your prost,eo,
on insist upon Thorough r9moS og.s.at'oaa ana
slow that tho 100000 farmers OF Illinois are
unit and in earnest In this nattor, and you can
not fall. Woo bo TO tho politician, tho iaT-
mator the oo@a w not do to spin
legal cobwobs Of musty, precedent about ua,
and toll ia no havo not tho right to dofend our NJ.
selves from tho rohbor, Wo oan and will. We
will do more; wo Will put leho InIay a.iEi,,,,;t
! them, aH thoy were tntoudoI to 10, to the SCR
yico Of tito people, and all tho people Will my,
Anon. -.
RAILROADS run1ro nronwArs, UPON WHICH Tt1r
FARMER MAY RUN Ills OWN CARR.
Drr. !. B. phinnoy spoke ns follown.
Ntn PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN: have on
donyorud to he as brief US consistently can III
tho few minutes have prepared for tlls occa-
Tho great subject now boforo us farmers ie
not where or how to purchase q ploW Tor el1
that costs tho manufacturer s5 or se or
ronpcr for 800 that may cost $50, or wagon
for $50 that can 10 mado by tho thousand for
sny, pay lilo outodo prices for those, and 90
per cont advance to the commission dealers, II
wo must do 1t. Wo cannot afford this wnr now.
All this will ho remadied in time.
When wo have found out what will add 800 to
&50 por aero to orlr farms whom Wo hAYo learned
how to get our oropa TO market ut fair romnner-
atiyo rates to tho railroadn whom NO hnvo
p1aco oAr corn at tho soaboart, instead OF a0 or
45, as we now pay whom To know that a cur
load Of cnttlo can bo delivered In New York for
R25 instsaa o. sls9 Men We ol can oGse1 sa, 9 "
10 or il, and carload OF cattle for about 20,
instead Of tho present price q Sso,-5hen M wo
shnll DO In q position to o'ssk snu demand OF tho
manufacturers Of agricultural ilnplomenss our
rlglfs Of ratner TO 9lVe u, sncm nn,, .nois a ,,,o
rniddo-mon. Wien You cnn SO with me money
in hand to tho mannfac.nfnae @ ia t Or even 70 tno
mddo-mcl1, you vii ilcd Il there II J. great a,iot-
once botWoen cNeh amt six montns nosa, ol.pn- ~
or running cEhteen and fortunate 1or tho com com
mission lnan II 1t fs moi then Fa'o 20 us ass's-
Tho great question now before us ia railroad
froightS. Tic minor subject of railroad passages
or ON loejalators ever 10 able to regulate md do
oido wlint shall bo dcno to rightua It will tako
time. but must como qt last, The free pnssos
issued by the resde yin oopinao to es gTost
one uinelo road running ont Of Chicago issued
ma free yocrIy passcs on tho Int Of January,
Tllin must bo nj oxaggsratton but put it nt one
haif for zach Of tile tTelvo or more roads diyerg-
ino .frnn1 Chicago and you 1lnro "a, 600 lawyers
M, aiiyocaten for tho railroads.
Eyory Judro. oyory mclnber Of Congross, and
~ Cha ieriniptl,ro eyory newspaper editor, oven
tn onr looal prosaon, aro virtually bIded to do all
~ tia; ,,"+rcr tn fnrthor lie iutoyostp Of this
monono}ys ~ Wy. until vary recently, it has boon
;,nnnaaii|o To ;ndnca even our loenl papera to
mpi1t tav hm 3 so theV weud oso fhor advor-
r.nnsi re,nasIiel n ? ~ !. '
Tah;nr nm extract from r Chicago pnper Of
so1,a ;3.ys sinco. in which ID condensed an artt-
clo % from tho Massachusetts Railroad Commits.
eipners' report, In regard to tho rent and use OF
foafnFa in tho operation Of railroads throughout
| tbn cnnntrx. il poomH probable vo may lind
n,eona or cHcnnn from tic arbitrary power Of tho
raiiroai T. cornnrationa'
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