The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-05-15
TIE TlLEEaS OFFS SOIL.
Closing Proceedings OF the Farmers
Convention at New YORK Nednes-
dag Nay 9Th.
A Rising sszaafors..

The convention reassembled at three
o'clock
NJ d. Wilber, Chairman of the Com
mite on Resolutions, made q report
The resolutions created considerable
discussion, some delegates obiecting to
the strong language used toward railway
corporations.
The resolutions were taken up section
by section and discussed and adopted.
The following are the resolutions as
amended and adopted
WHEREAS the productive industries
of the United States, plantation and farm,
mine and factory, commercial and mer-
camille, are not only sources of ali our
national and individual wealth, but also
clements on which our very national and
individual existence depends and,
WHEREAS all national products are
fruits of labor an6 capital, and as nei-
ther labor nor capital viii continue ac-
lively employed without an equivalent
meas5lrahly just /; and,
WHEREAS the great national indus
tries are only sustained and prospered by
the interchange Of products Of one Sec
ton Of the country Tor those OF another /;
and.
WHEREAS the existing rates OF trans
portation for the varied products Of the
Union from one part OF the country to
another and to foreign countries as
vel as the transit cost of commodities
required in exchange, are III many in
stances injurious, and TO certain inter
ests absolutely destructive, arising in
part at least from an instlfficiency OF ay-
enues ; and
WHEREAS the great general want of
ha
ent rates of transit upon American pro-
| ducts therefore, be it
Resofced 1. That it is the duty Of the
hour and the mission of this association
to obtain from Congress and the differ
| ent State Legislatures such Legislation
as may be necessary to control aud linn
it by law, within proper constitutional
and legitimate limits, rates and charges
OF existing lines of transportation TO IN
| crease where practicable the capacity of
our water ways, and to aid such new aY-
enues, both water and rail, as our i'm
mense increasing internal commerce de-
mands, so that the producer may be just
ly regarded for his honest toll, the con-
srners have cheap products, and our al
most unlimited surplus ind foreign mar
k5ts at rates to compete with the world
=, That cheap transportation, both Of
persons and property, Is most conducive
to free movement Of the people that the
widest interchange and consumption of
the products a the different parts Of the
| Union is essential to the welfare and
prosperity of the country
3. That constant and frequent associa-
ton of the inhabitants of remote parts of
the United States is not only desirable
but necessary for the maintenance of d
homogeneous and harmonious poaalation
within the vast area of our territory.
I. That the best interests of the diff
erent parts of the country also demand
the freest possible inter-changeAof indus
trial products of the varied climates and
industries of the United States, so that
breadstuffs, textile fabrics coal, lumber
IRON, and various other products, local il
theiE production but general IN their con
sumption, may all reach the consumer
at the least practicable cost Of transport
tation, and that an arbitrary and an un-
necessary tax levied by the transporter
over and above q fair remuneration for
his Investment is burden 111an., +i--- pro
Queer and consumer which Ills the part OF
wise craftsmanship to remove.
3. That certain leading railway corpo-
rations of the country, although charter
ed 20 subservs The public welfare, and
endowed with the right of eminent do
main solely for that purpose, have prov
ed themselves practically monopolists,
| and become the tools of avaracious and
unscrupulous capitalists, to be used to
plunder the public, enrich themselves,
and impover1sh the country through
| which they riu..
s. That many of the railway corpora
tions have not only disregarded public
convenience and prosperity, but have
oppressed citizens, bribed our Legisla-
lures, and defied our executives and
| judges, and stand to-day the most men
| acing danger to American liberty and to
t republican government,
7. That the present system OF railway
| management, having failed TO meet the
| just expectations and demands of a long
suffering people, must be radically re-
formed and controlled by the strong hand
of the law, both State and national, and
railway corporations compelled to per-
form their proper functions as servants
and not masters, of the people.
| s That TO this end we invoke the aio
of al fair-nlallded men IN oil the States
of the Union IL excluding from the halls
of legislation, from our executive Offices
and from the bench all railway officials
islliHe'1 VI COAt1h WIN
prostitute public Office to the base rlst
of private gain.
8. That leaving different sections ana
interests that desire cheap transportation
to work out the problem in such mennel
as they may deem Best. We earnestly IN
woke their careful consideration, thei
energetic and their resolute viii iii regu
lating and controlling rates OF transpor
tation, and in giving renumerating wages
to the producer and cheap products Il
the consumer, pntaxed by unemneC
charges for their carriage
TO- That we invite the people of th'
various States to organize subsidiary as
sociations, State, county and town, t.
cooperate with the national association
That power to accomplish the purpose
desired rests absolutely with the suffer
ing millions, and relief is within thei
reach and control. United action an(
the near future will give as certain as 1t
need for all, the true solution OF the pro
blem of cheap transportation.
On motion, the following committe'
was appointed to draft-an address to TIL
people The Hon. Josiah Quincy, Bos
ton; ii. D. HilbJlr, AElo!ligaR HcrGc
II. Day, New York City ; K. II. Fergu
son, Troy, n. Y; Henry Bronson, Kan
sas J. a. Noonan, Milwaukee, aud "
Fl. G. Price, New York.
The convention then adjourned t.
meet in Washington January l, 1874, a