, 1873-01-16
s.ate Organization: Dr.. II. II. Hootoa, J. H.
Bryant, S, T. K; Prime, A. Wcoafora, 8. II.
Smith and A. ?, Ccffcn.

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the corn State. They got their bestprlces afl
navigation opened. They had to Fay taxes
January, and yet the State needed no money t
July. The money to pay rnuroal bonds Was u
needed till then. He did not want the farrne
forced to sell now for tue benefit Of tho rai
roeds- H offered the following:
Rcsotrd, Thatit is The Eense Of this Convention thu
e time TT tte collection OF taxes Ehord be e1.cade
IndI H. 15:h Of February.
Etselrta, That VIC require car Senators and Eepr
association.
deicgatc from Marshall said too rauch ta
hnd been PAID, and he suggested the rosolutio
be Eadc to apply to next y:ear.
lending the county money at Fer cent to til
O. taxpayers.
Mr. Elliott, of Burcau, moved to refer to th
Committee on Resolutions.
9 3Ir. Patton, Of Lssaue,' thought tho rcsolu
ton too swecping. There would be no mone,
for schools.
Ir. 51oore opposed delay, but wanted nctior
Lad ut Springfield at once. It was for the relie!
of poor people.
The motion to refer WAS lost, aud the rcsoia:
t,o1s we're adoftcd nearly unanimously
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
TIE Chairman announced the Committea On
resolutions: Joseph Carter, J. Herrington.e ".
c. Lawrence, Q. 4 Tanning. and James Green.
LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS.
A delegate from Champaign offered resolu-
tion thnl the Presidents of local clubs. be in:
e:ructed to cell meetings and organize Associa-
tions. Subsequently Withdrawn. :,
GOOD nEsULTs OF ASSOCIATION.
Er- Gct1a1n, Of Nhitcside;; gave tis state-
which Ind saved the members over $1,000 I,y
bu1irS directly from the manufacturers They
eased about $40 o., plows, $50 on reapers, si9
on coIn-plantcrs,. go on sowing machines.
Wheat they sold directly to tho miller:
es most s@0h hund' fsS' fss ESs sfxs1 porf fSnts nan
II they had no organization. They shipped but:
ter eggp, etc., and got better prices for them:
ThoT had no atorehouse, hut lad used the rail-
road QUO. They mot regularly once month.
Tho coz. Of operating was merely 3 simple initia-
ton fee: Tie officers got no ea1ary, except the j
Purchasing Agent. wi1o had 8 Per cent on ali
purchases. They had not got my special rates.
since they could not chip an an1ount of freight
necessary to get them. Tho expense of renting
warehouse, If necessary, would be very small
b. the delegates. ., 80
lr. Duncan, Of McLean, said If tho important
business wes how to lower fre1ghts and Increase
tbe prices OF pyodrco, they saoula not waste |
time On other Issues, but come at onco to dis |
euss the vital point, and adopt measures which |
would win victory: They should strike for re- I
auesd freigllts End for equalization Of freieits.
70 that the paop1e where thero -waa no compoti-
ton should not te made to pay for the low rates
enjoyed by those who lived where A4ere was
aIr: 1:E7y, Of Hancock. spoke in regard ia
Associations which hal, ii his neigh
Corlleod. proved very economical. - They lad
loEm6d . otut.atock Company, with shares Of
-io, and lad allowed local clubs to have q Ger
ain Eunaber Of shares. -.
Mr. Buell., Of Whitesido, said thu Associations
aud worked well rp HI s. NAY. 'Ho believed it
leCefsfrY to make some changes, and to estab-
ish depot, and employ sonle man to attend it !
Ihe result Of the lowering Of tho prices
7 implements to members Of the clnh wss that
lowered Pricss il tho Whole 7aeighborhood.
l.dd!enen vera needed, md SHOULD not ha
onplaincd Of, qnloes taxation grew too hcayy.
be farmera must try to produce cheaper and
ranspor cheaper. =" II
OTHER COOPERATION 49,. :
Mr. Cheney, of Mclean, wanted tn kneY il !
WAS proposed to invite oo-oparasion OF othor
IAN farmers. Some thought It should bo eY. {
ast:ely FARMERS Association. He offered the
'lloslng, which was ruled out:
NHEEEAs THIS Convention has met under the name ).
ths Farmers Convention, TO consider tEr 1rigr-
,rse received from corporate hoie ana great oaese
leafat4s, 1he E1zmera, Convention is tho only .
Es re do I'll bancAes OF industry are aife suffer
3 with the farmers OF the Northwest By 1nonopoles
tho country, therefore, - 80 :
!eeso:rsc That nH persons feeling themselves ag.
aeyed BY said monopolies ia ,ha.sser branch 6f H.
,stsy thsE may he tnssaed ara hereby cos<lias Id
eed to tale part y this great 1noye.neAt; t
Mr. Humphre7, Of Knox, said the far1oers' 4
aba Ware looked upon with Jealous eve and 9
me distruRt. What he had seen taught him Q
ey we're useful in competing against monop- +
:, md getting cheap aapp1ics+ Their club I.
q % nembers; Groceries coat them loss, and p
ID On farm implements they expected to save p
y.shree per cent Some Of The manufactur- Il
$ had refused to deal With them at first. but | II
we're gradually coming round. He believed ! nj
great mass Of tue farmers were NOW ready c1
Sfr Eat+crenn ~ y.1>:&o.:.a.+:s 4, ::
d been o1travagant, bought things they did sc
need and gsye notes which they were slow m
PAYING lte FARMERS 1nuet make themselves or
'lranlo customers. They must learn to get +! IT
ns without things: Tho farmers should buy n.
cash, or gire short notes aud nay at maturity 90
which they would get goods cheap. tu
adjourned till O'CLOCK,
EVENING SESSION, da
The Convention reassenbled at o'clock, and &C
8 addressed bE II. T.. Dunlap. an
REAARKs OF anl. pUE1A1.~ n,
he subject assigned mo in this ddiscussion ia m,
q great Importance, not only to the So pr
ether Of the farm, the workshop, OF Of the It
dio, but equally to tho consumer or user OF sci
products Of labor or Of genius. " va
rom the first period Of the patriarchal ages, an
middle-man have held prominent pIace ia ta
history Of the world They hare been ato :.
slonar1es or instruments in d;frgsing and nc
izlng the arts and sciences among the M th'
10 ~ 1l4c eaalu. l!ey nave alWAy6 been GEs' p0
asivo, using peaceable means wien possible Is
forcible if they must, but ever pushing their hn
EN- Of sale or Of exchange to distant tribes col
races OF people. mi
utilization owcs to this class Of men q large int
ct gratitude, for they hare done more to ito
. the wheels Of progress than ell other ou
SOS combined. Without them, we would bo tbs
anger q going back into ba1ba7ism, aud the tio
t q civilization might fade out into outer Du
iueks. | ar.
he calling Of this Convention is IN acknovl- cIa
nent Of this truth, and the several subjects me
iscusslon cluster around tLs one rs tho great so
re OF attraction, aud are, therefore, subor- I
ia 10 IT. du,
is not question whether or no that yo dis-,{ nv
70 with this class of m;ddle:men. that no me,
I, hero to discuss, but rather division Of tun
'ts, and to what extent they may; be the ar ing
= OF our financial operations. The Changed ! tie
htlon that inventive genius, stimulated by the
1nld6le-noa, has sent forth through al the the:
str1es Of the world, has vastly hroadenod the reg
Of useful labor, and given great activity to per-
!asses OF people. At the saIne time, it has con
loped grasring disposition among; our r
IDS, the middte-mcn, That may not accord bett
tLe strict rules Of Justice. It is this feature fent
which We have to deal, and not tho lagiti- thei
transaction OF business; it is this that Ne Of i
o RQit1st and il possjhIa c,ma +o .n ~. + +on,