The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-13

The regular monthly meeting of the Rut-
land and Washington Counties Producers
Association was held on Saturday, the 18th
inst, at the Town Hall III Farrhayen. A
number of slate producers and Other men,
bers Of the association were present from
Poultuey and other towns as well as sever
al citizens of Fairhaven who are interested
in its objects.
Hon. Pitt W. Hyde, president, called
the meeting to order and the secretary Hon.
B, Frisbie, read the minutes of the last
meeting, held four weeks previously at
Poutncy.
The association then listened to paper,
prepared by its request, and read by Geo.
d. Spencer ESQ, of Fairhavcn, which we
give entire:
PAPER by GEORGE d. SPENCER.
Mr.. President ami Gentlemen ofMe Rut-
h,,d and Washington COMMITTEES Producers
dissertation AT the reading of nv last
paper before this association at Poultney
| was in hopes that | might be through
with reading papers before you, and that
ii it were necessary to have more talking it
would be done by Nermonters more able
than ! to do it, but since the last meeting,
the railroads have so far unmasked them
selves that | checrfully comply with the
request TO read another paper before you.
AT our last meeting you had read to YOU
a letter from Mr. Thomas Dickson, presi-
dent of the Delaware d Hudson Canal
company, in which he gave you to under
stand that after investigating he had come
to the conclusion that the frcights upon
his road were as low as upon other roads
that drew slate that competed with slate of
this region.
Consequently lie refused to listen to the
prayer of this association. He also said
his company credited the road two cents
per mile for drawing coal, that being ms
low rs they could draw their own freight.
The convention lstend to the letter with
the respect due the source from which it
came, and inwardly resolved in their own
minds that Their freights were too high and
in the language of the old Hermit they
said shy the eternals' they must and shall
come down, and we will from this moment
work to that end, and propose to follow
the suggestions made in the paper read that
day, viz:
Present the subject to the supreme court
Of Vermont, and take measures to have the
subject so presented to the people of the
state that our next legislature should be
composed of men who would not only give
the railroad corporation their rights but
would give the state their rights, provided
the people had any rights railroad was
bound to respect.
An investigation and thorough unmask-
ing and exposing to the view of the com
munity the business of railroad corpora
ton is a thing they most dread.
Upon the eve of the nominating conven-
ton for Rutland and Bennington counties
for officers to represent these counties in
the councils Of the state, telegraph dis
patch appeared in the Troy DaHy Times.
copied into some of the Vermont papers,
stating that the Delaware d Hudson Canal
company had concluded to reduce their
freight tariff on western bound slate from
the quanies to Schenectady, twenty per
cent, TIE reduction to take place at once.
Upon the receipt of that Dispatch at the
request of some members OF the associa-
ton, prepared a paper compimenting the
company us much as could and advising
a hearty acceptance of the partial response
to our petitions, and advising the producers
TO second the decline of the road, and show
them by the extra amount of tonnage they
furnished the road, that they had ever been
right in their theory, and that ere long the
railroad corporation would see the truth OF
the oft asserted fact that reduction of
their freight tariff would increase theirs as
well rs our profits, and that soon we might
look for reduction tocompeting points in
New England
That paper has been consigned to dark