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lie servants elricl Themselves and the furmer, labor
or md others robbed of tho legitimate frts Of
AnT. + No moro land-gransa Or subs!dies for rail-
road other cosporaonB except for educational pur-
Art s. We believe that oil men aro entitled to tho
and d. Sationai % should bo 1aado and administered 50
to citizens without rcgRtd to nationality color,
M AnT. 1.-1n mnking choice oi candidates Tor our
auiiragea 10 VII n nOt 30 governed by paet political ~
A6a M py r Se hs y ss
aud vote ill proper occasions for meas,arca that
sla best advance noreets and tho interests Of the
ptSRtsn ta'sasn IN. Tnonrses,) o-,.,
LOTT scoF1ErD.
THE RAILROAD SCHEDULES.
Mr.. Wood, of WIN County, ol1ored the follow
Ing: ......
WHEREAS, Tho Railroad commtssionors have issued
schedule Of rates and tarGs with which he railroads
iesored Tint our Representatives arc instructed to
hayo auch laws passed rs will compel compliance
with tho ratoa.
THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS, -
AIr. Wood also offered q resolution that tue
Convention Rre in favor of q continuance OF tile
Board Of Commissioners, or some similar, Com
mittcc. to supervise tho tariffs Of tue railroads,
both Of which wore adopted with rapturous ap-
THE pLow-MAKEns LEAGUE. 49,, Il
Mai. Thompson, OF win. offered resolution
that tho following proclamation be Issued by this
Convention
pnooLAMAT1oN.-We, tho farmore Of the Eleventh.
Congressional District IN mass convention assembled
soarcea ] that twcnty M prominent arms. nanufac-
turing agricultural implements IN th!s sna aa}1n!ng
farm implements and machinery by entering into .
foFmal sd binding compact not to sell ,u1 aa na
ssa ss n whereas We si
right us american cttizons to legally and peacoaby
measure ther strength with the class Of etzens from
whose liberal aud continual patronage they have ao-
fore, We. the isrners q Ills Seventh congregational
dcstroy, Do herebs notify and % thess twenty
rma boldly striving to coerc the agricultural class q
9 ~ e sns1 aay q af a'r FROM 9n 5 dae e.
reeede from this. their unw}ee warfare. againat
s tSot rm5 s.o and aus'r rs
stubbornly refuse to heed this warning md fall 10
notify IL writing. within twenty H., dnys, tue Ires!-
s 1s f. s S II
sevos MOTTO puy of them Or their agonts herssftar It
every farmers Club to pass this similar reso1u.
ttons for their guidance snd Ieeomneud tnat they DO
oral benefit of the producer. go
a motion WAS made by Williams, Of Lasalle
County, that the manufacturers have sixty days
in which to repent, aud that the proclamation be
'4sassa aassafs fo% sT County nastsa taat tie
time Should be short, for lilo wives
M good ns those Of railroad
men sud manufacturers and that, Us during the
| war, they cried ont that tho farmers ahould ro-
trench, whlle thoir own wives were dreBscd in
ailka, Now tho farmers arc organized, and they
say lot tho railroad mon and manufacturers re-
Tho Hon. william p. poirce. Of Highland, in
| sisted on forty lnyB al tho lin it,
[ Capt. William Reardon, Of Nottle Crock, moved
T to amend BY inserting ton days.
no tinlo bo'glyen tho manufacturers to secede
| from thoir combination that farmers were now
| looking out for their plowa for spring work; and
moved an amondment that nc. time bo giyen
not much necessity Of hurtYing; that no plow-
ing would bo done in the next ten or twonty
days.
State Senator Smith announced TINT tho State
aa0 ss wag TO a
ring, 6,ooo plows, on hand, md 1000
eacli mouth, aud with all tho naauufactoriea in
Indiana md one In Iowa, no that plowa in abun-
their old pIowa, and thus bo independent Of the
Maj. Tlompnon, of VIII County, insisted that
the farmers should decide now against
| purchasing ot auy one Ia th1 rug aud
ayowed that he would hpye blacksmith make
lis plows mud pay S. to $40 moro for It, before
llo would buy Afoltue or Furst / Bradley pillow
Three more amendments were then offered
when Mr. Bench moved that all the nlnonlnlpnti
be laid on the table. This was carried, and the
original resolution adopted.
| aIn. Baf1TlIs BpEEcu.
Mr., Smith, tho StRto Secretary, thon spoke fo
ha]1-au-hour to show that the Republican ant
Democratic parties were dead. aud powerless t.
relieve tue turner's, and that all should join thi
movement.
8. ". RANDAL1's HpEEcH.
The, Hon., s. ". Randall, Of Will County
then, In All eloquent Address, hold tho attention
of the audience for two hours. Among othe
things he sad:
The recent movement Of the tarr.,ers Of q very wil
territory to command for their reculnr industry th
poraneo to very fow movements which haye produce
o sel sae IL "%y h s s asy
T Sp sv but. but t1' sSTt es
msiny intent upon proc proaueou sasea sxs Viz asuas nso
conipenhatlons, ana confs!ng, to fault. II the
found he!r revenues scarcely meeting expenses the
ohcra, deprived theie children Of needful education
slept tewee loasa, aud given more honra to lahor
TIC vain hops to change tho current OF thcir fortunes.
TRANSPORTATION.
Farming Is commercial. It has been made 80 by th
era need cheap and steady transportation Il Is lard
" less important that 1t should bo steady than nhoat
will put iu wheat, coln oats, graBa, beef, and porl
Ii tlls rates Of transportation arc changed after h
crops put in that may and frequently does swee
away the ontiEe prohts. hates should thus be mad
they require, also, cheap transportation. but nj
tirors may retl.ice tho lcinand Tor tranaportatio
ds but o ffs so % arss " %s do vii n' esoa I'll
& y aust svs Tsy'nF sa.ss ss9 s tss.osss
these, We have right to dsmand that they shaii
carried with energy md cars aud that thetl earning