Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-04-03
Cheap transportation.

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AT the recent convention held at Rock
Island H., to consider the question o.
cheap transportation, addresses were de
| livered by x-Lieutenant Governor VIM
Bross and Mr.. j. c. Dore, of Chicago, and
other gentlemen, after which the follow.
ing resolutions were proposed, debated
aud adopted:
WHEREAS, The question Of cheapening the cos
of transportation OF the products OF the country
has come to be considered and ls now universally
| regarded, both by the producers and consumerr
AZ second to no other question before the people
and,
WHeRxKs. This convention, composed Of repre-
sentauyes from the agricultural, mercantile and
manufacturing interests OF the Northwestern
States, has been convened to consider this impor
| tant question; therefore,
| ResolDed, That we believe the time has come
when the Government of the United States, in the
discharge of its duties TO the people, under the
power expressly conferred upon IL by the
| Constitution, should declare its purpose ia
assume such supervision and control over all
| branches Of interstate commerce win Sc
cure to the people Of the whole country relief from
all unnecessary burdens imposed, either by exist
! ing monopolies or by those that may be estab-
| lished, with comparatively little cost
Resotoed, That the expression OF popular opin-
ion heretofore given, demanding completed
Communication by canal between the waters Of the
upper Mississippi River, the Illinois River, and
! the lakes. as those expressions were severally
made at the conventions OF 1855, held at Geneseo
record by the respective mem0rialists to Congress
Of the Tenth General Assembly OF Iowa. the Leg
slature OF Illinois, the City Councils OF Davenport
| and Rock Island, and other cities in Iowa and
Illinois, ought not to have remained unnoticed and
neglected so long by the National Government,
and should now be promptly considered, respected
and complied with.
ResolUad That in the Judgment Of this conven-
| tiOn the construction Of a canal Of sufficient
| capacity for commercial purposes from the
Mississippi River at or above Rock Island to the
/ Ruap at fan
more eectually to the solution Of the question OF
| cheap transportation for those States bordering
| upon the Mississippi River above Rock Islapdth
\ any projected work involving similar amount of
| money, and is imperatively demanded by the ne
cessties Of the producer of the Northwest well
the consumer in the Eastern statesor in foreign
RSolvsd, That while this conven,iOn especially
indOrse and urge upon the attention OF the
United States Government che construc.
would also urge upon 1t an and all in
ter-state Improvements that ARD feasible, and the
hGompleim Of which will not i4Folye an expendi-
among which we RECOGNISES ~ prominent the i'm
provemelt q the N,ssissippf and the Illinois
Rivers, and theseGatfol by the General Govern
ment OF the railroads. engaged in interstate
traffic.
RssOE0es, That We urge upon the people of ni-
nois that hey cede tothe General Government the
entire control Of the Illinois Michigan Canal and
the Illinois River, to be improved and forever
maintained as naHgablc highways for the benefit
of the nation, provided this should be necessary in
order to secure prompt and efhcient action by the
General Government in prosecuting the work es
| pecially indicated by this convention.
Res0igai That this convention appoint COM
mittee Of thirteen whose duty 1t shall be tQ me-
moraliZe Congress in accordance with the views
| expressed in the foregoing resolutions.
ReSOtged That the bill now pending before Con.
gress, introduced by the Hon. j. B. Hawley, to
provide for the construction Of a canal connecting
the waters Of Lake Michigan, the Illinois, Missis'
| sippi and Rock Rivers, meets with our hearty