, 1874-04-16
THE FARMERS,
Meeting to Organize q Cook County
Association.
Speech by the Chairman, The Hon.
John Wentworth.
Committee Appointed to Draft Con-
siftutfon.
Adjournment for Two Weeks.


Adjournment Tor 1.-Two weeks.
A 1arro number Of farmers assembled in
Judpo Roocra, oourt.room Citv Hail, At
o..1en,, .o,so.s., sstaxanoa ~ H. ,,ur1,,,o -
O'CLOCK se''erany attofaoon' 1or @ the purpose OF
organizing a Farmers county c1ub'
THE FARMERS.
Among those present woro Lyman Staples,
p.1atino. II. p. Williams. echauubure: :: 4, "
ositt' ~ - IohaS, i"i'''noi o. II. ntuse!oy'
J. W. Ainsloy, harrington; J. y. ssithor, Wa!sor
Martin, Lomont; II. N. Day, Worth; D. s. Ham,
mond. aeoreo Skrucknan. @. +. Schultz, HIM.
.... II, 1,t:, ~ rt n.,.,,t {, 1n1.,
49, " ,n,". "oa' 80 Sos' G...'..n r,'.,'',ei'
leyaeh; Iheoaoso dnohthok, y. onamneflain,
Worth; D. Booth, II. Vannotta, J. Periam, Jof-
forHon; James Doctor, J. IL. parsons, George
Cox. t. WILD. r. ". Grif1n. T. 1Inmphrov. flr-
1on1. E. ~ pnat rsvorator. r. n Emnry Wat
.'ao.' ."ne.vn ~, ~ - Dn'o.5' "en'
tjh'cago; D. III. Ashha' Elk uro'e IL. danse',
Hyde park; L.W. Whiting. J. A. Konntcott, Whoel-
ing; William Millor, ST., Robert Wallace, Bloom.
Nov, 1-,.- MI. N,,4hso,a hfo,,a c.,,n,o+
1 ~" 1.tet, 1" Nuos, Norsnno'u' Aa'no' oA'''no''
lslol, Ialos, anu c1cero'
Tho meeting WIS called to order by H. D. En-
cry, Vico-President Of tho State Association, who
read tho call, which set forth that the object
was to form County Farmers Association, aux
ulary 10 tuo 6tato Assoolatoh'
JOHN WENTWORTH.
Tho Hon. John Wentworth was elected Chair
mai, mud spoke as follows: 'tGontlomen, Farm-
ors Of Cook County: YOU Anvo mot toEGther
for tho purpose OF organization. Wo are tho
Upon our 6aet Is carried ovory other organiza-
ton. Walk into this city my night you please;
If you aro clergyman you Gun fiud m orgalliza.
ton; II you aro d lawyer, if you are doctor, II
you bo1ong to my Of tho trades, you can find M
haotf1nrf9
organization, tho nowsboys havo their organi-
zatlon. Can YOU think Of any class or condition
OF men my follow-cittzens, except tho farmers,
who havo notan organization7
WE ANE scArTEAED;
ITO aro far away from one another. We have
not time to consult aa other people have. We
have submitted too long to this condition Of
things. To-day the marriott Of the world is axcd
and are ignorant of my advance or reduction OF
price OF oil tho productions OF life. All tlo
othor trades oil tho other organizations, got tho
factH. You do not go to tic telegraph eyery
night what
THE PRICE OF DOLLAR -...
will be IN the morning. You know how many
OUNCES make pound you know how mnny feet
mako yard bnt you don't know how many
cents mako dollar. Why 40 ? Because yoa
cannot afford to stand by the telegraph to get
tho nows; but tho middieInau and tradebman has
telegraph running to his oillco, anu before you
eau nistrust riao or fall i'll any OF your pro-
| ductiona, he has bean to your place aud bought
| you out. But, whilat they havo all thcac advan-
| tagcB over us, wc got no re1of from them when
| VIC como to pny the taxes.
THEY LEVY THE TAXES UPON ua;
| they collect tho taxeB; VIC pay tho taxes.
| Thoro is 10 question about it; and it
| IL felt on ovcry hearth-Btono now in
| tue country that tho farmers are tho
| oppressed c1ass. Tho Fifteenth Amendment
| eilfranchised all our colorod brethren. II any
| mr. 7 ~ In
wish thoro wore moro Of them; I do not know
where they are, but thoy ato all enfranchised-
all OF tlsem. Now, then, it docs not require an
! amendment to the Constitution to
EsFRANoH1sE THE Planners.
| All it requires is united action on their part.
| What they need to striko for iB a reduction OF
| tlo burdens upon agriculture. Tint ia our mis-
sion. Agriculture muat be rclioyod from thoae
burdens, and one OF tho boat 1neAnH, in my opiu-
ion, Of relieving them is to no longer have poll
tics made profession. Wo want to re-
| lieTo agriculture from the support Of
largo mass OF political dead-beats. We
| want to 80 dignity agriculture, that the sons
whom wo raiso will not 60 into tho large cities
| and county beats, and turn their backs upon
their fathers and nothors, and become
| nEAp-BEATs AROUND THE couRT-1iousE
all tho balance Of thoir lives, aud stoal enough
! IN two years 10 mako fortune. EAppIauso. ]
Now, MY .fellow-citizens, with this view Of tho
ease, We have today mot aud propose TO- organ"
ize. And disclaim, On my part, any other mo-
tiec IN Attending tAlB meeting thhh that ot re-
loving agriculture from these bnrdeus. want
the farmers to do what every other class Of people
havo done in this countIy.-organ'ze. 30 that
one farmer can communicate with anotner, anu
wherever thete is telegraph electric wlro we
will hayo somebody at tho county-seat to nct as
our Committee of Vigilance TO- 500 TINT We aro
! not proved upon by the vulturcs who hang
around the large commercial clttos [Applauso.l
Protection to cur farmers, protection to our in
dustrios, protection from the -eators-a
cheap, an economical and An honost Government
is what We waut.
Mr. II. D. Emory WIS then elected Secretary.
ORGANIZING.
mr. J.. III. Parson8 moved that q Farmors'
County Association be organized. Agreed to.
A farmer moved thata constitution bo adopted.
hlr D. y. Hammond thought it would be we'll
to draft conatitutiou aud platform. That was
tho first thing to bo done.
A1r. Parsons understood tho Secretary had q
copy Of q constitution which was similar to that
OF tho State organization.
r1rasent and ayary mn pf than might have n