The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-15
PROTEST AGAINST REDUCED RATES.

Bishop had protested against any re-
duction of rates on this line of road.-
He accompanies this protest with a
statement of the earnings of the. St..
Paul Il Sioux City and Sioux City &
st. Paul roads, showing that at the old
rates there was a deficit for the six
months ending June 3oth, 1874, Of near
ly $15o,000. The st. Paul Press, in
commenting upon these facts, says:
Now here is a clear and conclusive
demonstration that the revenues of the
company at previously existing rates
were wholly inadequate to its impera-
tive necessities, and that any reduction
OF their rates would prove a cruel
and oppressive burden, which would
imperil the solvency Of the COM
panies. The net earnings of the st..
Paul & Sioux City Company for the six
months ending June 80, 1874, were $32,-
2.96, while the interest for the half
year was $S2.947.S2, leaving deficit of
5000 .13. which the stockholders had
to pay out Of their personal resources.
The net earnings Of the Sioux City &
St. Paul road for the same period were
ST., 054 81, while the interest on it's fun
ded debt, and it's rents &C., amounted
to $l12, 1858. leaving deficit of $685.
61.29, which the stockholders had to
make good out of their own pockets
The total deficit on both roads for the
six months ending June 3Oth last, was
$145, 1862, or 1T the rate of over $780,
600 per year, which the stockholders
were obliged to pay from their private
resources, i'll addition to much larger
sums i'll previous years to prevent the
roadk from going into Bankruptcy
Moreover, these heavy drains year after
year upon the personal resources of the
stockholders in their struggle to main-
tain the roads and avert the disastrous
consequences to themselves and the
State which would result from the bank
rllptcy OF their corporations, have ex-
haustel the ability of the resident
stockholders, and the patience of those
living abroad. 1t is Of vital Importance
to these roads, vital to their solvency.
vital to their ability to maintain them
as competing lines, that they have an
immediate increase Of revenue. and
this increase they have been hoping for.
and counting on till the grasshOpper
plague came first to sweep away a large
proportion of the crops along tile roads.
and right on the back Of this disaster
come the Railroad Commissioners, as
relentless and merciless as the locusts.
to crush them down with an arbitrary
reduction of their tariffs-a reduction
which no one asked for, which is based
on no principle of reason or common
sense OF common justice, but is a mere
arbitrary edict promulgated in super
cilious contempt of all these for purely
political effect.
STATE TEMPERANCE CONTENTION.
The third annual convention of the
State Temperance Union Of Minnesota
will be held in the city of Red Wing,
beginning on Tuesday, September LIST,
at y o'clock p ~, and will continue
over Wednesday and Thursday. Tues
day evening session will he spent in
prayer and conference. Churches, Sum
day Schools, Unions, Good Tenplar
Lodges, or any other organization de-
string to be represented are entitled to
certificates of election. Pastors and
the convention, as we'll as those who
hold certificates of membership in the
State Temperance Union. The people
OF Red Wing will furnish entertain
ment to all delegates and members of
the convention. Let notifications Of
intention to be present be sent before
August goth, to 7. i. McCord, Red
Wing, Mimi. Compliance with this
request is very necessary, in order to
facilitate the work of the committee on
entertainment. Full programmes will
be sent out soon by the agent. We de-
sire to make this the grandest temper
ance rally ever held i'll Minnesota. Let
pastors and others see to it that an
early election is had for delegates.
If any reduction in railroad or steam
boat fares can he obtained, due notice
will he given.
The music will be in charge of the
Hutchinson Family.
j. GU1LFoRD,
A. J. MEACI1AM.
A. HARMON,
A. LAWRENCE,
W. w. SATTERLEE.
State Central Committee.
local and State papers please copy. J
TIE JACKSON REPUBLIC REBUKED
A resident OF Jackson county sends
lis the following letter:
EDITOR ADVANCE: I see a recent
issue of the Jackson Republic accuses
the WOrthingtOn Idro1ece of 'wilfully
misrepresenting' the crop prospect III
Mobiles county this season. | refer the
Adr0nce to the enclosed article, taken
from the Jackson Republic one year
ago, think, i'll July or August. How
does it compare with our crops last
year? Our Saviour said to the accu-
sers of the woman brought to him,
''1le that is without sin among you let
him first cast a stone at herr Now,
if our misfortunes and real wants
in Jackson county, or the southern
part of it, could have been set forth
last fall and winter in the light they
are being shown now, there would have
been less suffering among the needy
ones. But when it is reported, "work
is plenty for those that wish to labor,''
and that q man in travelling ten or
twelve miles from Jackson last fall
could not hear of any one suffering. I"
can one he surprised that the Commit
tee at Heron Lake received more than
at jackson?
"A RESIDENT OF JACKSON Co.
The following is the article referred
to in the above letter:
AN ERROR.-The Agricultural De-
partment at Washington has undoubt-
edly been misinformetl in regard to
the crop prospects of Jackson county.
In it's monthly report it saws:
''Grasshoppers have ruined the crops
so that grain enough will not be raised