The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-02-19

Strong Endorsement of the Texas and
Pacific acknowledgements Urged to
id i'm its Construction.
At the recent meeting of the national
grange the following report was
adopted
Your committee, to whom was re-
ferred the resolutions of the Texas
state grange, and of numerous other
bodies in different sections of the
United States, to extend its aid to the
Texas and Pacific railroad, have had
the same under consideration, and ask
to make the following report
Your committee have received with
gieat interest the expressions of APP
proval and appeals to congress to for
ward this great work, emanating from
state oranges and boards of trade from
the Pacific to the Atlantic, aud are i'm
pressed with the great and obvious
benefits which would result to this
whois nation by the speedy completion
OF this road, and as Is is an enterprise
too vast to depend alone for its success
upon private capital, equal Justice to
al sections of our common country re-
quires the aid of the national govern
melt to push forward this work, under
proper restriction and safeguards, in
surfing the government against loss and
the people against unjust impustors
and discrimination. YOur committee,
therefore, submit the following:
ResoIUed, That this national grange
earnestly invites the attention of con-
gress to the necessity of the speedy
completion of the Texas Pacific rail-
road, and asks of that body reasonable
aid to the company which has inaugu-
rated this great national enterprise,
under such safeguards as the prudence
and wisdom of congress may devise, to
guarantee the government against loss,
and protect the agricultural interests
of the country against unjust discrim-
nations in the price of transportation.
The report of the committee on trans
portation was adopted. The committee
say several important plans for provid-
ing more extensive and cheaper means
of transportation have been presented
to them, including the Texas and Pa
cific railroad, and the plan for the i'm
provement of the mouth Of the Missis-
sippi, and the project of II double steel
track freight railway from New York to
Missouri. Each of these projects is
national in it's character, and their sue
cessful completion would encourage, in
a wonderful degree, the producing in
terests of the country. The time has
come when it is the mission and duty OF
the government to take such measures
as will encourage the productive inter-
ests of the nation, which has hitherto
received too little attention, and the
national grange should urge upon con-
gress the imme diate importance and
vital necessity of such action as will
look to providing cheap and rapid trans
portation between all sections OF the
country and the markets of the world.
The opening of the mouth of the Mis-
sifsipDi river is a pressing necessity, IN
view of the fact that 30 large a territory
is dependent upon this outlet for its |
products, and we urge on our legisla- !
lures the necessity of taking such meas |
ures as will open this river to the COM |
nrne OF the world at the earliest pos
sible moment.
The committee on the tobacco trade |
Offered preamble and resolutions de-
cIaring that large agricultural districts
suffer great losses from the working OF
the United States laws taxing tobacco,
which tax falls exclusively on the citi-
zens of the United States aud
WHEREAS, By said laws, and the laws
of foreign countries relating to duties
on tobacco, the general commerce is
not Bothered and national wealth de-
creased, it is therefore
Resolved, BY the national grange,
that congress be earnestly req lested to
initiate such steps as may be necessary
to repeal all laws taxing tobacco, and
that congress be requested to urge the
general government to use its best
offices with foreign governments, to
induce them to reduce the duties on
tobacco.