, 1876-01-21
ILLINOIS FARMERS ASSOCIATION.
rnu LAHT uAr'a aEaAIuN.

THU LIANT AAl 6klAkpN,
U1ooa1NaroN, ILL.,, Jan. 20.-ThO State Farm.
eEs' Association convened at for its third md
last lAy'a session. Tho attendance was loss
than on yoatorday.
After somo dobato subscription was .nkon
up to ucos tito inacbtoduoAs Of s1oo agatna. tho
hody. Two hundred and twonty-si1 dollars
were raised, and tho Association breAtled essior.
Tho body then proceeded to tho election OF
ofIicotb, and re- eloctel tho old ones. William L.
FlaGg. of Madison President; Il. NJ. Smith, Of
Kowauoo, Secretary; and j.. II. pickroll Of
Macon. TrcasUror.
1luBael], OF Clinton County; Lewis, OF Nc
Lean; aud Armstrong, Of Lasallo. werc chosen
members of tho Executive Committee and Vice.
FrGstdeuts.
Tho Committee on Resolutions presented the
following report, which MAS discussed latos in
tho day
I<.otr<i u, the Illinois State Fsrtnors' Association
l. That ttIe etpsrttnrc and obst rfRuu ot tho three
facts. Fist. that tho producing eassr. OF la ~ wci
sutaa s eher is4tnS ai. .. is
not rocotte Of tie wealth Which their lAht crtatrH
s9eh AFT - ihstr tn;s. ns!gene and su,nt
country a4 Ia she ud World, wealth Il accommodating
with alarming fapdity In tic hands of few who
cnntrdl tho currency transportation, anu traa Of tho
nation; second, thss thta u s.usoa in rart
by. legislation that fayoss tho capital classe4
40 sKatnkt The industrial c!asscs; III
part W consmratiea organized by ceuaiu
hankeEs tfaaets trausportess Aud 1anuf4ctu1crs IN
part by tle superior intelligence Of tho commercial
compared with tliu industrial eAHsta,
!. That, Iii view ef tiese facts recommend tho
following aclen I'll tho patt of Ill f.rlusrA aud uhur
lirthlucera nf OUT Own Anh other Gt4Res: First,
Earnest and anayersa effort to Increase tp intelligence
Of tho inaaatfal caases BY n1orn gurtal and liberal
cnnratiun u .hu sshoul4 and BY a,o!e general tls
sennation of tho fncts Of NATURAL Social aud political
soenee by eatn VI aldrcases, books. xlld newspapers,
Scc0Idt by cautious but continuous e0rt to retlro,
by co-tTEtntiya AssoctAtious haae1 OIL Tia ,eAd .lo
snh consumers. and tho abolition, far possible,
Ut tho credit syatetu.
.. ny tho no,ninaan and election to otl,co Of surh
men only w arc In sympathy With Tie AAplrat0s tho
VIM Wil uao their otaf eIura III legislative, executive,
ana d1al Offices to securo thu equality b< fa1c tho
law which tb principles VI American lt4rty noesxsi.
tate and which ths industrial ri4Asra 10 lut Io.ses
Iuet. snon3 tin roltcca which r1Y.ra VI ,n,st
tsaents! lor shS lclfec+ reeo and wclttin3 Of thv
ny, and which should bo aoaliy held bY thuu, ars
tbs following:
Re4a!utl, Firat, tlas we demand til. withdrawal Of
the National lank Circulation and tho talus u q
legal teuss fur alt debts public 1r itiyalr t1c,t m
principal aud nttsaat on ths llta ustt coatfaett TO
w paid III Ault AEl1 intetEhatEeaba frr f.ust.r.i
Lo1Ls bcartnY rate Vt lntercst hu raid III !ui ut
exceeding ltr cent aald bond. tcin9 recs lahlc Vi
tnu pleasure o uiu doysrn,nuut i lolr to,l an lty
y,ara, se1ohi. ihs transportation Of thp county
SHOULD ls Under thu direct AQptry.$iUt, and contr II
tuy public authorities ot tls pat.uu, Stats couuty
&owt1hli city, according 70 lts Interstate or Local
chAxAcs<Ei shifa. thA taxation ef tAs asyn1y