The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1877-04-21

On motion this Committee was made a
standing committee for the year.
on RESOLUTIONS.
The following is the report Of the Com
mittee on Resolutions
Mr. President aud Gentlemen of the
Convention: We, yolr Committee on Res
oiutions, beg Nave to report the following
as the result OF our lab,rs
Resotred, By the Illinois S@te Farmers
Association
|. That the experience and observation
Of the past four years that have elapsed
since the organization Of this Association
confirm our conviction u the following
facts:
|. That the producing classes Of this.
As well as other countries (Including a
large part of the agricultural, mechanical,
and other laborlng classes), do not receive
Of the wealth which their labor creates
such part as their industry, Intelligence,
and amount OF capital invested entities
them % but that IA this country, as il
the Ola World, wealth Is accommodating
with alarming rapidity Ia the hands of
few men whO control the currency. trans
purtation, lhl trade Of the nation
2. That this IS caused Ia part by legis-
latlon that favors the capital classes as
against the industrial classes in part by
conspiracles organized by certain bankers,
traders, transporters, and manufacturers
In their own interest and against public
welfare, and IN part by the superior intel
lgeuce Of the commercial as compared
with the industrial classes
IL That, ia view OF these facts. We
recommend the following to farmers and
other producers Of our own and other
States
/. An earnest and universal effort to in
crease the intelligence IF the Industrial
classes by more general and liberal edu
cation in the schools, and w a more gene
raj dissemination Of the facts of natural,
social, and political science by means of
addresses, books, and newspapers.
=. BY a cautious out continuous effort
to Secure by cooperative associations,
based on the Rochdale plan, the advant-
ages of direct trade between producer and
consumer, ana the abolition, as far as pos
sible, Of the credit system
3. BY the nomination and election to
Office of such men only as are in sympa-
thy with the aspirations, the wants, and
the purposes Of the industrial classes, and
who viii use their best efforts in leglsla-
tive, executive, and judicial Office to Sc
cure that equality before the law which
the principles OF American liberty neces-
State, anu which the Industrial classes do
not now possess.
Ill. That among the policies which we
regard as most essential for the perfect
freedom aud well being Of the agricultu-
raj aud other industrial classes Of the
country, and which should be steadily
he'd in view by them, are the following
l. The patent laws having been per
verified to subserve private interests rather
than encourage inventive genius, vigor
GUS RET run Is needed In that branch of the
Government service.
2 That we are In favor Of the abolition
OF all tariff laws, believing them to be in
consistent with the genius and spirit Of our
American institutions.
8. That, III our opinion, the best inter
ests Of the people Of the s ate REQUIRE
such men on the Beard Of Railroad and
Warehouse Commissions as are thoroughly
acquainted with the business Of the Com
mission. and, having full faith in the ca
paclty and integrity Of the Hon. Willard
=. Flagg, we do heartily recommend his
4. That we heartily indorse the plan
proposed by the JOINT Congressional com
mittee for the settlement of the Presiden-
tlSl question, and believe that its adoption
would relieve the country of a painful
anxiety.
B. That the members If the Ausoc,a.;1,.
have examined with much interest the crop
reports of the State Board of Agriculture.
aud, believing that they will be OF great
enetit to the farmers of the State. thew
trust that they may be continued, and the
Board enabled, BY a suitable appropria-
ton, to extend aud perfect them.
8. That the thanks Of the Association
be rendered to the Hon. 8. Fish, Sscrs-
tary Of the State Board Of Agriculture.
and the Secretary Of state, for the use Of