The anti-monopolist., 1877-10-11

-
ernment. (so long and cruelty neg
| lected, but now strenuously demand
| ed by all interests,) will still turtner
| cheaper freights. When these I'M
proyements are made the New YORK
and Erie canal made free. and the
Welland canal completed, (results
surely to be reached at an early day.
wheat will be carried from the head
of Lake Superior and the Mississippi
river to Liverpool at 25 cents per
bushel, with flour, meats, dairy pro-
ducts and other articles of export IN |
like proportion, while imports. coming
back as return cargOes, will give us
all we require from Europe at the
lowest possible price. This will pnt
| the productions OF our farmers IN
, profitable competition with the bread
| and meat producing regions OF Eu-
5 rope, and guarantee to us an endur-
ing market. This market must be
: reached in the interests Of commerce.
f 1t is demanded in the interests OF
= American labor. The improvements
g in agricultural machinery. new inven-
! tions harnessed to the forces of ma
g ture, day by day are pushing labor
S from it's former place, enlarglng the
s area Of cultivation, stimulating pro-
g duction. and demand that new mark
> cts, new consumers must be found.
n and at the lowest possible cost OF
e transportation. The new route, via
n Lake Superior. to a great extent al
f ready adjusts the rate for the shippers
r of large portion of the state. A few
II wears since, before this line was open
d ed, our farmers paid, from an average
D. point of production, 25 cents per BUSH
e. ell on wheat to Chicago or Milwaukee,
v and As cents bushel to New York
+ city. Yet, when this wheat had thus
S reached Lake Michigan, it was as Tar
IT in distance and in time from It's ultl-
+. mate market, as from the head OF
t, Lake Superior. At that time the
I'd cost of shipping a barrel Of flour from
to MINNEAPOLIS to New York city was
~ two dollars snd twenty-five cents.
20 Now. more than half Of this cost Is
Of saved. and added to the value OF oul
m wheat crop. 4 like percentage OF
Is. saving is made on merchandise com
#. ing into the state, and thus more thar
h. three millions Of dollars per annun
~ are saved to our people.
lie Taking our wheat products a
bv twenty bushels per acre, ana TN
of saving in freight at ten cents pc
on bushel. makes two dollars per acr
nd added to it's annual revenue. an.
,is twenty dollars to the value OF eac
las producing acre of wheat land. Thes
on facts illustrate. in a striking way, TN
es. impOrtance of our water lines ana TN
Of great value of the decision OF tn
ab- Supreme court which secures to Ou
ION producers the right and the power, a
mt lust and reasonable rates, to send thel
,er products to the best markets and
a is the most favorable rates OF transport
eat tion. / accept. to it's full extent an
eat meaning. the action of the conventlo
rhe in regard to the estate railroad bonds
the This action. is in strict accordant
to with the constitution of the state al
To call it's amendments. 1t fully pr
ach tects the honor and good faith Of tt
,ral state. and the rights Of the peOpl
,ith who. in my opinion. stand always reat
me. to provide for the adjustment and TN
est settlement of this disputed clail
car- when the amount due the bOndholde
ght is rightly ascertained. Who shall s
{ be this is not rightl Who shall say Tn
pro- the people should submit to more
lral less than thisl They fully understa
to that
and g Time at last sets all things even;
,ant And if we do but wait the hour,
hl,c There never yet was human power
oiio Which could evade, if untorglven
see. The patient search and vigil long
ght- Of men who treasure up a wrong,
'ver Yet when proposition. founded
pro- Justice and fair dealing, shall be 81
at mitted to them for their vote
wing action. they will SO decide as to
MIL Justice between the state and It's
ally. or assumed creditors. Gentlemen
s OIL the convention. | take this occasl
llent further to say, that | accept W
mil yours. the nomination of all part
'tlon who have, like you. honored me
ct in their designation for this high offi
t be and | respectfully ask for our tic
rea- the support of all citizens who az
eX- to and sanction these views