Smyrna times., 1877-07-25

had been greatly reduced, far more than
on any other class of freight.
The committee on resolutions entering
at this time put an end to the debate. The
committee, through their chairman, DR..
Ridgely, reported the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That in consideration of the high charges
of transportation between the stations i'll Delaware
and Maryland and the cities of New York and Phila-
dephia, it is the interest ofpeach growers living with
i'll reasonable distance of water navigation, to
charter steamers and tug boats for the purpose
of carrying their fruit to those markets.
RcSOircd That if our orchards shall continue during
the present year to be umremuneTativc they have
been for the past four years. it will be matter OF i'll
terest to us to uprOOt thcm and to convert the land
now occupied by them to the raising OF grain and
grass.
Resolved That while we incur all the risks of grow
ing the most uncertain and prccarous of AL cr"s-a
crop which the change of few degrees of tempcm-
ture i'll the winter the frosS offspring may utterly
! wipe out which the curcuio may destroy after all
danger of frost has passed by, which may rot down
before our eyes when tully ripe or become utterly
valuelesS from certain conditions Of the atmosphere
after it has been to markCt-the railroad companies
on the other hand operate in handling them only
the certain ana sure OASIS OF gam, ana no matter
whether the peaches sell for five dollars or five cents
per basket after they reach their market the freight
on them, like the laws of the Medes and Iersians,
| knows no change.
Rcsolrcd, That we earnestly recommend to the
growers on this Peninsula to send nothing to market
| that will not certainly pay them some profit and
when the price falls below that point let their fruit
rot in the orchards rather than permit the railroad
companies to reap all the result of their outlay their
trouble and their toll: as was done in 1870.
ReSOlced That this illibera policy which character
ICES all their movements in peach trade has been
extended still further this year by aboshing the
chartered car system for the simple reason as they
allege that i'll 1873 of their cars were not used rs
mdustrOusly as they thought they should have been
and thereby they Sustained n tr0inp loss which
| compared to ours, a drop TO the great ocean
RcSOired, That we regard with dSpeasure the offer
to reduce the freight on the car loads of peaches
New York SO as to cquazc the return freight on our
empty baskets. while ut the same time similar re-
ducton is made to Boston and other northern points
npfI fle1a HtsI,f
have the charge of the great lines over which the fruit
passes.
Rcsolred That we recommend to all peach growers
ana Shippers to refuse to sign the form of contract for
shipment Of peaches prepared and offered by the z.
W. q b. \. r., officials, and that we hold them to
their duties and responsibilities common carriers.
Hon. Chas. Brown delivered a spirited
address cOmmendatOry of the resolutions,
and attacking the generally expensive
manner OF operating railroads, calling for
the reduction Of the high salaries Of the
presidents, secretaries, and like officers Of
these roads, and then they might carry
freight cheaper, calling for Il general re-
trenchment everywhere. Everything else
was coming down, why not the rates of
treights and railroad dividends.
At the conclusion of his remarks Mr.
w. Green offered the following resolutions :
WHEREAS, we, the Peach Growers Of Delaware are
the first representative body of citizens OF this State
assembled since the beginning of the most terrible
crisis i'll social and national life which is un-
PARALLEL i'll its extent and promised atrOSity in the
ResoIred, That we recommend to the Governor of
Delaware and its citizens to be instantaneous in the
organization of military to prevent Ourages of like
similar nature, within borders and to protect
property of all kinds against these cOmmunistic at
f lacks
Rcsolred That we recommend to every individual
following the example well set by the public press Ia
endeavOr by frequent and public uttcrance to SC
mould public sentiment as to render the penetration
of such outraSes neither probable nor possible.
The introduction of this resolution crea.
: ted the widest enthusiasm and most earnest
discussion. Speeches of the most earnest
E kind were made on both sides, but the
, resolution was finally carried, amid great
: excitement.
= A motion was made to appoint com
= mittee to arrange compromise with the
= railroad companies, but the sage of Appo
quinimink came down upon it with sucl
= force as to completely squelch it. Mr.
Townsend said There is no middle course
between honest independence and grovel
! | ing servility. In our resolutions we chose
, the former; let us adhere to it," Tha
= = fixed the matter.
Another resolution to fix what the grow
!, = ers deemed fair compromise was offered
= but Mr. Fulton had it referred to the com
: mittee on resolutions and then moved t.
u adjourn, which motion was carried. Thu
ended probably the most important, in re
gard to the interests involved, of the pcacl
conventions, doing little but thinking ant
saying much, and showing an unconquera
ble spirit of resistance to railroad tyranny
|. not before demonstrated in any conven
IS ton. No concerted action was determine,
v on, but every one seemed animated will
It the same spirit: resistance, by an
|. means, but resistance to the last.
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