Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-26
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The Citizens and Business Men
Of little Falls Hold two Indig-
nation Meetings anu Pro i
+. !. test Against the Action ~ :
!. g. ofthe N. r. Officials.
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Cars are Refused Wheat Buyers
Who Oppose Sawyer Of -.
Duluth.
''Sawyer's CAPITAL Must be Pro-
tected" Regardless of the
Rights Of Others.

IssueO lor al lHulSlatlOn meeC1hE 10
be held at Vasaly's hall on that even
ing for the purpose Of protesting
against the action of the Northern Pa
cific railroad officials in refusing to
furnish cars for the transportation of
wheat bought in this market by parties
other than Al. Sawyer, of: Duluth:
The business men of town turned out
almost en- masse, and every seat in the
hall WAS occupied. The meeting was
organized by the election of J. 0. Sim
mons chairman, and e. s. Smith secre-
tary> Speeches were made by many
leading citizens, among them Hon. J.
Simmons and J. H. Rhodes. It ap-
peared from the statement of Rhodes,
who has been buying wheat in this
market, that he had been refused
transportion for the same. and had
been driven out Of the market. The
reason given by the railroad company
is that Sawyer had capital invested in
Little Falls in the wheat business, and
he must be protected. "A committed
WAS then appointed consisting of A. F.
Storey, 0. A. Churchill and Tanner to
draw up resolutions expressing the
sense of the meeting on the question
in interest, to be submitted at a meet
inc to be held the following evening.
At the meeting at the court house on
Wednesday evening the attendance
was large and the interest undated.
The former secretary being absent, R.
M. Worthington was elected secretary
The committee on resolutions then
submitted the following, which were
a ,opted:
Whereas, 1t appearing that the
Northern Pacific Railroad company
has refused to furnish J. H. Rhodes,
Our fellow townsman, after repeated
ed demands with transportation for
wheat, at the instance of Mr.. J. NJ.
Hannaford, assistant superintendent
of freight traffic, eastern division, Of
said road, and Mr.. J. T. Odell, assist
ont general manager eastern divisions.
upon the sole ground that Mr.. A. J.
Sawyer, Of Duluth, had capital invest
ed which shouldbe protected, thereby
establishing monopoly Of that bust
ness in the said A. J. Sawyer, for the
purpose Of grinding the wheat raiser,
the arm and support Of our common
wealth, down to- the weights, grades
and prices of an absolute dictator in
the person of the said A. J. Sawyer, to
the detriment if not absolute ruin, of
our business interests. and further
recognizing that our rights as free
American citizens, under the constitu-
ton and laws Of our country, to buy
and sell in competition with any and
all persons, whether it be powerful
railroad corporation or an individual,
we, the citizens and business mon Of
Little Falls, in order to do all in our
power to protect ourselves and espec-
lalIy those upon whom we are depend
ent, the farming community, hereby,
in mass meeting assembled,
Resolve. That the said action of the
Northern Pacific Railroad company in
refusing J. H. Rhodes facilities for the
of wheat, is pernicious,
revolutionary, contrary to the law, and
demands the censure of every citizen
Of the State, and We further
Resolve, That the said railroad COM
pany be, and it hereby is, requested
to furnish the said J.. II: Rhodes, or
any other party, the necessary. trans-
portation for wheat or any other pro-
duct to the end that our business may
be protected, and tho producer get 4
fair and legitimate compensation for
labor, and we further ",.
Resolve, That a copy of these reso-
lutions be furnis he'd the local press for
publication and copies thereof be sent
to Henry Willard, president of the
Northern Pacific Railroad company,
and to Governor Hubbard and james
H. Baker, railroad commissioner of
the State of Minnesota, and further :.
Resolved, That the correspondence
and kilograms between J. H. Rhodes
and J. NJ. Hannaford and J. T. Odell
BE- submitted with the foregoing reso-
lutions to-Henry Willard president of
the Northern Pacific Railroad compa-
ny, and James H. Baker, railroad COM
Of the State Of Minnesota
for their consideration. g..
Nearly every business man in Little
Falls has signed the resolutions and
copies have been forwarded as above.
, Speeches we're made byts,several
prominent citizens, among them a. F !.
Storey, who generously offered his
services as an attorney free in case il
was found necessary to appeal to the
courts in order to obtain justice. :.=>'+s
The following resolasion was adopt,
ed: .s,S p. To- ,.ss.s4 ,.g. .y<ss . "a. ii
- Resolved, That the present officer.
of this meeting, together with three
other members " ho shall be appointed
by the chair, shall be committee to
prepare and submit q plan for the or.
ganization Of an association to be
known ~ the Little Falls Board o.
Trade, whose duty it shall be to adopt
such measures as shall seem necessary
from time TO time to atYanes The in
tests Of the people Of Little Fails, rid
plan to b. submitted as early as posi-
biz Aiso4nored that the charm III al
said committee Col, shall have power e