The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-06-22
The Earmers and RaiIroads.

Railroad Commissioners Austin. B-rE :
al Gibbs and SECRETARY Warn,r mex e..
arg number OF Representative" luT!ue:s
AMI business men 1T NrurHedG. MINI. 7 .
m- ting was op"ael by IL long speech ny
G.v. Austin. who r-.utni thu history 3d..
railroad legislation in the state, aut tns
difficulties met and 'a. umpusi.iua OF ra:.
road managers to he enforcement OF I'll.
la". He touched upon tn Farmers AL
a1ce executive cOmrittre passing r"sotl-
tons cOudrInUing the .0mUl5sslO aers Len
they were tiEh'jnr tie p.Of !e =
battles against the power Of ~monopJ'T.
He made Use OF the word crauks to zome
alliance men. etc. He stated he would
soon call a meeting to give al. COuUtIes IN
the state opportunity to be heard. also
the railroads, on the question OF reduction
OF freight rates. He advised farmers 10
send down able men 20 represent them and
unfortunately referred to them as attOr-
neys who would have TO meet sharp at
tOrneys OF railroads. Mr.. Pr0bstheIl,
secretary OF the MoOrhead Farmers al.
lance, resented some references made
by GOV. Austin in a sharp speech,
referring 10 q wall known re.
mark reputed to Gov. Austin
that he would shake the railroads
over a certain hot place, and that the
far ners had been shaken over hat place
81 ASL= AAEN AlN III ihDLAEN ~ A4A MAUI
news. but wanted the commissioners to
cope with the railroad attorneys, Messers.
Wilson, Smyth, Canning. Burdick and
others made speeches. The following TesO-
buttons embrace the demands Of farmers,
Whereas, We find in the official report
Of the statistician OF the department OF
agriculture for April, 1855, that the rate
for transportation OF wheat and other
grain in car load lots over the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. PaUl railway between
st. Paul, Minneapolis and Chicago, q dis
tance OF $50 miles, is l. l-2 cents per 100
pounds; assuming this is an equitable and
reasonable rate for transporting
wheat 420 miles, to transport 1t 24O
miles, the distance between MOorhead and
st. Paul, Minneapolis Rnd Duluth, ia
cents per 100 pounds would be an equal
and reasonable rate. But allowing hat
on account Of the great competition
among numerous railroads between st.
Paul, Minneapolis and Chicago, and the
larger volume Of traffic. by which they can
afford to transport wheat at a lower rate
than between MOorhead and st. Paul.
Minneapolis and Duluth, we will add 10
per cent to this equal rate according to
distance, which will make it a rate of
9.99 cents, or, to avoid fractions, 10
cents per 100 pounds. We deem 40 per
cent in favor of the roads reaching our
territory, which haul probably more
wheat han any other two roads in the
United States, Is sufficient; therefore,
Resolved by the MOorbead alliance, that
the board Of railroad and warehouse COM
missioEars of the State CT Minnesota be
requested to make and order the rate ui
10 cents per 100 pounds in ear load lots
for the transportation OF wheat and other
grain from MooFhead, to St Paul. Mime
apoiis sad Duluth, aud the same rate on
-four, potatoes, LUMBER and hay to take
effect on or before the 18th day oil August,
1888, and just and equal rates from the
intermediate points to the terminal points
above named.
Resolved, That We also request a pro.
portionate reduction according to elassih.
cation on the transportation Of cattle.
hogs, sheep, horses. coal and wood from
the same date as above.