The Groundswell: A History of the Origin, Aims, and Progress of the Farmers' Movement: Embracing an Authoritative Account of Farmers' Clubs, Granges, Etc. ... Together with Sketches of the Lives of Prominent Leaders, Etc. ... |
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... Railroads which are given in Chapters XXXIV to XXXVII of this work . No apology can be needed for the admission of the " Railroad side , " so strongly presented by Mr. Midgley . Intelligent and practically useful discussion of the ...
... Railroads which are given in Chapters XXXIV to XXXVII of this work . No apology can be needed for the admission of the " Railroad side , " so strongly presented by Mr. Midgley . Intelligent and practically useful discussion of the ...
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... railroad organs have de- nounced the farmers as having no just grounds of complaint ; and said they merely seek a pretext for the repudiation of their bonds and the confiscation of railroad property , and even ( as a prominent railroad ...
... railroad organs have de- nounced the farmers as having no just grounds of complaint ; and said they merely seek a pretext for the repudiation of their bonds and the confiscation of railroad property , and even ( as a prominent railroad ...
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... railroad rings - Where the blame originally lies - The village merchant as an extortioner - Growth of grievances - Building of the first railroad and its effects - The Centralia , Illinois , Convention . . CHAPTER XVII . • THE NATIONAL ...
... railroad rings - Where the blame originally lies - The village merchant as an extortioner - Growth of grievances - Building of the first railroad and its effects - The Centralia , Illinois , Convention . . CHAPTER XVII . • THE NATIONAL ...
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... Railroad abuses - Farmers in council - Railway legislation and railway reform -Charters and contracts - Rights of the people versus railroads- Formation of the Illinois State Farmers ' Association - The resolutions . 242 CHAPTER XXI ...
... Railroad abuses - Farmers in council - Railway legislation and railway reform -Charters and contracts - Rights of the people versus railroads- Formation of the Illinois State Farmers ' Association - The resolutions . 242 CHAPTER XXI ...
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... RAILROAD LAW , AND ITS WORKINGS . - The Railroad Commission squabble — The new Railroad Law - Working of the new law • · • . 302 CHAPTER XXVI . THE ILLINOIS JUDICIAL ELECTIONS . - The first charge along the line - The Princeton ...
... RAILROAD LAW , AND ITS WORKINGS . - The Railroad Commission squabble — The new Railroad Law - Working of the new law • · • . 302 CHAPTER XXVI . THE ILLINOIS JUDICIAL ELECTIONS . - The first charge along the line - The Princeton ...
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Page 528 - ... this act, or the grant to such state shall cease; and said state shall be bound to pay the United States the amount received of any lands previously sold, and that the title to purchasers under the state- shall be valid. Fourth. An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their cost and results...
Page 527 - States; but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry...
Page 288 - No railroad corporation shall issue any stock or bonds, except for money, labor, or property actually received and applied to the purposes for which such corporation was created, and all stock, dividends, and other fictitious increase of the capital stock or indebtedness of any such corporation shall be void.
Page 278 - Crosse, then offered the following resolution, which was adopted: "Resolved, That, it is the sense of this...
Page 530 - Provided, That when any Territory shall become a State and be admitted into the Union such new State shall be entitled to the benefits of the said act of July...
Page 527 - That all the expenses of management, superintendence and taxes from date of selection of said lands, previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management and disbursement of moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they may belong, out of the Treasury of said States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be applied, without any diminution whatever, to the purposes hereinafter mentioned.
Page 529 - AN ACT To amend the fifth section of an act entitled "An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 528 - No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings.
Page 515 - Congress donating to each state in the Union an amount of public lands not less In value than five hundred thousand dollars, for the liberal endowment of a system of Industrial Universities, one in each state In the Union, to cooperate with each other, and with the Smithsonian Institute at Washington, for the more liberal and practical education of our industrial classes and their teachers...
Page 527 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...