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 Convention ...
... 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 Convention ...
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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 528 - ... 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, in such manner as the Legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.
Page 528 - If any portion of the fund invested, as provided by the foregoing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall, by any action, or contingency, be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the State to which it belongs...
Page 27 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate.
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 313 - ... State are hereby declared public highways, and shall be free to all persons for the transportation of their persons and property thereon, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law. And the General Assembly shall, from time to time, pass laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight on the different railroads in this State.
Page 239 - Church-goers, fearful of the unseen Powers, But grumbling over pulpit-tax and pew-rent, Saving, as shrewd economists, their souls And winter pork with the least possible outlay Of salt and sanctity...
Page 298 - The general assembly shall pass laws to correct abuses and prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rates of freight and passenger tariffs on the different railroads in this state, and enforce such laws by adequate penalties, to the extent, if necessary for that purpose, of forfeiture of their property and franchises.
Page 299 - States, which in effect provide that no one shall be deprived of life, liberty or property except by due process of law...
Page 239 - Saving, as shrewd economists, their souls And winter pork with the least possible outlay Of salt and sanctity ; in daily life Showing as little actual comprehension Of Christian charity and love and duty, As if the Sermon on the Mount had been Outdated like a last year's almanac : Rich in broad woodlands and in halftilled fields, And yet so pinched and bare and comfortless, The veriest straggler limping on his rounds, The sun and air his sole inheritance, Laughed at a poverty that paid its taxes,...