XIV CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXX. 



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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OP WM. SAUNDERS. One of the fathers of the 

 Patrons of Husbandry Early career Literary labors Connection 

 ith the Agricultural Department Future projects 363 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OP GEN. JACKSON. Early life At West Point 

 and in the army War breaks out His part in the war After the 

 war The warrior as a farmer . 369 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JOHN DAVIS. Early pioneer life Grinding at 

 the horse-mill Getting an education, and start in life &quot; Westward 

 Ho &quot; Present prominence and labors. 377 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HON. W. C. FLAGG. Parentage and educa 

 tionConnection with Illinois Horticultural Society Legislative 

 career Agricultural education from a scholar s stand point Editorial 

 connections and further honors. . . . 333 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 

 (By Hon. W. C. Ftagg, President Illinois State Farmers 1 Association.) 



THE PKOPLE versus RAILWAY MONOPOLIES. A great public danger Pri 

 vate corporations governing States Railway corporations defiant 

 Facts and figures Highways of transportation should be controlled by 

 the public authorities Actual cost of carrying passengers Transport 

 ation rates in Europe and the United States What freights cost, and 

 what is charged Western experience Excessive charges in Tennessee 

 and Iowa Self-interest the railway rule of action Evils of unjust 

 discrimination Railway interference with legislation The beginning 

 of the end 389 



