CONTENTS. xiil 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



PAG-B 



THK TEST CASK ON THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL ILLINOIS RAILROAD LAW. 

 The McLean County test case Judge Tipton s decision The three- 

 cent-a-mile war The argument on the appeal Decision of the 

 Supreme Court ; the law unconstitutional. ..... 292 



CHAPTER XXV. 



THE NEW ILLINOIS RAILBOAD 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 The result at the polls The result of the 

 election misconstrued. ......... 312 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



THE AMERICAN CHEAP TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION. The Grain Growers* 

 Transportation and Loan Association The Farmers and Producers 

 Convention The resolutions President Quincy s call for the Wash 

 ington Convention ........ ... 317 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL CONGRESS OP 1873. Opening formalities, 

 etc. Financial, horticultural, and entomological Exhaustive report 

 on the transportation question Report on the railway system The 

 Agricultural College land grand bill Pro and con The election of 

 officers, etc ............. 327 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



THE NORTHWESTERN FARMERS CONVENTION AT CHICAGO. The call, at 

 tendance, and organization Tho question of governmental aid Hon. 

 W. C. Flagg s address on the regulation of Railroads Mr. Hooten on 

 Railroad abuses The resolutions, and their consideration Pork to be 

 held for a rise Report on the Illinois Railroad Law. . . .342 



