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The following resolution was offered and adopted : 



Resolved, That this Convention appoint Capt. J. H. Rowell and R. 

 W. Benjamin to proceed to our Legislature, and procure an act con 

 demning all railroads that are running in violation of the law, and 

 we further recommend that a commission be appointed to take charge 

 of such road or roads, and run them in compliance with the law. 



Resolved, That this Convention hails with joy and pleasure the late 

 action taken in Congress by representatives Sheilabarger, of Ohio, 

 and Hawley, of Illinois, as the harbinger of better things to come. 



The following miscellaneous resolutions were offered and 

 referred to the Committee on Resolutions : 



Resolved, That the Secretary of this Convention be instructed to 

 forward to Hons. Sheilabarger, of Ohio, and Hawley, of Illinois, and 

 to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Rep 

 resentatives, copies of the resolutions of this Convention, with re 

 quest that they be laid before the respective Houses. 



Resolved, That the names of the persons composing the meeting at 

 Kewanee, on the 15th and 16th of October, 1872, be inscribed on a 

 suitable tablet, for permanent preservation by this society. 



Resolved, That in view of the power of the press, this Convention 

 urge upon the Farmers Clubs over this State, the great importance 

 of reporting their proceedings to their local papers, and, so far as 

 practicable, to the papers having a State circulation. 



Resolved, That the Legislature of this State be requested to instruct 

 our Senators, and request our Representatives in Congress, in view 

 of the depressed condition of the agricultural interests of this State 

 and all others dependent thereon, except that of railway transac 

 tions, to insist upon the utmost economy in appropriations and fru 

 gality in expenditure of national moneys consonant with the neces 

 sities of the country. 



Resolved, That we are in favor of removing the duties on iron, lum 

 ber, and salt. 



Resolved, That farmers buy no implements of those manufacturers 

 or their agents who have entered into any conspiracy agreeing not to 

 sell their implements to Farmers Associations. 



Resolved, That this Convention respectfully call the attention of 

 the General Assembly to the bill introduced by Senator Vaughn, of 

 Knox County, in 1871, affixing reasonable maximum rates of freights 



