State Convention—Resolutions. 347 
small farms, gave his reasons therefor, and had a cheerful hope in 
the farmer of the future. 
Assistant secretary Wicks offered the following sentiment, 
which was heartily responded to, and adopted as the judgment of 
the convention : 
Sentiment: As education leads tlie mental faculties and grows great 
thoughts, so scientific and skillful agriculture brings bountiful harvests and 
beautiful homes into being as the trophies of the conquest of human labor. 
Col. Warner, chairman of the committee on resolutions, then 
submitted the following resolutions, which, after brief discussion, 
were adopted: 
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Resolved , That we recommend the organization of granges, or farmers’ 
clubs, in every township in Wisconsin to advocate the mutual interests of 
farmers. 
Resolved , That the law for the license of dogs should be so amended as to 
be uniform throughout the state. 
Resolved , That it is the sense of this convention, that monopoly and extor¬ 
tion as charged against manufacturers, is due to a great extent to the unjust 
extension and protection afforded by the patent laws, and we demand that 
such laws be so amended as to permit any one to engage in manufactur¬ 
ing any article by paying a royalty to the patentee, or assignee. 
Resolved , That the convention fully appreciates the importance of the 
manufacturing interests of this state, and will cheerfully do all in its power 
to fairly and rightly advance the same. 
Resolved , That in our judgment the present legislature should pass an act 
providing for the appointment of a Board of Railroad Commissioners, to in¬ 
vestigate the affairs of the railroads of this state, and report facts upon which 
to base future legislation. 
Resolved , That the true interests of labor and capital are identical, and that 
any system of laws which seems to array one against the other is wrong, and 
that mutual forbearance and an earnest effort to arrive at a settlement of these 
vexed questions should be encouraged. 
Resolved , That we beleive the interest of manufacturers, as well as our own, 
would be best subserved by a disposition on their part to deal directly with 
our agents on as favorable terms as with their general agents. 
Resolved , That in the opinion of this convention the prosecution of the 
State Geological Survey, and the facts and observations acquired thereby, 
should be disseminated, not only for the development of our mining and me¬ 
chanical industries, but to aid, both directly and indirectly, in the success of 
agriculture. 
Resolved , That the present bird laws on the statute books of Wisconsin are 
a humbug, gotten up for the kid-gloved hunters, and should be repealed, and 
