The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-04-04
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| iuO WhlNiT iO SOuiu w a RtCut-r
deal better for himscf-io protect BIN ffomss Z
y being cheated, tDbkeep tlose wLo fprnisllssj
him with the ntcessaries ofIlite from cbarg7ie
ling more than fair pficf5 OF from gigingoi
| him spurious aricl aDd ., thousdnd simil,s.
lar inteifcrences, wiIch'always cost a, man
more thin they benefit him. Bat tho All
mount ofsucl Legislation is small fowo&henisl
compared will, It's amount d few hundredsii y
: years back. Then, almost everything thug
;. q man ale or wore; or used in any ysyay,, hadss
L It's price fixed by law The sumptdary tlawsa9
b prescribe what he Should eat and what hai&
r should wear. lie ! could not move forty
J miles from home Without pass port
! Scarcely an action Of arhans life iIwlilch
the law did not interfere iMany6o these
old regulations are stiii in force i'm Europe; ;--r-
but there, as well as in 'ihis1 couniryalhey
are gradually giving way 70 theIgreaiere exeIT
cisc by the individual man of the. right Of !,
Sc elfgovemment ~ aA'rnN
There are many however still remaining
Our laws relativetofh, sale of intoxicating vi
! liquors are bua remnant Of the old sumptu- n,
ary laws. The state of New York, has set,
the example of abolishing all inspection laws "
leaving buyers to examine for .henseivessni
i
pork, tobacco, -four, every thing aInustobeaa
Inspected by agoyernment officer, betoreIito
was sold; until inspection became nui...,
sancc; Still there are inspectors, and it a
| purchaser wishes an Article inspected II canai
be done, but IL entirely ainong the pariiesiib
concerned, the lawllas nothing ID do, with
lit. Ola similal character are The, restric-
| tons thrown around the practice Of law in
our courts Of Justice. In reference 10 these;i
the Evening Post asks: s"why should ldw-Bg
lyer beonspected, by legally commissioned, ,di
officer, anymore than a pork barrel, or a tub 4,
Of buter2the buyer in all cases IS the best
inspector" 'n'"o e'''l''
I II may be that such restraining laws were
once necessary for tie protection ofindivd-sui
tual right, itamay be that mensweie once SO, =
ignorant; and foolish as not to be able 70 take,
care oftheinselves 50 we'll as the govern
7 ment could take care of ii,A..s 2 n !. a. s.ni
state Of things, if ever il existed has be9ns
! dispelled by the rapid progress in knowledge
and intelligence that has msrked tic history
| of the world over since the inyention Of the
art of printing. Each succeeding age seems
to need less Of legislation than theone Be-
| fore il One law after another is abolishcd;a
dpublic opilonltake its place. aAssintel-3
| igence increases andis spread among the,
people, publ { opinion becomes stronger and
purer, restraints on individual liberty become
less bcarable and arc thrown aside, ihumlnJ
governments are improved because they
govern less, human happiness is ,inc,eased
because the man is, let a!oles--Ohio, Press
NVHaT DOES 1T COST PER MILE TO CONSTRUCT,
A RATL,RoAD?--nThis question has been ask
ed,very ofien oflate, in this section, and We
presume very few possess the Fequisieipforio
nation TO answear it correctly. As il is a
matter in which, most persons-n this 60
ahead age5feel an interest, we gather lhog
necessary slat,st csJ io, ,answear the ,cnqulry,a
from, a report made by #. "A, MoRRIs, who
has just completed Ii survey, on the railroad
route, between Terre IIauie and Indianapolis.a
Average cost Of grubbing, grading, 80
and bridging {per mile, - s., 964 ~
For making superstructlr i2,25O GO
y ward h ! w 'Sfi'S Sf''" s,22si co.
For Fn's spikes; &c, per mile, s'aag aat 400 0oo
Add s per. cent. on grubbng, .ls ~a ~'3'A 90
grading, bridging, and super ~ ~. ,5
structure. TO pay for snperin- -' -
,tendence and contingencies, $50 10
"7ii Eieft shniax0 bi sSeEin y B1 Lenl .I,D
Average cost Of constructing the AN 5t.N
road; per mile, -. Sl4, ,l0Sl47l
The cost Of Eal-road' in some sections
might fall short of the above, estimate from !
two eveii 10, five thousand dollars per mile. =
One division Of The 4'efre Hautc and Ihdiana9
polls road cost $l7,714 31ipcr mile, while,oh9
another division the cost was but 81 ,294 30
per rmile7-a difference of ,$6,4l9 81, Ipa
county where little bridging and grading arc
necessary, the cost Of d good, Substantial
road, finished ready for the cars, will beino
far from $l2,00orpefmile 3ggaIsssI SmT
Mr. iMoRRIs estimates that a. furiherespm
of$2, cooper mile will beinecessaly topayl
for locomotives, denders; cars, rs,durn-outssSseN
This, taddedotoahis estimates as given aboyea
makes he total ,oostrof S l6H9 9S 47pertmilo
on that Deaiocratic Phaross,as ,oaiy
.iisf indi Hsiial,.2-., t4aaln.s-rlaid s--ssiais
-gWeshave heard great 'ciamor iaboutn tho
'sImbecility and ineificiencyn of the WarDey
lpaftment. Now whapsays n QuaftermasrcrJ
iGeueral Jessupiin his 'reportlss sdi d5s siq
ais' With our dearest ydepots farther
from the s sourcesl Of supply than 5Algiers is
fomI rouon orlMasseilles, I'VE accomplished
mo- Elm the first 6smonihs oil QUIZ operations
In Mexico; ;efthan' France ,fhefi6rst military
power in Europe, has, accomplishedsinAfric
In ol7syearss liAnd tits added that heavy az
the expenditures unquest0nablg hayerbeeni