Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-05-31
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KaEfsa1ns Asp F1EEEss.---A lsw days 1gO
Ne witnessed ths dspapars. IRON Columbus Of
: lrzin Of sOms thirty hesyy CO ehsa.eaeh dlaua
by Isur- -horss teams. en roats Tor lows. fhese
wsre the reliets Of those old passsngeF usias,
which, IN former years, Afforded ihs scanty fA-
oildea Of our Internal travel, Whlle our haavg
articles OF trade had sGill loser means Of trans
port. AID IT'S wonder 70 us IN these Gays;
bow people Lived and uied on busins Rilh
sueh slendsr eummsIolal sdVanGages The
siaha of shis hegira Of toe old wAgOns. took US
bses 90 he dms, noe very faF Of. Hhen We
paid nine or ten dollars. for ride Of two days
and two nights. from Cleveland % Coiunbns,
which We could not help bnl eonlrazI With the
prsasns priEiIges OF gliding over lhe sAne space
in Eve or six hoaFa, al Cost Of less than four
dollars.
L has been quite fashionable Of late 70 say
all manner Of bard thing against the railroads.
because they thought proper 70 discontinue an
enormous Isee llst, which had become giant
and crying evil. OF these fault finders. were
not The editors Of The Ohio CuluvAlor True
in the days Of free passes We enjoyed large
liberty, for which We we're very grateful. but
saw too clearly the justice Of the reform, 10
complain when shs were no longer rendered as.
And al The meeting OF thv Ohio Editorial Con
venlion in GAINESVILLE last winter. with COL
schoaler. Of the Cincinnati Gszette, We we're
nearly alone IN oui opposition 70 the condem-
natory resolutions sought 10 be passed by that
{ body, and tor whicn opposiuon We we're
charged With being Subsidized BY the secret ia
; vors of thU railroads. This 10 3 mistake.
Since the expiTauOn Of our passes OF 1854,
: We have paid for every mile thai We have
] Travelled.
4 But we take q larger view Of this subject than
our own personal convenience. When our far
/ mere can send tat bullock from the ScUta
o Valley to New York. in TOUR days, al cost
h of ten or twelve dollars, itbecomes matter ol
no small moment in the vast cattle trade ol
o this region, As compared with weary journey
:. Of as many weeks, with lis wasting Of flesh
and drain upoo the purse. When We 6nd
. ourselves with 100 much wheat. or too it'll,
wheat in any locality, it is now an easy and
lspeedy work TO equaiize the supply or distribu'
ton. When, ~ last winter, we iud ourselves
IN want Of hundreds Of thousands of bushels
/ Uf potatoes, and no surplus within Ave hun
drsd miles, hov could We procure seed aad
0 feed Lhs babies ill another harvest, without
these iron sinsws which bear them to our door
e As with The speed oil the wind! Let those who
( denOunes railroads rs mean and stingy, think
Of these things. and a hundred others than these
will suggest, and revise their opinions ~.
D In the general pressure OF The last season. the
= railroad managers Iound themselves nearly
: swamped with debts, Incurred in mOre prosper
is Gus times, and no Sdsquate means to meet the
d emergency, TO say nothing OF what capitalists
IS Reasonably expect--a small pIohG on The money
e invested. They are business men shreW
I business men, who act in an emergency to-
stlf. preservation, just asa shrswd merchan
would act, and that though the public was l
y party in their business, yetan intangible party
while themselves we're y tangible party, anf
4 Ubhg ed 10 foot The bills.
t Ii was aetualed by these & eEngs, that Ihey
I supposed justice TO The public and 10 them
selves dId not r, quIre them " carry articles u
STATE Fairs, free OF cost, IL was certainly op
? Ional with them as mere business lransac
lion, whether 70 carry at lHll or hall price
= The public could only plead liberal prece
dent and argue general policy, nslther o
5 which we're binding upon money conscience
In. this state OF affairs we are glad 70 lind
ha the managers OF the most important roads
| tending to the city have again taken tht
most liberal view OF The subject OF public policy,
aud agreed to the former terms Of transportation
to our State Fair for this year THIS with the
increased number OF lines of travel, and The
increased facilities IN the way OF rolling stock
upon tine older roads. places US in more ia
vOrsbe position than at any time before, and
J we hope the late unreasonable hostility will
be disarmed. and men will come. TO look upon
our railways, as they are in reality. as the
, Farmers best friend for Of all the benefits
. aecruing to any class OF men from this source,
) the Farmer comes in for the largest SHARE
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