New-York daily tribune., 1864-04-09
STOCKTON SPEAKS!

| Mr.. Robert I. Stockton has sent 10 The Ertn-
ing Post n defense ,of that Monopoly Of the
privilege of conveying passengers and freight
across New-Jersey, from New-York to Phladel-
phia, which is so very gainlul to himself and his
confederates, and so oppressive to several mil
lions of People. Here is the gist Of it:
THE amount paid by the passenger or forwardcT +:
in no way affected by what has been Inadvertently called
"a transit duty ON passengers and morchandise
In principle the tolls which paid Into The treas
ury Of New York the business done her canals,
are precisely similar TO those which NewJcrsey oNacs
for the business done on her public works.
a citizen of NcwJersey cannot Tie up his soop to
wharfn New ork Philadelphia unlcsshe pays liberal
ly for the privilege But hewJersey by whose legsa'
tion those great works we're constructed Whch nave
been so beneficial 90 New York and Philadelphia Is de.
uounced because she In the exercise uf an undOubted
right reserved to herself small compensation
for the inesmabe benefits she conferred Oh The couh
try. ,..,
fed into such monsirous proporionst ont of The hun
10 red through her canal aud her railroads. she col
ecs In tolls for the benefit Of her treasury not quite
500 co. considerable proportion Of which Is paid bY
This is the gigantic crimcthis Is tho tremendous
imposition Of which New-Jersey Is accused"
Let us consider these assertions in their
order:
!. "The amount paid by the passenger or
forwardcr is increased at least oHe'fhird by the
monopoly sold to the allied companies by the
Legislature Of Ncw-Jersey. That We have
proved by comparing the rates charged by these
companies with those paid on other great routes
leading from this City. The necessary cost of
building and running a railroad hence TO Albany
is at least t,ooe that of building and running one
hence to Philadelphia; yet the fare is the same.
Mr.. Stockton knors that, but for his Companys
monopoly, passengers would be carried hence to
Philadelphia for - or le,s--or as cheaply rs to
Ncw-Haycn. The extra dollar we pay because
of the monopoly; and the " transit duty " is
simply the States stipulated proportion OF the
swindlc-that 5 all.
2. The tolls paid to our State from her Canals
are intercs, on the large amounts Of State money
the product of Taxes as well as Loans-in-
vested and risked by this State in our great
Public Works-much of it when il was quite
generally believed that they would never pay
the cost of keeping them in order. Ncw-Jersey
takes money out of the proceeds Of her works,
but never put dollar into them. Such are the
two cases which Mr.. Stockton pronounces
precisely similar"
3. A Jerseyman pays for the use OF City
wharf to whomsoeyer furnished the money to
build that wharf; and he has q hundred wharves
from which to select the cheapest and most adj
yan,ageous. His case is precisely like that of u
tenant in house. passenger on steamship
or ferry.boat But the State Of New-Jersey
compels us all to pay her for the use Of work
in which she never invested q dollar-pay her
for making that work monopoly, and thus
largely increasing the cost of travel.
a. The "evil complained of" is not the
$4,000 per annum which the Monopoly pays
into the treasury of New.JerSey, but the 81, ,OOO,-
600 and over which is extorted from the COM
mercal and travelling public by virtue OF the
Monopoly-part of which is used to subsidize
certain managing politicians and journalists to
keep the State in the leading strings Of the
Monopoly; small part is allotted to the State
treasury; while by far the largest portion settles
into the pockets Of Mr.. Stockton and associates,
and impels them to pcrpetrate such audacious,
monstrous sophistry as characterizes his letter
TO The Erening Post.
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i A bill has been reported by Senator Laimbeer