Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-09-29

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The nssssstay a these fta,ss, md
their great ina<s-st to the p-epl~. i.asse -
10 reprodsee Nr. Tk.snas's remarks uess
dis psisa II i.,gsh.
We es..esd The. b Tie perusI Il
ssr reaaer.
Then look 1t the asAsssdiag sshsidies
10 railroad eoaPsnies-Dere private cor.
poratioss. To ssy nothing q The fffy-
eight million acres gs.s1ed 10 States II.
purposes Of internal iupsoveaest mssa
Of With have gone into de hsnds a ssil-
rod eonpaaies-skese hsa been granted
By Congress before ID last session direct
y 10 four railroad eempasies--tks Usise
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b esa1sssed i - - Gos<ps. 49,
ing from the AalasaS as.n. - ~ -
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q Nsg J@uy. 0u1sWacs. Ieonn1vurA
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hsrdly y es1Des1s haSs - b - - lie
U.iesd Se.ess.
To TIE NssAsxn tseoee Hsllrcad Gem
Pany the lsnd subsidy. originally guneod.
was I! 900 go scre.. 70 which Congre@.
1t tn iase session. added nessly 6.OO0, 900
more. 80 that 10 His 90 private oospo-
ration has been gtvsa. q The best lands
belonging 10 TIE Pespes. . tessieosy eqsal
20 thss q Pennsylvania and Ohio COM
binsd. In other words, Congress has
given b this eaepoeatioa IL meano 10
bald. perhaps 10 build and equip. abost
1900 miles q railroad. 10 be the psivate
property a. few psivats isaisioSah.-l
Suppose thae Ne Government bad built
tho road iteelf, with the means thus prs.'
vided Sor its construction. aud then Be-
slowed Il ~ gracious gift upon . ean-t
pany Of privste persons. tavorites Of Con-
gress aud Of the party in power, what
would the country sayf And yet where
is the difference betwee. that case and the
case as il stands? What il the difference
between giving away a road already built
and giving the means TO build IL? There
Is but one difference and that is prejudi-
cial to the existing case. BY giving 70 q
private corporation this vast body Of land,
Congress has made it the greatest land
monopolist the world ever saw.
BY il grant Of over $50. OOO. 900 acres
to railroad corporations. It has deprived
millioos OF landless people Of the chance
10 gea homes. except upon the payment Of
exorbitant prices-iands that should have
been reserved for actual settlers and Civ
en- to them under system Of homestead
laws.
Not only this, the wealth. power and
dominion thus conferred upon these great
and favored corporations Will make them
the overshadowing and ruling power in at
least dozen states. In reality, they and
NOS sne state legislatures. wi!i choose Sen
s:o1s 10 CcngIes tsley, ana NOT sne I'M
o'.sse1 .o'ce o, sne people. VII e'ecs nep-
ressn'a"se:. Iney' ana NOT nee csases'
"M sPeak 10 tne ehosoe OF PRESIDENTS;
lhink OF road stretching IRON Lake
superior 70 'ne racine ocean. embracing
VIE ~ 9tancnes more tnao I;VVV miles
o. nne, ;ne properly OLA sngie corpora
. . anu Una: c0rPcra',"n owning every
:" . I.. e en =. '.nH, .. w Soseos,
ILL., oI i ~ eo lie y: =, .'ae .os ee:f,y 'ne
~ 100 81 M.sn o. !" hno-,V ceos,ons' or
~o,ovv acres % sne miie-oS.V0V.O0V
seEss N M OF sne proceeds Of thesr sale
y soca prices q NE corporation may see
M 10 exact-with towns and cities owned
~ ,ne ectpose;aon % . savored ring Of 10
.Oc.eoaeers; snoee OWING nearly an it,
r ssoe. ana u lo"Sg Us sns,. ~. residing U
Dosso9 -, New Iork ana rsaiadslPhia. s.d
70" WI nsse oomc ioes o. WAS sne North
- rss.e Hral!o;d y 70 ce. and whae
o: 1T .'e pIonotson any m:n
''.'e sae .,",'~ % i.s innuencc would
nave, s9oold ne aare TO seek to restrict its
moocpoiy' restrain its exactaons or other
oppose as wni.
Much Is being now said about the rela-
ave r,ghes o. capital and labor much
eoIp',ans Is beng uttered At what Is said
70 Dc inc eIacsaons o. capita! and the de-
pEessaon o. labor: HE working men are
everywhere farming unions, holding con-
crosses, and issuing books. pamphlets, and
newspapers. to advocate their claims, and
protest against the unequal distribution
Of wealth. which they assert is resulting
from existing la~s, and especially from
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