Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-02-11
Books aud Periodicals.


ALI books and periodicals noticed il ibis
colamn are to be bad At the INeUIEER Book
Store.
How 70 MAKE THE FARM PAy.-We have
just received a copy of this valuable book
from zeigler, MeCurdy & Co., Philadelphia.
II treats at great length on grain growing and
special crops, Stock raising, Poultry, Bees,
Pratt culture, Gardening 6e, With over 100
pages Of valuable recipes. Il is a book for
the practical farmer by whom II viii be found
Of daily use.
THE NORTH AuEEicAS REVIEW for January
has been on our table for several days. It has
been reduced IN size and we miss the mass OF
fearless, trenchant critical notes that have
heretofore been a peculiar and attractive fea-
ture Of the North American. The Let Alone
Principle, by Simon NeWcomb, is q plea for
less government The article is ably and Ia.
geniously written aud presents some valuable
thoughts, but it is a question having two
sides and the truth We predict viii at last be
found to lie between the two extremes. A
second paper on Indian Migrations is contrib
uted By Lewis n. Morgan, in which he under
takes 10 prove that the North American In-
dian cane from North Eastern Asia: the ar
ticle is eieverly written and viii be found Of
interest to the ethnologist Kari Blind treats
Us to a wordy article on An Ancient Creed
that viii find few readers. To those who are
Interested in the English Ecelesiasticsl Crisis
Goldwin Smith gives a large amount Of valu-
able information in regard to the Tractarian
and Puseyite movement in the English
Church. In the Treasury reports Gamaliel
Bradford discusses financial and banking
matters in a style indicating familiarity with
the question that commands heariDg. One
Of The strongest points be makes is that the
heads Of Departments should be admitted to
the aoor of Congress, there to explain and
defend their management aud estimates that
the whole country may hear and understand.
This is custom Of the British Government
which We believe we might adopt with deci-
ded benefit. Charles Francis Adams, Jr.,
contributes a paper on Railway Problems in
1869, IN which be points out viyidly The
breakers ahead in our contest with huge,
ogergrown corporations, but ike many anotb-
er slarmist be points ont the danger but
shrinks from attempting to cope with the huge
monsters he has eoujured up. We hope if
Mr.. Adams treats as to any more railroad ar
ucies be viii address himself to the task Of
devising remedy for the evil he complains
Of unless be can do that be is no further ad-
vaneed than the ten thousand, yea million,
others who see the danger as well as be. He
says: .'What is the aspect Of the present.
The States Of Sew-Jersey, Pennsylvania, aud
Maryland are respectively owned By corpora
tions within their limits New-York is gov.
erued BY two corporations, acting in concert
with one corrupt political ring. The United
States is struggling with half q dozen great
combinations Of private and corporate inter
ests, and no welliuforned man doubts that
,o-d day it is in the power oft national bank
ing system alone to dictate to the National
any financial policy II may de-
sire, and 70 compel its adoption. The simple
fact Is, that on the people, who with US are
the source Of all power, these combinations,
through their material influence aud their
power to create aud aIlay disturbance, exer-
else more control than officials and reiormers
combined. How indeed could 1t be otherwise?
Compare the things Of to-day with those Of
yesterday. The United States Bank, it the
days Of its greatest pride, boasted capital of
s55, ,000, coo. The slave power was welded
together by $500, O00, 600 Of property, but
controlled only one section Of the country
and could be combatted in another. The
bank vas oyertbrown through its own folly,
after a nine years struggle; the destruction Of
Slavery was accomplished after p years Of
agitation and four years of civil war. The
present banking system consists of one com
pact organization, sensitive to the common
interest, subject 10 a common control, which
low enjoys, 1926, 600, GOO ofwealth, and $50,
200. 600 Of income, aud Is distributed ell over
he country. The railroad system dwarfs
even this. Single members Of II control two
hundred millions Of capital ard employ tens
o. thousands Of men. As uuned influence
il shoots out lis raUi6cations into every State
and county and town Of the whole Union, and
represents and wields ali the power contain
ed in s., ,000, 600 900 Of wealth. These are
-he disturbing forces nov called upon 10 take
part in q social system which grew up under
3 government created in 1888. What viii be
the limits CT their action?