The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-04-07
To the Farne-s Of Ma1itowoc
County.

T. ~ me toit lnf oJr iaiF1dl-. iE3' eAOTt
i being made under The lea1ershia. and
Pkg. and trickef5. and deception. Of
,chom1 We ANSWER. first aud greatest
the North Western sn3 ST P.ul
raj road. have sent moD-y into
thi. county 10 hir- unrripcipIsd
men TO work agaiast Tie railroad tax |!
In every town Of this county they already
have their bought agent to work for them,
and against the future prosperity and
wealth Of our comfy They dare not trust
this qna,fion to the honest vote OF our cit
iz.ns
Second. The tax is bei-s fought by
leading men Of our county. who know that
II The roads arc .buit, they will meet with
such opposition in their BUSHES. as viii
compel them: Flrs,-to pay the farmers a
fair price for their produce; Second-com
rol them 10 ray the poor men who work
for them a full CONFORMATION for their
labor. They knov that where now they
have The power 10 sag 10 4 laboring man,
rorh for me Jor s 90 Il day, and take store
pay, or go uttom lrork, ;bat when our
county Is jul OF railroads, and the city Of
ManitcHoc becomes large city, full Of
manufactures, and mills, ard machin.
shops, that rhon,he Iaboring man can com
mand $500 per Cay, and this they will
have to pay; and pny IN cash, instead #
rass, and old goldfish, and trash, at b IN
dr'd per cent. profit
Eroiers' Laborag men ! VIII you
DO cheated, aud duted, and sold out by
yonr natural enemies? or viii you counsel
your own interest, ard welfare, and pros
ps-iy?
Nilyon listen to The foolish, lying, hilod
gable of your enemies, and By doing So
vote to fas;.n our county forever down 10
less than It's present prosperity ? 70 bind
II hand ard foot and pass her over to 4
half doz"n rich men who now make money
by grinding their lahorers down 10 starva-
tion waFes; aud more than that, Place this
county at the mercy Of the North Western
Railroad for all time to come? We believe
you will not 90 this We believe that
your eyes sill be open 20 sec tho true :o.i
ton our county TOW occupies You must
sec that If We arc leaten ont OF these rail
road, ty dcfest Of he $3.50, 900 tsx, that
Maniiouoc, ana Manitowoc county will
never be more thah they now afs-an
abandoned county walled in on one side
by Lake Michigan, and on the other bythe
y W Railroad
You must sse that If our railroad. are
driven away, that Milwaukee will win .
great victory at the q Of Manitovoc' 5 and
your expense; for she fears our ,uasnjti
cent harbor, and is, and always has been,
fghriHg Us.
Ion must see that the North Western
aud s.. Paul railroads viii continue to
nouupolize the whole carrying trade Of
Northern and Western Wisconsin aud
Minnesota, aud pour the same into Mil
waukee ana Chicago, instead of lis coming
to Nanitowoc rs natural qaG nearest o,tt>
Iett
Ion must see that with only orr present
iAc;3iics for dong tusiuess, that you
are al the mercy Of fc1 -pecula tors aAd
manufacturers. When if our county and
city were opened up by railroads, you
would compel our wheat buyers to give
you from five to ten cents moro per bushcl
for wheat than they Go now. And you
laboring men-WcuId compel your EN-
ploycrs TO paw you Milwaukee and Chicago
prices IN CASA for sour labor. Iou must
see this; and seeing il, You viii
not be SO ionli.h a. 10 vote against
your own interests
We're We fsrme,, as we hope AMI in
tend to be before We die, and our farm was
situated even in the southwest or northeast
corner of the county, or even in kewauuee
county, we should look upon the nan who
voted against this railroad tax, US man
who was robbing us Of one bs,f the value
o. our farm. And we ssy, without fear of
contradiction by any man who wants TO sell
his land in either # these sections Of our
county, that that land cannot lie bought to
dGy for the same price per acre that it
could before tho present railroad excite
nen' commenced And for The future rise
in the value Of lands in our county, tcith
the proposed net work If raliroals, We have
only to look =, the past Of ether poorer
counties in cur own STATS aud compare
them with the present.
We defy the enemies of orr railroad tax
to namo a single county 1T the Jaitel
States through which one railroad has
passed hut Whist the road Increased the
prioe aud ralpe Il he land at .sas, 81 per
cent. Then wt,t would he the result in
our county when We had tirss roads all
eentcrns at-aul budding ur--lbe county
seat Of our county? Really, tie farmer. o:
the laborer, Who Oppose. This great vital
pruiee, to make Mani;owoc county the
richc.t comfy in the Safe, /. either mad
nal or foc,,
Az your nu-hbor who has lately trsv