The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-05

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mons bui d their railroads at no otner nrst ex-
pensc tnan the cost OF the iron and ra.Ions to
tie road Tor their pay and eat PLAN food, while the
BONDS oi tire road purchase the IRON. Nothing IL,
therefore, to be done out TO make enough proiJs
alter the enterprise Is complete TO pay the interest
the oonds, Ii the road Is successful tue laborers
get div.dends upon their STOCK. II not. they take
tneil I'll luck uncOmplalningV. But IL II singular
that up 10 the present time every Mormon enter
PRISE mas Deen successful. Even the settlement of
81. GEORGE, on The border oil tue Arizona desert,
butt IN a country cnarreI with imnemorial fire
aud sErewn all over win gIauber salts, has come
out a Town as likely ~ stand as Salt Lake Itself
Wnen asked some time ago why he dd sucn q
fooisn thing as to put town on the site OF
durance TO recover little tract OF oasis
from the desert, Brigham Young replied That
he wanted To snow hat ms peOp.e could 10 any
under axe To recIaiin the wnoIe american desert.
'.Ir we all.' SAID orIgnam,. I'VE snail at least not
that tue Mormons, tnou th quiet about It, have ex-
ercIsed large influence In our pubic affairs. A
gentleman VINO has seen the list OF funds collected
to eject general Grant alleges that a good round
sum was CONTRIBUTED 10y lie Mormons OF SAT- Lake
CITY, under the advlce OF Emu Wasnourn, wno was
a.waYs their friend. Wasnourn aud several other
men IN pablo life took up land IN salt Lake City
several gears ago, believing IN tue GROWN and dc.
vcoSm oil that country under the patient labor
or The Saints.
PHILOSOPHY OF THE LAND.aRAB RAILWAYS.
lne present VIII ue iooaeu upon In iuIure years
as one oil the greatest periods the history OF man.
KIND Tor material enter rises. Ii Congress a besct
win hundreds OF andgraboers. 1t not only to be
Out 10 The immense pu3llc spirit aud material en-.
ergy OF the American character at mis- lime the
war turned out bundreds OF railroad bu,Iuers. ,or
tracks nau to De taAen up ana put down. and COM
mon sergoants and iIeuieuanls were oiIen called
upon TO run engines build bridges aud repair roll
lng STOCK. Under the operations OF a high protec-
i've ariIf 0nsteel ralls ana iron, the IRON rollers
themselves, VINO made great fortunes uurlng inc
war; are III many cases advancing the iron TO raj.
way builders WAC can ger good land grant, or in
eNceplonN cases even the riVnt or way. The tarn
and land monopoy mus espolse the causes vi each
other.
RAILWAYS NO MONOPOLY.
Looking over the wbole subject OF railways al
ready completed On tue pupic domain II Is hard TO
cone to any Oiner opinion Than mat withous them
the country wUuld have been greatly retarded, and
the evils wncn We Supposed 10 lie Incident to their
suo-iuilatlou aud monopoly DO uot appear. Tne'
only raliw ass lie country winch are AL abso-
la Q are the Union Pacific aud Its complement AT the
olner end, The .ealral l'aclnc The Union Pacific
has greatly dissatisfied tie miners OF Colorado,
wyoming anu Utan by raising fregnt rates on
crude ores, particularly argenulerous gaiena. The
acL was that al the Ulu rdtes lnerc was plenty oil
treig 1T. uuL no prUdt HE Cen'fa Pdclnc, although
the most power vi VI all corporations cOEsiueied
with regard 70 It's surrounding population, - Oh the
WnOie modest Ivlpvrallun. snfewu in business.