, 1872-12-31
70 protect the people against all sorts of over
charges, is growing to be absurd,-Dubuoue

me onis one 1or thls mischief. Is It not to seud
laws are Ms !c that sweep half of everv n,..,,e
earnings away from him into the Golfers Of n,o.
tied ''alctal. without Euy return whatcvcr -
IS snei. ne n"* US 70 ID that takes from indus
Try tile crustl 1t has earned. and f rces novo,-v.
- give VI Its litianct as Il co,ltrisut;on 70 NJ;
sato Eapacity. Until fn:ilers learn .heso 3;,i,,-.
gil other discussion is idle. II is si,nplc fo1lv
1-s the bla1lc elsowAere-$t. Paul Fioncer. -
y nul::ber OF the papers OF the State Mis-
:onsln) arc making their annual clatter" in H.
ror 81 changing the ti1ne for the collection ri
taxes, the argument in support Of tho pronosi
ton being that il day was fixed Just after h.
vest. reople would then have more money, and
Iaus ee ablo to pay their taxes AL tho easier.
We fail to appreciate the argument. # n.n
las got any e'1rplus money "just after harrest y
lie ought to have enough Of it in nocember 7i r.
rsy his taxes when he knows they viii bo due
As it is, the State OF Iowa is now more than
cae hundred thousand dollars in debt. with =
cHedless extra session Of the Legislative on its
Ea;ds that viii cost $4,000 to ESQ, 600 more.
a,9 v:sn oiner clslms constantly coming duo that
ssle at discount, with q largo interest fund to
Il paid: with hard times and low prices impoyer-
l=alng the people, and with taxes constantly in
tFeaalns. Such Is the feast to which the Repub-
Ian Administration OF Iowa invites tic ,eorIe
EtroId- N4'N'
The system Of taxation in force in this State
lAlnnesota) is greatly in need OF revision, and
tae Legislature can find ample scope for their
ts!ents In that tdirection.-Rochester Post.
The l4e Mars (lowa) Libera! strongly pro-
tests against the extension of tho time by Con-
e-ass fer the building Of the AlcGrc.or Western
Railroad. It says that the road has beon com
rseted for two years to Agona, but that the
Company has made no effort to extend it to tile
neet side Of O'Drien County, as the conditions
q the 5rant requires. II ne sre not much mis-
taken this is the second time tn extension of
E-snr has been asked, and VIC agres with the
i..'erc4 that company that has done nothing in
tire past two years in the way Of supplying tho
people Of Northwestern Iowa NTH railway facili-
t:=s has little claim to further interest in the
ls.:s involved.
according to THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, the
Government is taking legal advice as to its right
T. the ownership or control OF the Union Pacific
Telegraph lines. because these lines wero built
I! the aid of the la2d grants made to the Pacific
Eslroad. II the Government has any valid
clans to the owperslip Of the Union Pacific
cam to the overland lines owned By the West
e-u Union, and, for that matter, to a greater
Tor1ion Of ell tbs Hnos owned and controlled BY
l.: latter company. The frat overland lines
talt u@aer Congressional charter received =
subsidy Of $4,000 per annum during ten years,
: sua1 more than equal to the value Of the
I.c"~, In consideration Of this subsidy,
tie corporation agreed to transmit all the Gov
81. the Pacidc Ocean free OF charge. They &C.
te!:ed the subsidy, but the Government YVES
c4varLolees swindled out OF thousands Of dol
la-5 annuany by misconstTuction Of the char
t.. During the war the Government construct
e:nany Thousand OF miles Of line, and laid
VARIOUS cables ct the expense of the nation.
These lines somehow csme into possession OF
tie Western Union Telegraph Company. Did
to Government ever receive compensation for
the outlay? Furthermore, there was more
E7ney Paid e. tho Government for its official
t;siaess during the Rebellion than would pur-
case every te!egraph line in the country. The
viee as its rights in the pren1iseA and il pos
sale, mske clean sweep while they are about
i:.-O7saha Zee.
Some person lily read in Civil Service Re-
have appointed an entirely e1traneous person
Postmaster OF Chicago in obedience to political
d:ctation. There is really nothing irregula,
about the performance: It is in strictest CON
fornity with the Presidential declaration OF Dec,
1a. 1871, that tho Executive is authorized ''tc
enforca these regulations, with full power tc
1pridgo, alter or amend them at his option
when changes may be deemed advisable" They
bind him only so far as ho is willing they should
---l:D Io.i: Iyorld.
President Grant is not much Of Wit, AND
get Re occasionally says something that would
rank among Lincoln's best droories. Wher
General Meade's DEATH to lie filled, there
were several aspirants, with manifold clni1ns
After hearing good deal in behalf OF each, the
to appoint Mcdowell. q He is good soldier,
said lie. aud il entitled to the place, and then
you SEQ, he belongs to Ohio. And really poo
Ohio ought to have something" Those WIZ
understand that the President is a native O
Ohio, that there is m Ohio man in the Cabinet
.od two Of them on ths Supreme Bench, ant
that majority Of the Bureaus and sub-Dopart
1nente are under Ohio men, and that no office il
iii appreciate the point Of the Presidential re
mark Verify, Poor Ohio ought to have some
t!uug."-St. Louis Democrat
Some curious calculations are made IN tn
re?grt Of the Commission to inquire into depre
d-iuus on the Mexican border OF Texas. Ac
co.t.,.c to the local estimate, indignity to 81
american citizen should cost the Mexican Coy
ernment just $4,000. An Imprisonment !
ing ;'| 10 its its duration and aggrava:ion. I,
tee tee BY the the Mexican authorities" the round sun
cf s25l ,o22.97 is charged. It would be interest
iI; to know where tho odd 81 cents came frou
in lie delicate adjustment of these relations o
negative Justice. Onr citizens on the Mexica
border have undoubtedly been harassed an
worried beyond all reason; That they ,s haze oe {:
uuLoubtedly true. And it is equally certain tha
t:.ey ak great deal too much when they asses
their damages at the enormous sum total Q
e27 35j9, 3j9 ;55GGa3.-Nt,o York Tribune.
-Acoording to the Chicago Ere1aing Journal, til
oae thing which tho country needs ls cheal
transportation from tho farms of the West Il
the sea-bosru, and it deprecates any d16cusslo
Of n.iEo1 remedies for our ills. 1t may bo tha
lis right, bu: we should like to SEQ the matte
discussed in the light Of some better infor1na
ton than is at present accessible to ne"spape
vrtcls, or to any one else. We do not deny tha
e.ea7 communication can do very much for bot
"cst a:d East but We are not sure that it can d
esvr::Aiug. Eaforo tbs. remedy can DO apple
/; lro Federal Government, as x 5ag
easted By. somo of our ardent Wes'
e5n friends, there are some gray
questions Of law and policy to be diE:,assionatel
tad carefully considered Meanwhile, it can d
Cs ro harm to have ns full Knowledge aa possiol
on other branches OF tie great subject. Ws hay
roi14ted out method OF gaining such knoNlede
c.: Tho effect Of National taxatlon-a very IN
roriant par: OF the problem, certainly and : On a
On ws4ica the country is not SO well informed
it might be- The method we have suggested ha
t@ea :r;ed once, aud We believe it worked wei
fer 10 this, and by Mr. Wells reports, arc IL
most Ineligible account Of the workings Of IL
Federal ta3-aws that we possess Can there b