The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-08-23

"''"out any opportunity Of il
'esukasing for ITSELF TO determine VIII.
10 believe Of the many conflicting repor,
published in the papers. and enunciu
&c" rom the platforms by public speak
eE For Instance the Democrats nov
. charge that Grant, in his conduct Of m
Presidential Office, has received nress,,
In consideration OF official favors nm,
made everything conduce to his person
al interest, without regard 10 the publ;,
veal. This the Radicals DENY. AMI ~.
'hementiy protest that no presents hav,
"noenced him, and the public welfar,
mas not suffered by his conduct. Which
Is 10 be believed? In det.rm;u;,g III
one fact. which is undeuied. stands ON,
prominently. Ten years ago Gran. wos
poor man, working in a leather s,or.
AZ = salary Of $50 a month. Now no =
onquestiouably wealthy, owning a farm
.no stock near st. Louis worth over
ioVoo' besides large amount cf 9th.
.er property. His mode of living so.
'eserai Years has been very expensive
-. .u nc could not have saved one-half OIL
vi. property from his salary. Where
aio 1t: come from. The thinker can
draw his own inference.
what influence has his course had nm
ON The good Of the country? This :.
question mere difficult to answer. aside
rom the generally acknowledged pur-
nlcious example Of men in high places
giving away to drunken debaucherv and
The GRANTEES contend that
.ne country is now in prosperous CON t
dition. Is itso. taking into Consideration !
what the resources of the land sboprd
MAKE 1t! True. there is labor ,or ALI ,
ma enough 10 eat for those who are ,
siiling to labor. But this is not 4 mo 10 n
ne Administration. We have a c,np.
~ OF immense domain and erormops e,
''ooucts' where something more shoc,d
. realized by labor thar barely enough u
I'VE upon, aud where the great infn. IL
nee exercised by the National Admit. n
''ra'ion upon the monetary affairs of
ie iahd' should so equalize the relation.
etween capital and labor. as to make ),
Faeticable for the Iaboring man to Law a.
something for rainy day. and live Il y.
'sioes. And yet the bulk OF our iour. eL
'!rnen have found this impossible in
last few years, while the wealthy
have been adding i'm. its
e">eiy 10 their wealth. Hence we have lost
'tnessed the strange spectacle III. in
MINER OF over lU0OCD mechanics AMI gro
III The Eastern States engaging hav
an organized strike for better terms gro
=" 'heir employers. and failing gene diaI
!! 20 get them. because the govern ter
VI IN It's financial policy was in SYM bu>i
ny with the capitalists So these by {
chanics and artizans. who renrcsa,,
oone and sinew of the land. caupo, ~
ea'd 10 be benefited by the policy ofther
government. ting
gain, no man can be said IN =. NO. load
Gus who Is con,;u,.u.. from
re than his income: neither can ! IT. NJ
n'ry be genuinely prosperous whose to in
orts greatly exceeds its eynor,s the I
people thereof must be constantly asiii
ning in debt, and pay day will come n ma,e
Time. This is the condition of o,r was
'"y now. The government renor,s bcaul
' that our imports exceed BY manv 70
''s our exports. that the Mile
nee OF trade is largely against u.s. noun
the money market Of nissi
4 ana enterprises fore {
q otherwise would be pushed r-Idis,r;,
,.s... 1"a great benefit to impor
Masses drag slowly along. This isis ~,
cnargable to the financial and wo,,d
&C.. 80 me administrations ficer,
e Treasury idle, Withdrawn from Gr.
rcuiation of the country, it is no d a. a 4
er poor people see hard times. So m;nat;
'hese acknowledged facts people the pr
Judge whether the rulc ~ H. that d
ut Administrator !. people
rv sOou ior the ed him
diana.
nerous other differences of op;p. floor o
'ght be cited, with reasons for the Steele
cratic belief, but this is enough whol
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