New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-26
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
NO cENTRALIz4IIoN IN THE PR se1 3;

NO CENTRALlLAIlON LIE
from TN PAsladslpAGa Nora zssr1oaa Adm EtpJ
This vast and comprehensive design has for
IT, % sSs for or export
70 cheaper the transit Of merchandise from the
n t the uorunate condition Of things in which the cost
OF transit and handling Is two or three times tns Cost "a
Pwarcao mining and manufactures by enabling them
compete with those OF foreign eounuesl In Sohse
sgenSs 81 s1s and general expenses Now really
seems to that nation that could aHora 70 speaao
III sp AZ the orentni trade ough 70 able spend
for objects vast and benencent as these VIC
ea 81 Zee ss the waste Of public
money the crushing out Of local independence nor any
OF the other evils adroty conJured up Dy
srtu partisan writers to alright the people az the pare
that Gen. Grant has ndorsed the OF me
say that the extent TO which the mind OF tue opposition
has been unhinged and thrown on lts proper p0n ol
posterous absurdes these objections Is truly la
mentabe. The lack OF statesmAnship among tne oppo
pepts OF the Administration is something marvellous.
THE WHOLE SCHEME MERE JOB.
TIE Chicago Tribune lInd)
Have we not gone far enough into the in
represented by the principal Of bonds issued 10 the
Pacific Railroads These bonds have 80 years 70 run
winch we have 70 pay on the honda The interest now
aggregates 600 The accumulation ia at the rate
OF 81 $4,000 year. and the end OF the 80 years, we
will have paid about t40,0oo0O0, being twice the
of the entire road. Does the country want 70 20
400 s2OOoOOOOO other amount OF Govern
bonds 70 aid private corporations 10 Dud cahal
place locks on rivers or generay engage II BOrAs Oh
internal improvement IN which no sane man wOua IN
vest one dollar OF his private fundsf Some OF the
cessful improvement Of the Illinois River That
work has been done at the expense OF
the State Of Illinois The people OF this state taxed them
selves make that improvements, ana the WORK hts
done far at perhaps one-third what IL would
have United States. Let the states whose trade
and commerce 70 be benefited Dy the improvement
own work We venture say that a proposition TO
raise for such work oy tax on sns peoPie ot
ONO. would be almost unanimously rejected ana yet
the representatives OF ONO in Congress Will perhaps
vote the people OF Illinois, and OF Nebraska, and
OF California, TO pay fr that Job; anu 70 secure Us
passage will vote 70 tax their constituents yOOOOOO 70
build canals In Illinois, Wisconsin, Georgia tennessee,
aud Virginia. The whole scheme from beginning TO
tribe OF Amesrs and Alleys after the manner or the
Pacific Railroad and the Credit Mobilier
NECESSARY FOR THE PROSPERITY OF THE WEST.
From m Dareapor. tIoea) Gazsie adm. Rep.I
The Chicago Tribune sounds the tOcsln or
war against measures pressed upon the aten-
ton Of Congress for opening and improving water INES
between the West and The Atlantic coast me lEt0te
mistakes the temper OF tle West 1t suppOses that tho
special needs and interests OF Chicago are 70 govern this
question OF cheap transport 10 the Atanc coast Ile
railroads reaplng enormous prOlts ~ mQOFeI
ishng the Western agriculturst They not only take al
that belongs 10 them, put the pound OF Mesa 0esde But
II they carried our products Tor reasoA-De sum- Lney
are impoten Mt 70 do work required We must have
facilities for reaching market ana We Dust DC
able limit the cost within proper bounds The pro-
posed lines, practicable Will give Us what Is
needed II constructed by the General Government,
cannot enter into combination Win the rhr0aus
while every boat that passes over them VII carr as
many several trains OF cara IL y NOT clear that
anything else will afford the relief demanded, OF serve
as a buWark against railroad monopoly.
Whether The Tr16tnie's platform Is narrowed 70
chanplonshiD OF the interests city, IL has
become ally OF the railroad kings or II IS compelled
oppose improvements or surrender ies gree Trace
course IL has arrayed ITSELF AGAINST peASy taat
sio PrOspertty not the existence OF the