Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-03-28
PUBLIC OPINION.
Wandering Thoughts.
BYRON, March. 26. '13.

BYRON, March, &c, '15.
AS it is well established fact that
Production is the source of all wealth,
therefore, in order to become wealthy, it
is necessary that we should plant and
SOW libcrally, that our harvcrsts may be
bountiful Now this IS true saying and
worthy ofdeep thought, that all acealM is
the production of mother earth. Were it
not for her productions. it would be use
less for the money loancr to lend his mo-
ney expecting to get in return high rates
anil worse than folly for corporations to
build railroads But tits SO ordered that
she shall bring forth every herb that is
good for food, and we are promised seed
time and harvest. Then why not foster
agriculture, that we may as Il people be-
come famous for our wealth, and noted
for our prosperity? We should become
so prosperous that every producer would
be able to pay heavy taxes and keep out
of debt, thus greatly advancing the com
mercial interest of our county; and the
laborng class would receive such wages
that they would be able to support their
families comfortably and educate their
children respectfully, thereby doing away
entirely with the necessity Of poorhouses.
and Kidding our county Of paupers. We,
the laboring class, have been plodding
our way down this rugged road of life,
being contented with what we had, ask
ing no questions, While the iron heel of
oppression has been upon our track with
deep-laid plans to grind us to powder
Coming upon u.s. slow but sure, with eX-
orbitant rates, absorbing almost the en-
tire profits of our products every year for
carrying charges, thus taking from so to
20 per cent when it should not be more
than onehalf that amount. Still these
corporations have been fos,ered and pam
pampcrcd like pet child until they have
waXed strong and become our adversary
the Devil
No won er we have boone disc intent
ed and almost discouraged. We have
been legislatcd out of pocket long enough.
Our pubic domain has been lavished up
on these corporations; we have pa d mil
lions for the construction of these roads;
private property has been taken and Civ
en- to them, and they have been built up
by every means at the command of ou.
government But they have grown to be
IL power in the land, and without legisla
ton we are completely at the mercy Of
their ayaricious graspings.
Thank God the farmers arc beginning
to learn something Of the marvellous facil-
tiles of our law makers; they come sneak
ing home and privately acknowledge they
don't know anything, but have appropri
ated another thousand of our hard earn
ings to committee for investigation and
said committee will turn up somewhere
or some place with another Massachu.
sets report, not worth three cents, for all
it cost 81 900.
This tariff question is a knotty one;--
it is so iumbled with free passes that it is
beyond the comprehension Of our wise
Senators, and they wanted more time to
think the matter over and investigate,
but refused to hear Senator Richards
speech, choking him off under the five
minute rule-according to the report of
the Homestead, of Feb. 18th, 1872, which
number we advise every farmer to get
and read, then carefully lay it away for
future rcfrrence-for there is Il mark sci
upon such men rs voted out of derfsion
for Senator Kmnc's amendment. They
shall be known in the future by their past
records No doubt they will be candi
dates in both parties for office at our next
election. who viii be red bot, boiling,
secthng, Kissing and running over,
damning the railroads and railroad men,
but we want better evidence than this of
their sincerity; we want to know their
past record (or pedigree, if you please to
term itl, for We will not support any can
didate for any Office who has not proved
in the past by his actions, as well rs in
the present, that he is in sympathy with
us in this great strife, and first pledge
himself to do all in his power to bring
monopolies to basis ofjusticc. We, as
IL free and independent people. ask to be
represented as such in our State Legisla
turc and 10 the Congress Of tho United
States, as both departments are created
by the people, consequently neither have
any power except what is delegated to
them by the people; therefore, when we
in mass ask for the enactment Of certain
laws based upon the principle of justice
ana cQulty, lHeY sHouli nc specuHy
granted, and if there is anything In the
Constitution or on our codes that would
hinder the enactment o! just laws, for the
sake of the common good of all. strike
this out at once; for the people arc the
government, and they are beginning to
find out here in Iowa that they have got
to rise as one man, and work in union
to accomplish anything. Consequently,
YOU see our State dotted all over with
Oranges, the Moses who shall deliver the.
pcoplc from oppression. E. G. 3.