, 1873-02-15

bills wore to ass,-and there iR no rcaBon Why
one should pass and not all tho ot1ers,-they
would entail on tho United States IN annual
charge for carrying tho ocean malls Of five OF
six millions of dollars. Last week, there came q
statement that even Senator Logan, Of Illinois,
sharing tho anxiety to havo tho mails carried
| cheaply over the OCEAN, Ind introduced b bill ia
aubaidize somebody to enable that person to
build steamships for tue ocean trade.
1t is a remarkable fsct TINT never in
tho history Of tho United States hayo tue
ocean malls boen carried 80 cheaply nnd
with 30 little delay as now. There are ten or
twelve ocean stoamors leaving tho Atlantic ports
oEory day, and every ono Of them will ,carry tho
mails, asking no compensation beyond tho two
cents por letter charged for tho postage; and, it
they wero allowed to do SO, they would carry the
mails for $6 or even 81, bag. What. they re-
ceive for carrying tho mails ia puro profit. In
tho face Of this existing fact Of tho transporta-
tion OF all tho foreign maila FREQ Of cost tho
anxiety of Senators and Representatives to get
s4,o00,0o0 or s5,0oo,000 q year to pay out to
somebody for that service is remarkable. We
believe .Mr. Pomeroy alone ie tho father Of
several ocean steamer subsidy bills. He ia e1-
tremely anxious to pay something extra for car-
rying tho malls, which are now carried free Of
cost to the Government.
Wo arc opposed to- subsidies. We OBJ
ject to taxing tho people to build rail-
roads to bo owned and managed
for the profit Of private corporations we
object to taxing tho whole country for building
steamboats, for Jones and Smith; ZIG object to
taxing the country to pay Brown 97 ton On tho
iron he makes. in addition to his profit. We OBJ
]ect to any taxation Of tho country to guarantee
any man, or class of men, profit On their trade
or business. Wo especially object to taxes to
build steamships to carry tho ocean mails. when
there ia strong competition botweon the pres-
the country. But, IT there is to be any sudsidiz-
ing Of anybody for tho benefit Of any class, We
suggest that it bo after the following manner:
Corn is now selling In Central Illinois at IS
cents; 1t is selling in Now York at CT centH, and
in London ct o2 cents. It costs 40 cents to
get It from Illinois to New York, and 26 cents
from New York to London. New no pro-
poso, if Congress is to go into tho subsidy
business at all, that 1t vote out Of tho Treasury
to any railroad, that will carry corn from Illinois
to New York at 20 cents per buehol, d subsidy
equal to 90 cents for every busho1 it shall carry
and TINT it vote to every steamship carrying corn
from New York to London subsidy equal to 90
cents per buBhol. In thih way tho purchaser will
pay 81 cents freight on hia corn from Illinois to
London, and the Government will pay 40 cents.
Tho price OF corn remaining the Same In Eng
land, our people, instead Of receiving 10 centa
por buHhel, will receive 48 conts per buHhel
According to high authority, the 25 cents por
buBhel NO now pay for freights on corn from
Now York to London is so much national wealth
cast into the sea, and, as we exported last year
$4,000, 600 OF bushels Of corn, wo will sayo from
the depths Of tho ocean sum equal to 20 cents
per buslol Oh perhaps tl.roe times TINT amount.
1t is tho settled policy Of this Government thnt,
whenever a man has small workshop to mako
corset eyolots, or to grind Peruvian bark, or mus
tard, or to mako Bhoo-laceg or SURROUNDINGS,
and he cannot make any money because other
articles Of the same Kind can bo purchased for
loss money, tho Government must levy tux
upon tho whole people in order that this person,
engaged In non-payng business, may have
large profits therefrom. Evor since 1861. the
ingenuity Of Congress haa been perplexed to
find out persons engaged in non-produetiyo oc-
cupations that 1t may levy taxes upon tho whole
pooplo, to pay over to these unfortunate toilers
to make thom rloh.
Now, In carrying out this policy, nc come to
the producers Of corn. Wo hayo before ua tho
exhibit Of farmer In illinois, who last year
produced 30, 600 bushola Of corn. This corn 10
aod at the nearest station for 10 cents per BUSH
el, 1t being OF lne quality, Hta account stood
thus:
Sold 80, 900 bushels Of corn At 1oe ....,,, $500
Cost of corn In crib at l3o. l3o...........,,,..$2ooo
Cost OF ahelling, etc., at lho,.........,,. 460
Hauling to railroad station at 10. ,......,,, 900
- $3.50
Excess OF receipts. ...................,..,., $3.50
From this $3.50 he had to pay for lis own
tlabQr, care, and time, purchase Of horses aud
implements, pay ta1os on tho large farm, ro-
|pair ,hfa {qppeps and cover Interest on the value
|of Ills a4a improvements. OF course he la
|largslyt out sef II 1poofssf. Ho cannot 20 on with
his sbGlMIIepp HltL1,t I7ujn,.,. .us rnna. hs NIB.