Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-06-12
EATON NEEHYBEMOCRAT
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.;
The Cincinnati and Great Northern
Railroad.

0O VIAL DAA2
The Cincinnati and Great Northern
Railroad.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette, says that the section ofgthis
Road, from Van Wort, o., to Eaton,
o., has been awarded to the Improves
ment Company of Pittsburg, and all
that is now wanting for the compile
ton of this enterprise to Eaton, will
be the required subscription. Since
the Boesel Law has been set aside,
the people must take these matters
in their own hands and push them
through. It viii not do to manifest
a wan o energy or determination at
this time: and we r glad that the
Improvement Company of Pittsburg
have this contract, for we believe it
means business, and we advise our
citizens along the proposed line to go
to work with energy to raise by sub
scription the necessary capital stock
to carry this roadto completion. We,
would speak plainly to our friends in
Eaton and north of us. that there is
no town or section of the county s
much in want of Railroad facilities,
and the-very one that this route viii
afford US. There is not the amount
of business and wealth I'M Eaton there
should be, and until We have more
Railroad convenience, the business
and value Of the piacedwil be only of
a meagrc andlimitcd quality. With
our present deficiency in Railroad
convenience, wealth and business is.
driven away, and hence wedrag along
in the old stage ecoash style. We
must not fatter ourselves TOO much.
on the few improvements we have
been making the past few years.
Other places, Will less advantages of.
populations and NFcalih, lave long
since grown ahead OF us beeausesof.
their R.iiroad advantages. We hope;
therefore that the splendid opportn<s
nifty of securing this Road will not be
permitted TO pass without making
united effort 10 raise Che mems nee
essary TO secure lis constrrrtion:s We
believe it can be do,fc without much
difficulty or labor. -
A cotelnporars las wen saiffihat
one renlarksLle fact i noticeatle in
all the recent farmers conrellionssN
They are drifting ipto7oFPesitionLo
the policies and practices ofzfleSEad-
ical party. They eah mol Hell
they do aim al paftyaolJerts : they
propose 10 have nothingto do with
party politics IN their convention,
oranges and Clubs. la ilfsstIeyEares
wise. Hut The nl,,itwatItcy begin to
discuss their g~risyaaGes. they see that
file present guvtrning pelicy OF the
country is the foansafa HEAD froifi
which springs all tIseir wrongs. The
farmers OF Rock Island county discoy-
er that the excessive railroad charges
ON their grain are largely the effect of
excessive tariffs On railroad materials
the farmers of another county OF that
state denounee tie Increased salary
robbery by the Iate.C Congress in terms
of sturdy indignation; the farmers of
Kansas justly demand that theasalt
they need for their stock, and the
lumber they use Tor their houses and
fences, shall be admitted free of htts,
and they also Hint strongly at an OPP
position to the NATIONAL banks; and
other meetings denounce the extraya-
galce of the national government at
Washington, tic Gcorrttpfioni and We
nality of Congress, the subscrviency
of the government to- wealthy and
powerful CORPORATIONS, and the exces-
sivc taxation TO (which the people arc
subjected.