Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-04-01
HE IiEkALD
~ LILO ga. ...s-s 81 ,Ao vice..

Friend When the Onion We
formed. il was forsseen that tn.
S.s,es. actaa, dshy jealousy. nigh
make war poe the sources OF one a.
oth,r's prosperity uul,r- restrHint'
nv the authority of the Federal go,
cTnm,nt. H-noe the latter wa
clothed with authority 70 "regula'
commerce among be several States
(Conse art ! sec 8 and TO estab. /
hph post-rosds :" (Ibid and tbs
States were forbidden ITO lay ans
impnsts or du'ies on imp 'rts or ex.
ports" nor "lay sDy duIy Of ton.
hsgc." ibid sec. 10
At that time neither bad the steam
engine nor the ecleoIric TELEGRAPH
been invented, aud there were neith
ar railroads, steamboats, nor tele
Qtaphs Il Was not possible tor th'
cOn-titutionsl provisions above quot
ed TO be evaded. Every State IN tht
UnioH had 90 equally tar chance to
'r"sper and become rich aud power
FOL.
WBat IL the case now Z Corn l.
w0rh 81 cents bushel 10 New
York. while 10 Iowa you are burning
it for fuel Wby2 Because the
Pennsyivania Railway, 81 uen post
road original, built by the state VI
pennsyISania and eonfned within
ia limits, but now extending rom
New 2 * far hey 0ng the M'SsI-sip-
81 RIVER, lJs All imp"Si AID 1"nnnH'
duty on your corn. because the
y Wy nc utTai and Ha1sjm R,vei
Railway, al irpn-pDst I0ad or. gibai-
ly built within the State OF Now
York, but now extending by branch
"a To and heyof q the Mississippi
Rie.r, laya similar duly on corn -
Bcaus h Eve r. Iw-y, an ir''e
o - rpad orig ~ Duii. ~ hlo th'
S4enfN Y Tk, nut now extend
"a 10 n. l. kos lid he OaiH IT, 1f.
ls,-A -im ,lar du,y On your cora.
This duty is given another nam {.
! IL cpl "a tho price Oi freight Uu,
this device If n small name should
not mirlead you There can DO no
ouch hing as Il price when the sale
is q monopoly and the thing purchAs-
Cd. indispensable. The railways
mentioned are managed by corpora
tinns, chartered by the powerful
States Of PrnnsylvAaia, New York,
Ohio. etc. The Legislatures Of these
S,atos absolutely refused 10 grant
charters for the building Of roads TO
epmpete with those nov built The
latter are hcre'ore strict mnuOpolies
a.d he tr Igh,, hey demand are
SIN ~ import and tonnage duties
l,vied upon yanr corr.
You, are nus drained u hundreds
q millions a dollars a yeaE THIS
money R,en 'Owtrd building NJ
9.alth, cites aud c1rp irullun- III
III + =, Ia every one o' which You
Eli b. cDlnpsicd ta pAj further
lrlbute. Moreover 10 drdiae ihe ra
raj soctipn- ot heir best boud nich
hsstens W TO mpty itself INTO he
rich and inviting cities that your la
bors build up. On the other band it
beutrai8ss all your efforts 10 eman-
cipate Yourselves from TOLL and con-
demue you and your children TO
lives Of desperate exer ion Ia the
srrvice Ut cruel aud rxaoling capital.
ise
There in but one way out OF this
terrible urfd0m. The Federal gov
eminent, like that of b lgiun. Ger
many, and other we'll q verned coun
tries in Europe, must wrench the en-
tire supervision If railways out OF
hands II the corrupt State govern
mrnts and the graphing COZ p ralions
that control them. II has the right
n estabIish pos roads, ofirOn il nee
essary. and To regulate commerce br.
tween the States. When this in done
we shall have railway system 1T
III command ~ the p ople aud not
commanding them IA tho present
one does, then We shall have u har-
mOniOus railway system and not dis.
torted by arbitrary $ ate boundary
lin into All Hnris Ut crook Il and
uncc1DOmicL direcllIa-; aud 'hen
the people instead II having t0r,y
STATE L 'gislatures Ia look af' rr, " III
have but one. Ii that one LesIslat-
ure should prove dishonest, the peo-
pls will know il and provide q reme-
dy, thing Impossible in the case Of
,S''y heu VOJu IuuuoAu VI UeIng
burnt for fuel osn be titHbl, ship
ped 20 market, ard that which i,
shipped will n rd "A handsome pref.
II, urr'rud Il he ruibtusv pilfut
mnR,n u NV yields. Then hui
bantry will ags'n beu"me pr all
snd ths over.g 'rged cries OF the
East will yield up again those q Gus
urea and those men, Of both Of " hon
under The present bad syptem il has
brretL the farming sections Of the
country The Federalist.