, 1873-01-30

| MANUFACTURE
cornTn, 1A1I.s, AND roLroE.
lilo doctrine you advocate, AZ gather It from
your wrltlngss' Tonl.l limit tho, f1notioua and!
Of tllreo ayonclo.: Courts, falls, and puliou; to
tho prevcntio Of Invasion md inB,trrooton, and
punislluont of criminals, together with tho COL
lection Of taxcn for tho support Of these agon-
diyidua1a cannot perform you would turn ovor
to .qnapl-poiitichl corporations, endowed With
speolal privileges, and1eavo them untrammolod
| to dlctato thc'r. own terms, organize monopo-
| los, anti punuor tito country nt will.
] REBUILT OF HoN-TuNoTIoN pouTn1NE.
Yonr theory Or non-aotion md non-function
! on tho part Of tho Government, carricd out to
ita logtoa! sequence, necessarily abolslcs tho
e1pross ,eomranic1, or Whatever corporation
chooses to undertake 1t, and OIL tllolr own ter,na
of compensation; 1t nholslcs tho systom Of
public schools thronghout. the Union, and makes
1t TIC ansy or eyory parent whether in!ligent or
| ohilaren, or lot them grow up III beastly tgnor-
anco If unablo to pay; md orphans must look
out for thoir own education It would nbolls!i
~ aobpaas pnele asyns nq for ,, tnH mb0oilo insane
hospita!a Tor tho siok, liaoaaod, anil. wounded,
homes for Orphans, atnH-honBoB, and infr1narica
for the indigont md paupcr~poor. supported by
tho "a, different political corporations 1t would
ways. and hand them over to the care md koop-
Ing Of peonniaryc corporations, who would speedi-
~ oroot toll-gates aud enter upon tho business
Of Watering stocks, and having . good thing ut
tho public oxponso. Firo Departmental in oitios
toor aystom wore replaced, with nlits inoflcioucy
and rowdyism, cition would DO loft to burn down
as faet aa thcy could bo built up.
No public a orl could be given for tho I'M
Or any othor " public 's WerH to '"ess prpnoso
md eoaRen m Experimentation and trannnor-
on your theory. to State, Foaoral, and Municipal
Governments, because thoy aro Ill parts OF tho
syatem Of popular government. organized, do
nSa an managed by tho pooplo, and ag0nss Of
Such blood!ess, f1oshloss, alnouloss, ahin-
less skoloton Of Government may be tito host
form to ostablisl iuutice iuHuro domestic tran
guilty, promote the general welfare, and secure
vision, or prciuacos Of education, or both
together, prevent mo from percoiving or
accepting It, and hcnco our irreconcilab1e dig
agreement OF viows IN relation to the func-
tons Of government,
I have lttlo moro to add, as it il hardly worth
while to dispute collateral points, or assertions
OF amount, cost, or quantity, when they arc
mcroly tMigH and lenyos of tho treo, If am right
on tho fundamental question touching tho pow
ors, dutios and functions OF government, all
the other points in controversy are Of email con-
sequence. I will, therefore, dotain you bnt
moment longer in glancing ut q few of your
statements.
nEpucr1oEs OF TELEGRAPH TOLLS.
You roprosont tho wagea paid by tho Western
Union Company, during ito last fiscal yonr, rs GO
per cont Of itB cxponaos; aud Mr. Wells aaya its
expenses wero GO por cent OF itH receipts.
20 you zee noos TO TO convey tho idos by thia
dueo your present tariff more than threo-aftha
without transmitting messages below coHt
But presume you will not claim that all your
operators and moBsongers arc supplied with oil
tho work they arc capable Of doing, aud, taken
altogashor, perhaps not the half Of it. In Homo
thousands of your offices thoy have but fow mos
sagos to scnd or receive, chiefly because Of high
tolls. Tho English experience OF q reduction Of
doas,oa ;e'i' s1'"' 'A'' tho 0a''n''' was suddenly
You dwell, M at Considerable length on the su
perlor services Of oxpress compnniog md say
that the does not transmit @ it, dEafta
cypress to cnrry them. Tho reaaon ID Blmplo.
It Ia because tho Government haa not under
taken the oxproBs business, and, therefore, does
not carry largo packages Of monoy and other
against loss. When it doea undertake the por-
formRnce Of that branch Of common carrying, 1t
will perform it as promptly and faithfully, aud
Of a quarter Of tho ratos now charged BY tho
When tho Government was charging 25 conts
\ letter. many years ago, you say tho oxprcaH
companies competed with it, and oven did 80
whom the rate was REDUCED to 10 cent?, Which ia
true but their competition neyor extended to
tho "loau routes "and tho Thousands Of out-of-
tho-way Offices. II WAS the croam Of tho buai-
noes they sought, and not the skim-1nilk.
But the Government takes tho lean with tho fat,
and Beryea all at uniform rates, md with Oh
much prom1titmdo Us the present modc
Of conveyance Hill pormit. II tho buBineas was
given over to tie expreas companies to
mango as thoy ploased and charge what they
please, as they do in thoir. present business,
and your Company docs in Its business, and
tho railroads do in theirs, tho cxpress COM
penius would begin by discontlnuing ono-llult
or two-tlrs Of all tho Post OflicnB in the United
States; hundreds Of daily routes would bo ro-
uucel To eemi or weekly; multi
tude Of special ratos would DO adopt
cd, depending on distance, route, aud
weight, and 1t Is doubtful whether froo deliv-
erios ii oitios would bo oontinuoa-at all eyenta
thero would be an extra charge to cover tho cost
Tho expenses Of the Post Office Department,
in oxcess Of its revenues, hayo boon, you pay,
within tho last fifteen years, about $4,000, 900.