, 1873-07-15

turo Is tho a,,thor of all tho mischief resulting
from tho nbsonoo Of a good, healthy law ro-
whero To "gf{n' Il comoa in.-0harIeston (Iu.)
Courier.
The, rooplo Of tho Wost aro terribly in
earnest in rotation to railroad o1tortion. Thia
they heye s"2o not tnrnod their attention to this
%'F psys snausy moro hs onss w9''f usS 5sss,
count Of tho tnriG laws, than no docs !
on account Of all tho railroad oxtorllon.
Ito thn cry gainat In "a rSoaa @ T. al tgh npt pn
ovil, ther ro}ief will bo only sght. Tho roop1e.
evidently, overlook this mnttor on account OF itH
grcas magnitude, Us is evidenced III tho great
cry tso, over t tho saary matenlh small aflair
month from tlon than all tho salariea OF the |
Government ol1]cers combined. cil.-DarIin9Ion !
(Ws.) Democrat,
We are glad to Geo that Ropnbl1oan Journals
In good and rogulhr standing nre beginning to
got realizing Benae" Of what tho proceedings
instituted by tho head-contro Of tho Washington
ring against htr. Dam moan. It was ti1no they
dta. It Is not qucstion now Of the charaetcr
either Of Charles A. Dana or tho Now York SUM-
It Ia question Of tho right Of american
newspapers to oriticiBo tho official conduct Of
public servants and to turn on tho lightn
aon o poes 1'G fopt p1togf9y ~ ~ ss9 sG e9rGpon n
really has tho Jurisdiction to which 1t lays claim
in tho caso of A1r. Dana, tllon 1t behoovos cvory
othor newspaper publisher in the country, a
copy Of wlloso papor ilnts Its way into tho Dis-
trict, to bo very cnrofl that tho paper contains
nothing which can arouBc tho R.laceptil,iltios OF
tho local omnipotent ring. Otherwise, hn In
liable at any mo1nont to bo arroatod ~ Mr..
Dam Dn. h.v been, dragged bet, before tho Police
inai oironse. Tho Boston Aduerti.er's
correspondents telegraphod night boforo
Last to his paper: TT ia openly assorted By gomo
meaua Intended for Damn aloro, whoae co,lrso Ii,
regard to tho of1cinls hero ia aoyorey condemn
cd by al, but is Designed to MAXI It uery .sun-
r!easant tor M nny WHO daro to denouneo the
FREQ speech md nuzzlo q FREQ prosH; wo oil know
the result OF that experiment. Wo shall SEQ
whethor tho olllco-holdors have any bottor luck.
Springfield Republican.
there is no power which can finally withstand
thotn. II thoy aro united by common 1ntoroBtB,
and hhvo tho patonoo and resolution to pursue
their common intorcata in npito Of checks and
they will neet many obstacles, and face many
dangers: The railroads will fight them with
money, IN tho eourss, in tho Legislatures, md
at the polls. Thoy will try to ibotray them in
They will buy their loadots or furnish pro-
tended leaders in pay Of tho roads. They
will wago steady. vigi'ant, and relonting
conflict With any party that profvaa to want to
will stop at nothing lkoly to advance thoir ends.
Yet II the railways arc really opposing the farm-
erH, the farmers aro sure aooner or 1ator. to
throw off the yoke and IL thcro is no castor or
will do It by political action: Il will 10 toaions
task, but it will surely be tlnished,-Noso York
Times.
"A gentleman in this city haH bcon furnished
F. II. hat
pamphlets, defending tho protective monopoists,
and under tho frank Of q Congressman OF Ponn-
Bylvania. IA tho gent is not altogether on TINT
sido his name has boon suggested, probably, by
contradiction Of bcing both Granger md u
monopoliat. Il fs said that every post-otl}co III
the county Ia fiod with theso documents, hur-
1iea off over tho county before the now postal
transportation for thom.--iMl Pleasant (Io,ua)
Press
Who's going to rnn this thing7 The old profess
etonal aabricia md Moscees Of 1o lae Democrats
III which they 1lavo exploited their stupidity and
cality SO lon8.-ChteaGo Times.
Wo nover expected to hoar Wilbur F. Storey,
| 30 long tho member for Illinois of tho Demo-
oratic National Committee. contoss himaclf
rascal md q stupid rascal to boot. But il that
| ia his opinion Of himself we begin to compro-
| hend his monomania that tho Domocrntio party
can't survive such leaderslip.-Ne,o Fork
! World.
Tho policy of 1ailroad company and tue
management Of its traffic aro two distinct things
! THOR interest governs them in tho ono case,
OF of tho T pubic On whom they dopend @ Tor traffic
In the other they may bo, and arc. governed BY
motives which nre opposed to the welfare Of
the Commonwealth, IN ueu1pinE powers with
be fsas rstaa TT' TRe }GPs II the wsst
dangers which tho growth Of those corporations
threatens, in tho fatilo attempt to limit them in
tho price thoy shall charge for tho car7iage of a
buahel of wheat or o cnr-load OF cattle. Tho OK
ponses Of running tho roAiH arc results, not
CAUSES, and aro governed by those lava OF trade
which must and will best regulate prico. In MI
encounter OH tliia subject hetwoon tho farmers
and the ronds the companies will como out
ahead every timo.--Neso York Epening Post.
-ThoBo who have recently had occasion to in
quire into this subject find that there are now
exposed in tue maEkota Of London, Birmingham
Of iron and stool. Boilor iron, machinery, and
tools of American manufacture aro especially in
demand in England aud are sGla there in
rope. Why is F1a tits Simply because
our roeourcoa Rro 80 much greater than thoue
there. Our coal can, in Springfield, bo put into
tho, ,nanufacturern' furnaccs at s1.5o por ton
while in England, coal Of no botter quality, cost
81 and SO por ton. On this tom alono the MI
vantaRes OF Springfield over birmingham aro &c
great as to mako 1t absolutely certain that wt
can manufacture iron hero olssapol
than 1t can be done thoro DoBidct
this, our agricultural products. whicl
enter into tho prico Of labor 10 largely, eau b.
purchased hero Tor less than ialf what they cos
thoro. What, We ask thon, is tlo further neccn
atty for protection On iron and stoel mannfae
turoB7 If NC can compete nov with England ii
manufacturing these articles, how much greater
would be our advantages it tho protective tarif
, | wore removed from thom, 30 that all our people
lin nffa n
Of tho prices Of thoeo articles would bring p
Springfield (I1.) Register,
, While not agreeiug in politics with THE Chi
, oAno Tn1BuHE ITO cannot holp Saying TINT, ii
our humble opinion, it ia onn Of tho finest news
papers IN tile country. Thoro is nothing i,
New York which "can hold candle to tn /,
our way Of thinking, excopt. perhaps, in th,
ono reBpoot Of oditorinl ability. The leadin:
= New York dailie8 would all ho benoftted
hundred per cont II thoy would tako d few lesson
1 from TME C41cAao Tn1nuAE in tho importan