The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-10-04
TEE aRaIIc1 or HlGRlWBS,

tor'itude with which Christian holds tour
aces for dweilcrs on the line Of tho North.
ern Pacific IN endure calmly the malicious
f,ngs and outrageous ISLANDERS tne press 10
Gated on or controlled Ivy rival lines ia now
hurting over the country concerning this
region. We have all the old bosh abou,
arctic" and ''byperborcsn" regions, Of
sterile plains, snow buried passes. and urin.
habitsble wastes. revamped and revarnished
and reiterated from one ocean to another.
according to the caliber of mesnnese. lneo>
dsc,ty and righteousness Of the authors. A
few years ago when the Northern Pacific
asked an extension Of its charter, the Con.
gressionsl allies Of these srlf.same rascals on
the small pox. yellow fever and cholera
circles, were loud in their denunciation OF
the plumber Of the Government in dons'ing
to the aid Of the Company the odd sections
in en- empire of lands, the richest in minerals
and agricultural capacities IN the world.
Page after column of the Globe WAS oiled
with their vehement denuncia,!on of 1.-The
job" as it was called, and the fac: alleged
that i. made the Northern Pacific from tho
day Of its charter the richest railroad corpo-
rs,ou in America, and they came near linz
pressing tho country with the belief. But
no sooner had the charter been extended.
and the Company printed these speeches
and sent them out 10 advertis, the abundant
security for it's bonds, than the organs of
opposition companies having bonds on the
market took the other tack and for ycars
persisted ~ repetition of the moot malignant
falsehoods % to tho climate and character 1T
country through which the road wss to
pass-falschoods that were only eventually
crushed bv publication of statistical facts Of
climate and products showing the tempera.
iure and productivenes of the line. the
statements of persons whose word could
not be successfully disputed, the exhibition
OF products which in quantity and quality
put the richest lands of the Union to
the ecvcrest test, the establishment of
great colonies on the completed
thorough the rapid extension of the
road. and the business in excess OF the hes:
expectations - tar - 1t has been operated.
Tbst thej had been crushed beneath the
cumulative evidence of those fscts-sll of
them but an occasional bushwhacking hire
ling CORES poi DENTS known to all readers.
But now, because there 10 and will be for Z
time falling off 10 the purchase Of railroad
securities ana there rival lines must sell
their bonds, not one Of which has security
q good as the Northern Pacific. the whole
mopgrel crew taking the suspension of Jay
Cooke s. Co. ae battle cry, set up again N
c,nccr,ed howl the resurrected infamou.
ISLANDERS of the past. They will change
their cry again when the N. p. Co. mex,
winter, a. Il is minated it will, asks the
government for guarantee Of interest; bu,
! meantime these Trades will perhaps have
answered their purpOse Of diycrting a,,en,
lion from tho r",tenuess Of their own wa.
tered and spliced bonds. The Union and
Central Pacific Roads are paying large pro-
fits There will be on the Northern Pacific
from. shr usy Il IL completed many times the
local traffic there has ever boon between
Iowa and Nevada, and it has manifest and
manifold advantages !1r both summer and
winter rosie for through fre,ghts. II Z
mortgage ON nearly fifty million acres Of
lands. and 100 miles of road with rolling
stock, doing business % the only great Ess,
and West line through naturally tributary
of country 100, 900 miles area. and the rich,
cs. grain and mineral -ee,on on the cont
ncnt. Is not security good ana amp'e 81.
| eiOO, OOo. 900 bonds. investors IN railroad
bonds will seek long time before they will
| find Il elsewhere.
W. have not attempted and do not desigr
entering into any elaborate argument Il
disprove these malicious defamstions. Thu
mob have tho noise on their side to-day
and they are making good use Ut the oppor
tunity. Blu, despite Ill their mcanncss, ths
suspension Of Jay Cooke, the money panic
and tho marke, hunting bonds Of rival roads
the Northern Pacific will be built, and up
Grated, and develop in what they are pleased
to regard - 40 ice land country unex'
cellcd on the continent for all that goes Ia
make 1t great and prosperous.