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tl1o pooplo on that tuck. Tfoy mean at 1eaat to
mako fatthor effort to carry thoir points,.
.Epac71h { Any fJ1Ye{to

Hts.no tS.snot 1lloIt 10 carry thof polnE'-o1'
If ratlroad companies In tl,is State olooBo
to cnrry largo and frequent slltnmonts for loss
than legal ratios fxod for all they may safely do
So anofO T. nothing n tho Inv to prohibit Just
Ihoy arc supported by common reason and fair
bnslncHs principles, aud not infri1lgod or for
bddon BY law. do not bolieyo that tl,o prcaont
81 and reasonably BY loss ratos for large shipments,
Senator Archer, Of Pile County, III.
--fho Constitution Of Illinois provides Tint
proportion to the property owned by eaoh. Like
tho Constitution of Iowa, tho intont la thnt all
kinds Of property, whether belonging to intvd-
uals or to corporations, for pocuniary profit, shah
own State, this provision q tho Constitution has
boon systematically, violnted from tho day tho
first milo Of railroad was built until tho present
time: y n :. n 49,, Take, for example. tho
haye within tho limits Of tho city from from
$60ooo to g, ,00U worth Of property, yet
the length of tho main truck In the city Ia scaroo-
" moro than milo. Aud as the road Is asaosscd
at q, 2o9oo a. mile It is only on ths pitiful sum
go groaaly unjust, and 50 papably in violation Of
the Constitution Of tho State, Is Disgrace to
our statuto-hoohs and ought to be expungod at
tho earlioBt possible moment. Aud 1t will bo, aa
soon as tho people arc out from under the ohar1n-
cd influence of railroad corporations, and sond
mon to tho General Assembly who will logiBlato
for tho intorests Of tho people, and not In obodl-
onco to tho mandates OF the railroad lobby
Burlington (Io,oa) Haaak-Eyc.
-Wo notice that tho Chicago, Burlington j.
Quincy Railroad, in an adhoronco to tho Grad
grind policy. have already put in tho plea that
their Htatlon,houseB, shops, machinery, etc.,
come under tho assessment head OF "railroad
tracl," and we hope that they will by no means
bo allowed to dodge payment Of ta1os In this
way. THOR theory ia that tho value Of their
shops, for instance tn Aurora, s caBt pro rata
along tho limo Of their road, md NO hope our
Or Bophstrios to wei gh with t1lom. Let their
property In Kano County bo taxed In Kane
County.--E|gin (It.) Gazette.
-IhiB infamous revenue law Of Illinois wAs
ranged that tho ultimate power which fixes tho
valuation Of railroad property is In the hands
Of certain parties at Springfield whom tho rail-
roads may control. Tho value Of tho railroad
property Of this State (o1clupive Of the Illinois
Contral), ut tho valuation fixed by tho managers
boforo clio Legislative Oomuittoos last winter,
to-wit: $50,0U0 per mile, would DO s223, AGO.
000. VIII this yaat property, uko tho property
Of inliyiduals,. be taxed Its full value2 It
should bc,, nnd, will be, If tho Inv ie enforced
tGiB point closely. Eternal Vigilance Is tho
price OF protection against monopoly and rob-
pory. II tho farmers don't want to pay tho on-
tire crop. of 1873 in taxos ncxt winter, they
(IN) Transcript.
Tho extortlons, robborioB. and giant monop-
olo8 which have grown up under tho fostering
caro- Of tho Republican party, aro palpable facts.
tho pooplo aro made to foel and know OF them
every day Of their livos; mud just ut present
they are not in mood to bo hoodwinked aud
bamboozlcd by my clique Of officials Princeton
(lH.) Tribune.
When d state of society euporvenos that
renders all properly insecure, Old Vanderbilt's
SEn GnI nm will a1rirhl qhrir1f In 6f1 nm
His railroad trucks aud railroad stocks will ceaso
to have q marketable value, You cannot rob
mon, and then ask them or forco them to bo
aonest Or oF respect the iniauitous 1aws yo9
progress. But thoao railroad operators" !"
tho laws to rob tho people and put
tho money into thoir own pockots, hayo been
I'D, and our once glorious institutions from the
face Of tho oarth, unless tho brakes OF honesty
and morality aro instantly applied
(IA.) Sentinel
Ono Of the duties dovolved on tho noxt Com
eral Assembly Of this State ia to pass I'LL act do
claring MI stock III Iowa ralruads, which has
not beon paid for, fraudulent, md have it 10
troatod. Lot us have thorough work made Of
these 1nonopolios, and bring thom down to hou-
(Iotoa) Telegraph.
-Nino-toutla Of tho mon vino aro loud-mouth-
ed in thcir denuncation of tho faot That no
Hchemo Of rairond regulation hay thus far beon
adopted by tho Legislature. and vino will bo pro-
life Of promises Tint il thoy aro sent to Dos
Moilos next winter they will have m equitable
freight aud tariff fixed for all tho roada III tliB
State, aro not cnpablo of giving tho first dea Of
how such tariff should bo framod, Or what
would bo the elect Of any given plan upon tho
Stato at large. They know that II it dopondod
upon tt,cm to draft such O Inv 1t would be u
ridiculous failure. They expect that somebody
else will have 0 plan already prepared for
thom, and all that they will havo to do will be to
adopt it. And their opinion Of twill DO guided,
unquest,onab1y, by tho consideration whether
tho schedule proposed gives their town or their
county lower ratos than bofore. II they ahould
happen to hayo been located ut a point whore
competition lad giyon thom low frelghts, they
will oppose, with al yigor. any proposition Of
graduated charges TINT brings tloir charges Up ;
Or, IT thoy do not, they will bo likoly to find
themselves condomned BY their constituents for
lending themselves to tho establishment Of n
10y increasing, Instead Of diminishing, their
railroad ges.-Du5uQue Times.