The Placer herald., 1873-11-15
PLACER HERALD
AUBURN, NOVEMBER Is 1873.
SrARrL.>G, THoUai TRUE.

C,rsft'ly ml exp,asvcy g'canel st,-
t;stcs often tel queer tllas And strtng"
as my appear their story, it cm not be
doubted. It seems scruIiniz;ns examine.
ton has been mide Of the repor: of the
last census by Proctor Knott, by which he
has brought to light som, startling facts rel,
ative to the grinlmg imposions inflicted by
manufacturers; or rather showing up the
impositons they are allowed to practice un-
der our present high protective laws. l.
appears that while be horny handed farmer
makes, rs tie result Of his hand toll beneatl,
the burning sun or exposed To wi~try blasts.
on an average of len fer cent profit on his
-inSestnrnts, the protected manufacturer,
cushioned sofa, and swcetly dreams OF his
accumulating div idends, and in lis musings
is lulled to rest by the strains from five
thousand dollar piano, as it sends forth its
melodies in response to the fairy tappnes of
bis jeweled fingered wife or daughter, gets
on an average on every dollar of bis invested
capital at least for'yhve per cent profit, an
nually. The manufacturer is protected, and
the people are robbed Allow him ten pc,
cent. profit, as much as he farmer makes,
which is fair, and then you would get as
much Of nearly every art Gle you purchase at
the grocery or dry goods store, for SG5,
as you now get for 800. And do you
ask, if what we pay SlCO for could be
bought for SG5, and allow profit, where
the other $35 goes? 1t gees directly in
to the hands of the manufacturer to swell
his Golfers, increase his nsolence, and suppl,
surplus to he used in influencing leai,Ia-
ton that sanctions a perpetuation of this
worse than highway, open-handed robbery.
This unprincipIed, debauclng swindling ha,
been going on in our county for long years.
and has been discussed and condemned b,
ADLER pens til III ours, and still it exists il
even more aggravated form than ever
Do yo,>ever stop to think, honest fellow
citizen, that when you invest $40 III
dry goods that 50 SO goes directly into
the hands of pampered, unprncipled mon
led tyrants, who repay you by giving au-
other turn to the screws, which next year
will exact from you perhap. 81 so out Of
$40, for tier profit; and hy using their
stolen surplus to corrupt the fountain head
Of your national prosperity. that ,lro gl
the channel OF your once glorious free IL.
'stu'ious shall flow curses and poverty in
stead Of blessings and riches ? The railroad
monopolies stand before us AS devour NJ
monsters; land grabbers have become to us
as huge moles, undermining the foundation
Of our prosperity; MoLiliers ,hronS our
legislative halls clothed with power to WORK
out our destruction; frishltul results of tie
monetary panic and consequent innumerouS
suffering human beings haunt us in our
dreams; the protect d manufacture, like
an evil genius sucking our life blood cries
out with hideous demand: "give me more.
These are the demo Is from which we ask to
be sheltered. These are the cursing evil,
which the Republican party has haiched
and reared to maturity, and from which the
masses now seek protection. Sharp j.velns
have been hurled deep into The monster par
ents side, causing It to wri,he in intense
agony, and below for aid from its young.
The arms of justice are arrayed against it,
and it must come down, though it can
not die yet. True. it represents a pii,ble
aspect as it trenblngly stands with its life
current dripping from its sides, and its pu
trid carcass rottng to the bones; but its
vitality is too deep seated .or its life to be
taken at once. When the grand weapon
which is now being moulded in the minds
Of the public shall b. hurled By the masses
into its vels at the next Presidential con-
test, we shall see it siagger and die. IT.
deaf will be hailed as cause for p lie re-
jocings; for thea may we look, with reason
to'expect, for relief from the crying sins and
expressions Of to-day.
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GEOOMY FOKEBODIAGS.