The Placer herald., 1873-04-26
THE PEOPLE AND THE MONOPOLY.

IdIIpdt, anu WuOtNtr anu W udcNti 10 Uo' .
tailed TO it. We do not set ourselves u
to say who should serve the railroad and it
concomitants, in expressing the people of TIN
county, or who should oppose these little o
big exactions for in all these matters eaci
man must exercise bis own will. The theory
that every man has his price, is a vulga
sander on mankind, and yet, that it is true
of great many men in our day, no one dare
question. 1t is not our place to believe o.
say that every man that receives free passes
employment, situations, favorite stands
agencies, or other favors Of the monopoly, is
corrupt, or even violates his conscience, o.
knowingly proves false to the great plinci-
pie of our government that enfranchises him
He may be as honest in his convictions and
votes as we in ours but we believe that every
nine men out of ten in the county feel, know
and say, that the great monopoly is tyran
and leach, that is sucking the life blood anc
skinning the pockets, unjustly, of all our peo-
pie, day by day and year by year. To such
we do say: you are doing violence to your
self, your neighbors, your county and to
your country that gave you a vote that you
might cast it in strict accordance with youl
conscience and best judgement. When such
a man votes against his judgment, and for a
man for any Office that is the employee
friend Or striker for the monopoly, then he
commits a great crime against bis OWL
conscience, his neighbor and his country
Every man that reads these words must
know within himself, that there is an ire
pressible conflict between the people of this
county and the Central Pacific monopoly
and that its managers will put in their vora-
cious pockets and the pockets of its favortes
the entire net proceeds of the labor of Placer
county, until the people rise, and through in
corruptable officials, demand and make laws
that will forbid, in positive terms, this con
tinual bleeding of our people by the monop
oily, by restriction on freight and passenge
charges, and compel it to pay its taxei
promptly, as other people do These law'
must be demanded by the laborers and pro
ducers, and every officer of the county; ant
when this demand is made the people mus
have no traitors in their ranks. The rule o
the monopoly is to find out what an articl,
costs to produce at laborers wages, what i
T. Al I
the difference for carrying it to market. The
monopoly charges more for freightng sugar
pine lumber than pitch pine, though the latter
is the heaviest ,and most expensive TO handle
and haul; and why? Because sugar pin,
will sell for more in the market below. Th,
receipts Of the monopol are twelve or fifteel
million dollars per year, and, by tie earl,
sworn statements of its officers, the opera
ting expenses amounted to less that twcnt'
per cent, which would leave it over or abou
$l2, 600, GOO year net And this to
company that never spent a dollar of it
own money in building the road. Strike OF
81 600 900 Of these RECEIPTS by reducing th
charges for frcghts and fares, is what th
people Of Placer county ale TO help do il
this coming election. Are they ready for it
and do they know their friends? They vii
find no aid in the Court House Ring, or il
its and Stanford's chickadee organ. TIL
monopoly must rule and govern this count.
or the people must. There is no half-wa
place in this fight. The time approaches an
the people must move, or the monopoly, it
organ and ring may steal a march on them
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The "Chickadce press, next door, pub
: fishes sentence taken from the PLACE
, HERALD, which must command the respect
esteem, deep reflection and final approval G