Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-07-18
The True Policy Of the Farmers,
Granvee

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We have repeatedly enuds mned the prae,ic.
OF Congress tm voting awsy the public land 70
'ailroad corporation, auicr the Gliiacy sf "ds.
's"pins the West" bv building railroads into
the wilderness and dragging the population
after. We hold that private enterprise AMI eao.
ital will extend railroads ns fast AZ the dsvsl.
oPments Of the country dcminI. On This sub.
)set we Invite the considerste attention Of our
readers To the following able article from III.
Z. s. Economist:
isa common source Of objcetiuu with for
siguers to sur form Of govern nent, that Il rem.
deis inIpos'ibls any steady commercial policy
What is done one year is sui ject to be undons
the nsx,i what is Ell cted by one ad Illustration
u desrsYed by Its su ,csssyr; what is approved
ct one time Is condemned at another. 1t 10 nol
posed to dispute this fact, but only the infer.
snee drawn from Il. Il !. true that we hold
steadily to no Commercial policy but we regard
slis bg no means as valid cause for objection
to our form Of government Rather sh"uid |,
De cdn's Tor appreciation. The error OF ono
generation, Of one party, uf one man, are peace.
iuily corrected by another. There is no yiolent
rsaetian, no revolution, ne bioed shed. a. in 9th
er countries, when past errors are required To be
corrected. There wsuld have been no saseuiu.
ary revelation IN France had the tyranny. the
madness, the financial cxtravAgnncs Of Louis
XIV. been nippsl in the bud which Henry xv
allowed TO appear and there would have been
no anti corn law riots in England had The on
pressiJe commercial policy, that gave risO l.,
thsm' not bees Of Aueisnt origin and hing
growth.
Tho farmers oranges, winch are new assuu,-
ing such formidable proportions In sur Western
States, have organized to repair an error, the
evil Suicts of which were lsug si zee perceived
by thinking men, aud n, quently painted ou, 10
the eolumns OF this journal. and. indeed, the
press generally but il takes time for the mag
ses to learn that they have been hoodwinked
All the most the press can do in The meanwhile
Is e"nlinually poiui out the cheat. In this
case our Western people. mis- cd By the huc
pArasH Of uuscrupulous Adventures, Ksys
their assent to the National and Stat, subsiav
OF vas, railway lines. whose principal work
has been the rem"Tal aud disper sim Of poru;a.
tnn bsJ I'd limits, from whence the shipm,n,
OF their products TO market will pay. Certain
tr tr'ns-coniineu,al" lines, for example, by the
tempting offer ar cheap lands to Oio or Hin.
ois farmers, have ini iucsd the latter 10 rsuoy.
th11slnis OF miles farther West, from wh.nc,
th'y no ' 6nd they cam ship their produce
to market at profit. This dispsrsion of popu-
latioi Dies no good u the country. IL .,r
n r n tho ii
Yet Congress. elected mainly BY the very peo
pie most to eventu,lly suif,r FROM this dispsrs.
ion, voted some SO 900 900. and hundred. of
millions Of acres Of public lands 10 the Pasise
railways which have eArrisd sut this pJliey mn
der the nan Of " Developing the resources of
the coaniry." Ii dev slups nothing it only dis.
sipatss or disrersss and ihis is what the farm
ers oranges ara beginning to discover. But
even the oranges hare not fully discovered this
yet. They still hang 10 tho absurd idea that
wheat can be slipped 1900 miles by railway
and still yield profit, and tho remedies they
pF"pnss are reduction Of the tariff On iron
rails and cartailmsai Of railway privileges.
This is wsllso fa7 as ]! goss, bu,it does not 10
Tar enough. Before the farmers can again en-
joy the prosperity ihaV did before the land gran,
railway policy was adopted, they rnuet come
back "nsarer home" There is plenty Of good
land still in the Nil lls, neal. by Western, and
R'rdsr States. Let them get back TO thi, bot
tom, and our wcrd for il they will do far bette
thin BY attempting to lay the iron monster th.y
have invoked By means Of any such MEASURES
as they propose.