, 1873-12-24

Putting this mud TINT together, and oous,lcr-
Ing tho numbor of bonds ahoat, you will not be
Congress- to procure 0ovorpmont Endorsement.
Tom Scott thinks that tho Government should
indolsc tho bonds Of both tho Northern and tho
6outhcrn Pacific Roads, and that tho two COM
in indorac1ncnt or subsidy, which Is the sarno
Thing. Take tlcm together, with their pirec-
tors, Prosidents, officials generally, backcrn
creditors, atsorneys, and agents, nld they w,ll
watchod closeiy, or tho corrupt concern will voto
away half Aundrod millions or go to these twin
enterprises.
Tho people might as vol understand first nB
last tint there Is no confidence to 10 placed In
Congress whcre thero is money involved. About
half tue members llhvc prieo Oh their heads,
and all that Is necessary to put through auy
measure il to put tue money III tue right placo.
than hare been Tor tho past fow years. somo
people are 80 foolish rs to think that with an In
croasc Of salarics, we shall hnyo bottcr lawglvers
but the truth iB that tho greater the saiaty, tho
groater tho number Of rascals who got IN. In
formor times, congressman received 90 day
for their services. They nov. got,e50 day mud
pcrquisitcB that tho forofathdrs neyor thought
Of. yot who will say TINT tho Congress Of to-
nnsclish patiiottsm With thnt Of flfty yoars ugo7
WHY THERE SHOULD De NO SUBSIDY.
Neither Of these roads should evor have sub
sidy to the amount Of 15 conts. The Govorn-
m6ut nA9 lfrhULGQ LNGul 4uQllL AcTB5
y puLIo and, and IL thoy cannot bo built with
thia endowment they deserve neyor TO ho built.
All the cry about tho great bcncIts those roads
will oonlor il bosh, Tor tho boue1t to 10 con-
terrod will bo reaped by fow, wh'le tho many
lavc to pay for it,. Il private capital will not
build these roads for tho prospect Of returns,
then, clearly, they ought not to bo built. Thoro
is always mouoy III the world to put through
legitimate enterprires for tho prosroct Of .fair
reIurns. ana whenever you see an "onterpliso"
ot tho door Of Congress begging for money you
fnay cot it down as swinde. It ought 10 bo
tho intloxille rule In congroes not to sula1ze
anythns You may DO ,;f' suro ct that ~hat "enter.
not worth putting through.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AN ExfEsdfVE JOB Az
READY.
Tor several months the National debt has been
inoroaslng, and among the caueos tlat have con.
tributod 20 This WAS tic miiitaly expedition bont
to tl!o Yellowstone region last summer to punish
tho Indians mud protect tho surveyors along tho
toute Of tho Norllloru Pacfn. Ihnt expedition
accomplished nothing moro than TO kill \ dozou
Indians nnd Gust tho people near 90, ,000,0
1t might aa wall be known first aB last that
this expedition vas cotton up by Jay Cooke t.
Co. and tic Northern pao!o lonbefs rs1 apa ng'ttSo
uilcs Of road already built. Largo quantities.
Of munitions of war aud troops wore transported
over tho road, aud some oaF aF''ingB thus secured
for exhibition 70 tho dshear'enod bonalold-
ore. IT general 1ndian war had boen provoked,
tor, as Transportation would hayo been lively
md tho earnings larger. Dut fortunately
for the tAx-riadon people who hhve to pay for
MI tLis foolshneaF, thcro vas no general war,
aud the cost Of tue useless expedition WAS only
about 81, ,000, 300. It was money thrown AWAY,
10 be sure, but whom we reflect that the Northern
Pacific ring and the Government ot!lcia!s aso
closely Intimate, aud that IL MAS absolutely
necessary tho Government should give the road
somo business, so that il could exhibit some
g earnings" wo should 10 thankful that tho
s1ount sauandorcd was no more.
But thu military part of tho job is not through
With yat. a few Indians will bo seen some Of
these lay8 with a telescope, and then t,oro will
10 cry for another expedition" This great
swiudlo will DO drain Gu tie Treasury III some
shape or auothcr for the ucxt generation. Ii
tloy do not got an actual subsidy they will inan-
age to lave n1mborless expeditions OF greater
OF lcss magnitude sent out into tho wilaernoss,
and forts built so that the road may havc "oarl-
ings" from year to yoar.
The truth s, the Northern Pacific Road il an
inutitution far ahead Of tho legitimate demands
Of tho time, and IN no way can 1t be nude to l'ay.
It Is not demanded by tho business Of tho coun-
supporting. Ii IL was completed to-day, we'll
stocked and in rnnuing order, it would not pay
operating oxpeusea There is no buHnosH to
support It nj either end Of tho limo, no1 In tho
villages, and hanlots from tho zouith humbue of
Tie unealtcd seas. Dufuth to Puget Sound
through or naar which tho road eithcr ruua or ID
surveyed, will not aggregate $4,000. WhRt do
56ooao p os 81 s1So osSE As for ~ throag& @ Sus
noss," there can, in the nature OF things DO very
little. There arc no cities at oithor end of tho
routo. Lako Superior at Duluth ia frozen up
moro than six months in tho year. There IL no
:" trade In Puget Sound worth aturnpike, mich
less an exrouyiYe and difficult ruroad. Tho
whole scheme in conception unl attempted exc
sutton Ia ona Of tue most foolish and improyl-
deut oyer undertaken hy civilized men,
CUTTING TnE LASp-0RANT.
To give the appearance of business to what
can 10 regarded Iy honest men in no other light
Than sWintllo, tho paofo cofsoern arc to pro-
pose to Congress to rolinquish half their 1and-
grant in order to got subsidy. Now, tho tru:lI
Ii they don't own more than . lftl Of tile lind
grant, having mover complied with tho condi.
lions npon whict, it was gtantsss,-that is, hMi!s
have received thoir land,-l0-milo soctions in
Minnesota, and 20-milc aoctoua IN Dakotn. Very
likely thoy would be willing to part with thai
which they havon't got for Il oash subsidy. Most
anybody would. .....,. ...
But anppose tlle entire grant OF 60,o00,oO0 oi
ncras WAS vested in tho Company, finally ant
forever What would hull of It, or "any portion
shereof." be worth to THO fioyesa.nsnt it rH'
from Laxo Superior to tho Facihc Ocuar and il
10 not worth 90 cents an aere. There are por-
lions of it tAatare good. hut ovor tho best there
hang drawtfuoks, aacll aa intolerab!y cold wlntlh
ahsenco OF timber, and, III summer. clouds Of
creator porlion Of the Northern Pacific land
grant il uniuhabitablo by civilized man. Ihort
are portions Of it where pooplo may live Il
tolerable comfort, and only tolorable but til.
a,aj jor part ~ now, and always will be, dlanaal
lninhahitubla waste. TliH was the oplnion
formed whon IN tl!s line Of tho road last wiuter
md atn Of tbs same opinion still. It has only
boen strengthened by what | hnyo scon ane
heard since. 70
NNEAT FRAUD,
Tho attompt Of the Company to sell bonds
asocured by fhe land staut," was great fraud
The security is next thing to worthSBs, even II
the Company owned the lnllda which they dc
not. They boaht Of their grant ot fifty million
acres, enltle great security it sttorda, whom IN
complete tho road. AZ fas. al tho ROAD III built,
juspoeted and recaiyod by the Commissioners oi
tho Government, the SECTIONS OF land designated
by law upon each aldo Of the rond vest III tht
Company, but not until then. Up to the pros
snt, thinls, three hundred and fifty miles has
bcen received by tho Goyernpleut and patontI