The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-12-26
AN INCORRECT STATEMENT.

Il y
Mr. Rnrr's Geographic bill asks the Terrific
~ to provide for the payment OF $3'oOV ia Hsn
a st nervear on ten per cent, bonds till Ekp
,,h..,, l,roviAions Is to b. made for fnnG Il
gradually extinRuish the principal -O'cyoc'
1valasche Of Dec. 18th. NJ
The 1ralanche's reasoning on the subsidy qnes'
ton reminds US very forclbly Of the fable Of the
stork aud the frogs; the telegraph company Do
inc. in this instance, the stork and the tax pay
ers the, frogs. But precisely how the
.4ralancke could know what Mr.. Burr's OIL
provided for, at so early date as tho 10th,
when Mr.. Burr himself did not know on the
same day, although he had just come from the
capital. is little mystifying unless it is one OF
the advantages derived from a telegraph.
Such. however. seems to be the case, for on
the even ing Of the 10th between tho hours OF
ten and eleven O'Clock, Mr.. Burr told us he
did not know ut that time the exact nature OF
the bill to be introduced yet he lett the capital
on the morning of that day But on the same
day the .4ralanche, more than hundred miles
away, states in precise terms, provision OF
the bill, and that the most important ono. Sin.
gular circumstance, very The arguments
employed by the Aralanche in support of the
proposition are but rehash Of those advanced
by every monopoists attorney in America for
the last quarter of century. They appeal to
superficial minds because they are superficial.
y true: that is to say. it is true that to grant
aid to the Nevada and Northern Telegraph
Company would Immediately and largely en-
hance the growth and prosperity of our terri
tory. just ns aid to the p. d & S L. Railroad
would have done two years; but once the prcc.
edent Of giving public money is established. no
limit can be fixed to the indulgence. and we
shall find ourselves within the grasp of corpo-
-atlOns. as many Of the Western and Middle |
States are already, and that without power 70
escape
Besides, the public money is wrung from the
oil and sweat and blood Of tho poorest people
n the land. and to give it Ia the rich is legis-
alive crime unless the act is aforementioned
y the public.
The .4rdldnchc is wrong too in asserting
hat the WORLD is opposed to the construction
{ telegraph. and the very article it quoted
rom reiuted the assertion. The WORLD real.
yes that the telegraph and the press should CO.
perate. and will give more III proportion to
IS means than any paper in the Territory TO
'rward the enterprise. t
Again: portion of the Aralanche's state.
tent is disguised BY whom is the "principal .
} be gradually ex,insuisbcdl" by the Trc.
raph Co. or by the Territory If by tn
erritory. then is not the appropriation asked
the nature of n subsidy. and were we no. j.,
ght in 8" designating it II by the company. d
len is not n loan asked for. and did not the
'oELD suggest loan. on the start, secured I
hrst mortgage on the property
urther Mr.. Burr dues not ask the Territory
guarantee the payment Of $4,000 interest
r year. What he asks is that the Territory p
500 per mile. or one.half the cost o
construction. for li5 miles Of telegraph, &c
hich would be sl6,5O0 eve erreneously sta ;.
d the amount last week at l5.OOO) The in
rest on 1880 would at ten per cent. amount N
900 per annum to be paid by the Territory.
lis we believe the Territory would be en-. 81
he'd by giving. but we deny that the prnc. -
is sound or dcfrnsbe. An occasional grain ar
truth in the editorials Of our radical con. sa
nporarles, referring to the WORLD. We are
rdIy prepared to believe would ruin their io
'lness prospects entirely:
For little cand"r now and then ."
Is relished by the worst of men. 20