The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-13

forming an act that every business man
has right TO call upon them TO rise and
explain.
The commanding general of an army
thinks If he knows the amount and dispo-
sltion of the opposing forces be has gained
the first step to victory.
We now know what the disposition of
the force of this Delaware IL Hudson canal
company is, ard what their weapons are
and the style of warfare they propose. We
see their scouts bearing the black flag
We must not, we will not be deceived by
them, but raise still higher the flag bearing
the motto, "thc peoples rights We will
march to the contest knowing it is only a
question of time sooner or later they must
come down and the longer they put the
day off the severer will be the fall.
The President, Directors, and Master of
transportation of this company should not
all talk at once unless they compare notes
before talking. The President says his
company credit the railroad two cents per
ton per mile for drawing coal The direct
ors say they made eight per cent beside
getting their coal for nothing. The prcs
dent says cts. per ton per mile Is as cheap
as they can draw their coal Mr.. Marcy
says they received a rgeinComc for draw
ing cast and west freight for one cent per
ton per mile. When We uumas< them we
see Just what VIC have 10 deal with, and
while ] would counsel nothing but honest,
just and legal warfare against them,
would give them enough of that to learn
them that Il free peoNle are n bad pcople to
trfe with. If that order was an honest
order why do they stand upon the order of
reducing their freights WHY not reduce
at once ? and not play with an overbur.
dened, overtaked people, Us cat with a
mouse \ man exercises the control he
does over horse. not because his strength
is superior TO that of the horse, but because
the horse does not know his own strength.
This corporation have crowded upon the
producers of this vicinity not because of
any rights they had so 10 do. but because
the people were ignorant Of the power they
had in the charter and laws to prevent this
imposition. but now rs the people begin tu
awake to their rights, we see special plead
ing on the part of the railroad company
The press Of Vermont could do no better
service 20 the public than to Icpubish the
charters Of tEu railroads In Vermont. and
let the people see Just What their rights
and restrictions arc. and knowing
their power to cope with mono
poly, lhcy in future will have
| Their rights. The duty of the frccmcn
! in Vermont Is as plain and rs easy follow
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cinln in his vntc vnnlI not t"ln frd,n a
railrood rornoratinr onn Holt 'r,,arat,neI
to them in The net Of inrornorati9n ncithcr
wouId alinw thcm fo ,rce,,ss ,,,,o,, ,hr
riohts of thr noonlc
7 care not how much . ,or,or,t;o, nj
tcmnts to onnrc.s thc nconIn there viii
con,n a Jn,, whcn c,,nrossion vii, ncaeo !,
was onrr said thnt cornorotions had No
so,,ls IF nv concortion ~ ,Lo oats "f n';s
cornorotion hc rrrrnc, o,n ,hoy h ,,',9
neiiher sonls or hroins to ,hini they conI1