, 1874-07-20
they aro boys II thoy wiBh to paaa for mon, Lot
them lot like mon. Tho public docs not caro- to
look on At boys play.
RAILROADS. IN WISCONSIN AND ELsE~
WHERE,

RAILROADS IN WISCONSIN AND EI9E~
WHEHE,
CAlaniuoB often fall moBt llohv1y upon ehoao
least ablo to boar them. Tic railway conflict
illustratos this, Who arc tho autforers by 1t
Not tho spooulators who woro intended to DO
hurt. They are too ahrewd 10 hold securities
which any ypolitical majority uan ronder doubtful.
The blow falls upon the norkingmoa. They aro
discharged by thousands becauso tho companies
can no lougor omploy thom. Harasscd With
costly legislation 1t tlno whon oil business iB
depressed aud earnings aro corrcspondngly Light,
tho companies are forced 10 reduce expenses.
This ean moss readily be dono BY alnalnhhing
tLoir foree and stopping al improvements.
Within the past month, single Chicago COM
panv Inns boon compelled to discharge over 1900
mon, tho majority OF whom MORO mechanics.
Tho othsr companion havo lkoviso out
down. No Weatsrn railway IL this year
buying stcol rails. AB = roault. Ill tho rolling
mills, except thoao doing llttlo ro-ro1l-
ing Of old iron, arc standing idle, whilo nearly
every furnace h out Of blaus. Car-manufao-
tories and locomo.iye~worls arc IN tho Ba1ne tor
pld stato. Ordors for NOW equipment have boon
recalled, and 1t ia depressing faot thAt englnea
and oazs can non bo bought at tho works for tho
prioo tho material cost The Union Depot pro-
tooted for tho West Side, which had progressed
30 lar that articles Of association woro drawn up
and sjgned by the Alton, St. Paul, Michigan
Central, Burlington, md Northwestern Com
panies, ia now practically abandoned, auu. 1T 10
law laid down in Wisconsin Is Sustained. tho
companies will doubt1esa udhero to their bollcf,
that the present inferior structures are quito
good enough for thoso who mako such laws.
Lot 1t become known in monoy-centros that
invcstmenta IN tho West aro dependent upon
! the will Of the popular assemblies, and no
capitalists will DO 90 deluded ID top place their
money at tho mercy Of politicians. We havo
beon shown letter received BY ono Of our oltt-
eignors who have invested homo $90, 0,000, 600 in
Westcrn railway securities. Tho rocont Wis
| consin decision strikes him thus:
that is United States law tho country will surely
md out the evil Of 1t when it Is too Late. napud alton
Is bad enough, but to be robbed on tho Ahalow pro-
tense Of such clause in tbs Stas0 Constitution u
BOW6&N10X #1HHet II Will pH AGut HQt puIY
abroad, but also by every Europeau haplor In thig
| country. Since October, 1870, tho coupons soma
&336 coo Of Fairoad bonds have bsen LETT unpaid.
aud tho Loss falls very bard Europe: but Hingie
case will be thought to compare with tho eorts Of tho
Wiaconstn Legislature to rob tho innocent stock md
bond holdazs. Nc hear much Of extosons, etc., hut
why II toy oxia oes not tho law attack hese abuBea
instead ot committing wholesale oonhacat1on Farm
crs nuy aay what they plasas If they support poll
tlesns Who oponly advocate what common nuat
toll theu Is iniquitous aud unjuB they MAXI them
selyes responsible for their dolngar md viii ud out
tho bad consequences surcy % there sun in tho
heavana.
Suppoao tho cheaper rates demanded arc &c.
cured, what ia likely to foLow2 Tho companies
| will not furnish 1tst-class accommodations for
| seoond-rato compensation. Should tho rates
demanded prove ~ Improbable al It Ia affirmed
they would, then all Improvements would ceass.
No now enterprise would bo started to compete
for losing trade, nor would thosa existing ba
ahle to improve their property, however, much
they might desi1e to do 30. Tho public would
look IN vain for spacious dopots, additional
Bteal rail, and superb equipment. Tho supply
and maintenance Of theao give employment to
hosta Of vorkingmen. Btagnato this industry,
and all the manufactures, locomotive and car
works. axle, spring, and wheel foundties. and
tho hundred other enterprises created by and do.
pendent upon the prosperity Of railways. are cor
responaingly crippled. Tho moment they stop
work tho cry will be hoard from Thousands Of
humble households throughout the land.
There La one singular fact to be stated CONCERN
ing the political phase Of tho fight in Wisconsin.
Tho Republican preBs seem to bo oven mora veho-
1nent In pushing the railroads to oxtremties than
tho.Reform newspapers. tits strange they oanuot
SEQ thnt the State Government will promptly do
whatever Il can find Republican authority for.
aad hcnce will acquire Ill tho advantage that is
to be gained from tho railroad sorimmago; for 1t
will thus be enabled to 90 bsfozo tho people and
Bay, " We did all theeo things; those follows on
tho other eide merely did tho believing while VIC
achieved the victory" II tho Republican pross
can convince tho people that Gov. Taylor is in
doad earnest, aud Ia doing good thing. they
{the people) will naturally conclude that it Is
best to keep him snd his friends in power and
not run tho risk Of change. On
tho other hand, there is a pretty strong feeling
In tho cities and towns Of the State that the
Potter law has oyerdono tho buainess; that i.
wan hastY and immature. and is lkoly to do
more harm than good in tho long run. But,
while both political pa1tiea are Aercely carrying
on tho var, this fooling re,naina latent and CAL
find no expression. The Republican party
might seou1e this vote BY more conservative
tone in their publo utteranoea without losing
any considerable fraction Of their own proper
strength, but they do not seem to acknowledge
the oxistonce OF my such vote or feeling in ths
State.
NOTES on THE CANVASS.
The political stata oonventiona called X TIT.
timo arc:
| pa4. Etdk. Party, Ptacs.
| July a.. .1ntxnA. Prohibition. 1ndIlnapoi
| July 49,. >. .DslawAre, Republican. deuryotowt,
July -. -. Alabama. Connerratyo Moutgonor,
| July a0. :. Michigan. Prohibition. Lansing,
| Au1. 6..,., Kau9aS, Reform. Topeka,
Aug. 6.... Louisiana. Republican. Now OrleAnz
| Ann. A Mtchiunu. Reform. IAnAnH.