, 1875-05-15
The sbyster's Pamphlet.

The shy stSF fatHPhfct'
Itis dificrlt 70 ascertain Just who Is The
author Of the pamphlet PurPorting 20 ne
issued under the auspices Of the Immigrant
h,a,d Its general lack of force and uni
form insipidity indicates Badly Ross as the
urusabls writer but be is understood to re-
pudiate the bantling. Public opinion next
poiu,ed to Capt. ?. B. johnson as having done
the rsp-writing-no brains were required
but he pleads guilty only TO the % Yakima
county article, and says that was written
for another purpose, and subsequently, stolen
from him By the compiler Of the pamphlet
The next individual designated as having
had hand in the weskhng. is DIR. Biatock'
who Is credited with having furnished the
paragraph entitled, How 10 Get Here. 70
.. Blind leaders Of the blind. " is quite famil-
lar. and certainly viii apply 70 the writer
vho undertakes to tell the immigrant " how
% ,,st here - The wonder upon reading the
article Is, how the writer ever managed 10
get here" for certainly after this contri0u-
ton to % Cayuse literature, y most people VIII
conclude that as compared with '' Thompson :
colt, >" the writer Ill the pamphlet Is the great
est donkey of the two. Let rs examine this
matter moment; Immigrants are advised
10 purchase through tickets TO san Francisco,
and sell them at Salt Lake. Now, let Us see
how this will work. y through ticket 1rum
Omaha to San Francisco, costs say, $50 The
travel from the railroad 70 Salt Lake City
and back costs 81. Here We have total
cost 10 the immigrant Of SS4. He Is fortu-
nate enough 10 sell the tail-end of his ticket
for $50, leaving him ont on his trip SCI. At
K-ltou be applies at the Stage Company's
office and gets a ticket 10 Walla Walla for
which he Is charged so. Under this ar
rangerucnt the immigrants expondiinre On
the score Of passage money foots up as fol-
lows:
Railroad fare to !6i 90
stag fare Ia Mtlia - 01
Iot',l--.------- ID
Now the same immigrant, had he been
properly instructed, would have bought
through ticket from Omaha 10 Walla Walla
for which he would have been charged but
$50. In other words if the immigrant is
sappy enough to accept the - shyster's pamph-
let F" as authority, he will pay just SO more
for his passage than is necessary. This ac-
vice is in the interest Of the railroad and
stage line. but it is advice for which the poor
immigrant is taxed at the rate Of so. We
have the charity to believe that the writer
did not intend to plumber the immigrant, but
that either through ignorance or stupidity he
blundered. In case like this 10 Lluudrr is
criminal, and the more intelligent members
Of the board-if any such board existS-owe
it to themselves to at once withdraw the
" shySter pamnhlet from circulation. An
other objectionable feature about the pamphlet
Is, it advises the immigrant 10 act IN bad
faith. Every man who Is at all acquainted
with railroad management, knows that it Is
the uniform policy of the railroads 10 dis
courage the transfer Of tickets. On the
tickets the words " Not Transferable" are
uniformly printed, and the immigrant who
buys ticket through to San Francisco with
the intention Of selling the tail end of it at
Kelton, conteInplates a fraud upon the rail-
road, and Is almost sure to be defeated i'll his
purpose. The Railroad Companies will not
allow a pamphlet of this fraudulent charac-
ter to be- circulated either on their trains or
at their depots, and certainly respectable gen
tlemen cannot allow this fraud 10 20 forth
accompanied by their endorsement. The
whole affair is diSgraccful III the last degree,
and addressing ourselves to the immigrants.
We assure them that the mass of our people
are III no wise responsible for the imPosture.
Here Ne dismiss the abortion, caring little
whether it emanAted in the diseased brain of
quack doctor or the feeble intellect OF
shyster lawyer.