Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-03-04
...rssE FINANCIAL SITUATION"

Mr.. Editor nder the above head,
in your last issue, yon gave SAD Dut
truthful statement Of the effects OF the
financial situation, and proceed to state
the causes as growing out OF the de'aS-
talion by the late war. War is always
Il calamity to the nation cursed with 1t,
and its effect is more or less crushing to
a people, but mostly to individuals, Tor
individual suffers two-fold. First Ill his
private losses, and secondly, collectively
rs a taxpayer to iiquidAte war debt.
But with the bouudleSS recuperatIve
power of our people, this war debt could
have been managed, without being OPP
pressiys, if our public officers had heen
honest and our Legislation fair and
tquaL
Debt must be paid by the surplus or
net earnings of 4 people, yet with this
plain fact, patent TO every Ieglsiator-
Tor ! will not say stateSman-we lind
our current money made Icy our govern
ment, discrediled by its own legislation,
Legal Tender Act'-cyidently to ben
eft a particular class, and it further ex-
empts millions OF dollars of property
viz. l.. S. Bonds-trom its proper pro-
portion of taxation, and stimulates and
encourages AT excessive rate OF interest.
Now the remedy for these evils, and
injustices, is plain to my mind. First,
pass uniform interest law, say 500
per cent This conforms TO the net
earnings of labor. Apply penalty for
it's violation.
Secondly, Repeal that portion of the
Legal Tender Act" which prohibits
the payment of import dues, aud inter
est Oh public debt, with the nations
money, and punish any attempt to es-
tabIish discrepancy in The nation s mon
oy
Thirdly, Repeal all high protective
tsrif3,-Our muscle, our brains, aud the
productive capacity of our soil, can COM
pete with any other nation on earth
Fourthly, Give us honest and com
preheusve statesmen-not mere parti-
zans, who can discern aud properly pro-
vide for the business wants of the most
energetic and best people that breaths
tho breath OF life, and you will soon hear
the busy hum of the now silent spindle,
the cheerful hurrah of the how sad Lus-
bandman, and see the bright blaze OF
the now smouldering furnace.
Capital will be active and nim6le, be-
cause it will be Embossed from the calcu-
la,ing grasp of the sordid money
changer. D.
ny- At the meeting of the State
Grange, held at Anderson last N0vem-
Der, the following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved, That the following interro-
gatories shall be propounded to all can
didates for offices in this State, and be
printed IN the proceedings Of this meet
ing:
l. Are you in favor of the present
railroad management in this State. and
are you in favor of the discrimination
that now exists? If net, what modifca-
tons will you propose aud advocate?
2. Are you in favor of taxing the
property of railroads and other corpora
tons, as all the other property of the
State is taxed, and enacting law en-
forcing the collection of the same?
3. Are you in favor of limiting the
session of the legislature to forty-fve
days, and not to exceed sixty days i'll the
biennial term7 - --.>.' A.
A.. Will you vote to abolish the pres
ent usury law, and advocate one more
stringent, that will insure reformation?
8, VIII you accept free pass, or
emolnment of any kind, from railroad
companies, aud also take mileage from
the State in addition g. -, - "a