The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-03-09

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termine If there is any truth il it, or
it is made ignorantly or for
the purpose of deception. Tllsadvance
in tile price of wheat must e caused
by coasnctitso,. t,es.fres III rates,
asztile grim reaches the SamS martets
lyeithar route; consequently the nj
Vince mist ~ derived from The PITS
ent> exec ssivefreifhts Charged by sTail=s||
road companies. The present freight
OIL bulk grain in car loads from Worth
ingtOn to St. Paul is $51.45. The ave-
rage amount of grain contained i'll 4
Car load is $50 bushels. An advance
upon this amount of Is cents per Dusilel
is $52 50, or $1.O5 in excess of the pres
ent tariff. Therefore in order that the
farmer shall realize an advance OF -
cts per bushel on his wheat, the railroad
companies will haXe tQ, !cAIry his wheat
to st. Paul or La Crosse free OF ffe'ghC
and pay him $1.05 for. the privilege of
doing the same. Is this reasonable;
was there ever. before a statement so
entirely destitute Of reason. attempted
to be instilled into the minds Of an i'll
tCl1lkCuV SJNAIs N1A tscOCA
ton must either be made ignorantly or
of charity for the authors of tile. same
let MS cali it Misrepresentation; for it
certainly must be Il sin to charge them
with such profound ignorance. The
assertion is made without fear of con-
tradiction, by those having investigated
the subject, that in nine cases out of
-, fo 1,,c1,n1 ,fc
combined nett profits Of. four or five
Liverpool market. ,,,!.,z,.......> j
But let us return TO the reasons for
opposing this scheme Of rendering our
young county liable for the sum of over:
one hundred thousand dollars. +: The
first reason that presents itself is that
this is almost exclusively local meas
ure. If any person outside Of the cor
lporate limits Of Worthington doubts
this, let him review the question since
it's inception to tile present time, and
see if the history of the same would not
be conclusive proof to 4 disinterested
person that such is the case. The first
knowledge that the people of this coun-
ty had that the Southern Minnesota
Railroad Company was DESTROYS of
making such an arrangement WAS given
them by the people of Worthington.
Then a jovial party Of the leading citi-
Zens OF our county seat, on Il certain
occasion, resolv;d that Mobiles County
would give $40, 900 to aid the construc-
ton OF the railroad. A fine business
tact is that displayed in offering n Ger
tain sum for an article before you know
the vender's price. Next in orde: the
call for u mass meeting WAS signed and
issued by representatives Of >Worthing-
ton. The general make up Of the Rail-
road Committee appointed ut that mass
meeting was apparently manipulated
by the leading spirits Of Worthington
so rs to make the majority of that com
mittee in favor of the. bonds A sub
committee of three to arrange details
and terms Of contract with the railroad
company was appointed. From where
From different portions Of the county
Not much. II they had been the west
side of the county would have know,
| just what terms could have been agreed
upon with the railroad company with
out being compelled to accept the situ-
alton rs it is. And finally the petition
upon which the order for Il special cleo.
ton was based was signed almost Ell.
tirely by the legal voters OF Worthing
ton or those having business interests
there. If further proof Of this being Z
local measure is wanted, q reference tC
the unceasing efforts of the citizens OF
Wortliington in behalf of the project
the securing of special legislation, ant
the never-ending stream Of stale argu
mcnts that are poured into the cars 0
every un!ucky voter that visits ou1
county seat is sufficient. For it is no
to be presumed that the people of th;!
county are so dead to the importance
of public improvements that in case O.
Il purely county measure of that kline
arising they would not donate thei
time and energies to the fnrtllcraEce @
the same. Does any person suppose
that III order to complete any public
measure that was strictly a count,
matter and the benefits Of which wer
to accrue to the whole comfy equa1l,
that all the brains and all the expense
incurred necessary to s1ch resul
/ would be found within the limits O
Worthington? Another grave oljec
ton is to be found in the fact that tn
adoption of this bond question necess;,
rally creates Il manifest injustice tow
ards whole townships in this county
There arc sections Of the county tina
have but little occasion to desire tn
extension of the Southern Minnesot;
Railroad. The benefits arising iron
, suc! an extension are so trifIing t.
them that they maintain that they cal
not afford to pay their share Of the ex
pense incurred; therefore this propose,
railroad is no affair of theirs, and sucl
, i tax would he imposed under protest
Tie people Of the central portion of tn
county deeming the extension of tn
railroad of such vital Importance. t.
; themselves the people Of the northern
| tier Of townships would clleerfuly lma
, their proportion Of the tax provides
there was no other remedy for thei
: wants. But the fact remains that sucl
remedy existed in the law allowin,
| townships to bond for this purpose
, And yet the people of Worthingtol
, through their accredited agents indie
nantly refused this remedy because for
s0oth it compelled them to pay in Who'll
for their investment. We have Il,
reputation Of having in our midst
large Christian element, COMPOSED il
part of men who profess to abide by til
, Golden Rule, and it would seem as if a.
|appcal to, their sense Of, Justice an
right would prevent them from bccon1
ing party to this lega'ized robbery.
But # the ri CHS Of ". ole township
are to bc tramp]cd upon with impun:t
because they happen to lie in the nj
nority, the attention OF the voters 0
) the western portion OF Mobiles Count
, is called to the fact that perhaps tl'er
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