Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-07-25

but to still greater number in the mines
coal and iron and in the rolling mills
of Pennsylvania, where the great trouble
now exists.
Think of the outlet for labor and the
opportunity for the employment of capi-
tai that was refused in this instance alone,
because it suited the purposes of the
Democratic party, in the prosecution of
its scheme for regaining power, to refuse
it. " ...
Trees that might have been felled and
worked into ties and bridge material
stand untouched in the forest. The
miners pick is lying idle while his chill
dren cry for bread. Skilled labor is en-
barking for Europe glad to accept situa-
ton at the low prices paid for the pauper
labor of that country. What wonder that
the laboring classes are driven to despe-
ration?
But the party in power is not without
blame. They have listened to the cry Of
the opposition and have trembled. They
have joined heartily in the demand for a
reduction Of expenses and at every point
where it was possible to make concession
In view of Democratic clamors have yield
ed, seeming to care more for their posi-
ton than for the interests of their coun :
try.
Nay more. They have increased the
distrust of capital and the burdens of the
people by a forced march toward specie
payments, crowdlng at every step the
debtor class of our people,
Long before the country was prepared
for it they have attempted to bring the
country to specie basis, destroying val
ues and scattering ruin on every hand.
One party has striven directly to Grip
pie the industries of the country, and to
withhold employment, while the other
has aided to reduce the compensation for
labor until the people have come to dis
trust both parties.
Theparty that will administer the af-
fairs of the government honestly and en-:
courage, to the greatest possible extent,
the industries of the people ought to be-
come::the party Of the future, and will re-
ceive the favor of the masses.
Let the people take hold of this thing
and demand in no uncertain tones the
construction of railroads and the prosecu-
ton of great and important public works,
under the patronage Of the government,
thereby giving employment to millions
and opening to settlement vast tracts Of
our public domain now lying unused and
useless.
Referring again to the construction of
the North Pacific railroad. Think of the
labor that would be employed in its con-
struction. See the towns and cities that
would spring up on every hard and con-
slider the opportunities that would be
opened for the employment of men and
money. Mountains Of galena along the
route could be levelled and millions OF
dollars realized to the labor engaged in
the mines and to the transportation COM
panies. Millions of acres offine grazing
and agricultural lands would be opened
to settlement and treeless plains would
soon be dotted with the hemes Of an in
dustrious and wealthy people. The vast
forests of Washington Territory and Ore
gon would be placed within the reach Of
the prairie region east of them, and the
coal could and would be utilized by a
section Of the country now beyond the
reach Of the coal fields of the East. 9th
er great advantages would follow, and we
may well ask what interest of the coun-
try would not be promoted by the prose-
cution of this great work?
It could be done under the patronage
of the government without any interest Of
the country feeling the strain. But Sit
has been the policy of the Democratic
party to refuse aid in this direction and
the Republican party has become too
cowardly to demand it.
Think of the benefit to the South, still
bleeding from the wounds inflicted dur.
ing the rebellion, that would be gained!
through the construction of the Southern
Pacific.
Give us, in addition to these enterprises,
the improvement of our rivers and the
construction, under honest admiristra-
ton, of public buildings where needed,
and our word for it no more will be heard
of hard times until the country is afflicted
with another attack of false economy.
A government that can borrow money
at four per cent ought not to let its peo-
pie suffer for the want of employment,
when there is SO much that might be
done to make the country richer and the
people happy and wholly content
No interest of the country suffers to-