Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-12-21
WashinGtOm Notes.
SUBSIDY AND ANTI.sUBsIDY-THE BOON
OF ONE AND THE BANE OF The OTHER
BOW THEY WORK on THE PACIFIC
RAILR0ADs.

WARRINGTON, Dee. 10, 1911.
AZ your paper 10 known a. the strong
and fearless advocate, not only Of West.
ern and Southern unity to oppose Northern
greed and selhshneSS, but Of such meas.
ures as are specially designed 10 promote
the material intertsts Of the South and
Southwest, l venture 10 call the attention
OF your readers TO a danger that IL none
the less 70 be feared becau,e It comes in
the thin disguiss Of a promised blessing.
For years past there has been an effort to
build an open highway from the lower
Mississippi to the Pacific coast-a thor.
oughlare Of trade and travel that would be
worth untold millions to the South, and
develop the fabulous wealth Of q great
empire extending through northern Texas,
New Mexico and ATiz "a. Being a
work thoroughly National In It's char.
acler, and specially demanded BY
the wants OF twenty millions Of
people, and at the same time to be con.
structed upon a plan that would draw no
money from the Government, 1t Is not
strange that the Texas and Pacific Rail-
way has grown in popular favor, until
there / Z, a general disposition in Cong ess
to ass a charter that will secure the sue.
cess q the enterprise.
But now there comes such a howl OF
wrath and indignation az inst subsidies,
and such n display OF simulated purity
and patriotism, that innocent people are
opening their eyes wide 10 see who speak
these wratnful curses against all public
robbers, and who they are that make such
q display OF patriotic virtues. The dis
II nuatIu ma1n AMI 10 - Nkn a..
old story oil the devil preaching piety. Let
us explain. According TO MIR. bchufz, the
Secretary Of the Interior, the subsidies OF
money, or lands, laVished upon the Union
and Central Pacific Railroads, would, If
the interest were compounded, amount
TO more than 5000, 900, 900 at the maturity
OF the bonds. This takes no account
Of the 100 O00, 900 acres OF land granted
to the same companies-an imperial do.
main, twice the size OF Great Britain.
These companies have never repaid the
Government Q dollar OF their Indebtedness,
that was not wrung from them, ne from
the grasp Of miseF, On the other hand,
they have made use OF . legal technIeall.
States 10 pay the interest on their bonded
debt, amounting TO about s.. 100000 annual.
~. This 10 done with as much cool i'm
pudence az II they were 10 send round hats
once q year 10 collect . contribution OF
one dollar from every householder In the
country. But the thing Is covered up so
neatly that the people don't see II. They
smoke their pIpes and drink their beer
without thinking tnAt every sip and every
Whit has in 1t a little subsidy for Mr.. Hun.
tington and his anti.subsidy friends. But
these gentlemen levy another forced sub.
sidy upon the pc pie In the shape Il exor-
bitant charges Tor transportation, amount.
ing to not less than $3.50, 900 q year, Not
content with this, those benevolent, anti.
subsidy gentlemen, In the absolute excess
and cxuberaIce OF their patriotism, pro-
pose TO use a portion OF the millions hat
have been iilched from the Government
and the people, In building a Southern Pa
ciic Railroad from Yuma quite across the
South.W estt IN Territories to the waters OF
the Mississippi. This would be q grand
thing but for n circumstance. II would
double and Ierpetuate a great and BOulless
monopoly, that has for years cursed and
almost crushed out tho transcontinental
traffic between the Mississippi and the
Those gentlemen patriots OF the Central
Pacific arc now moving heaven and earth
In opposition TO the Texas Pacific, in order
10 prevent the building OF a competition
line, and enable them from the forced sub
taken from the people TO bend their
OWN line into a great horseshoe, conmenc-
Ing at Chicago, running 10 San francisco,
and returning to the Mississippi. They
have plenty OF money, for all the leaders In
the project have grown 10 DO milllonaires
by feeding On subsidies, and they employ
Mr.. Money, q most significant name, to
engineer their little job through Congress.
On the surface the scheme looks quite
beneYolei I and patriotic, but once carried
execution II will curse the whole
for generations y come. Better
relegate northwestern Texas TO buffalo
heIds. and the gold and silver fields Of
New Mexico and Ariz ina 10 the Apaches,
than fasten 4 ten mil ion annual tribute "
the great horseshoe monopoly.
On the other hand what does the Texas
and Pacific Company ask from Congress
10 enable them TO build 40 open highway
10 the Pacific, free from Discrimination,
combination or extOrtiun, and reducing TO
reason, by wholesome competition, the
tariff on the Union and Central Pacific!
They ask nothing absolutely but friendly
recognitlon-a guarantee OF Interest on
their own construction bonds-fOr tho Sc
curlty OF which guarantee they pledge
not only their entire property, including
l3,00O,U00 acres Of valuable land in North
J AN&noa AZ ~ NA uthNH VI az iuhhs
Government transportation, and a deposit
Of 81. 900 per mile, OF bonds to be sid In
case OF any possible delay or default In
pay inc current interest The whole amount
oil bonds that can be issued to them by the
terms OF the bill 10 Sol, 80. OO0, and i've per
cent. interest on this would he 81 6s1,5O0
for the twelve hundred miles Of road, a lit.
tie less than 1898 per mi 2. Government
transportation alone would more than COW
or this amount, judging from the pay given
for similar service 10 III Union and Central
Pacific. liyOu contract with q bui der to
erect a st0re.hOuse Tor you at o cost Of
$4,000, and indOrse his notes 10 raise mon.
ey during the progress OF the work, he keep.
Ing all the time ahead oil the indOrs emenIs
with the work-keering You all the time
In his debt--yOu do not consider that you
have subsidized the builder. just this.
and no more, is asked by the Texas and
Pacific Company, only they secure the in.
dorser Of interest mot principally four or
hVe times over, and at the same time ave
10 the Government several millions
annually In tho single item OF border pro.
lection; save the people ten millions q
} ear In eXorbitaut charges by the existing
monopoly, redeem a vast region from saw.
ages by establishing civilized communi.
Ties, give homes TO the homeless and labor
to the idle, vastly Increase the aggregate
wealth OF the country as well a. the reYe-
nnes oil the Government, and contribute
largely to restore prosperity 10 the Amer
lean people.
This IL the enterprise which is 50 bitter.
ly opposed by tue mOnopUlists OF the AID
parallel, Gnd their managers In New York
and Boston. j. l.. r.