Montgomery County sentinel., 1877-05-25
rHE PEoPAE vs.. MONOPOLY.

TUE PEOPLE VS.. MONOPOLY.
The able and carefully prepared statement
Of the Hon. A. p. Gorman, in reply to Mr.,
Garrett, which appears on our first page com
pletey tears the mask from the face Of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad company and re-
veais the selfish object by which tits influenced
in its war upon the canal. Mr.. Garrett haG at
tempted to screen his real motives behind the
transparent excuse that he was seeking to
benefit Baltimore, by having the vast ship
ments OF coal from Cumberland transported 10
10 that city instead Of to Georgetown and
Of the predom inant characteristic Of "a corpora
ton for a monent supposed that the Railroad
was influenced by anything but the filing o!
its own purse but If there is any one labor
ing under the deluson hat private corpora
ton is capable Of generosity toward any one
but its own stockholders, who believed that
Mr.. Garrett was in earnest in what he said---a
pcrusal OF Mr., German letter will completely
reclify their mistake. He has shown clearly
that instead Of The railroad seeking the veal
FIVE cents more on a ton Of coal shipped TO
Baltimore dealers than it has 20 Boston deal
ers whose coal is shipped from Baltimore.
The chief aim OF Mr. Garrett is to reduce
The tolls SO low that the canal will not be able
10 pay its necessary expenses, force it in the
market and purchase il at a nominal price,
Once in the hands of the Railroad and all
competition out Of the way the company will
be free 10 charge such exorbiant rates Of
freight AS it chooses.
The particular point in the controversy
interesting 10 our peopleis is the one that shows
the danger Of oar freinds, having produce 10
sell, being in the power of this great corpora
tion, and we call attention 10 the following
paragraph
"But if you desire TO maintain the propo-
sition that The state of Maryland and other
slockholders who have invested nearly Sl2,-
900, 600 in the construction of the greatest
work of the kind on this continent, ITO miles
of which are in the state of Maryland, shall
abandon ii, sink the capital invested in makiGg
it, deprive three thousand persons who earn an
honest livelihood upon it Of their means of
subsistence, break down the various interests
dependent on it in Western Maryland increase
the cost OF transportation of coal from that
section TO iidewaior by leaving the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company without rival
for the carrying trade of thai region, deprive he
farmers of Allegany, Washington, Frederick
and Montgomery counties Of this cheap outlet
for the products of their lands and give to
your company an entire monopoly of all The
trade from that section OF the State at such
rates as your company might elect TO charge
them, with no power MS you claim, in the
Legislature of this State to control your
charges, and shall do ali this simply because
the projectors Of this work located five miles
Of il within the territory which the State of
Maryland cedei TO the general government for
tho national capital, is u proposition 50 extra
ordinary that it will meet with no favor from
the people of the State or its chief commercial
city"
Gen. Beauregard has written a letter ex-
pressing great sympathy for the Turks in the
present war and saying
Turkey offers magnificent lines of defence
tho Danube and the Balkan mountains
With two or three hundred thousand Confed-
crate troops ] would guaranty to hold them
against any number OF Russians. If | were
in command there ! would fortfy those lines
well, and with my ron-cad gunboats wonld
prevent the construction Of any bridge across
the Danube. ! would send General Forrest
with 25, 900 or 30 900 cavalry TO destroy all
the depots OF supplies, railroads and bridges
from tho Danube to middle Russia, thence to
BONE port of the Black Sea, where ! would
transport his command to some other favorable
place, say n the rear of the Russians opera
ting in Asia, south Of the Black Sea- For
rest would be provided with cames to trans
port his light artillery, baggage and light
pontoon trains. He would have also a full
supply Of carrier pigeons to keep me posted as
TO his movements My feet in the Black Sea
would keep it free from the encmys ships -
] would destroy their supplies at Odessa and
any other ports on the Black Sea. In other
words would bring starvation to my assist
ance."
The White House was again beseged on
Tuesday, front and flank, by the noble army
OF office seekers. lhclnded in the beleaguring
forcs was the inevitable Maryland delegation
mud three or four Of the prominent applicants
for federal position in Maryland. The Presi-
dent denied himself as far rs possible to his
tormentors, but some of the Maryland people
managed to smuggle themselves into bis pres
ence under the prsteHce of "paying their
respects" 1t is not likely that in the main
run anything will be gained by this Nothing
final was done in the matter Of the Maryland
appointments and, in fact, the appointments
to be made for Maryland were not mentioned
at the cabinet meeting on Tuesday
At the launch OF the steamship Saratoga on
Tuesday at Chester, Pa, seven of the work
men met sudden aud painful death and sever.
nj others were more OF less seriously injured
Some forty Of the men were engaged under the
vessel knocking away the blocks, and when
she was ready TO move, it is alleged that they
either did not hear or did not obey the order
TO come out The scene is described as having
been most distressing one, the men being
plainly seen struggling to escape, while the
huge blocks rolled by the ship were crushing
them to jelly.
Tho desuilory movements in the Turko-
Russian conflict seems 10 lie fruitful of yery
few actual engagements and the war news is
therefore rather tame reading. The latest
from the front tells us that the Turks have
captured the town Of Sulken Kalek, in Asia
Minor, and that the Russians in turn took the
much more important town Of Ardahan.
Their success appears to have been complete
the Notifications, citadel and sixty guns, with
immense stores Of provisions have fallen into
the hands Of the yictors
A Pnris correspondent seems to he very