The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1879-03-08
La Meslla, New Mexico, saturday March, s. 1879

as cannon tall displays when hurlesl a
gainst soldiery by the skil.fGl ar,i!IArist.
That our manufacturers AMI business mLn
should Nrithe under this vassalage, and re-
bel against the exae,ions aad extortious to
which they I,ave so long tesn subjected, is
very natural They wtuld scarcely deserve
the nAme Of fFeesaen if thry iii mol, but
unfortunately ti,e Unioa-Central Paeinc
Companivs, constituting as they d. united
". gigantic monopoly. have wielsle,i such
= nalign influence over the press Of our city,
that ii i,ss iieen aImust uuit In opposition
to the wise and 6enefccnt measure before
Congress, known IS the Texas Pacific Rail-
way Bill, and Rh'ch alone can afford relief
To- our coai,aunity Ii is safe To "a y that for
every years delay in the construction Of
rssal line II road Is the Pac:fc coast cur
manufacturers anil merchants are l,siHg
from iift, ea to ~, ntE five miilints year
of business. Scor, Of manufacturers who
have Signed the l'rtIiion referred ~, stated
to the gentlemen at., cirrGiatc,l il, that the
freight charges ever the Uniun- Central Pa
cilit rozsl were So ssorbitan,, that they made
iiFtie or nn aitemp t. dn business upon the
tine While, ON the other hand, if RATES Of
frrigh, were reasonable, vast business
migL, he done.
The composition ri the Texas Pacific raa,l,
with its luu gra.lss, very m"iera.c e"st OF
construction. free,Eraa from snnws in winter
sad low rates If fri sht and passenger fare.
absolutely insured ly being under govern,
mrut control. wouiJ at ence unite the hsnas
1T nur community. and give = wonderful
stimulus tn every branch oI manufacturing
industry and business. Could this road
have been carried f,Aar.i with visnr three
years aga, large - eesnsage Of the distress
~hich has prevailed IN the coansry far the
lack of proper employment xouI.l have l.eva
rrtiirvcst. AMI I,FssvS'i Wonderful al IN nc
ting the whaIe country dit Of the panicy
condition it is still. in.
The bin now beiue Congress. which thIs
petition pravs cnag.ess IL pass is So fair. 50
just aud ,SIui,ai.le in rs provisions, guanl-
ing, as s,i..cs, tn rights nf the I'es,pIe with
surI, jrsi"ns cSre, that We feel jasiite,I in
sas ing ,list were il thoroughly understood
hs our community. ,lseIe is not man in uur
ci,y wtn Hoald ms, favorits passage. except
'ng the little handful II men who are rlak-
lug money by the lsrpe,aation of the mon
"loIy =, The expea.c Il the whole country
In THE TExAs aAelFic BILL Rk nEpERREp
nniil D,esn.ibrT hexI thrre will s.c nj nerd
is.s Congressional Subsidy, since The flIir-
" second pafalleE Pacific road will have A.
ready been constructed Without Salshiy
Of money or natioaal credit. -Baifia.ors S,,A
Watterson replies 10 the Baltimore S.n.
Except, you might add. is,ooo.Ooo ner.e
nf- th- public lands and al,out &40.O00.Ooo
IN binds ana interest, given to Huntington
anl his three pertncrs of the Central South.
crn Pacific You might add. ino, ii yau
want to Ia tell the truth about il, that Hon
sington has faifci,ed his ia1i grant by del
ibcratc violation Of the chareater Yan
might add. tnu, that this s,saIiesl thirty.
socond parallel Pacific road il .rrspasxer
on the public lands Of Anxonn. and that the
Track has been laid = little over fifty miles
east of Yuma only You might add, to, if
you are especially desirons ef telling ti3
truth thai this "thirty-Second parallel Pa.
ciiic rad is not "ihirty second parallel
roaa'sat all. 1t is lcs,gncd hy its project
ers, if they can get smother subsidy ef is,.