Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-15

The fact Is, the highways of the
natlon-the highways Of travel, the
highways of freight, the highways
Of mails, OF intelligence, and OF ac.
lion arc controlled by those rail
road kings. They dictate and the i
people have to submit. They i'm
pose charges which are more than
double the legitimate price Tor trans
portation. They charge from 2to3
cents per ton per mile for transport
portation of every pound OF freight
from the pacific ocean to the ATTAIN
tic, when it can easily he carried by
the government for less than half
n cent per ton pc.' milo.
The difference between the sum
cx cted and for which the freight
could bc carried is the tribute the
people are aging for Monopoly.
1t is from nine to eighteen cents Il
bushcl on overy bushcl of grain
which reaches the seaboard from the
West. 1t is this money robbed
from the people which has made
milIlonaircs of Jay Gould, Wander
biIt, Scott, and Garrett.
1t is this Corporate Olrgarchy
winch has combined into imperial
dictauon to rule the highways of
the nation. The tribute they year
" rob from the people is hundred
times greater than all the taxes and
stamp duties which led to the Rcvo-
luton. They are greater than al
the cXacti0us which costs Charles ]
; his head. They exceed every order
Of privilege, pensions, and kiog'y :
buse winch gave the head of LoIi'
XVI. to the guiIlotIne. They are
. more calling, more direct, and more
absolute than all the demands OF
= james H., when England drove
INN into exile from the throne h
dsgraccd to die in dependence.
| The whole system is a PLAN an,
G ancquivocal usurpation of the SOW
0 orcignty of the Government. Th,
h people cannot submit 10 it and re
spect themselves or Their rights
I The people cannot submit to
; withoat encouraging robbery an
$ giving sanction to pIundcr.
u it is the sole and sovereign duty {
the Government of the Unto
u States TO regulate and control th
commerce of the people between I'll
States. This no State can do, for il
power is limi ted 5y It's boundawc
The quadrant OF Railroad King
) start with tho Atlantic, aud koe
Il their way 10 the pacific, ruling e'
i cry avenue of travel and of trans
; portltion between the oceans.
u The present cost of transportation
u" of hushcl Of wheat to New Yor
Il from Chicago is 2l 3 / cents. II
+ 9, st for corn is 22-by rail and b
water.
= Wheat can be r ansported fror
: Chicago to New York by rail, on
/ pure freight ralIroa al At / mills pc
" ton per mile. This is less than ha
y the present cost at the lowest know
u rates, The same can be SAID of co /
= Ii Is, therefore, PLAIN 10 be sec
= that the Railroad Kings exact as
., tribute l2 IL cents Il bushcl fC
u every bushel of wheat or corn tran
" ported from the Lakes TO New Yorl
Z Taking tho amount of wheat an
corn exported for the year endin
) fully 80, 1879, as basis, and estin
U tug the cXactiOns upon those art
c clcs, the result is as folIows:-
li Wheat exported, l2!,Sj3,@jd bush.
| els, at 10 GEMS per hu'he', ..,.,,-..,
amount. II Sl2,23j,33
~. Corn exp ,red. sG2gi,ajl bu hcls,
at 10 cents per bushe amounts to S,G29,G25
" S2O,SGj,Os.
+ The whole amount Of wheat an
= corn did not come from Chicago
Y but taking the -four and othe
:. grains, the bacon, lard, cattle, butt,
$ and cheese, they will fully ropreso |
>. he oxcess, so that the estimate
r not beyond the actual transportn
uoa. We see, then, that from til
grain growing region alone thes
r Railroad MonopoIists exact us tri
. butte of actual profits, over an
above u fair remuneration, for trans
e portation annually, $50, 5,OlS.SC
| or enough to build pure ireigh
Q railroad and fully equip it with at
equate terminal facilities from Chi
cago to New York every two year
: The rate | have given above i
= the lowest rate by water and raj
the average through rall rates hav
; been 80 cents per bushe|, whi:l
takes from the producer as well
+ from the consumer the enormol
f sum of 20 cents per bushel for a
'. the grain transported, which was Q
\ timated and reported to Congress
,, equivalent 10 2l3,00O,000 bushels
,. which at 23 cents per bush
Y amounts 10 S4S,99O,OOO. This is Il
$ sum the American people n
n paying 10 those monstrous CorpOr