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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-28
The Corporation Lives Forever.

The great corporations in all countries
have this advantage over the people in
aceumulating wealth. The average life
Of mankind in general is comparatively
short, while that Of corporation char
tered by the national or State Govern
mcnt is peri etual. While business
man after few short years Of active
life enters upon the afternoon Of his use
fnlness and is obliged to retire as his
.atage comes upon him, corporation
with perpetual lease Of life, end al
WAYS managed by the best talent in the
market, continues to increase in size
aud importance until its power and in
fluence becomes irresistible. a constant
menace to the liberties Of the masses.
While we approve the idea Of CO.
operative effort in every department Of
life, We claim that all corporations
should he subject to just and wise laws
Of regulation bv the powers under which
they claim right of existence. Leba-
non No. Anti- -.NOn0potiSt.
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lowing demands upon one Of their insti-
tutions
Farmer-"Mr. Banker, / have deed
of farm here which cost me $40, 900. /
desire to deposit 1t in your vaults for
safe keeping"
Banker-.'All right. You will, Of
course. be willing e to pay US for the care
we bestow upon it?"
Farmer" Not at all. I want you to
loan me $9, 900 for twenty years at per
cent. per annum in consideration Of tho
deposit"
Banker" Anything else 2"
Farmer" Yes; I want you 70 collect
the rent on my farm and pay IL over 10
me without trouble or cost on my part. "
Banker" Anything else p
Farmer want you 10 relieve mo
from all taxes, national, State and mu-
nicipal, on both my farm and the money
you loan me on my deed"
Banker" u that all :"
Faxmee-"0 Oh, no; not by iug-full
l want y0u 10 pay me the rent on my
farm year in advance, without re-
bate ?"
Banker" Well, what next?"
Farmer-"I want you to make me the
custodian Of your surplus deposits, and
when yoa require currency % mest cur
rent demands pay me or 10 per cent.
for the use of L"
Banker-"W What am TO get for al
these privileges to you and sacrifices on
my part ?"
Farmer" One per cent. for the
80, 600 YOU loan me, per cent on the
deposits you make with me, aud the glo-
~ of my confidence and the credit You
will be honored with from my family"
Chicago Express.
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FOREIGN NEWS.

It is estimated that Germany will lose
by emigration this year at least 25o.Oo0 OF Lor
subjects.
The German and Austrian authorities
are reported to be seeking to effect a triple al
liance between France, Austria and Germany.
The scheme is regarded a. chimerical.
The death is announced of Arthur
Penrhyn Stanley, tho celebrated Dean OF West
munster. He was only in his Goth year.
The Russian Nihilists have transferred
their operations from the cities to the country
districts, and have met with considerable sue
cess. Government detectives sent to watch
them are having hard time.
An ocean cable is to be laid from some
German port to Valencia, and thence to the
United States, at a cost OF fl650O0.
The Catholic Presbytery at Roxton
Falls, Que, was destroyed by fire, aud Father
Larne perished in the flames.
The National Educational Association
met at Atlanta, Ga. Gov. Colquitt delivered
the address OF welcome and superintendent
Smart, of Indiana, delivered the inaugural adj
dress.
The war between Chill and Peru is not
yet over. The Peruvians now content them
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-28

Equality before the law was intended by tho
fathers to be the distinguishing feature Of our
form Of Government This was thought 10
have been secured in our constitution and laws.
Marshall. Story Kent.
The financial policy upon coin basis
strikes death blow at this fundamental
principle.
Making the greenback legal tender
for all purposes except duties on imports
and interest on the public debt sub
jected the greenback to gold, and en-
abled the bankers who had suspended
specie payment and cheated the Govern
ment out Of gold in time Of war, to de-
preciate the greenback, in comparison
with gold, to 40 cents on tho dollar,
then to pay the soldiers and sailors, who
had saved the country, in this depre-
ciated currency, and to pay themselves
in gold. This inequality, in view Of the
time and circumstances, was almost inn
pious; but worse is to come. The bonded
system is the cr0wning act Of inequality.
The bonds are necessarily held by the
money power. They are exempted from
taxation. Can any one fail to see that
this il the next act Of inequality? Can
any man Of sense and spirit fail to re-
sent this gross act Of subjugation to the
money power?
Now to make the act of inequality
perpetual and to fix it in the letter and
spirit Of our institutions for all time, tho
money power. assisted by the Republi-
Can party, proposes to fund and refund
our bonded indebtedness and make it q
non-taxable investment for themselves
and . perpetual burden upon the peo-
pie. Upon the perpetual bonded in
debteslness is to be erected . perpetual
systsm Of banking, more unequal and
infamous than its foundation, the debt
itself. This Is the crowning act Of ini-
putty and treason to our form Of govern
ment. The Republican party is guilty
OF this. Guilty The ordinary signifi-
cation of the word il lost in the deeper
damnation which il here expresses.
Treason to the form Of government and
the free institutions handed down to M
by our fathers! Treason! The moral
and political crime here committed by
the party in power is not expressed by
the word in its ordinary signification.
Descend with Dante into the seventh
precinct of Hades, and he will there
point out the last resting place Of those
traitors who have brought about the de-
cline Of all republics. We may then,
and not till then, begin to comprehend
the treason Of the money power led by
the Republican party.-Banyor Free
holder.
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Wisconsin Greenback Platform.

The National party of Wisconsin. be-
lieving that bonded debt is = system
Of slavery, that all bonds should be paid
and no more be issued, believing that
there is no difference in principle be.
tween the Republican and Democratic
parties so-called, doth being committed
and subservient to the baneful influences
Of monOpolies, whether of money, rvil-
roads, telegraphs. land or any other de-
scription Of property, reaffirms the plat
form of the National Convention adopted
ut Chicago, June 9, 1850, and submits
to the people of the State these extracts
from the writings Of eminent persons as
its declaration Of principles
l. Money is q creation Of law. iris
tOflc.
2. Labor is prior to and independent
Of capital. Capital is only the fruit OF
labor and could never have existed If
labor had not first existed. Labor Is
the superior Of capital and deserves
much the higher consideration.-
ham Lincoln.
3. The great interest Of the country,
the producing cause of all its prosperity,
is labor, labor, labor. The Government
was made to encourage and protect this
industry and give it security. To this
very end, with this object in view, power
was given to Congress over the currency
and over the money system Of the
country.-Daniet Webster.
4. Bank paper must be suppressed
and the circulation restored to the nation
to whom it belongs. Thomas Jcber-
sen.
5. The experience of the present panic
has proven that our currency, based as
it is upon the credit of the nation, is the
best money the world ever saw.-E. s.
Grant.
6. We believe that the issue OF the
currency should be commensurate with
the industrial and commercial interests
Of the people.-OhiO Republican Plat
form, 1868.
Resolved. That we recognize in the
anticipated assassination of President
Garfield a natural result Of the spoils
system in American politics, and, there
fore, demand that all public officers, as
fast as possible, should be elected by
direct vote of the people.
Rcs0fced, That suffrage is an inherent
right for both men and women, and
should not be abridged except for crime
or mental incapacity.
Resolved, That the $500. .OOO. 900 now
loaned to the national banks be imme.
diately called in and the amount APP
piled to the payment Of the national
debt.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-28

the big wheel ali the smaller wheels spin
round in the manufactory. What has
been the destruction Of other nations il
getting to be the overshadowing trouble
Of this nation. While, through favorit-
ism Of legislation. the great mass Of the
people find it harder and harder work to
make q living, we have too many men
worth $40, ,OOO, 900 and $40, ,OOO, 600, and
$50, 600. 900 and $50, 600, 600, and they put
the Legislature into ono pocket and the
Congress OF the United States into the
other pocket. Revolution is Just ahead
Of rs, and 1 pray God it may be . peace
fal revolution. and at the ballot box,
where this great wrong is to be corrected,
if corrected it will be. We had forty
years quarrel about black slavery.
What we must have now ID a twenty
years contest about white slavery. We
must have the emancipation Of Ameri-
can labor from the curse of monopoly.
We must send men to State and national
Legislatures who cannot be suborned BY
bribery, either in the shape Of promo
tion or dollars.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-28
POLITICAL POINTS.

Two ballots were taken at Albany, on
the 18th, both with the same resuIt-Lapham
"a, Potter "a and Conkling q.
There was ono ballot for Senator nt
Albany on the 18th, resulting in 68 votes for
Lapham, 45 for Potter, and 2S for Conkling.
The New York Legislature indulged
in two ballots for Senator on the 20th, Lapham
receiving 70 votes, with rs necessary to q
choice.
The Prohibitionists of Ohio held a
convention ct Loveland, near Cincinnati, and
placed in the field full ticket for State offices.
headed by A. r. Ludlow, Of Springfield, for
Governor.
The ballot for Senator at Albany on
the 21st was without result. The number neces-
sary to . choice was II, and Lapham had 65
votes. Potter -. and Conkling %.
The deadlock ut Albany was broken
July %, and the Legislature adjourned the fol-
lowing day. The administration men male
some concessions by entering into a conference
or caucus in which Lapham was nominated by
. unanimous vote. He was afterward elected
to succeed Roscoe Conkiins in the United States
Senate by the full Republican vote, the Demo
Gratis voting for ex-Congressman Potter. When
Mr.. Conkling received the dispatch advising
him Of the election Of Lapham, he immediately
sent the following telegram
NEW YoRK, July n
To the Hon. James Armstrong, Member Of the A.
eembly, Albany:
The heroic constancy Of the Spartan band which
50 long has stood for principle and truth has my
deepest gratitude apd admiration. Borne down
by forbidden and abhorrent forces, and agencies
which never before had sway in the Republican
party, the memory of their courage and manhood
will long live in the brightest honor. The fu-
ture will vindcate their wisdom, and crown them
with approval. Please ask them all for ME 10 re-
ceiye my grateful Acknowledgements.
ROSCOE CoNKIINa.
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selves with attacks on isolated bands OF their
country's enemies, and in this desultory mode
they seem to obtain more SUCCESS than they did
in pitched battles.
Ireland will this year have q crop of
potatoes large enough to supply the home de-
mand and q liberal margin also for expectation.
A Land-Leaguer named Gordon has
been sentenced to one years imprisonment for
inciting to murder after - was arrested under
the Coercion At.
: Diplomatic correspondence between
England and France on the Tripoli question
sill show, when published, that England
Informed France that, il she attempted the
protection" scheme in Tripoll which il
Turkish territory, it would raise the whole
lies!ion Of European guaranty to the Ottoman
empire.
Egypts is suffering from destructive
worm which has attacked the cotton crop.
Several cases Of sunstroke have oc-
cured in Berlin as the result Of the heated
term
LEROY, who is charged with the mur
der Of Gold on the Brighton railroad June q,
has been committed for trial in London.
Lord Colin Campbell, son Of the Duke
Of Argyll and brother to the Marquis Of Lorne,
was married to Miss Gertrude Blood, an Irish
hciress.
England, Austria and Holland have
addressed note to the Russian Government,
in which other European powers will unite, OBJ
iecting TO her harsh laws against the Jews, Is
illustrated by the case OF Lewisohn.
Two employees Of the Spanish bank at
Matanzas robbed the institution or $500 900 in
specie, and sailed on the steamer Alicante.
which they had previously chartered under pre-
tense Of bringing cattle from Mexico.
The Nihilists held great meeting at
st. Petersburg, 1t which it was resolved to give
the Gar and his Ministers one more warning,
which il they do not hsed they will be assas-
einak06
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-28
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANIN0s.

Nine buildings Of Redbank, N. J., in
cluding the Redbank Register Office, were de-
-troyed by fire. The total loss is estimated at
$4,000. The lard refinery OF F. Ring 4 Son,
OF East st. Louis, valued at $4,000, and in
sured for 100000, was burned down. Bush 4
Dcnslows extensive oil works at South Brook
lyn, worth 1000, were burned
The acreage yield of potatoes in the
United States this year is per cent greater
than last year. In Missouri the increase il
per cent. and in New York and Michigan per
cent. Ohio shows . decrease Of per cent.
The crop is reported to be in splendid condition
in nearly every section Of the country. The
acreage OF tobacco q largely in excess Of last
year.
Burned: The Wieting Opera House
and several stores at Syracuse, N. Y, loss
s46O, 600, insurance eats, 900; Pearson's saw
mill and Pearson's salt manufactory at East
Saginaw, Mich, loss $l6O, 900, insurance $7O,-
900; the Cincinnati Coffin Company's coffin
mandatory at Cincinnati, Ohio, loss S225, 900,
insurance $3.50, ,OOn; several stores at Iryington,
n. Y, loss $4,000; the Irving House at Long
Branch.
1t is estimated that the increase in
the amount Of business transacted through the
postal money y-order system OF the United States
during the last fiscal year will amount to from
u, 600 900 to sl0 0OO. 900 more than in the pre-
vious year.
The lawyers Of Washington declare
that Col. Corkhill has no authoSty over
, Guiteau, and that there is no lawful reason for
placing him in solitary confinement.
During the last fiscal year over
al2. 2.OOo, 900 worth Of gold and silver were used
in the arts and manufactures in the United
States.
The total value of the domestic bread
stuffs exported from the United States during
! the twelve months ending june 80, 1881, was
$265, SCI, 1928, against S282, ,l32.6ls worth ex-
ported during the twelve months ending June
80, 1880.
There are held by individuals in the
New England States s7O.972 $50 worth Of reg
islcred United States bonds, in the Southern
States sl3, l39, 800, in the Western States ssh
4ls $50. in the Middle States s279, ,0os, $50, and
by banks, insurance and trust companies s221,-
45l, $50.
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Internal-revenue receipts for the past
fiscal year amount to Si35 SAC, ,339.l9, an excess
over last year Of 1888, ,s5o.5s.
Secretary Window has decided that
tain books for thesr libraries.
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Postmaster General James warn,

Postmaster General James warns
Postmasters that their accounts must be for
warded to the Auditor OF the Treasury imme-
diately after the close Of every quarter. The
new chieftain is intent upon making his de-
partment self-sustaining, when he proposes to
advocate reduction Of letter postage to 2
cenfa
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Over Forty Per Cent. Usury,

Usury at the rate Of over 40 per cent.
per aannm was paid the other day as
"divilends' by the Union Passenger
Railway Company Of Philadelphia.
This, Of course, is over and above the
total working expenses. It is usu-y
pure aud simple. There are laws in the
several States prohibitive of the taking
OF more than certain rate OF interest.
In Pennsylvania the illegal" rate is 6 per
cent. But those laws are practically
useless in their preventive effect, even
in eases where money has been loaned as
rent. But where usury takes the form
of profits made by individuals, or diyi-
tlends by transportation, commercial or
manufacturing corporations, the Usury
law is not intended d to interfere.
Now, here is something for men to
think over who maintain that the sole
cause of the degradation Of labor is The
high rates of interest on money. Men
have written books to show TINT high in
terest on money-nos large profits or
swelling dividends-is the one and only
evil to be remedied in order to make the
producer prosperous and happy. But
who was robbed to pay the 40 per cent.
Of this Philadelphia corporation? Who,
but the laborer; the starvation-pay
wageman, as well as every one whose
labor or patronage went to make up the
gross rec eipts of the road. It would be
a waste Of time to speculate in theory
on the benefits to be derived by the
wage classes from the abolition of the
rent on money per Sc. To be sure there
are in swindling labor, as in every other
kind Of swindling. different gradations ot
yillainy, but until all kinds Of labor rob-
berry have been abolished by the aboli-
ton Of nsnry in all its specious forms
until wages-class, rs such, does not
necessarily exist, labor will be not only
robbed but starved by tho ordinary
methods Of business on the one hand,
and by the monopoly Of the soil on the
othcr.--irish World.
The Right to Break . Rad Law.
Because the robber hordes Of the dark
ages plundered the crops, took posses
sion Of the land, and turned people on,
to starve, shall I therefore starve Be.
cause they made laws for their own pro.
lection in wrong, shall admit the va.
lidity Of those laws? George Erwin, in
his Wednesday evening speech, said Q
man has the right to break bad law.
The right? !? Why, it is his duty. More,
the man who refuses to do it is a traitor
to the earth that supports him.
Greenbackcr.
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The Right to Break 4 Rad Law.

As EVERY thread of gold is valuable, SO
Is every minute Of time.
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- Rssnher this Company OWNS oil Reads shown ah = hss Lines
to Time
IT'S coeIn9 MODERN
MAGNIFICENT SHELTERS PARLnR
NEST n tho world
and Tor
igeAerSc i
Canal and Adams
Trln b
g. MERRILL w. HORNE. CARPENTER J. u. PAGE
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Guiteau has been placed in solitary
confinement in the jail, by order OF District
Attorney CorkhilL He il to receive neither
visitors nor communications, and the guards
are not 10 talk with him. He will thus be held
to await the resalt Of the Presidents injuries.
Guiteau complains Of his prison treat
ment. He thinks be il a person of great inn
portance, and that, his offense being Of po-
htical character, he ought to be treated
with more consideration than ordinary pris-
oners. He claims to be gentleman accus-
toned to luxury, etc. The Jail authorities do
not take him at his own estimate, however, and
have commenced to treat him as an ordinary
felon. This is having good effect on him.
Under it his sanity is diminishing somewhat,
and he il not 80 lordly in his manners as during
the first days Of his confinement
The following are the receipts from
customs for the year ending June 30, 1881:
Quarter ending Sept 80, 1850 81, ,sa5, ,143
Quarter snuing Dec 81, 1880. ......... l2,241,04l
Quarter ending March 81, 1881 l........ l8,747,O1O
Quarter ending June 30, lssl.......... 6O,0?6,920
AotAl...... WV ,4oo, ll5
Postmaster General James warns
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-28
Having ssAe1sl ~
M RAT :MARkRr

WIN kesp eeAstanty On hand q rood sn sssortme an,
- can be had In this past q ~ soantry. g vhoie
sale or retail. for caah an0 notAing slss.
We Buy Tor Cash, sna oell 1sr ths same.
Credit need mot Be asksd ~, . b Vim NJ b ersut
3D.. Am bound 10 cell = eAeap - aay one fOI
cash, and hope to give General tatisfactiOa.
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which be h prepared TO trim and furnish on short
aot,ce and IN such style aud nannsr - ordered q
the moet reasonable prices.
Thanking the public for favses and IL confidence
In the past, hs bega to assure hs friends that he
determined more than ever 10 merit their conn
esacs, rsspeoe and continued patronage.
G. MEVERDEN.
oesoco. Dsc. q, lo75.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-01
Immigration.

In a recent interview. Capt. Heinz
man, at Castle Garden, said: at is
curious to compare the statistics of i'm
migration of former years with those of
more recent date. The Irish influx has
always been very large. In 1851, for
instance, 1853, 900 Irishmen arrived here.
Since then the number has been small
er. In 1877 it was only 1921. From
that time there has been d steady in
crease until last year there were over
&C, 900 Irish arrivals. There have also
been some remarkable fluctuations in
German immigration. When France
paid the enormous indemnity after the
Franco-Prussian war we supposed Ger
many would be so prosperous that the
Germans would remain at home. But
in 1872 we received over 1872, 200 Ger
man immigrants, or more than have
ever arrived here in single year. AT
ter that the number fell off to between
%, 600 and SO, 900, until last year when
it suddenly went up TO 104, 264. | be-
lieve this year both the Irish and Ger
man arrivals will increase in number.
''But the most remarkable exodus at
present seems TO be from Sweden. We
expect at least 50, 900 Swedes over here
this year. am told that entire vii
lagos and districts have become depop-
ulated. and this may be true, as the
population is only about four million.
Compare the number we expect this
year with the l39 arrivals from Sweden
in 1S47. Before last year our annual
reports rarely showed more than 5000
Immigrants from there. In 1878 we
had only 1000, and in 1879 1000
In 1880 the number rose suddenly to
So, and this year we expect more
than twice as many"