The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-11-19

NoHoll uClOll NO'L pdnJ, ouI ldHuS, |
and freezing out stockholders"
The policeman had no reply.
"Then from New Orleans we go
to New York"
"But have you made enough to
beild the New York road The
Eastern people won't stand the back
freight racket"
maybe not, but the dear public
there are always been to put up for
railroads. The bankers arrange all |
that, and if it is too thin for theU nited |
States they have pals across the big
pond who are always ready to help |
unload road on foreign investors,
for divide. They are always ready |
to build the road and let the com
pany run it-and we're the com.
pany, you know"
Zone splendid racket to work is
when stocks are low we buy, then
form pool with other roads, show
big earning, stocks advance, every
body rushes in, and we let 'em
boom it up till we think they are
high enough, when we quietly un-
load, pass the word to break the
pool, we sell short and the lambs
are sheared both ways"
"Railroading is a money.making
business anyway. BY givin' the
big shippers special rates and sling
in around passes pretty lively, Civ
in free excursions, subscribin' lib
orally to Statesmen's benefits funds,
and occasionally buildin' church
| perhaps owing newspaper here
| and there to blackguard anti monop-
olists and lead public opinion; by
pursuing liberal policy like this,
we can always make ourselves solid
with the ruling classes. OF course
this costs money, but as we tax both
producers and consumbels we reas-
sess all these little expenses on the
public. and more too, for the far
mers and other small shippers never
bargain for rates; steam transporta-
ton costs mighty little, and what
with new inventions and the growth
of the country its gettin' less every
day. That enables us to pay divi-
dends on all the water we put in,
which keeps investors quiet and
everybody whose influence is worth
anything says what a great and
glorious country we have! See
what free railroads and free gov
ernment has done for usn'
''But what about the free and
equal provisions in the constitution
OF the United States?"
What do we care about the Con
stitution? that was made before
steam, electricity and corporations
came in, and it don't apply now il
it ever did,
"We let the masses continue to
think, though, that they control
everything. On the Fourth of July
and at election time, our lawyers
and other fellows we pick out to
represent us in the Legislatures
! take the stamp and give the workin
men little taffy about freedom and
equality, the will of the people, &c.
and by the aid Of brass hands, fire
works, and beer, we get the poor
, devils SO patriotic they're willin' tc
do most anything; then havin' oul
own men in both parties to steer
things, we keep 'em about equally
divided, and capital comes out on
top every time"
: "But suppose an Anti Moaopol,
party would come up and combine
the rank and file of all parties
wouldn't that trouble you?"
, 'WeIl, yes, think that would
but the people, especially the work
in classes, are such id fools
, ; they're always quarrelin' among
themselves, and we join the figh
one side or the other and keep 'en
broken up ali the time"
"Why wouldn't it be cheaper 70
; the public to build their own rail
. !, roads and other public improve
= ments"
{ ''Ah, there you are again, but w
= = get over that by holding up to view
the horrors of official corruption an,
: Capitalization of power in the hand
of government, and as long as w
e can stave off civil service reform
there's no danger of the peopl
IT owning and running railroads.
d though they may work the Pos
e Office and the Telegraphs.
n How'd you get on to all this?
n asked the officer.
-Four years in the same cell wit
d the President of an Eastern railroad
and he occupied his idle hours learn
n ing me the business. How did h
e get in? Why, be forgot himself on
t dey and tried TO play on an individ
le ual some of the games he'd bee