The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-04-28

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ppon Il IL utiief hsleags taa class
that IL Yermuat !, calltI ssfi.sll farmert.
slAss ilsat really tppu rsg liiiie ai.oui
ihs maases meat a railroads. very l,tle
sis,ul ,lsesf necelpis and Expenditure
/ Toey know thai tbry hafe had their Lands
appropriated 81 railroad pafpoaes and
illc, lafs sansijnes i,cra raalisl e tie
rrau3 position q stockholders, a the -.
peass u lasg years 81 toll AND saving an1
tbsy fo0u that y the simple process u
s.laudiar their stock has dissolved and
hat disappeared and thsir ehair 30 that
stock lsaafi has boea declared vacant
Their hiilr individual subscription las
i.eru too ANAL tnoyt8 p.and either nttsutiOH
nr rtsi ef-i and tlle.g cailogtire sud gross
subscriFiiau. aasouai g. al body aad no
heal 80 shat ry n.d galy loss ta1F uuau.
cy tBt eisT A. aaaale g. 64d Uut huu tile
taiag "a al dpar They are todd that large
sass 81 niBucy are needed That expenses
arr hcayy and receipts are light, and that
uuless some heavy capitalist steps IN that
is willing 80 um the road "a accommodate
the people u loss Of shout thousand
dollars seer mouth, more ~ less, the ma
chine must stop; that the advantages Of =
railroad. together with all that has been
expended. will ~ lost aud we are expected
ia H.. very grateful to onr railroad redeem
cr True. 30 are not little surprised
yary often % ane the struggle Of some 81
oar capitalists 10 become martyrs In the
cause. and very often, 70 our further sur.
prise. tlese struggles are attended with
sharp, bitter apd expensive law sni,s.
We don't know Why men are 80 anxious
10 oNn OF manage property that we are
told don't earn expenses. A few years ago
the Troy i Boston Railroad Go ran the
now Bennington 4 Rutland road, and
whenever the people along the line Of that
road complained Of advance ofrates they
aere told that the road did not pay, that
II actually ran its managers ia debt, and
yet, upou the expiration Of their lease,
they offered Mr. Parks six hundred thous'
sand dollars cash for the road, and the Of
fer was refused. Query the small
farmer" how do the statements OF these
railroad managers correspond with their
acts? As thick headed as the class Of
small farmers" are and as credulous as
they may be, still discover enough of rail.
road transactions TO believe that railroads
have a cash value and apretty large one,
too, and that, as they have occupied avery
important portion of the expensive sessions
u our legislatures, they should be asked TO
bear just proportion Of the burden Of
taxation. The Brattleboro 4 Whitehall
road may not, by its own earnings, be a
source OF revenue to its managers, still it
is link in some valuable connection, and
az such its possession was the cause of
severe struggle between two rival com.
panies and il has cash value beyond its
producing capacity the same as large, com
modious and expensive farm buildings
that produce nothing and still have an as
sessable cash value. | don't think our
listers will agree with you when you say
that the products Of the farm determines
its assessable value | think they will
tell you that location aud improvements
and other conyeniences are considered.