The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-03
A SLIGHT SENSATION.

A SLIGHT bkNBATlON.
Upward Of seven years ago, in Coum-
bus, General Garfield at the mention
ton of the name there was some ap
plause, which drew firth opposition his
ses, but these in turn were overwhelmed
by storm Of applause] made speech
in which he introduced this subject.
Here applause and counter signs of dis
appreciation interrupted the speaker and
and he paused Cries of GO aheadl'
Order, order resounded through the
hall, bu. Judge Black remained as cool
and patient as if he were on the bench.
The chairman stepping forward to claim
the attention of the audience silence was
obtained, and the orator continued: He
General Garfield described the i'm:
mense power which these people WELD
ed, and how they absorbed more than
nine States each as large as the State Of
Ohio, and the large benefits accruing TO
them out of the public money, and he
warned them when the conflict would
arise between them and the Government
the Government would be overthrown
unless those corporations were throttled
beforehand. Now, our respect for the
Chief Magistrate ought to make US care
full how we differ from him-espeCially
if we expect something from him.
[ Laughter If he acts with vigor you
will hear blast upon the Presidential
trumpet that will rally all hearts If he
does not act upon his convictions, if he
is silent and submissive then he will
have made common cause with the
monopolists and be as unfaithful to his
trust as they are to theirs. But, in any
event, there is to be no neutrality after
this. Cheers.I He that is not for US is
against US a voice-"That i So and
the agitation when begun will tell the
so 100000 of people the important 80.
cret that they are 50000000 stronger
[Applause How much have they taken
out of the sweat and labor of this people
and attributed to themselves? A voice
-'FOur.ffths.'] Well, that does not an.
swer the question:; l want the aggregate.
[ A voice Ten times the national debt ]
| am ashamed to tell you. Laughter
In making the estimate liberal allowan.
ces are considered for stock, capital. ser.
vices, &C., and all beyond that they have
no manner Of right to; it is lawless rob.
berry. [Applsuse.] Under this blessed
Constitution of ours, where all are enti-
tied to protection in their property as
we'll as libery, a charter is written
commission to go out and plunder. I'm.
mense applause.] How much, then, of
those large amounts to which they have
no right-that is to say the excess
every one will admit, do not want to
make any charges like this-sxcessiVe,
or unreasonable great laughter have
they enjoyed from through freights, par
tiCularly tn )se from the city Of New
York to Chicago and back again2 They
are the largest charged, but they are
twice as high as they ought tn be. They
are thirty FIVE cents per cwt. They had
advanced from twenty cents TO forty cents
in the space of three months, when the
rivers and canals were frozen over. They
are now fifteen cents per cwt. higher
than they ought to be. How much does
that make in the aggregateP An addi
tional charge of five cents per bushel on
the transportation of cereals would have
been equivalent to tax of $40, ,000000on
the crop of 1873 They have netted 1866
100000 They have made sufficient in
one year to pay off the national debt. In
the amount of carriage in short haul they
have charged dfty times as much as they
charged for the long freights. Tley have
been doing exactly that for which you
have sent the poor rogue to Sing Sing,
[ Laughter and applause. / defy any
man to point out to me moral difference
between the two actions. A great many
coaxing appeals have been made to us
to let them go on. But we mean bust
ness of another kind. They give as
reason for being let alone that railroads
are good things. The judgeship is a good
thing; but suppose a Judge did wrong,
what would you do with him. A voice,
Cut his throat.'] No, but get rid Of him
and put some one better in his place.
[Applause.
General Reagan Of Texas, followed
Judge Black, and gave an account of the
Inter State Commerce bill, after which
the following resolutions were adopted;
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Be it therefore resolved, That It is the
duty Of citizens everywhere to organize
Anti; Monopoly Leagues, and aendeavor
to secure. among Others, the following
specific results: 10 H 4 |
/. Laws compelling transportation and
telegraph com psnies TO base their chsrg-
es upon coat and risk Of service, instead
Ofthe new theory enunciated by them-+
what the business will bear 40 "a
2. Laws TO prevent pooling and combi-
nations, y, ..
5. Laws enacted by Congress enforcing
the frat article of the Constitution, to