, 1881-01-29
A Voice From E;s Greek.
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En!roR STsrTs,',v. nder the g1ise
Of =. r',ci,., ce.gflc-ors,' onc cs more
men can furm themselves mo eor?ara'
tion and appropriate 10 themselves such
pert of 4 mans farm ~ they see TT =.
take, and pa: their o%u price Tor It
II a man l. no; wiling - submit - oe
oyerrid.!sa in = hiel handed styla and
takes his case 10 The Courts IN order to
obtain Justice, IL meets wlIh snsers on
ali sides. and IS called f'ai .: so.as 10
law WirA ! corpCIar3U;s-
Have Cur Counts ial.en - such !ow
level thii no,hias la, money c-a obtain.
hearing therein; have they ceased 10
watch over the poor. er| Will they see
oar h0mes jr.1lei and our farms L.Id
w.stc 10y sru!iess monopoly under the
shield O; corporation For the present
VIE leave this grave question II be answer
ed by the Courts themselves
There are ,hipg, 20" staring the tiIiers
II the scI; III the face, and the tine q not
lar distant when the sphere Of this class
will have 10 b. narrowed down aad re-
ce:ye the same rights rs an ordinary ;ndI-
vidulL
We, as psaaHcire c.aSs, came To this
COUNTRY st trl s1siy day; We have bIsved
al t,!e hardships 8aI dangers incidental
TO frontier country; We have bu:l. up
homes among the savages. have reclaimed
the country and paved the wsy ;Jr the
more timid; IL short, We nov ind that,
after ieye!op:I4 The country, we have
b.t made it profitable ;or moneyea coy
pOra,ionS - be formed. ana a. the end
find that We have ~ r;sats these corpor-
ate lords are bound 10 respect.
The Walla Walll Fiume Company is a
cooperation organized for a private purpose
for private ends
Dr.. Baker The Fiume Company IS
now making the attemn: t. fore, his
fume down iiill Creek regardless oi the
rights II the Original lacators OF the land
and is now trying 10 condemn private
property for lis own private use. In thus
scheme hc has shown himself des
titute Of III. first instincts oi a gentleman.
In the first place, he has run his sur
veys over cur property. without even ask
ing permission to do So; and again, he
has taken advantage c: > mans absence
from home 10 begin work and and lay
waste to the property along the line of
the survev, and he has not been wiling
TO stop work until the su;c now pending
for the right of way can he decided hy
the proper tribunal.
We are wiling Il abide by this decision
and VIII calmly submit to be overrun by
this b!oated monopoly. II the Courts de-
cide in his farorj but ~e are prepared
and ready 70 defend our homes and repel
all encroachmeuts made upon our proper
ty until such decision shall haze been rem
dered
Bakers frs; move IN mat. .uratIng this
stupendous monopoly was u secure all
the available timber land up NH Creek,
which should have been reserved for the
farmers lifting in the valley, but which
this individual corporation has entirely
deprived them os; and now comes added
insult 10 injury by attempting 10 compel
farmers living along the SAID creek to give
him the right ~ Wy for his tiume to car
" doHr h.s own timber fag his own pri-
ya'e speculation and benefit, and thereby
destroy the very means that class If men
have OF !aak!n9a i livinr, by haulin. wood
from the mountains
Besides this, he creates = standing nui-
sanee forever upon oar farms, de@troyin
our choices, groves, passing over the pub
lie highway. anu intruding on our priyacy
by building right ii front # cur very
doors.
Any one having = knowledse q tn
working Of flames wIil readily understand
us when We sag tua, I greater nuisance
can hardly be erc-ied upon mans prem
ises; II you pass from one side Of your
farm TO the other, you are sure 10 run
against it somewhere. It Is either too high
10 "a over, or much too low to % under,
and every now an then there IS sure 10 he
a Jam somewhere on yoUs farm, wood
and logs WI! roll out and the water pour
over in torrents, and before y1u are aware
OF it, acres of your best land are flooded,
crops destroyed, soil washed away and
deep impossible guicies formed
An ounce Of prevention Is worth 4
pound Of care We are fully awake to
the necessity of preventing the tiume from
being built. We have worked night and
day for years to beau.ify or homes and
make them comfortable. and viii never let
continuous nuisance t. be placed upon
our farms without a desperate struggle.
Mill CREEK.