The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1882-01-05

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These statistics give faint idea of
the tremendous amount of capital that
is being employed in the railroad en-.
terprises of the country, and the mighty
influence it would be capable OF WELD
ing in commercial or political way,
provided it could be concentrated upon
given object. But this danger is not
nearly so great as many people appre-
hend who take one-sided view of tho
case. Many of these great roads are
rivals, and will continue to be as long
as they exist, from the nature of their
work and the object Of their projectors.
What is for the interest of one is not
always for the interest of another, and
the inducements that one holds out to
secure trade and travel for its line often
force others to make deductions that
inure to the benefit of the community.
A great corporation is not necessarily a
great monopoly, but may be so con-
Quoted as to be bcnefcent institution,
conferring and dispensing blessings up
on all within the reach of its influence.
The great gain to the farmers of the
west, and to the produce consumers Of
the east, in the decline of railroad
charges during the last ten years is
enough to astonish the farmers them
selves. A reduction of a few cents per
100 pounds upon freight between Chi
cago and the seaboard signifies a saving
of so much money in the pockets Of
the producer or consumer. To make
this matter plain, Mr.. Edward Atkinson
bases some estimates upon the business
of the New York Central and Hudson
River railroad, and the calculation i,
astonishing. He says:
"The total saving to the whole coun-
try in the cost of moving merchandise
from 1870 to. 1879 inclusive, q period
of ten years, as compared to the rates
charged from 1866 to 1869 inclusive,
has been 81, 200, ,OOO,O 900, or 800, 100000
more than the reduction Of the nation
al debt since the war ended. In the
case of the Central the charge for NOV
ing 9,441,213 tons of freight in 1873
was $1S, ,270,050, the rate per ton per
mile being 1854 cents. Had the
charges been as high as in 1865
the transportation of the same freight
would have cost $44, ,920,05O, or 1.6567
cents per ton per mile. The New
York Central line does about one
twentieth of the railroad business o.
the United States. The conclusion is
obvious that the reduction of the trans
portation tax adds vastly to the amount
of capital available for use in further
railroad construction and in othel
| ways" tnaH' s8 p
| Mr.. Atkinson thinks that the farmers
of the west secure large proportion
Of this reduction, as the statistics O.
the New York market clearly
show. "The average prices ii
that city Of a given quality of flour
wheat, corn, oats, beef, pork, lard
butter and WOOL in 1880 were only :
fraction less than in 1869. The cost O
moving thirteenitons of merchandise
made up Of these nine articles from
Chicago to New York in 1869 was $1Si
and in 1879 SCI. the difference bein,
1924. AS the New York price wa
about the same in each year the west
ern producers and sellers received tn,
gain"
In most of the western states th'
railroad corporations have been pu
upon their good behavior ~ by th'
construction of rival lines; (2) by tn,
right of the legislatures under the con
stitutien to take the prop erty and fran
chises Of incorporated companies AM
subject them to public use, the Sam
as private property; (3) the polio
power OF the state can be exercised a
any time to prevent corporations from
so conducting their business as to in
fringe upon the equal rights of ind
viduals and the state at large; al tn
power OF the legislature to annual an
charter that it has granted wheneye
the business of the company is SO con
Quoted that it becomes injurious to tn
A public welfare, and (5) that the popu
lar jealousy that exists in the commu
nifty against the overreaching policy Q
corporations. Herein lies the safet
of the people.
No Room that Science has COnferre
Has been fraught with greater blessings tina
that which has accrued to the inhabitants
malaria ridden portions Of the United States an
the Tropics from the use of Hostetter's Stomac
Bitters. The experience Of many years has b,
too clearly demonstrated the ineficiency
quinine and other drugs to effectually combat IL
, progress Of intermittent. congestive and bilio,
remittent fevers, while on the other hand, it h,
been no less clearly shown, that the use of Il
Bitters, medicine congenial to the frailest col
stitution, and derived from purely botanic source
affords reliable safeguard against malari
diseases, and arrests it when developed. Fl
t disorders Of the stomach, liver and bowels, fl
general debility and renal inactivity, it is also
most efficient remedy. Appetite aud sleep Al
improved by it, it expels rheumatic humors fro
the blood and enriches q circulation impoverisht
by NAL assimilation.
Miss Annie Louise Gary will, it
: said, marry Mr.. Lorillard next autum
:. and make her last appearance upo