The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-08-03
!" FouMdee BY FORAGE Grcclcy.,


"Foundee by Horace l'rcclcy.'
The influence Of monopoly. which has
controlled the New York Daily Tribune
under its present management. has also
reached the weekly, and it takes occa.
sion in it's last issue to give the anti.
monopoly movement slap over tho
shoulders oi tho american Dairyman,
accusing rs incidentally of arrrorri
ating their market reports. W. will
dispose of this charge hy stating that
the market reports of the Ame,ican
Dairyman are carefully compiled ex-
pressly for II, and will explain TINT the
chief reason for tho present attention of
tho Tribune Ia that we have seen Ill to
capouso lilc silo of thu public Instead
Of that Of d. q. Mills aud Jay Gould III
the great war which II fast aprrunchins
between tho people aud corporate mo.
nopolies. It Is painful TO see the jour.
nal "fonnded by Horace Greeley" u
man whose every sympathy was for the
people, controlled and directed IN tho
interest Of monopoly. The following is
il specimen Of Mr.. Grcelcy's sentiments
On this subject. expressed IN his al,
dress at Minneapolis in 1871. where he
said !:
"A dozen or SO of railroad magnatcs,
summoned by private message, meet
from time to time III ono III our great
cities. They consult in secret. dine and
wine satisfactorily. adjourn and 60 their
several ways. Next morning the telc-
graph wires will have flashed across the
land their decision that every hushel of
grain going to market, every bale Of
goods passing inland, shall honeeforth
pay 20 to 80 per cent. more freight than
has hitherto been paid. In effect this
bevy Of railroad kings have arbitrarily
reduced the value Of every farm, eyery
quarter section, every hnshel of grain,
IN the Great West. II thcy owned the
whole country. and all who live in il,
they could not lord il over us more
tyrannically. And perhaps they will
proceed next day To- make scrip divi
aend, IN additional issue Of stock, repre-.
senting nothing hut their owA rapacity,
SO as To conceal from dull and careless
eyes the fact that they arc exacting from
their customers m annual profit of ID
or % per cent. on their actual invest.
mcnt.
"I ask this State, and every State, to
affirm and exercise its right Of fixing
proper and reasonable rates Of fare al.,l
freight on every railroad subject to its
jurisdiction that il tho courts should IN
any cases decide that the power thus
claimed is not granted to Legislatures
by existing constitutions, then / ask
that such power be expressly conferred
by constitutional amendment. There
can he no doubt Of the right Of tho pte
plc thus 10 improve the fundamental
law; III fact. can soe no reason for
doubt that the same power which sui
feed to give the farmers houses anil
lands 10 company ut = price virtually
fixed by the State will suffice to insure
the farmers the right to use that rail
road ut prices likewise fixed by the
State"
The voice of the Tribune. under Mr.,
Greeley's management, was always tor
the rights III the many against the privl-
leges to the few; hut now II Is directly
the reverse. and with the motto
"Founded by Horace Greeley" hoste,l
at the fore, this stannch old craft is run
in the interest Of piratlcal crew that
are preying upon the industries of the
country, and piling up wealth in til.
hands Of few ut a rate which is beyond
the dreams Of Avarice III Hors q
Gree ,ey's day. and which is fast making
us nation Of Millionaires anu traMps,
Under the guise Of being = grea moral
teacher, il Is doing its hest to destroy
tho moral aud material welfare Of tn J
natioa; il yillities and Misrepresents
patriotic citizens and extols the vntues
of class which is colrnp,iug the ballot
box and debanching our legislatures and
courts. II is about time that such false
| prophets had the mask torn from them.
and we are glad /, see that the Anti,
Monopoly League has Plaak in il. plat.
form tending 10 thls end, viz. !: "A frce
press 1.-The hnlwark of our free institution .
must he maintained. Leading jour.
nails have been purchased by monepa,
lists, who are endeayoring to control the
thought Of the nation. The journals
which are not thus controlled should be
sustained by the people" Lot every
farmer Who takes paper remember
tIlt6v MlltA IA cuhsNAAsAkAA ANA kNNksA tN0NN
the journal +" founded by Horace Gree,
ley" severely alone, and select one which
is not run in the interest Of corporate
monopolieA The agricultural Journals
are, "a rule, free from corporation in,-
fiusnces, as arc many of the leading aai-
lies hers ali elsewhere that publish
weekly editions. The New York Neck,
| IL Tines and Now York N;eekis Irath
are good Republican papers; whlle the
New York Weekly Naa aud New York
Weekly Herald are independent publ,
cations with Democratic or independent
views. On none OF these have the mo,
nopolists yet got their clutches. and We
hope that the people will support those
| journals that advocate their interest III
the impending contest between the pso,
Pile and Monopolies.-Americaa Agri-
cutsarist.