The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-03-09
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE CHEAT WEST.


Ma. Eprrox:-whea we consider the time and age
of this Nation We can not fail to be surprised to see
and learn ,ha, mary of the leading Journals along
tie Atlantic seal,oary shoai -,IitoriaIly hod and
:ro,nulcate the following. which appeared in the
New York Herald not long since The Herald says: /:
| 1--WE see mo rrason uby New York PeupsyIyau;a
and Massaehusett. should tr taxed 10 enable onr
Western friends TO carr their prodnee to the Gulf
or Nex;ro- wha; language for n great leading
,our,., sn,, esn.ri.lr ope that is seeking and de-
sires national r,prt,t;,n. The great oues,;on of
internal iuproveme.t. il the alIahsorbin- ;de. of
this nation and has been the subject of in
the yation,l Ierislature from its infancy In the
ipfancv of ,h;. R-nuhlic II was not how We shonld
obtain tbe cbe.nes, ,r,psnorta,iou. but how and bx
what means shall The produeer place his sur,lus in
the hand. os The .onsum.r, The ra,ber ,s our
Country contemplated and lent his mind and eap,al
tn ass;s, and o,en the lines of transporta,io,
Since IN. ipyept;op and applicatiop of steam
motive mower. the TRANSFORMATION problem has becp
revoln,iop;zed. and IN. rrcat railway sxs.er has
.oIxcd the ,,rohIsr, how sb,Il We ,ran.nor,, |, b,,
bo, h.r, - n. .hla % .o.o,,rI;sl !, Oh. oh....,
il the au.ahsor,;pg on.s.;op of the W.s,sr,, ,-o-
dueer Member, from, the West have i,,-,I,ced
bill. in con-ress having in view III. ;mnrovsmept
NJ the Western va..rUars an as tn solve tho ,,roh
lem of che,n ,r,ns,ort,t;on and bv these ;,nn-ove
meuts the prodpc,iops of TN. great Mi.s;ssp,; R,sp
would seek their natural outlet TO tide water and
then IN the markets of the world On III. ;p,rof,c
finn IF ,bes. hill. The New York g,roH SAW e, .,
s,igma,iz. tben a heinz. onlr of ..loca, ;,,.-es,
The xr;,,r nj spc INNS, he no.sessed of rsmorL.,v
narrow and cirrnmscribed ideas of what ia na,;onal
in its seope and design. According to tbi. great
statesmsn what affects the nteres,s of opeb,If the
people of the Republic is entirely ..locaL- The
States and Territorie. living in what is called the
Mississippi VALLEY. contain fully half the popula,iou
The people residing in this great ba.in have since
the establishment Of our present svstem of Internal
revenue Maid into the National Treasury ,be cpo-.
nous sum of one billion three hundred millions of dol
lars in the shane of taxes-more than one-b,If of
all that has been paid by the entire peopIe of the
Union. And the .Iocal- West has horne its full
share of Government burdens. in the parment Of
inport dntes: and statistical facts sbox ,ba, this
local valley of the RepubIc nroduces more than ,wo.
thirds of all the cereals and many other produets
If weighed by the pblosopher's scales would hal
anee 10 the credit of The s.local West
Local interests with the Herald only occur in the
West The demands ON tbe nubl;c funds for i'm
provemrpts in and about New York Uarbor do mt
possess that characteristic. vet Members of Con.
uress from that Stat. have introduced i, hill for
perm,nent deem and wide cbo,n.l ,b-orcb Sandy
Hook bar asking for an augmentation of Is 500 OOo.
another for sbip-canal from n pont be,veen Ellis
Island and the docks of the Central R.iIuav of Neu
Jersey IN n mint between Cons,.ble,s Hook and
Roblins Reef estimated tn COS, 3 Ia1 aso. and n
ioip, resolution has heer presented rsou;ring tho
se.re,.rr of War 20 co,,-a., ror ,ha ;,,,rore,.rt
of Harlem River Trso of ,beso hills ali an tho
puble nan for the small sum of s,2 ga eso and the
estimate far Tho ;nnrovsn.r, Of Harlem R;vsr rrrs
into ,,,;I,;o,. " !. ~, Wi, T,,. ea5. ,ho.o
;n,n-orou.,,s ossar,;,I ., ,ra ,,ror,o- ,o.o,onon.
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will he imnrov.d IN s,,b n, e,,au, in rho e.o,ouv
of COS, or i,rIinr an, ,rorI,;n, ,ha, 90. un fan
fa- be,ov tho ,,in;rr,n ,,,. ~ ,od,v
The N.,r yort STATE Er.in..r in HI. a,r,a, ~
,or, .,,l. o,,,,io ~, Che ,.,. .ra ;,,,ou,.,,oo &c
;o,,rovi,, tho ,r..t r;,.o, - ,, NJ.
sipn R,sin and fpIIv ,rp,,ri,,cs ;h,, General i'm.
pravepent of the rn,ur,I ,v,,.r.,ar. in ~. W.,
INNS, and will affect tho ,onp,ce r,ov.u.,, "a ,;do,
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