The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-03-29

COMPETITION is waning, combination
is waxing.
TWELVE MILLION dollars taxes off the
banks, ST., 100000 taxes onto the peo-
pie.
REsTLEssNEss is the most hopeful
sign of the times. We do not want
contented men. Content is the evi-
dence Of degradation and the harbinger
of death.
Colossal fortunes and vast aggrega-
tions Of capital degrade and enslave
mankind by making society vicious,
wretched and ferocious on the one
hand, and proud, cruel and oppressive
on the other.
LORD Butte is building palace in
Scotland which will cost 81, 25O, 900. 1t
will take Ave years to complete it. We
doubt that the system which enables
men to build 81 ,OOO, 900 houses will last
until this one is completed.
The love Of the plutocrats runs out
toward horses, not men. They build
$40, 900 stables, but they waste no money
on men. The average man does not
have half as much consideration in this
world as thoroughbred horse.
Is THAT good craftsmanship which
seeks to enrich ones own country at the
expense of another? And what states
manship beside has the world ever
seen? Surely the bright days Of his
tory are before, and not behind us, rs
the croakers declare.
The most-dangerous and vicious
character in society is the greedy grasp
er Of wealth, whose energies are spent
in gathering up the products of labor,
far beyond his needs; the man who
steals from honest toll and leaves the
toiler to suffer. Express.
The forces OF our civilization are
pledged to the dethronement Of ire
sponsible power, to the dethronemcnt
Of power unlimited by duty, to the de-
thronement of that selfish power which
DESTROYS, and the enforcement Of the
humane power which makes alive
TIE Co-Operdt0r.
WHO are the men that corner" pork
or bread or other necessities Of life, and
charge double prices? Are they the
men that toll in workshops, or men
who never earned dollar by useful la
Dor? What legion Of frauds and dead
beats have this nation by the throat !!
The ancient higllwavman was an old
fogy by the side of the modern finan-
cier.--Haruord Conn, Examiner.
UNITED STATES 3-per-cent. bonds now
command over per cent. premium.
Although redeemable, it is now thought
they will snot lie paid for long time,
owing to reduced taxation, therefore
they are very desirable for banking
basis; moreover. since ST.. 0OO, 900 taxes
have been repealed for the banks, that
business is expected to boom. Who
wouldn't bc a banker now, with Uncle
Sans treasury to draw upon, without
the necessity Of contributing to it?-
fora Tribune.
The New Jersey Legislative Com.
mittee on Bribery has made report on
the practice Of corruption in that State
which ought to set oil questions at rest
It SAYS that the crime of bribery lis
universally prevalent in local, national
and State elections; that q large por.
ton OF the voting population depend
upon election day as q regular source
Of income; that bribery il constant,
reaching out for new victims; that thu
liberties Of the people are entirely il
the hands Of the mercenary; that in tn,
near future anarchy and revolution mus
come.
The best lawyers, the best inventors
the best business men are all on tn,
payroll Of the monopolists. The cor
porations have not only monopolized til,
means of producing wealth, but the,
arc even forcing corner in brains
In attracting to themselves the servic
OF the most active and vigorous intel
lects and the strongest Wills, the con
federated monopolies are doubly in
trenched. The past history OF the worl,
gives no record of any system Of OPP
preston SO insidions, so strong and 8
all-pervading Us that Of the predator
corporations which are absorbing til
substance and undermining the libertie
of the American people. -IhtcdJo Ia
press.
The Congress just closed was doubt
less the worst that has ever Athlete
the country, but there are two or tire
things for which it may be remembered
perhaps, with some degree OF graf
tude. The persistent letter-writer,
like Private Dalzell and Mr.. Dorse,
may in the future. as they stick .
cent postage-stamp on their letter
thank the Forty-seventh Congress 4
postage reduction. II the bill to pr
vent the importation OF adulterate
teas accomplishes what is expected
| it, it is possible that old ladies, as thu
sip superior article Of the cup whit
cheers and not inebriates, will BILE
the late Congress with great feryo
Whether it has done anything else I
which it il likely to be blest, j. extrem
" doubtful. Chicago 1iasss,