Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-10-09
"MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN" &c.

me average Wihu Ol inHn 1s not caPa-
BILE of grnsping the magnitude Of evil be-
ing practiced by those in high official
positi of trust. Little do we know OF
the carnal inwardness Of the mind of the
average man who We see every day.
Sometimes it takes years and even lille.
time before We learn to know them.
Are we not more liable then to be de.
ceived by those we know nothing about
personality Is il to be wondered at when
men are continued for long time in Office
they show some Of their true inwardness? ?
Go back into the night OF time where the
pages of history frat unfolds and carefully
trace each step of man up TO the present
time, and you will find the same tre.cher-
Gus and dsngeron. deposition. The poet
has Said, "Man's inhumanity to man has
caused countless millions to mourn.'
Then why should we wonder At it when
wrongs are unearthed and brought to light
in the doings of our servants? For my
own pnrt i am always prepared and never
doubt that which know nothing about.
Some rather interesting statistics with
regard to the cattle ranches of the west
are embodied in report Just issued by tho
United States Bureau of Statistics. The
size OF the interest shown by these official
s,atislics is calculated to take away the
breath. The most striking statement is
that the area IN which the cattle interest
regns supreme embraces 1865. 900 square
miles and is about A per cent. or litlle
less than one-hali of the United States,
and iH equal to Great Brilian and Ireland,
France, Germany, Denmark, Holland,
Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Ilay, Spain
and Portugal, and one-fifth of Russia In
Europe. Over 100000 cattle Craze on
the plains occupied by these ranges, and
theiI value reaches the total OF $500 000,-
600. But the report overlooks the equally
, important point that The capitalist and
corporations have grabbed The vast ma
jority OF this public domain by a perver-
sion Of the land laws, aud the almost
| equally important one ;hat they have
fenced in millions of acres 10 which they
have not - shadow Of title. There also
seem. to be failure Of the government
| officials TO note the fact thai il the Till
able portions OF this country were taken up
by ac,ual cnltivaiors instead OF herders It's
value would soon amount to $4,000, ,000,-
900. instead of 100000 000.
not appear to he towards looking very
sharply At the wrongs of this sysIem OF
land grabbing by the great capitalists, but
il appears AS II facts like these might di-
vert the attention Of land commissioners
| uI,a ks fran, Ia il arna.Ia lao.
,lera who bsve committed the crime OF
getting 4S0 acres of land apiece.
We "sk the many renders, why should
men 60 oul on the plains or into the i.si-
ness of the Rocky mountains aud there
watch and wait for n mail train loaded
with gold coin or bullion when they car
start a National hank, 90 on change, spec
ul~ie In stocks, get Government job AND
get the gold when il come in? fake fol
instance the road. from the Missouri I,
the Pacific coast over which the gold lad
en- mail cars run. The projectors. build
era, operators and managers OF the road
in qnesrion have absolutely stolen iron
the people more money than has beei
taken by brigands, higlwaymen aud pir
ates during The last lbonrand years. TLes,
methods were perhaps legal but they wsr,
no less dishonOrnile and in spirit crimina
than the acis Of the Jesse James ant
Younger brothers.
Tine Government gave the protector
aud builders Of these roads about loo, 900,
900 acres Of land. This gift was Ublaine,
by and through bribed and debauche,
Congress-in other words II was M delib
erately stolen M though II hnd been oh
iained al the muzzle OF loaded revolve
~ The hands OF u Jesse James. This Ian,
TO day il worth not le,s Than $500 900 000
The Government then gave them 0,000.
900 OF Government bonds with which I,
bniid and eqnip The road. IL took ont
about $50 900 600 TO do the work th
other $50 600 900 was pockeied--in othe
words, not politely speaking, stolen.
Besides all this the Government ha
paid interest on the donated bonds Till ilI
am ,uni now rnns M principle and inter
est 10 about Sl25, 900. 900. and the Govern
menls original first mortgage has bee
changed Ia a secoad mortgage. Thi
means, OF c0nrse, that the Governmen
will have TO wl,lsile for its pay.
Therefore the people have been c0oll
and viilianionsly Y robbed OF over S400, 900
900 in single transaction. We again re
peat that this sum Ia probably more iha
has been stolen b, the Jesse James, Die
Tnrpin. Dare Devil Dick and Sixtee
String Jack class Of highwaymen durin
J the lnsi thousand years.
, This is the difference between civillza
ton and semi-barbnrism. The civilize
syslem 10 the most genteel and esrisinl
the mosi effective. AA this contains abou
% 100000 acres OF land The holdings q
il,ese railroads IL about equal TO fou
States the s'ze of OHIO.
Bowling Green, Oct. 8, 1885.