Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-01-01
BRO. GESGEB AGAIN.

EDITOR REVIEW: 1 think had better
write this time about the way our money goes.
First the Republican party gave nearly one
third Of the vacant land TO the railroad COM
panies to build the railways, and now the
people have to pay them as much again as
they ought to have had. They tell us they
are not making anything only interest on their
money. When they get the means from
the people to build the roads and they
get high freight to boss the peoples road.
The railroad company will finish the
o. & c. r. r. if they can get more land or
bonds from the Government. They are very
likely to get their ends accomplished this win
ter for Mitchell will help them and SO will the
other senator, but our friend in Congress will
pat for our rights Well will drop the rail-
roads and hit the funny business lick. The
expenses of our Government is carried on, on
a more expensive scale 10 what it used 10 b.;
ii only cost $4,000 year to pay Washington,
Jackson, Jefferson, and the men Of those days,
now they must have $50, 900 and all the officers
raised their own salerics without vote from
the voters, but because they are smart and can
do as they please, the voters will have to drop
parties and try to get men to do their business
for less money, the same as they used to and
not have so many officers. Some years ago
Mr.. Burkhead started little distilery to
make little apple jack and the officers kept
the road hot coming to see how much apple
jack he made; hero came one officer TO meas.
ure the distillery, and every few days came
another, all from Portland, and it cost the
Government four times as much as Burkhead
made apple-jack. Business would pay no.
thing toward the expense to Uncle Sans ex-
pense, but they kept up the expense, as long
as the distillery run. There is another set of
officers just like that, it is.the Signal Service,
it costs the people something like $4,000 per
annum just in Roseburg to keep up man TO
tell the railroad engineer how the wind blew
week afterwards. But this isn't the only
one Of the kind of fifth wheel 10 the wagon,
there are thousands Of the same kind Of pets,
But the times are good and those men can't
work very good SO it is all right. Now 1
will turn my attention to our county officers.
The first thing they did that was much out Of
the way was to buy such dear poor farm, it
nearly keep the poor without a farm They
could have gotten better farm for the poor
for 81, 900 and the balance left TO stock the
farm. want square deal by all men put in
Office and if they don't do square business
will chuck on them, we want the pledge car
ried out. Economy was the watch word and
l want it put in practice; if men do what they
agree to do then they are all right and If they
agree to do nothing, then do right between
man and man, they are better than if they
make good pledges and never fulfill them.
Come up to the scratch, do better than the
other party done or you will have TO 60 down
and out again. We don't want our business
half done like the $4,000 give to the lock
company and built the locks at the Willamette
falls and the company bossed the job, and then
tried to sell the locks TO the state for SEC, ,ooo
That company had good cal of cheek, but
the state Legislators did not buy the locks,
they thought it wouldn't do.
The taxpayers don't like to build bridge
for Josephine county. We had to build our
own bridge on the Umpqua ourselves but have
TO help build that one too. Our Senators and
Representatives should not have went in for
that bridge; it is another piece of funny bust
ness. Well it is all right the Senators of
Josephine county are too smart for the rest of
the Legislators, they got the cash and leave
us the empty Treasury. My letter is getting
too lengthy, I will close at this time.
N. B. amt certain that our Senators all
went for the Grants Pass bridge, but enough Of
the Legislators agreed 10 pay the cash by their
votes and 1t would be all right if they will do
it out Of their own purse. No more at
this time, will keep giving them more lip at
future time. G. w. GENGER.
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