The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-01-04
A Congressional Agent Of Monopoly

A Congressional Agent of Monopoly
Congressman Morse, Of Boston, has
introduced bill to repeal the Inter.
State Commerce law. He says that he
believes the law is unrepublican, un-
democratic, and unAmerican. 1t has
deprecated the value of stocks and
bonds with no compensating benefit to
the Republic. He believes that the
prosperity OF this country is largely due
to the free acton Of tree people IN
their own way without the control Of
the government. He believes the law
is mistake and the prosperity and
welfare Of the people would be greater
without it than they are with it.
There is freshness and impudence
about these declarations that are irritat.
ing in the extreme. Morse represents
a constituency that has grown rich and
saucy "by the free action Of free peo-
pie in their own way" They have
been SO everlastingly free in their own
way that they have nearly ,rodden the
freedom Of the balance of US out OF
sight. Their freedom has consisted in
bleeding the West unmerciful ly. They
have kindly loaned us their money at
an exerbitant interest, and although
We acknowledge that we needed their
cash, they played the Shylock in great
shape and got their pound OF flesh
every time. 1t was an enjoyable sea-
son of freedom in cultured Boston
while they were living sumptuuusly
upon the, sweat of our bruws, but out
here it WIS nip and tuck between free
dom and bondage. They have helped
to water our railroad stocks. and with
their pockets stuffed full OF these wat.
cred evidences of rank fraud were en-
joying the free action OF free people
in their own way with such result as
that which followed the boys stoning
the frogs-lt was fun for them but
death to us; and when the Interstate
commerce law somewhat limited the
enormous income of the roads and
made it impossible to pay the usual
dividends upon the rea! stock and the
dead loads Of bogus stock, they conclud-
ed the law was un.American.
Morse does not know what American.
ism Is, or, knowing it, states what he
knows to be false. He had better
read the Declaration of Independence
which declares that every man has an
equal. natural right to the pursuit of
wealth and happiness. What we in the
West are complaining Of is that Boston
culture and Boston greed have denied
US this right. Boston has been plaster
ing US with its blistering, exhausting
greed for quarter of century. 1t
furnished the man who engineered the
Credit Mobilier fraud, and it has been
sticking its fingers in our pie until we
have concluded that if this country is
to be prosperous there must be free
action of free people outside of Bos-
ton.
Judge Cooley practically says that
Morse is defender ola robbery, for
he words Of the chairman OF the Inter-
State Commerce commission are these,
speaking of railroad bonds: 'eMost OF
these securities are yet far above their
intrinsic value and not until they come
down to their proper level can the
country or the people prosper" Judge.
Cooley knows what the trouble is and
what he is talking abont. He knows
that the lite must be crushed out Of
this watered stock now held. in great
blocks by Morsc's constituency But
Morse does not want it done. He wants
to have the privilege of gcbbllng ali
the money our Western farmers can
earn, to pay dividends upon the water
ed stock held by Bostonians. Well
Morse and his people must grin and
bear their misfortune, for the Inter-
State commerce law will not be re-
pealed this week or next. The West
will have something to say about that,
and it may dawn upon the mind of the
honorable Bostonian that the West is a
considerable portion Of this great
country.-W Rural.
We areprepared to do all kinds o,
JOB Printing