The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-06-12
COMMUNICATION.
EDrToR Sun:

/ OnO AaSb VIII 10 Ithukty ICCOShlLOo
that the Railway of to-day has takeR
the place of the wagon road as the
channel Of commerce and intercourse.
II found to benefit the common
wealth on the whole, such change
should benefit all parts alike, and not
tear down one part TO build up an.
other, nor bestow favors and adj
vantages which enable certain in
divtduals OIL communities to suddenly
amasS enormous wealth, by the de-
structiOn of other wealth, the over
throw of other business, or the
serious Infringement of the CONNER
cial rights and privileges of other
individuals.
We are far from Understanding
the incalculathe good which has come
Ito this generation through the
modern Railway. 1t has wonderfully
developed every material resourse
and quickened every industry. 1t
has brought the producers of Texas
and California into more intimate
relations with the consumer of New
York and London. than would have
Geen possible TO the producers of
Western New York State q century
! ago.
1t has called into being by its own
necessities. rolling mills, foundries
and machine shops, such as otherwise
would never have been dreamed of.
1t has compelled the development of
iron and coal mines and mining
machinery, until our miners put to
shame the genie and the gnomes.
1t has built homes and cities in the
trackless wilderness, brought the
good and Ill of modern life into all
rural neighborhoods, and made even
the Great American Desert" to
blossom as the rose.
ALI this and more! more! very
much more!
And yet strange to say, it is fair
question whether we would not be
:, better off without one mile of Rail.
way in all one land.
AS we have seen in former paper,
it b as demanded the exercise of one
of the highest functions of Govern.
ment in it's creation, and as we shall
try to make clear in your next issue
by your forbearanee, it has disturbed
the just relation of competing dealers
and manufacturers, and the distribu-
tiOn of profits which were somewhat
equitable, and mercilesslY trampling
under foot every principle of COM
mercial justice, has enriched the
rich by destroying the poor.
For evidence that it has debauched
the innocencytD of maiden legis-
lators We do not have to go from
home, nor search the records of the
past. 1t is written on the last page
of the history of our state, with the
shameless effrOntery Of a Tweed.
Not content with violating the Eve
| like purity of beardless youth it in.
vades legislative halls, and, ladened
with the spolls of robbery and infamy
Keeling with tntemperance, seething
with social iniquity, it would stifle
the las sob of Liberty with the hand
of violence. and Place the acknow
! lodged teois of its own designs in
highest fields of political power
Were there left to freedom, the un
tramelled exercise of the Judicial
function, hope would still be ours
but when justice is not supplantet
by the fawning appointments Of ;
Subserventand sycophantic executive
anxious for reelection, then courts
are boldly defied, and summons anC
writ treated with lofty contempt.
Is there adequate compensation TO
| all this in material prosperity! Ha
t the nation which has voluntaril,
surrendered its commerce into tn
: hands of an arbitrary and irrsepon
3 Sible power. gained anything to max,
l good the loss of personal independ
/ ence and confidence in public equit,
| of its common people! We thinl
that in Republic these losses, i
( complete would be irreparable ant
l they are fast approaching consuma
; ton. GOADsT1CK.