The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-21

the iobbine trade, and then imagine its effect on
commerce. Why should the principle stop here
Why should not all corporations and business
houses be held in this same way? Why would
this not be good method for putting the re-
mainder of the people In comfortable circum-
stances at the expense OF those engaged In trade
We see no reason why it should not be tried SO
long as it is found advisable to adopt such q
course toward railways. In fact we would look
siderable interest.
Now my dear Mr.. Bachelor, let us
ask you if you were aware that the
Iowa railroads paid one million dol
lars more net returns under the gran
ger laws than under the previous con-
dition? You certainly we're not. Al
so, were you aware that the average
cost of the Iowa roads is about
$4,000 to the mile-that even by
sworn statements many OF them bond
up only to $14,OOO-and yet that
they are stocked and bonded for
from 80 to $4,000 to the mile
on the average?
Certainly you are aware that one
eighth OF the state was given to them.
Did you ever see one of these western
roads? No? Well, examine one of
them-all OF them.
However that may be, will you
kindly take up the Senate Report,
Interstate Commerce Committee, and
look up Iowa commencement Gov.
Bross' statements Illinois), and if it
shall appear that either the roads
west of the Mississippi have been
making millionaires by a suction pro-
cess or else east of the river they
have been doing business at an
enormous loss-then you certainly
will not condemn the granger for
kicking in the high key.
Then, again, Bro. B., do you really
: suppose the United States Courts are
so unrighteously and ridiculously un-
just in Iowa? Why in Iowa?
The fact is, the railroads were not
accustomed to meet the unpurchas-
able element living in Iowa. In New
York they had bought legislatures,
as per Mr.. Gould-in- Washington; in
the country atlarge they had bought
everything from a brief to a National
Legislature, as per the Cotton cor
respondence; in Minnesota they buy
up their legislatures in gangs of
twenty, each coterie OF lawbuilders
having their own agent for the pur-
pose of the traffic; in Illinois they try
all methods and succeed in all-the
fact is, they donotlike to be snubbed
by an Iowa hayseed!
Mr. B., just as soon as we get the
other 800 alliances in Minnesota, to
make the even thousand, we're going
to do as much worse" than Iowa as
ira is "worse" than your own mis-
~ stench-lost common
: cradle, rotre.4, - - -,
wealth, where pea-n.. -.
buy your legislature and sell it 90
again at profit, on one pint OF
the ground-nuts.
Come up, Mr.. B., come up here, and
we'll show you the corpse OF agricul-
ture-fung across the grade OF 3d.
400 to-the-mile railway. Said Ry.
does not own a car or a wheelbarrow.
It is 70 miles long. 1t is bonded,
stocked and acred to the tune of
over S., 500, OOO-or the magnificent
debt OF sos, 900 to the mile OF bare
track and then the interest on
the county bonus bonds alone pays
every dollar of ope1 ating expenses to
I run it's trains-and leaves an unused
| balance. True, Mr. B., before God.
You know what a contractors grad
j ing prism is? Well, come and view
4 400 miles, straight deal, OF a railroad
II grade having an even grade-prism
/ OF II cub. yds per lineal foot and so
to 65 fb-pr-yd rails-and see if you
can squeeze $500 mile out of the
ii average $4,000 charged up against
the grangers? Then consider that
the original $500 is also charged
up against the grangers-and see il
INyou can find any visible cause for
dividends on the stock itself.
Now you are too far off to Judge
kIPrince de Vanderbilt issued his $47,.
ROOO, 900 in extra-dry water in one
lday to you'uns-but you live in New
York and don't know when you are
nirated-and careless than you know
ahout it. But most of the western
Farmers are respectable people, an6
bad rather work than steal.
non,t Worry over the matter