The advocate., 1892-02-24

or mllllOnA1reb. 4nHG II INC SOVeGuLnon1
desires to invest e1OOOOO,OO0 in the enter
prise, ltmust OIOn the canal and run 1t in
the interest of the people" In my letter
to the BGnEer's Magazine September Is,
1891, used this language: "lhe people
of this great country have voted their
last subsidy to bulldup monopolies who
oppress them with the very gifts so gen.
erousIY bestowed. We believe hereafter
when the people furnish the means for
the construction of these great public
highways, they should own and control
them, and run them In the interests Of
the people. We have already built all
the great public highways to the Pacific
coast, and paid for them by taxation,
and they are now used to oppresS the
very people who made the donation, and
are pressing US to the wall with their
thieving rates of fares and freights, and
while we subsidize the steamships with
thousands of dollars every year, they en-
ter into combinations to rob the produc-
ers. The Pacific Mail, after receiving
subsidies from the government, receives
bribes from Huntington & Co., of $780,
600 year to keep up freights and fares
by sea. This amount, In addition to the
subsidies, we pay every year in the en-
HANGED price Of frelghts. This canal
would be great benefit to the Pacific
il two things were done, and only a
curse without them. The ownership Of
the canal by the people and the abolition
Of the tariff restrictions on the ports Of
the Pacific states. IL these two things are
not done 1t will make Victoria the large
sea port Of the Pacific coast and enrich
the British empire at our expense, and
the great merchants and manufacturers
Of San Francisco can have the privilege
of laying back and getting rich off each
other by trading jack-kniYes. No! you
may depend upon 1t, that the Farmers
Alliance will never assist In building up
any more private corporations to oppress
them. If It can be built upon the con-
ditions indicated, the Farmers Alliance
will give it their hearty support"
From these quotations from public
letters and documents, 1T is plain to be
seen where we stand. We don't intend
to go into partnership with any more prl-
vste corporations to build up the great
public highways Of commerce. Especially
when we furnish all the money, and the
private corporations get all the turkey.
This Is what made us 80 sick. We did
expect this tariff committee would at
least try to give US some relief, but as
soon as they are fairly under way, they
bring in their canal doctors, and after
examining the patient, feeling the pulse
they shake their heads. "Bad case, very
bad case, you are very sick" and pro
ceed to prescribe another dose Of govern.
ment bonds. l tell you, gentlemen, this
is what made US sick. The very thing
we complain Of, and we don't propose tC
take another dose Of the same medicine
even II we haveto change the doctors
Let us see how this partnership business
has worked where we have tried It. W.
went into partnership with Jay Gould
Sidney Dillon, Russell Sage and Oakel
Ames & Co., Of the Union Pacific rail
road. We furnished all the money Il
build the roads, and enough addiiona
In lands and bonds to make all Of then
mlllionalraa from thirty tn Ai0hty timel