The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-26

Dul tney would Sell their stuff at a less
figure under the new change than they
do under older conditions. The deduc-
ton is in every way tenable If shistorv
viii but continue TO repeat itself. There
is another phase all important in itself.
and one that cuts broad swath from
start to finish, i. e., The farming class
would every year demand lower and
lower rates, enormously believing all
the while that lower rates would bene
mt them and the government would in
turn accede to their demands. mas
much as it would come UP in politics
and the dominant party in power
would truckle and cater to the sit
uaton, that they might perpetuate their
reign - that's politics the world over
Again, what of the million EMPLOYEES
dependent upon the roads for a liveli-
hood? Where would they be at?
Would they be in it? Oh, yes In it
could not shake off-one that would put
on every brow the stamp of serfd ON in
very earnest. Salaries would be scaled
down to minimum. EMPLOYEES
would be clad in United States uni
forms purchased where government
officials so designated. For campaign
purposes assessments would be levied
on every United States railway man
and with the same precision and reg
tai department in its method of Lowing
tribute. Position would be wholly depen-
dent on politics, and promptness in
paying tribute when so levied. When
the burden became too heavy as we'll
as obnoxious in time, you railroad men
would-strike? No, you wouldn't!
You would continue bearing it right
along until an untimely grave opened
and gathered you in, or else you would
crn 70 Tr@1 % I@@t@
dition. There would be no strike. You
have already been given a taste Of
what government would do when you
attempt to right matters that in your
conception need adjusting, and do YOU
wish to more firmly rivet the chs ms
about you? You wouldn't have any
grievance committees to confer with
the officers and adjust schedules and
fix up constructive mileage. You
wouldn't fix UP anything-your Uncle
Samuel would do it ALL and the great
est leader among you darn't say ''boo."
And even though you might once in a
while manage to get the nineteenth
assistant inspector general to take up
some matter for you, long before it
would get around and be passed. upon
in all the different eighteen depart
ments in order to get to the first in
spector generall you would be so old
and decrepit that the outcome would'n
make much difference to you. Again,
political preferment would go. and
only the man with a pull could hope
to get in vocation he was fitted by
long and dangerous practice to adorn. /
L could go on for an hour telling you
of solid reasons why government con-
troll of the roads would be pernicious
in the extreme, and any one of then,
would weigh more than ali those of the
other side, when Jumped together.
While I'm a Democrat, I am frank to
say that rather than see that condition
come upon us now, and perpetuating
its reign, I would rather see the party
turned down. There-thats the kind of !
Democrat and American citizen I am
and home before party, with |
it's abuses.
RECENT. LABOR TROUBLES.
Every man will consider that the |
"outs' are continually arraigning the |
GINS for any and every adverse con-
dition that may exist and in so doing
they appeal to the prejudice largely. |
They also take every advantage of I
those who are not of a.,studious and |
reading turn Of mind, many of whom |
are so placed that they cannot help it.
much so, that they don't know
more than to eat, sleep, and |
wake up to show their ignorance.
Happily, though, the latter class is
growing steadily fewer and fewer ev-
cry year. Republicans and Populists i
tell you the Democrats are responsible
for 'hard times" Great heavens!
Didn't the present conditions come
right upon the heels Of the party that
slid out of power? Did the Democrats
enact any legislation that in one fell
swoop closed down the mines and
banks all through the west? Did mt !,
he Republican party demonetize sill =
-er in 1873? But they now tell us that 4
t was all done through mistake, and
f put in power again they will give us
L free coinage biil-save the mark! !
That's a direct bid for power-no mis- Il
ake-and judging from the fact that
hey refused to pass such a bill when
offered them years after their mis- {.