The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-09
Portage, Winsebago 4 Superior

Portage, Winsebago 4 Superior
Railway Company, 7s5 100 acres.
To those styling themselves the
Lake superio: Il Mississippi Rail
way Company. S2S, 5Si acrsa.
To those styling themselves the
Sioux City & st. Paul Railway Com
pany, 3Sl 1852 acres.
To those styling themselves the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail
way Company, 32i Ola acres.
To those styling themselves the
Burlington Il Missouri River Rail
road Company, 1873 $50 acres.
To those styling themselves the
New Orleans, Baton Rouge & Vieks-
burg Railway Company, G79,2s7
acres.
To those styling themselves the
Memphis d Little Rock Railroad
Company, 100, 532 acres.
To those styling themselves the
Des Monies Navigation and Rail
road Company, SOS, 1882 acres.
To those styling themselves the
Hastings, Minnesota & Red River
Railway Company, 3l2,7 40 acres.
To those styling themselves the
St. Joseph & Denver City Railway
Company, 4G2 ,573 acres.
To those styling themselves the
California Il Oregon Railway Com
pany, $500 900 acres.
To those styling themselves the
Oregon Central Railway Company,
400, 900 acres.
To those styling themselves the
Atlantic Il Pacific Railway Com
pany, 100000 acres.
Making total acreage of land
thus given by Congress to these peo-
pie styling themselves corporations
of 1877 500 ,697 acres.
During this period of selfish legis-
lation in the United States there has
been given to these railway compa-
MES, land in area the equivalent of
the following States of the Union:
West Virginia, Connecticut, Mary
land, Massachusetts, New Hamp-
shire, New Jersey, Vermont, Penn
sylvania, Chic, Indiana and Ken
lucky, while the humblest citizen in
the republic has been compelled to
pay the government in cash for its
lands.
And the government has further
guaranteed for these same associa-
tons of individuals over 500 200, OOC
of interest bearing bonds of the gov.
eminent to aid them in their individ.
ual investments, without conditions
or limitations that would protect the
citizens and settlers or result IN
compromising advantages. A single
one of these individuals thus bene
flied by this selfish legislation has
recently boosted that he was worth
500, 100000.
For a special class Of men styling
themselves bankers Congress hal
enacted laws by which these mel
are furnished money without any
charge for the use thereof, or with
out any other charge except the cos
for printing the same. which THU
special class havo used to their Owl
advantage to enrich themselves by
tens of millions of dollars-a Law
which the poorer people, the many
COulu uOJ tdho advantage VI q Ia '
which by nature of its operation
could result only to the special ben
} eft of single selfish class for who's
benefit it was intended.
At the instigation of the none.
, changers and money dealers, Con
| gress has demonetized silver, one o
the metals on which the people ha'
} heretofore, since the foundation o
: the republic, relied as primary an
full legal tender money, and lef
, gold only legally recognized none
= of final payment: Resulting in
\ fall of prices that has destroyed tn
4. profits of manufacturers and pre-
g ducers, bankrupting hundreds Q
: thousands of the people, causing tn
confiscation of billions of dollar
e worth of property in the liquidatio
: of debts, widespread distress an
suffering, and making tens of thor
Q sands of useful citizens homeless
d wanderers and beggars in the lant
all this benefting only a speci.
g class-the money dealers-by eau
7, ing them to come into the possessio
of the property of the people an
6 most of the wealth of the Republic