Mower County transcript., 1904-04-13

straint, Of trade and fairness and Justice
then I'm. a liar and: no lawyer It's
just a fright to see. what low prices
cattle are marketed for now. But when
a farmer goes in to buy q piece Of meat
then he has to- pay.fives prices for it.
Sell for two and a half and buy it back,
for shilIfn'. I can't just 'figger the
rate of profit but it is linin' the pockets
of the trust at the expense of the far
mer. a. -
o . q ,;.s 3: .,* q ). =. II
l can't for the life of me see why con
gress don't get right down to business
and remedy the free homestead law SO
as to head off any further fraud in
stealin' our public lands. It's all right
for any man or woman who in good
faith goes onto piece e,of land to i'm
prove it and occupy it and make it a
home to get title to it but when it
comes to*puttin' on dummies by the
ten Thousand. for the big, orporations
to steal then it's high time to cut out
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all such. chances The biggest steal
today seems to be in the desert lands
which were not thought much Of until
lately whenit was discovered that irriga-
tion can make 'em blossom like Farmer
'Ben's onion patch. Spectators are
usin' every kind of pressure on con-
gress to delay until they get another
year or two at the gigantic steals and
meanwhile they're scoopin' in the pub
lie domain at the rate Of millions. Why,
l see that under the present scheme.
the millionaire thieves figger that be-
tween now, and Christmas they can
gobble lands worth half a billion dol
lars. All they ask is to be let alone.
I bet l wouldn't like to be a aacongress-
man and meet my constituency on this
tissue with record ofnot repealin' the
desert land a law and the commutin'
Eclause of the homestead act. twill be
hot for EN- to explain why they laid
down to the big money and land sharks
and deserted the interests Of the peo-
pie. 49, 4 s~.s +~.,= ...-& -,~ );
~" =: G%@=~@ o + t.. ?.
O, no, the merger didn't amount to
anything accordin' to the tell of the
T jim: Hill crowd that was "tightin
Vansantt all along and are now III the
Spush against Judge Collins. motifs
howsomever that since the supreme
court decision knockin' out the merger
Jim Hill is havin' all Kinds Of trouble
land is il. the, courts fghtin' for his grip
on'the Northern Pacifc:to hold the old
merger roads together. Meanwhile
I Hartman lis buttin' in to get posses
sion of the Northern Pacific and hitch
/ it up to his big system and if he gets4i
}you bet there'll be competition thai
completes. Some Of thelunys are givir
| it o1t that it would be q great catas
1 trophe of the: biggest Il dimensions ii
Hartman gets control away from in
Hill but I'll l@be jiggered if:I can Sc,
what differ it, makes and I'm willi1l' tt
take chances of real competition ant
Accommodations from q competin'. roat
rather tha,ln onlS Inerg lonl
Z as HIN llE!l III an.
hustlin I,E getEbas ness al ma please til
public there Wllsz goiin bette
service and no ore oI agre reeablea tfeatmen
andnice,fi Eeeqni pnentt and sliic,k ker#rates
But.cut out 4 COMP pet5ii,tio 90 and 70,
can take what The monopoly wants t,
Civ you OF leave lone and walk Q
take ia trip u With ox.ste cam to ghicag'
with our ffreii "a nobod,
mo- ependaHaltt mono poi
}. without tli, i eon1p si /.
Ipan'tforE the VI W Wwha
there IS about Bob ~Dunfn record as;
/ state auditor that there So much fus
made Of Ny paper says that audito
fIverson in the past twelve months aha
i collected over $50, O0Ot from trespasser
i on state lands and such while Bob Dun1
tine eight years collected 81 70, ,OoO, ,oratlth,
trate of not one half 80 much! hi cant
4 see what there is SO awful to brag Vi
I on. this. I tell you this whole braggin
I npSof what officials hav done when j,
! ! Ioffis is all wrong from the very sfounda
8 Ition q q like to- know what We elee
'en1s and pay ,emS big: wages for i
4 ANT for Just y the purpose Of seryin, u