The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 25, 1883, Page 6

The Gou!d Usurpations. Times. The action brought int he supreme court of Kansas to forfeit the charter of the Kansas Pacific railway com- pany because its management has passed into the control of a corpora- tion organized in another state, states a much less aggravating case than that which might be made against the Gou'd syndicate in this state. There has been committed the ot- fense charged in Kansas against sovereignty of the state, and also di- rect and specific violation of the con-_ stitution of the state and the laws made in pursuance thereot. It is provided in section 78g ot the revised statutes of Missouri, that no consolidation of any railroad com- pany or companies shali be lawful, except where, by such consolidation, t continuous line of road is secured, running in the whole or in the main nt same general direction; and | hat it shall not be lawful for such roads to consolidate in whole or in part where by so doing it will de- prive the public of the benefit of} competition between them, and_ in | case any such railroad companies shall consolidate or attempt to con- solidate their roads contrary to the provisions of this article, such con- solidation shall be void. and any person or party aggrieved, whether stock-holder or not, may bring action igainst them inthe circuit court of :ny county through which such road may pass, which court shall have jurisdiction in the case, and power to restrain by injunction or other- wise. Not only theretore 1s the question ed in Kansas against railroad ns usurpations an open one in this state, subject to adjudication in the same that brought have tram- kind of action as in Kansas, but positive statutes here been set at naught and pled upon by the Gould syndicate. The consolidation of the Missouri Pacific and the Missouri, Kansas and ‘Texas several years >was in all probability obnoxious to the general principles of law enunciated by. the action brought in our sister state. | Doubtless the further practic! con- solidation of the Iron Mountain with the same interest was also a substan- tial violation of the same general laws. But when the railroad king came to Kansas City and laid his hands on a voad built expressly for competition with the Missour: Pacif- ic, he committed an act of usurpation which in other days would have cost ther kings their heads. | With her three independent trunk lines betweea St. Lours and Kansas City the state had provided for such competition as would her citizens from a monopoly of the car- protect rying trade between the two most important points inthe state. The completion of the Missouri Pacific to this pomt soon after the war, was hailed with hardly less delight than the completion of a parallel and com- peting hne on the north side of the river. The rivalry of the two roads was ample guaranty to the state of first-class service and reasonable rates city was remorseless- Kansas City, has The arch enemy of this ferengn power in our state, moved from one usurpation to anoth- which affects er until no enterpr rce of t state 1s. sat the without first submitting to t pay- ment of tribute to the Gould syndi- cate gr accomodating itself to the de- mands of the Gould interests. « It will go on unless the people of reaching the the state find some way ot their recreant officials, and, like people of Kansas, of bringing usurpers before the courts to answer for their lawless deeds. The Creamery. From iton Advocate. ; As stated, Saturday Mr. | met a tew of the citizens at the court house ana gaye talk con Creamery: explaining its operations in full and making a statement ot the contract they would make with those Smiley them a | who might conclude to take hold of | the matter, which, in substance is about this. Thev put up the building, fit it up with all the to propose machinery necessary to make butter: also an ice house, for the sum of $5,500. This sum 1s to be paid them whem when the building is completed and ready for operation. He then asks that stock to the amount of $6.500 be subscribed, twenty shares of which were to be given to Messrs. Hoit & Hall. These gentlemen are to furnish, at the expense of the company, a com- petent man to take charge of the butter making and, a route man, or in other words, a man to trayel around the country to gather up the cream. As these two positions re- quire men of experience it is of course to the interest o! the company to have only such men employed. Messrs. Holt & Hall are also to have charge of the sale of the butter. ‘Lhe proposition is certainly a fa- vorable one. Mr. Smiley claims that the tion of the building and pk: the mount asked for construc- cing the machinery therem barely covers the cost; in fact, it could not be for that sum through any contractor in this region. Tiheir profits are to come through the stock they hold in the business, which, as is seen, is a mixority of the stock, the manage- ment being under the control of the whom a majority stock holders of are citizens. That there is money in it as an investment is evident trom the fact th are hz gentlemen canveassi it these g the state tor the erection upon of these institutions the same proposed at this place. It there is money in it to them as stock holders, merely, then it must be so terms to other stockholders. Aside ing 1 choose to avail portunity. from this it creates a pay- farmers who yusiness themselves of this op- It pays them better than raismg any farm product with much The paid for cream is 16 cents per gauge, Cans are furnished the tarmer, having a - E ?€ss expense. average price a little less than half a gallon. glass strip affixed marked to gauges for the transportation of persons and property. To make still more certain those adyantages, the legislature in 1870 passed the amended law quoted above, and for eight years immunity trom the dreaded possibilities monopoly ot the carrying trade be- tween the two cities was secured, with exception of the damage wrought by temporary pools. | Like ail prudent usurpers, the gob- | bler king before whose sceptre the | State government of Missour: is “*wont’’ to bow, began upon the weak—took the little narrow guage and destroyed that point which he hated most, and meeting with no complaint from the state govern- ent, after waiting ample time to give it a thorough test, laid the hand ot further usurpation upon the Pa- cific’s principal rival and crushed within his iron grasp its power of competition. of a When later still the other compa- } nies whose roads have sought Kan. s City essayed to bmld the “Belt Line” and to lay off within its iron boundary a territory tor the capital commercial metropolis of the west the same hand new ws ber to have the works r | and parts of gauges, so that the exact quantity is seen at a glance. Credit is given when the can is he same time 1s furnished with a memorandum, so that at the end of thirty days he knows just what is due him and col- lects ordingly. It will be seen that the transactions are fair and and above board. The proposition is so square and emptied, the farmer att gentlemen have no trouble to locate choose to select. Its value as an in- vestment and its great value in ot} respects to any place where it be located 1s so apparent it only has to be explained to be accepted. The necessary steps are now being take in this is expected by the middle of may city to secure the stock and Octo- op- | eration. county com rnia have passed i resol ng impeach- ussioners extended, Enea ies : | of French history. done | the investment so good that these | | | Creameries at whatever point they | | develop t macl t eof ama nwear- Phry ing laure! lai 1 im her cap, of peace, while hand the « her lett rests upon Id inserit } “The Rights ot M Around this figure are gro viberty, a bronze Equality lion guar ot universal suff events ican people of | Paris greeted it with tetes and huz- | zas, and there is no reason to re still str that the Reput Poe F le. bi sarts af the Fre people, but an impression is abroad amoung the statesmen of other nations that it is | nearing dangerous breakers. It has | had to carry the enormous load of | debt imposed upon France by the | | and the Second Franco-Prussian war It has been compelled Empre. army. maintain a x ways a menace toa Republic. To} meet these exhausting drains upon i the recources or the country, and to+ } al ex- | lay a new foundation for natior pansion and future it been compelled to enter upon a co- lonial acquisition that has aroused the jealousy of neighboring nations. | This course should be a guarantee that and yearn- | ing tor enlargement will not relief, has national necessity be at their expense or by encroachment | upon them, but thev refuse to take that ot it. The acquisition of Tunis angered Italy and enabled Bismarck to form the anti-Gallican allianceof Germany, Austriz Italy. England was compensated with Egypt, but1is now evidently | ready to assume a hostile attitude to- | yards the operations of France in Tonquin and Madagascar. English Papers are pointing with alarm to the view a and strength ot the French navy, and the British ministry show a disposition to take the most serious and exagger- ated view of every rumor about the conduct of the French officers wards the British ships and su to- | on the coast of Madagascar. It 1s evidently the policy of the Re- public to keep peace with near neigh- bors by finding an outlet in Asia and Africa and colonial enterprise, and if they tor French commerce are wise her neighbors will encourage rather than thwart that policy. The loss of vast colomial possessions con- tributed greatly to the overthrow of the Bourbons and the establishment of the first Republ If Europe now combines to for? Frenc id quisiuon in other parts of the world, ac- the pentup energy of France may r tor the acquisi- and she about again explode in wi: tion ot adjacent territory, another Napoleon the time that old Bismarck and Von Moltke pass trom the stage of action. Peace has been the practice ot the Repubhe so tar, and is still its motto. Wher. the the nations of European cabinets, talls by Republic it willbe succeeded by another mili- tary monarch and another era of | European wars. The New York Star of Saturday NEW STABLE, on the subject of ” last bas an editor the renomination of the ‘old ticket, The Vamman be igniticance. the Democracy, and is said to trolled, it not owned, by John Kelly. That paper in the course ot a long article says ‘The tate of the party hes in the hands of its leaders. It in their judgement, as well as in that of the triends of Mr. Tilden, itis the best and wisest and safest policy to place which 1s full of Star is the organ of con- once more in the field the ticket whi vas tnumphantly elected in! + no Democrat a right to ob- « * * * * « con-} dividual ambitions | cv, through their! ational conven- ale Oppos nere been fore it means: Gtass, Queer Subscribe F*or The iii a ro a= 10, B. LEWIS, THE Boss Liveryman > OPERA HOUSE are New ww uggies itea and His Teams Fresh and hischarges are reasonable. CALL AND SEE HIM. BUTLER $125 PER ANNUM. ACADEMY, September 3d, 1883 Ronee aes THE LARGEST PAPER PRINTED IN THE COUNTY. J. M. NAYLOR, or L. B. ALLISON. jmocratic atall "Fimes. Grocery House OF CALL AND SUBSCRIBE, ©. DENNEY at ‘bem well known and popular — stand on the East side of the } square, are leading the GROCERY TRADE IN se BUTLER. ct | = - > yrs AQ WTS tetramers |OUR JOB DEPARTMENT’ eed Flour and the best | qualiy of Staple and} a Fancy Grocerve ware and Cotiery. | ARE Al THE: LESS EXPENS i city, anp rpetitionss Produce Vises aan erelore d 1 Wedding Card Receipt to : og ATLY, €HEAPLY AND QUICKLY.