Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 8, 1881, Page 2

i | TR —— e THE TOILS OF MAMMON. A Merciless Octopus Whose Ten- tacles Spread Over Nevada, Stagnating the Comme:cial Activi'y of the People. The OCentral Pucific's Boody Path Thr_ugh the Sierras. Conclusion of Congressman Dag- got's Great Spoech From Con resslonal It February HOW THE CENTIAL PACIFIC WAS RUILT Nor can the necessity of securing u fair return for the money invested by the Central Pacific railroad owner he urged in explanation of their extraor dinary charges. When they hegan the construction of the road they paid taxes in the aggrecate on property of all kinds amounting to less than 8150,- 000. To-day their railroad property alone, with the indebtedness standing against it deducted, is valued by them at the enormous sum of over one hun dred and eighty-six million _dollars But it cannot be shown that they ever advanced money cnough from their own pockets to build a smgle line of the road The bonds of the govern- ment and the subsidics and gifts of the people were more than suflicient to build and s the road entire. The original incorporators paid in 10 per cent. on £1,000 a mile for one hundred and fifteen miles, the estima- ted distance from Sacramento to the Nevada line. Twelve hundred and fifcy shares of stock were subscribed at £100 per share, of which Mossrs, Stanford, Huntinglon, Hopkms and Crocker took six hundred shares. Assuming, however, that they ad- vanced the required 10 per cent. on all the shares subscriboed, and their original investment did not exceed 212,600 all told. On this small in- vestment the gentlemen have done well— 80 w fact, that in 1877 President Stanford reported the pro perty of the Central Pacific to he worth $187,003,680.66, while Mr. Crocker, president of the Southern Pacific, valued the property of that road at 8110, 011.98, making the total valuation of 8302,863,602.G4. The indebtodness of the Central Pac fic was given by Mr. Stanford at $85,- 391,350.64, and the indebtedness of the Southern Pacific was placed by Mr. Crocker at £30,415,332.95, mak- ing the total ind ness of the two roads £115,806,683 H9. The account then stood a3 follow @ Value of the vroper y of both roads The ind roads £ 02,808,202 64 edness of hoth & - 115,806,683 69 Assets over lia il ties #1806, Independently of the United States bonds loaned to the Central Pacific, the gifts to the two roads amount to $01,011,280, according to the execu- tive ofticers. The net earmings of the o, w 1 od by 1 Lot not the provisions of the bill misunderstood. Tt speaks not of niles, but of distanc 1 providcs imply that car-loads of the sam " passing over inter lasses of freights tate roads shall be subjected t \arges no greater for a shorter than for & longer distance—not charges per mi I repeat, but in the aggre rate, without respect to miles This bill does not go fat enough but it will answer for the present as a ompromise between unchecked dis erimination and complete restraint, wd railroad owners will do well if they accept it. It embodies but a part of the true principle of railroad g, which is that cl s for carriage should be the same per mile for the same classes of freights, irrespective of distance, with a reasonable allow ance for handling freights when car. ried less than a certain number of mile Congross created the Union and Central Pacific railrond companies, and has thereby made the govern ment a party to their acts. Itis by the authority of their charters that for ten years thi have exacted double 1ates in - Nevada, and through the patronage of congress they have been enabled to violate the laws of trade and set at defiance the decencies of intercourse. Vainly may we look for reliof in competition; in appeals for merey; in popular or individual protest. ~ The strong arm of that pow er alone which has rendercd this 1ail- tyranny possible, must now be stretehed forth either to carb or erush it PUBLIC RAILROADS ARE NOT PRIVATE FROPERTY, 1 shall not consume much time in discussing the constitutional aspects of this most important of questions in referring to the relations between the railroad corporations and the political powers under which, and subject to which, they hold alike their being and their hfe. The decisions of the highest tribunals in the land, as well as the reasor able suggestions of com- mon senge, warrant us in assuming without further question that corpor- ations existing by virtue of sp grants aro entitled to privileges' just &0 long, and 8o long only, as they subserve the special purposes for which they vere created Their rosds aro public highways, and not private property, and ae such aro as logitimately subject to the re- straints of legislation as are toll-roads or private bridges, for the u of which tolls are exacted. The roll- ing stock is theirs ; the rails and ties are theirs; the depots are theirs, to rent, sell or give away ; | ut the high- ways they have constructed through condemned private property and oyer the legal thoroughfares of the land can never ceaso to be the property of the public, for they become the estate of all through o scrifice of privato rights. This is a sacrifico which the and neither in its name nor by its authority can this prerogative be transferred, cither dircetly or indi- rectly, to others. - Y The few who contend that rauiosds THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY., DaCEMBER | 1881, vesive an well as defensive alliand railro, orporations of the cour representing a capital of over lion dollars, and a tour thousand v rule controlled by lo hut con cienc 4 men, hav n ceded to a commercial and political power as omuiponeut in tome of the states of this union aa it is dangerou to them all With this menace rs and good go 1904, justices upon th openly justifying their usurpati it has become the questioned auty ot congress—a duty so plain that it secms % mo that no member ean safely dis- gard it, unlets he i helmeted nst his own conscience—to put an end to the encroachments of the overshadowing combinations, whose armis are steel, like the tentacles of the devil-fish, are taking a continent to their yast embrace, And when should this dnty be per formed? Not next year but this; not to-morrow, but to-da We should not sleep until this gigantic power, growing bolder with its success, shall have pinioned the arms of authority and stifled the voice of legislation. We are unshackled now, and may be able to do what the future might be powerless to accomplish. Therefore, let us act—act at once— and not leave tome who may be less resolute, and to events which may be less propitious, the performance of a duty already too long neglected and plainly ours, al rights | wnd rith CONCLUSION. Itis in no spirit of personal un- friendliness to the managers of the Union and Central Pacific railrond companies that 1 have made this showing of their misdemeanors. 1 have simply told a part of the simple story of the people of one of the states of this union whose burdens havo be- come well-nigh unendurable; and the humility of o great grief I am here kneeling at the feot of legislation and imploring that relief fora brave and patient people which I believe tho manhood and magnanimity of thirty- cight Christian commonwealths will not deny. Hope on, Hope Ever Nomatter what the nilment may he, rheuma ism, neurulg a, lameness, asihina, br.n f other tr atment have fa “hope on! go at ance for THOMAS' Tric Ok, [t will recure you immediate relief, eodlw GLENWOOD, IOWA. Correspondence of Trr Ber, Grexwoon, Towa, December 6. — At Pacific Junction we turn our backs upon the “Big Muddy,” and facine the rising sun, find it four miles to Glenwood, the county seat of Mills county. Located in a fine tract of native timber, that stretches away to tho northward and southward, it is 100 05| state alono can command for its uses, | abundantly supplied with wood for fuel; and as we approach in the valley of Keg Creok, and look up the slopes, and along the hill tops where, in many places, modern styles of archi- roads are reported at $75,000,000. In | are private property, and as such bo- | tecutro peep out from the natural reality they have been much larger,|yond the control of legislation, at-|timber growth, and beautiful dwell- as their expense, | ke their construc: | tempt to sustain themseives with the |; tion accounts, have afforded large [assumption that, admitting the right margins of profits to their managers | of the law-making power, to regulate in other capacities. railvoad rates, there would thon be ngs or public buildings stand out in bold view on the summit of some modest little hill. We think of early A part ur the wealth of these rail- | nothing to prevent railroad corpora-| Rome, that ‘“stood on seven hills,” road geutlemen two years ago con- aisted of 54,000,000 of watered stock of the Central Pacific, and $36,000,- 000 of Southern Pacific, tions from being legislated into bank- ruptoy, , These railroad gentlemen are driv- being anaver- | ing their tent-pins on high altitudes. age of (‘!H,OOOLOO() in stock, which Tt has been mamtained by the su- cost them o uly the price of printing, | prome court, and properly, that if a |souls. and upon which they are* mpollins | stato possossed tho right’ to tax the the public tojpay them8 per cent yearly | socurities of the general government, in dividen 13, 4 then might it be taxed out of exist- The Southern Pnific has bean con- | ence by state conspiracy This posi- in bonds per mile, and charge such nually 8 per cent and 6 per cent on the bonds. But, inviting as the subjcct may be, it is not my purposs to inquire into the methods by which the owners of the Central Pacific have ncquired their stupendous wealth, T have de- sirodjonly to show that their extortions are as unnccessary as they are un- grateful and dishonest. WHAT THE PEOPLE OF NEVADA WANT. In relation to excessive charges and discriminations in Novada-and I have not deemed it necessary to go beyond—1I have presented facts which in no essential particulur will be denied. 1 have i i rates and _instructions W these merciless charges, together with receipted bills showing that they have been collected. I haveshown that in- stead of advancing the industries of the state, the railronds are sitting like an incubus upon the breast of enter prise and dwarfing the encigios of the people with the paralysis of their # almost boundless impositions; that for every dollar they ot logitimately | for services performed they oxtort another in addition in the form of ¢' rges for services never rendered; te ¢ their discriminations extend to individuals as well as to communities, and that their favor frequently de- citl's who shall succeed and who fail w o asiness; that with a full knowl ed; of this werchants along the line of Licie raad, fearing the ponalties they have 0 often seen mety tell in whispers of the rates they | and nesitate to exhibit theie recerptod railroad bills, And in connection with those facts and statements I now make the asser- tion, based upon a reasonublc esti- mate, that during the past ten years the Union end Central Pacific railroad companies have insolently uud with- -sutexplanation taken from the pockets of the people of Nevada 30,000,000 in gold more than they were justly un&lled to, and for the collection of which they have had no authority more respectable in the cyes of fair- minded men than that of *‘stand and deliver’ All . wat the people of Nevada ask is that cheir freights from New York Chicago, or St. Louis muy be deli ered from two hundred and flity to seven hundred miles cast of the Gol den Gate at San Franci rates from the same points, Is this unreasona ble? They are willing to pay for hun- dreds of miles of carriage which their freig' + never receive, but, m the nawe f humanity, they implore that they 1. ay be relieved of the additional burden of way rates back. The Reagan bill will give them this wpelief, = After the showing that 1 haye | thore was but one :structed and paid for from the earn- |tion is based upon the theor f singsfof the Central Pacific,yet thejown- | a A e e ors issiie 860,000 i1 stook and 840,000 | central supreme und indestructible authority. Do our rail- rond autoorats claim ex- rates as will enable them to collect an- | emption from legislative control on the ground that they too occupy a lofty plane beyond its constitutional reach! From their acts this presump- tion is reasonable. But the illustra- tion 18 unfortunate, since it suggests the other extreme of unbridled rail- voud liconse. Say it were possible to logislato railronds into bankruptey—a presumption too absurd to be seriously entertained - what, on the other hand, would there bo to prevent railrond corporations, if_unrestrained by legis- lation, from taxing communities and individuals to the very verge of ruin! The answer to this is, that competi- tion may be relied upon to prevent 1| excossive charges. True, whero there 18 competition rates are usually satis- tactory; but instead of competing with each other railroads have fallen into the more profitable habit of miaking u combined assault upon the public by aggreeing upon rates and dividing the plunder Hence, even where competition s possible it cannot be depended upon for the mainten ance of reasonablo rates, But com petition is not always possiole, and where not, what are the peoplo to rely upon then’ There are but fow prac- ticable railroad passes through the Sierra N mountains, What if I'his would ren der compoetition umpossible, and ena blo the overland roads connceting at vh in charges, unless legislation, the ent wofits of our coutinental commerce, whercas they now content them- selves with about two-thirds, I spoke a moment ago of the pur poses of logislation in granting special priyileges to railvoad corporations — of the considerations urged in warrant of the concession of unusual franchises, trampling to some extent upon personal rights, These considerations are public convenience and increased commer- cial facilities between communities, and whenever a corporation fails to confer these benefits, its contract with the state fulls equitably if not legally void, and its chartered ‘rights, forfeit- ed by every suggestion of fair deal- ing, revert to the people. Railroads not only fail to benefit but wantonly injure communitics when they dis- oriminate against them, and by the uct their charters are annulled and f Yt [and ‘surgeon, who again invests in their corporate privileges cease. their provisions, We might in jus tice do more, Tu strict r OB BAILROADS WILL CONTROL SLATION, With s we cannot take away these violated charters, we can at’ least compel a better observance of the spirit of gard to our obligations we cannot possibly do lese, LEGISLATION MUST CONTROL BAILROADS, and wonder what race of people once lived here, and what a thousand years may yet record of this growiog, active young city of perhups three thousand On every sidel we find the “foot- prints” of the Mound Builders, and by the kindness of Mr. Seth Dean, county surveyor, who, by the way, is at present the chief archaelogist and weather reporter of the county, we were shown his fine collection of rel- ics, tools, dishes, petrifactions, etc., cluding parts of the remains of the mastodon found in this county. The Mormons were the founders of tho present town, they having located here about the time they scattered from Nauvoo, and the place was called Coonville after a prominent settler by the name of Coon, and at- tained some notice through the efforts of Dr. Ehsha Kent Kane, the cele- brated Arctic explorer, who, about thirty-five years ago, is said to have spent some time in Council Bluffs, thon callea Kaneville, and the location of the government gun shop. A detachment ot Gen Harney's cav- elry near Coonville discovered five barrels cf whiskey secreted in or near the creek by clandestine Indian traders, which gave the name of Fine- bagrel Creek, and aftewards the pres- ent cognomen of Keg Creek. In 1853 Coonville was made the county seat by act of assembly, and three or four yoars after, it was incorpcrated as Glenwood. The first house was built in 1818, At present the fine brick high school building stands out to the north on a hill top, and the asylum for feeble minded children presents its imposivg brick front ona hillto the south, whilo the Dbrick court nouse has stood twenty five years in the publicsquarconacentral elevation, while all around the brick buildings are growing fast. T'wo large | brick hotels wie nearly tinished, (and the town sadly needs hotels at pres- ent), tive boautiful and well attended brick churches, wholo blocks nearly of brick stores, halls, printig houses, &e., speak plainly of what 14 soon to be a brick town,” Tho contract has just been let for the erection of a five or six thousand dollar creamery with a capacity of twonty-five hundred pounds per day. The Journsl is giving o very inde- pendent little damly to the burgers, and it is expected that Brother Luf- kin of The Opinion will soon open out s daily . for a time, and theso with the satisfaction of a good telo- phone arcangement, literary societies, and the entertainments at the beauti- ful brick opera hall, seem to give the average citizen more than enongh. Among the leaders in the trades and professions wo find W, H. Par- sons, M. D., homeopathic physician Tue Bee and finds time to read it, uotwithstanding Lis large practice. M. G. Edwards is certainly one of the popular druggists of the county, while C. H. Dyer is beyond doubt one of the leaders in the ery trade, Henry Bartel, tailor, clings instine- tively to Tue Weeky Bee, C. H. Towslee, the prince of bakers, and confectioners, always hes a kind south side, has built up & large trade n general merchandise and reads Tie Bre Dr. O, W. Archibold is the most ponnlar niil 1 o ths menager of the asylum jor feeble minded children, an institution noble in 1ts eonception, worthy the strongest support and the pride of the cultivated citizen 1. 8. Hunt & Co., of the seuthenst cor r vide awake, energetic dealers, o husiness operations wake up the life-blood of a town. BUekeye, The Historian's Relative. Norti UsioN “SHAKERs,"” \ EVELAND, O., Feb, 23, 1880. | H. 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SWIFT SPECIFIC 0O, Props Atla Price of regular size reduced to $1 75 pe o Small s ze, holding half the quantisy, pre $1.00 Sold by KENNARD & €0, community of interest! word for the representatives of this and Druggists G enerally Hio Wil flud, “on anaiysis 100 bottles | 6,00 Gorypian are the best mechanics that can be S. P. MORSE & CO. 13197 Farnham Street. Within the next sixty days we expect to occupy our new store at 1315 and 1317 Farnham street, adjoining our present stand, with a [stock of DI'Y (00ds Urequalled in the West, NOT SURPASSED IN THE EAST, Preparatory to moving we ofter our entire stock at a great sacrifice. Study caretully the prices we quote, bear in mind that we buy all goods for cash, do the largest strictly retail dry goods business between Chicagoand Sanfrancisco, and aim to give our customers the benefit of all the low prices and extra cash discounts given us by manufacturers and importers. BLANKETS, HOSIERY, DRESS G00DS, UNDERWEAR, VELVETS, PLUSHES, SILKS, CASHMERES, CLOAKS, RIBBONS, FLANNELS. FLANNELS! BLANKETS! COMFORTS! We have purchased five bales of a very fine and heavy red twill Flannel, full 20 inches wide, and are closing them out at 50c. a_yard. They are fully equal to any ever shown before for G0c. to 25 piece! e! i wostern Shirting Flannel at 373c., usuaily eold for 45y et il DL LI Our Blanket Stock is the largest in Omaha, and as our prices will show is by fi v ! t § r a, prices will show is by far th cheapest wo ever offored. 100 Pairs 104 White Blankets 8150, worth $2.50. 100 Pairs 104 Whito Blankets $2.00, worth $3.00, 60 11-4 White Blanket §2.50 Pair. - 60 10-4 White Blankets 88,60 Pair. 60 11-4 Whito Blankets $4.50 Pair. The Best £5.00 Blankets in the West, 50 Pairs Extra Heayy all Wool Blankots §6.50. 50 Pairs 12-4 Extra Heavy Blankets 87.00. 50 Pairs 11-4 all Wool Blankets £8.50. An Extra Large San Jose, California, Blanket for $10.00, The Very Best Bargain in Omaha In Colored Blankets we have reduced our $6.00 Blankets to $5.00. Wo recommend this particular Blanket on account of size (being 6x7 feet,) weight and texture, as being the very cheapest ever ehown here. GREAT SAT.Fi OF D RHEHSS GOODSI For the next fifteen days we propose to gna,ugura.te five leadeng prices in dress goods 256 Cents, 50 Cents, 85 Cents and $1.50. At 25 cents Dress Goods that sold for 35 cents and 40 cents. At 50 cents Dress Goods that sold for 75 cents and $1.00. At 85 cents Dre s Goods that sold for $1.25 and $1.50. At $1.50 Dress Goods that sold for $2.25 and $2.50. GREAT SALE OF BLACK CASHMERES! At 50 cents a Black Cashmere usually sold for 75 cents. At 70 cents a Black Cashmere usually sold for 90 cents. At 80 ceats a Black Cashmere usually sold for $1.00. At $1.00 a Black Cashmere usually sold for $1.25. HOUSEKEEPING DEPARTMENT ! We are here showing an elegant line of Cream, White, Old Gold and other new colors in TABLE CLOTHS AND NAPKINS IN SETS And recommend them for HOLIDAY PRESHENTS. We are daily opening novelties in Fancy Goods, Handkerchief, and aim to show more than our usual assortment MEN'S SOX, SHIRTS, UNDERWEAR. 200 Dozen Seamless Fancy British Sox 360, 25 Dozen Men's Fine all Wool Scarlet Half Hose 50c, a Pair fully Worth 75, 35 Dozen Fine English Merino Hose 86c., 8 for $1.00. Seam- lesss Unbleached Sox $3.00 doz, Extra Fine Unbleached Sox $2.50 doz Best Quality Linen Collars 81,50 doz. Best Quality Linen Cuffy $2.50 doz. Another Invoice of Men's Pigua Sawn, Stitched back Derby Strect loves $1,35 pair, nsually sold at $2.00 to $2.50 Every Pair War- ranted not to Break. Heavy Merino Shirts or Drawers 26c, Heavy Merino Shirts or Drawers 50c., worth 755, Hoavy Merino Shirts or Drawers 75c, worth $1.00. Heavy Merino Shirts or Drawers $1.00, worth $1.25, For $1.25 Woe sell a very heavy Patemt Merino Shirt or Drawer that has heretofore sold for $1.50. S. P. MORSH & CO., 1319 Farnham Street. CHAS. McDONALD’S Emporium of Fashion! 1<08 FFARNIEIANM ST. We respectfully request the attention of the Ladies of Nebraska to the announcement of the arrival of the largest and most recherche invoice of Fur Linéd Promenade Wraps; Silk, Plush and Embroid- ered Matelaise Dolman’s ever imported west of the Missouri. DIAGONALS AND ARABIAN CLOTH SUITINGS! FRENCH FLANNELS AND CHINA SILKS | Trimmed Elaborately with every Shade of Plush, Satin, Velvet Passementerie. Suits and Costumes in Innumerable Varieties. WRAPS AND SUITS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION TO ORDER ON SHORT NOTICE. Plain and Embroidered Dressing Sacques, CLOAKS FROM $5.00 TO $150.00. SUPERIO 10 ALL OTHERS In ‘Convenience, DURABILITY, ECONOMY ——AND— HAWKEYE d PLAINING MILL CO., SOV Des Moines, lowa, Manufacturers of S8ASH, DOORS, BLINDS, / A ..V BRACKETS, MOULDINGS, &C. 4 Great reduction in Bavk Counters, Plans tur: | nished, and work furnishod in all kinds of hard or soft wood. Counters finished in ol when de- ‘ GENERAL CONSTRUCTION BUY == BEST] —~SOLD BY— Lang & Fotick sired. Shelving of all kinds furnished and put into Luilding ready for paint on short notice procured, Save mouey by giviug us your con racts. Stairs, Newels and Balusters. Our foreman i partment was formorly with Frost Manufacturing ©o, ! Chicago, Tlla , and has done some of the fnest Stair work in the Northwest. Orders by mall promutly attended to. «%0 m