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Show VI :HH; M 4YKKsllll'. A g rd mD (fnod man who art a)f thoriMi.il.ijr potJ on pollMcil aflttln fafur iha aialualva ownenhlp ut rilln adt ty iha goTrrnmant, Aa a parly t tint-1 we dn not cam in dltniM tha malUr, but onntiffrail In th llf(hl of a puiular pro, otltloti wa bare a fw iiif Kfiimnt in oflrr, Tiiatutil Taluatlon ut Iha railway of t lie rountry with Ihnlr atteo lanl mlilnit alofh. Hrouuita aui bulMin M, Utility U'tm,mt whk Thla i)iloial um, whu h iha impartfol Intvlla t of mau lo it bit Ntf cftim t laln lu tH would Htbur hav lo Ita paid or Iha K"rinnt!il wjuIJ hafa lo raorl lo c nflirtioo lo ITct vhanRt of uwi.rmhlp. Hurtdy noon it ai lot lo all taiiM of laical rUhtf, lu jr notlilun of .oji.rreto Jim Hi p, aa ta aVrn U Wlllh'R for tbe lattrr plan In t9 rtMurtfd l'it h I aion to ail v rmta i; wMiivrvf jra luro to Iha fir lion of urrhao, aud tha fltii thiutt tiiMt tuifuatit lttf In luub ouiiiiaotlni), ai In all Imllar cai la aa to whra tha m n-j li to eiue Irt iu. Tha tiaOou i dtrply In dht and grown k iniewhal droj-er ratliar than tiiltaf-wlo, tiiltaf-wlo, and Iha lum namid rai rmuli IU total luooroa for an aulira itaoaJc; iattda it Im kpt k'Iiik and hatdf Iha whola of lit rnourara lo do It, Iravlnii a im-ll deficit In ha carried over al Ilia and of aaeli fliral year ba-Idaf. ba-Idaf. Hu,rltrlT lb Madecuuld Dot be bought kitd piid lor out of currant r-auurrea. r-auurrea. ItarrowltiR bai haroma ft fro qticnl raairt with unt but wbai ouuM uoh an am . unt or any con.i.lt-rnhir (art ul II ba obtained lu tbla waT Ni nallon under tha mu la poMed nf any rt.il fraction of It In mrirehle mouay; Imleed, weierlouily quaalion If ail of i hum o mbhid oould roUa It, aod If they cwuld they wuuld out varr to let II o aven lo ai good ft dwbt-pajar dwbt-pajar aa tbe United Hiale ! ami ba alwaya been. We might Itsue a pupular loao, wh oh wouid ba popular for ft vary ahort time only, lor au aooa fta the p..p!e Imrued that they ware only emtrlbutlug toward tba oreal.ua of Luge mountain of debt, lh prluolpil aud Interest of which ihay nuil pay even while ea teulhly reoalTlog luierait thttn tba "popularity" ol tbaacheme would 1 collapea Ilka prlctteil bubble; h-hln, I only llllle of Iha needed amount I would b raliad under auy auch olr cuintlanoaa. The engraving bureau might ba al to work night and day and In the ouuraa of lima Imub enough flat money 1. a.t paper not buad on ooln or valuer of any kind to fqual tha figure named; but auppoee tha rail road people rerueed lo take aucn leeuea for Ibalr properly a uturediv tbey would. otHBlug irom a nation wholly and bopeltaily bankrupt aa thla one would I-a under auob eirvuiuNltuooe tbun whatT The purrhaia eoheme Would undoubtedly, If carried out at all, have to ba done by piecemeal, une road al lime; by tine nieaue the guTrnuieai would ImniedUlety bM couie a rival In butloria tu iu Mti. me a, and, holding Iha aupretue power within Ha baud, o -uld plaoeauoh clil-iv clil-iv in at a dlaadvautaga by varloue meeui wbleb auy guvarumeut In. Totted with too much authority It prone lo. Another thing: Tha gorarniuent, which practically aontlrued nieaue lh aduilultlralloa, lu full and complete ownerthlp of all railway tyattmi In tbr country aud controlling all the hi. ployea thereof, would la able to iuc-reed iuc-reed llaalf Indellnilely, or at If a.t dr-clda dr-clda at to who ahould aucoted It. The vatt army of man who llvebyjrall-road llvebyjrall-road aervloe are ao dlalrlbuted throughout the land that, ttH Ing t(iiiiier aa ihay onuhl lie made to do I y or I ere frmu head' luartfrr, they would oonttltulu a h-l-ance of iower whli.h would awlnv every dt-ubtlul ttate and many mnrf Into line for whoma war end whaiav-r tbe admluUtrailoii taw fir. li iniin nut do thla, but It llmre any ca.,i tvt. able cUai of people wli j wuiild v tre tc try the tiaiiuatuut exvrliueut of pine Ing withlu Iba bnda of the ruling forret at WaiMnglon auy tuoh alrut-lag alrut-lag Inoreate of .owei? Wa tboul bu not. There are yet other objtollone to (be propotillou, luohat the revenue whio . theoountlua inriuuh which rallwy. ptai derive therelrom, thla beluga vi ry Imp rum Item lu the n-wui ataiat parikuUrly; but eoougu hat been laid for tne prvN?nt. |
