Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-12-22
The Printing EStrayagance;Ag

s-., From the N. Y. Journal of CommsEekl
The House Of Representatives, hes again dehsd
public opinion by adopting the resolution to print
225 900 copies saeh Of the ARrcultufal Reports Of
1879 and 1873. There Is a deep mystery in the
persistence with which Uongress yearly peTpetrates
this folly and waste. It gives pleasure 10 no one
except those Interested in the Job OF printing, while
1t pains every .redectlRg citizen throughout the
country. The only possible value OF the Agrcul-
tural Reports in their annual form Is that which
they possess tor the farmers; and the farmers do
not need or care for them. Every farmer tskes
an agricultural paper, or paper with all agflcuf
tural column in 1t, and that supplies him lth all
the information he Reeds about his own business
The'ORly useful knowledge bound1Ip III the year
ly reports is that relating 10 the crops, all Of
which has been fullyrantcipated by the weekly or
ddly press. To the farmer it Is OF no moreserYce
than. last years almanac. The bulk OF the volume
u I1ade up OF speculative essays on fancy farming
| for which the the genuine farmer has thorough
contempt as well he may have, knowing that the
pursuance OF the closet methods OF agriculture
ttcads IN Hlne Out Of tsn-to failure and beg
g0Fy.s Thc best OF agricultural reports issued at
Washington is but food for laughter with the in
telllgent farmer aud rrg Congressman who tiAtters
himself that he eaa1Dpy or keep7Lh wVtes Of his
buCoc constituents at such acbeUp prat,sas The an.
nphl ssndiRg OF oRs,of t!Sess bookA lnakes IalE-
take IN his estima,r vi human nAtire or this fact
! the elder CongressEiua must now be pretty well
CONVINCED; and so the wonder grown why they 60
| on ordering tEe publication Ot 40OOOV books Whion
are OF no earthly godfto my one tsave only the
paper maLety) after ttey are printed And this is
stranger Ia an ever sines tie repes bnkiDg
bill; tOt nUw the Co0gr.ssmail " wha, would mail d
IpHbic ii0c uent stD hIs Inith tul tTIend DDobs a
Jerusalem CJoss-Tobds must pay tor that luxuTl
out Of his own pocket, In recent BrRole On this
1 subject We inferred 20 tbs vast aecanIute eon o
public d0eunatnss at the ca pito!. they are heap
cd nognlamhi!sh, walilng toz CehgressmenItO takt
them aFqi hld tASt6ftkf. afa1Hiely to Wait til
doofnsldys ithc sttt frsisffig rrvelego 4 re-sn
sESeam osAnG1sns.sSyCsf t;ms Y Ken tn,
up by volumes which asebOdy will take the trou
bls. 10 cast away, thA House Of Represedtative
shoul4 sanction the issue pt about bali million
Of additional hooks, piling a. Peloa upon the ex
sting O3sA. lbanHmbeRs WeTs peenuiarly inter
ester in.tHe j0b 81 printing tier sotloh' wouit
be nIcre feadtiy understood; b1F Wsiwonld not b.
50 djscopsteoRs as 10 hiake that insihuation Th
4 vote NJ interpreted by sOIae tO be the auant co
Tier of a re-enactmeht OF thee Thanking nuls auce
ia iaatisll- of which it kill ufnbabiy be sail
that the repeal OF the franking power has mad
no Fealsapn4 TOR thqRdg@pmadt. Senator SaT
gent, oil California, says that since tho abolition
Let the privilege tie gpYerRment has * bende
Ttl00,0 0,0OO FOR scafesto weigh mmIhbie mater, an
large nptOia spmayt0- send packages by expires
which formerly went by mail; and he potitiYel
states that il cDsta tha government more 10 seal
ter documents over the land now than it did !
'Te OLD ftauking days EIye. II, WIT Do arguet
fLhe frank might isslE hs EsihstSieds,is