Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-15
NOT OUR FARM TALK"
On Congress Communion Of Agrlcul-
ture-Cattle DiseaSe-WoOl and Clip
pings.

On Congress Communion of Agrlc III
ture-Cattle DiseaSe-WoOl and clip
pings
Ben Farley Poore writes two or more
columns of farm talk every week for the
american CttltiuatOr. His talk in the
last number is entirely taken up with
the work of Congress. He says Con-
gress has adjourned without any special
legislation for the benefit of agricul-
ture. The CultirdtOr is not in any sense
a political paper, but aims to work for
theinterests of the farmer, regardless of
any party affiliations, and hopes that
none of the present Representatives
will be reelected this fall. Poore, in
his farm talk says:
Representatives from rural districts
| have gone to their homes to tell their
| constituents how much they think OF
those who cultivate the soil, and how
| anxious they are to receive their votes
for reelection. Yet during the long
session extending over more than eight
months, Just concluded, when an abun-
| dance of bills have been passed upon al
most every conceivable subject, the two
bills in which the farmers of the land
took q deep interest, remain Enacted
upon. minated some weeks since
that il was doubtful whether the bill
increasing the Importance of the De-
partment of Agriculture would become
q law, but did think that the bill to
protect the domestic animals against
contagious diseases would be enacted.
1t is of far more impOrtanceto the coun-
try, and of greater pecuniary interest,
than the proposed reduction of taxes or
of tariff duties. 1t was passed by the
House, and Mr.. Williams, of Kentucky,
worked hard. to bring it before the Sem
ate.
DISCUSSION OF CATTLE DISEASE BILL.
IN CONGRESS then gives the dis
cuSsion on this bill, which comes very
appropriate at this time, in view of the
new cattle disease breaking out in the
Panhandle, and other sections. PooRE
has been Washington correspondent
of Eastern papers for years, and knows
what he is talking about. He closes his
Congressional report as follows:
BY the time the debate ha0 reached
this point, Senators began to get impa-
tient, and Mr.. Williams found that he
must yield the floor. Before sitting
down, however, he fired a farewell shot
by saying that If there was constitu-
tional question involved, if there was a
question involving the interests of the
banks, if there was question involv-
ing the interests of railroads, or ofbond-
holders, they would find advocates on
the floor of the Senate who would be
permitted to discuss them. But it APP
reared to him that the farmers had but
few friends in Congress. He thought
that we have too many Of these great
lawyers and great financiers, so called,
on the floors of Congress. He wished
We had more practical, sensible people,
and fewer lawyers. We ought, per-
haps, to have some lawyers, but not all.
When law question comes up or there
Is a discussion of the rules, they all
make speeches, but when the Senate is
asked for an appropriation to protect an
interest valued az Sl2,OOO,0OO, $4,000
cannot be appropriated. He found it
impossible to get vote on the bill.
The above is certainly pertinent. The
great agricultural class should be better