St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-04-30

thick. South Carolina is fifty years
in advance Of the North in the hand
ling At this fence problem. New
York Times.
FREE DELIVERY OF COUN.
TRY NAIL.
EDITOR ST. TAxxAxr FARNxR:
Recently, the Press throughout
the country has occasionally re-
ferred to the desirability Of having
. "Free Delivery" VI mail in the
rural districts, and the Postmaster
General in his last message to Con-
gress recommends it, and states
that in small cities where It has
been tried, financially. it has prov
ed . success.
During this session Of congress,
bills have been introduced, in view
of the fact that the deficiency in
the Post Office Department is grow.
ing less, to reduce letter postage to
lone cent" basis. As this Is .
sign Of the increasing business pros
perity Of our country, We heartily
welcome it ; bat ~ the Treasury Of
the United States is not depend
ing on revenue received from that
source, then the question seems
more important how to increase
the efficiency Of the service. and
how to make the charges less for
performing such service. 1t would
seem that as until now, the inn
provement In the service has all
been made to the exclusive benefit
| Of our urban population. it is get
ting more than time that the far.
mer, the miner, (the bone and sin.
ne Of the country,) the real work
ers, the producers who yearly add
to their country's wealth, should
have some consideration, and
should not he obliged - they were
q century ago, to patiently trot to
the Cross-road Post Office after
their mail. no matter what the
weather is, the state Of their health
OF the pressure Of work. II they
want to hear from the outside world.
from the loved ones away from
home, . tramp to the Post Office is
necessary. The correspondence OF
the agriculturist or miner may per-
haps not be rs extensive rs that Of
the city resident, but to the Far
mer or Miner ssTHE LETTER" long
looked for may contain, and gen.
orally does. intelligence to him Of
vital importance. No doubt. the
majority Of yoar readers will re-
member cases where they or their
friends have missed important bus
mess engagements, aud in conse-
qaence have met with heavy losses,
and frequently lost their all, or
have failed to receive word from
their loved ones, during some
fatal illness, and were not able to
reach them in time to bid them
last farewell or render them much
needed assistance, owing to the fact
that ssTmE LETTER" remained in
the Post Office uncalled for, or in
the pocket Of some neighbor, wait
ing for "a chance" to be forward
ed.
Is it q wonder that the farmer
who, during the long winter hours
has so much leisure for seif-improv.
ment, for self-education. does not
avail himself Of It! 1t Is . wonder
that he is referred to by his ''city
cousins" as ''moss back, . greeny,
. hayseed," when ~ . matter Of
fact he might be the most enllght-
ened Of any class Of our population
The original expense Of . newspa-
per. periodical, or other literature
is trining compared with the inn
mense amount Of benefit derived
from it; often q single hint, . re-
ceipt, q suggestion, . word Of adj
vice is worth the subscription price
Of . dozen papers for q year, to say
nothing Of the general advantages
obtained in being kept posted In
regard to the markets Of the world
and the moral influence . good
newspaper has over . household.
Is It . wonder that the sons and
daughters OF the farmer are aching
for the time to come when they can
get away from the isolation Of farm
life and speed away to the cities,