Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29

lis no effort to improve the service ft,l
country people," and on the ,sames day
Mr.. Loud, chairman of the House com.
mittee on postofces and postroads, said
in the course of the debate: e Is
The increase in the appropriations for the
I star route service during the last four years
has arisen from the fact that money was
taken from that service and devoted to reg
In other words. while you gentlemen from
the country have been persistently increas
Ing appropriations for the star route service
large cities. 81 r. ~ :. -
| In fact, the amount thus diverted dur
| ing the last fiscal year was $67O,OOO,
whereas the increase in the appropria-
ton for country mail service was, only
$5OO,OOO; so that notwithstanding the
successful efforts of the friends. Of the
farmers to secure an appropriation to
better his mail service, there was actual
" less money spent on that service titan
before, because the Democratic admins
tratlon OF the postofice depa rtment used
elsewhere, as it has in previous years,
the. money specifically appropriated, for
the Improvement of country mail seryEe..
Ibis is in striking contrast with the
Republican administration of the post
Office department. Mr.. Wanamaker Sc
cured appropriations for experiments in
free mail delivery in villages and he
faithfully expended these appropriations.
In communication: to the Senate he
stated that after making an allowance
equal to the previous average annual
increase. of the business Of the Offices it
was found that the increase of the bust
ness OF the Offices due to the free daily
delivery had more, than paid for that
delivery: In some cases the profit from
free. delivery was quite large. In New
canaan, Conn, for example, the village
in which free daily delivery was first In
tIoduced, and in which the experin epts
Pre- conducted for five years., the aver
age annual income of the, Office Vas
$500. A business that yields an average
annual profit of 1914 per cent, part Of
the period being time of panic and de-
preston, is a good business indeed; Yet
the present administration Of the post
office department has discontinued the
free delivery in the villages in which it
was esta blished by Mr.. Wanamaker.
,tIhe results from experiments in vii
lagos indicated, as Mr.. Wanamaker fore.
saw that they would, the practicability
of free daily delivery to farmers; aIpd
he secured from the Fifty-second Cdh-
gress an appropriation for experiments
in free mail delivery to farmers, and an
appropriation for this purpose was made
by the Fifty-third Congress at both
sessions. The language of the xappro-
Priations was mandatory, but both Mr.
Bissell and Mr.. Wilson have refused to
expends these. appropriations The mail
has become a: very important factor in
the prosperity, welfare and enjoyment
Republican and Democratic administra-
tons toward rural mail service and the
efforts made to improve it, the farmer
will find excellent aid in deciding for
which party to vote.
Who Forfcits Land Grants9
For some years the farmers of the
country have been demanding that the
grants of lands to aid in the construction
of certain railroads, should be declared
forfeited where the conditions of the
grants had not been complied with. The
Republican in both branches since the
demands for the annulment of these
grants had been made-at it's first ses-
sion enacted law
That there is hereby forfeited to the
United States, and the United States hereby
fore granted to any state or to any corpora
ton to aid in the construction of railroad
opposite to and coterminous with the por
s ssa q, Mhish s1ss
Of the public domain
This law should have much weigh
with the farmer in determining wha
ticket he will vote, for, aside from re
storing considerable areas to the publ
domain to the profit of the national treas
ury, it showed that q Republican Con
gress did not fear to enact righteous law:
for the people and against some Of the
most powerful corporations in the, coun
ency to trusts and corporations of the
Democratic Congress that we have had
since.
who Opened Foreign Markets?
For some years certain European ma
tions-one of which, at least, while
preaching free trade, practiced the pro-
lection Of certain farm products 10 the
extent Of prohibitory DEGREES had ex-
cluded our animal products and live ami
mails for their markets or had subjected
them to vexatious and Notwithstanding
regulations, because it was alleged, they
were frequently unwhOlesome OF dis
eased. Our farmers we're Well aware
that this allegation was an untruthful
subterfuge, and they demanded such in
spection of our slaughtered animals and
live animals offered for export that for
among OUR animals as justification for
excluding those products Of our farms
from their markets. Everyone familiar
with our live stock interests, knows that
this was a matter of great moment to
them. The Fifty-frst Congress, that did
so much for the farmer, made meat in
spectien laws that fully met the wishes
Of our stock-raisers, and that, being
faithfully administered by Secretary
Rusk, accomplished all that was expect
ed of them It is unfortunate that by
his own utterances and actions tho pres
ent secretary Of agriculture should have
shown different attitude toward those
wise laws. In determining which ticket
he shall vote, the farmer will certainly
compare the department. Of agriculture
under Secretary Rusk with it under his
successor, who began his career as sec
rotary of agriculture by insulting organ
lied farmers, and who has made the
truly remarkable record Of not missing
even one opportunity to show, along with
his total lack of sympathy with farmers,
not only his complete ignorance of our
agricultural interests, but either an utter
incapacity or completely successful in
disposition to learn.
| 16 to 1 Not Wanted. -,
The currency plank of the Chicago
platform certainly does not express the
sentiments of the National Grange; and
at its last annual meeting, in Atlanta,
Ga, October 1915, 1895, the Farmers
| National congress voted down all of the
/ Is to 1 free silver coinage resolutions
lnrpsontef1 and 0doDted resolutions IL