The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-15

was carefully distributed and attended,
and gave us the South Carolina rice
which today is the finest in the world
When William G.. Rives was minister
to France in 1858, he states that in the
rooms Of the Royal Agricultural society
he saw The prize plow of Thomas JET
ferson, which had received u medal
from that society while be was minis
ter to France I he democratic party
has always been peculiarly devoted to
the farming interests of this country,
and has derived its largest support
from that source. 1t has never been
the party of the capitalist and the rich
the speople on whom at last the pros
perity of the country must rest.
Now comes an administration which
l assisted in getting into power and
deliberately attacks that interest. The
first thing the secretary of agriculture
did was to involve himself in most
unfortunate controversy with the agri-
cultural associations of tine United
States when he talked about the walk
ing delegates, and had in the newspa-
pers a controversy with some of the
leading farmers of the county. After
the epresident had denounced congress as
demagogues who we're using the tax
money of the people to popularize
themselves at home, the secretary of
agriculture felt himself called upon to
continue the assault until it has culmi-
mated now in the striking down against
the intention af congress and outside of
the law in my judgment, the objects
which we had in view when we appro-
priated $3.50, 900 for the purchase and
distribution Of seeds.
But the secretary shields himself be-
hind the plea of economy. He claims
that he has saved S1,350,000 to the
people of this country in his admins
tration, of which $3.50, 900 for seeds
turned back into the treasury cunsti-
tutes a part. 1 am not here to assail
economy in public affairs, but | must
express my regret that the economy Of
the secretary commenced against farm
ers, when there was such fragrant
abuses in the way of extravagance all
around him and before him which
would have commanded or should have
commanded the attention of even an
unobserying man.
It is most remarkable that the secre-
sarv of agriculture has not one word of
Aenditure of nearly
10 a, foreign syn
.,7,.Ss.. k,IrIt, x1Id stand
ard IN tbjs co1a! :: 49, : ~ ,u-
,sbino tb., he has never been al,le 10
see the enormous expenditure. the
profiioate expenditure in the way of
public printing. The basement of the
csnitoI and the upper rooms of the
can,tol and all the spare rooms in the
vicinity have been taken IN by storing
worthless volumes, printed from year
To year. for which there can be no pos
slble use to any human being.
rod.v wa had almost +. pestilence
t.o ,ha ro,,;n n,,ar in this ca,s,o,.
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slalis''cs' Ae' '"e s'sa"'"' '"'e''ees.o.
the secretary OF agricu'ture mas never
been tnrned to This. lie wouid not
shield himself. nor could he shield him
self by pretending that it did not come
witb;n his Immediate inrisdiciion.
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hour W no"' ue mas son0 o"'S1e VIZ
duties Oh MS department III oruer "
perform gratsitousiy the lunceions
placed upon other cabinet officers. He
has been secretary of the treasury prac-
tically, and has flooded this country
with namnhIets and interyiews and
snooohos da,o,,o;no the silver lnnat;cs
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stahuaru is aosoiu'e'y heoess"'S " 'Io
prosperity OF the country.
But let us look further at the ques-
ton of economy. He overlooked other
made for his denart-
-, hn, o,r,oL ON, the s1so ooo annro-
rr;a,;on Gov the farmers find from,
~ ~onort of tho saere,arv of exnandi-
~. .n - :, ,he agc;c,i,nroI danort-
aot Co.. tho vsar 1905 tbat 60 5s7 on
,roa avnonded nnon the conservatories
ass ,ro,,,do of the oarionl,u,ol donort-
"ant Eor 1907 we find for the botanica,
aar,isn cog sos ~. for the nronaoatino
9ardan for 1897 60 600. for the Gardens
Of the aoricnltnral denartment in 1897
imnroving the lawns and for trees wafer
oona tic Iohor etc eos ooo ON agore-
- 70 a. COO ~ For The focoI .oor
1,o SSo1 ,Ua we Ga Cor nnhtc narSs in wash.
;uo.on a,nna on astiroota ne GO, COO ond