The sun., 1900-10-02

u 1OrLy-IOur rOuIs6 anu 81 "PPt
on for the fiscal year which closed c
aT to its present magnificent pro- t
ms with the rural routes numbered t
e thousands and an appropriation r
rsO OOc. rntea for its further extern t
lent fiscal year, has i
Tit by the Mckinley r
~ Toaden the free deliv- {
,as started by Post
anamaker under the {
tration of Gen. Har-
form of village free
more an extension of
mailer communities than
~ to farmers, but limited as
pc and successful though 1t
reasing postal receipts and
cilities, it encountered Demo-
position. When Mr.. Cleveland
is Postmaster General fearing
popularizing Repsblican prin-
disseminating HCasalican lit
red it dropp%
Republicagor Golistraton
- d e<JOHN The idea OF
of Warmer, edu-
ing the value
For Liene Improvement
PHIJging the news of
weather SO as to Sc
,rice for his crops by |
Foimail to him ON his |
HEI.atic House of Rep |
idea was first
y the mails into the
For Aclared against it.
PURNhss, with Demo-
of Sla as chairman of
loffices and post
For plan impossible,
MAXI Postmaster Cen
N. Or General Wilson
si ostmaster General
For Insuld administration,
DIR. GEfof extravaganza and
xecution. Consequently
was done to give the
the mails until Cleve-
ice.
One of Assistant Postmaster
cred by S. Heath took up the
ware in nder the direction of the
from D,he Postmaster General in
s was languishing to the
i"ise o.suishment, and in a few
tertai' would have been starved to
large. Ir. Wanamaker's village de-
in ten official reports of the Post
temnt ment record that it was with
no,;t;lt President Mckinley and
om he entrusted the admins
IT. postal affairs, learned that
the tsuch q thing as an expert
thoseal free delivery mail service
to ess.
nat once grasped its possibilities
- ')cated it's immediate development
d Republican Congress generously
.onded their efforts. Under this vivi
ng touch, it has grown until there j:
t now a State in the Union that ha'
t felt the civilizing and educational in
ce of rural free mail delivery, ant
me that does not desire furthe
lsion of the service. On the 1st o
1900, there were 1900 rural ser
in actual operation and 1000 ap
lions for an extension of the system
Nocess of establishment by specia
p appointed for the purpose.
appropriations for the rural fire.
nay service have been increased fror
g,p in the fiscal year 1S91-9S to $50
jna, 1S9S-99. and then to S45O,000 l.
nho)O. and lastly to S1.750,000 70
in sent fiscal year 190O-01.
fore years experience has shown tina
sul-selected rural districts the mail
an, distributed to the domiciles of tn
Tssees or in boxes placed within re;
able distance of the farmers home
some cross roads or other convenier
,ot at a cost per piece not exceedin
,at of the free delivery in many of Il
ties of the United States. In the va
ajority of communities where it hi
zen tested, the rural free delivery Sc
ce has obtained so strong hold thi
iblic sentiment would not permit its di
,ntinuance. 1t has been a revolutio
|, revolutions do not move backward.
1t costs very little more than the o
colonial style of postal service which
and it invariably brings
arge and compensating increase i'll t
amount OF postal receipts turned into {
treasury. But even if it does cost mo
than the obsolete old plan, are not t
farmers entitled to some of the benef
Of the government which they help so Il
orally to support by their taxesP L
country can we'll afford to continue a
extend a system which makes better ci
zens and happier homes and contribut
largely to the mental, moral and mater
of all the people.
Rural free delivery of mail has col
to stay, and the Republican administ
ton which brought it into being will st
with 1t.
Trade Expansion in South Amerit
According to the Manufacturer,
present disturbances in China have e
phasizcd the necessity of American mi
ufacturers developing an outlet for tn
goods in Central and South Amer
above what they now control. Prod
ton has reached q point of deyelopm'
that manufacturers are seeking ev'
outlet for the production Of their mi
and works. Quite a number Of the lei
ing exporters are looking south for II
fields of enterprise. This is as it shoi
be. for the more goods that are manuf
tured and exported the greater the pr
perity and chance for wage workers
home.
Growth of Forcig.s Commerce.
Our Foreign commerce under Repui
can administration in 1900 was wol