The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-17

ials put on the free list and their own
'trust-made goods highly protected. 1t
is not my wish to make a tariff speech
just now, but want to say land with
due respect for all of my colleagues)
and in all candor and earnestness, that
the farming interests, and especially
the western industries, must be recog-
nized and treated fairly. The farmer
may be slow in exercising his rights,
but he is, however, intelligent enough
to know when he is being discriminat-
ed against.
Why should not our six million or
more farmers, who from last years
production added to our national
wealth $6,500,000,000, be entitled to
the same consideration that the peo-
pie in the cities receive. From IS to
40 per cent of our entire population
live ON farms, and produced last year
2,7OS 100000 bushels of corn, valued
at $1,216, 100000; 6S4,OO0,OOO bushels
of wheat. valued at $525 900 900; $685.
100000 worth of hay; $13S,OOO,OOO
worth of potatoes; $575,00O,OO in cot
ton. We raised 939,0OO,0O0 bushels of
oats, valued at 1882 ,00O,O0O $13S, OOO,-
900 worth of barley; $52,OOO,0OO worth
of sugar. cane and sugar beets. We
produce every year from six to nine
million pounds OF rice, and why are
we not entitled to the best mail serv-
ice that will enable the farmer to get
his market reports and papers prompt
ly. The farmers, as a class, are the
most intelligent people we have in
our entire country. Our ablest men,
men possessed of the strongest kind
of character, have been reared and
educated within the environments of
the farm.
The expenditures of the postal serv-
ice for the year 1905 are shown, by
items, in the following statement:
Transportation of mails on ...-.-...-
Compensation to post
compensation to clerks in -''f'''f-'V'
post-offices ............ 21,215,3O3.41
City free-dclivcry service. 20,919,O7S13
Rural free delivery ...... 2O.S19,94469
Railway mail service. sal
., aries -; .........,: go. 13,12O.155.7S
star routes ............. 1896, 59651
Railway post-offc car o'99S'D'
service 1880. ..:...... 5.5O9,O4465
Rent, light, and fuel for '''''l-''
first. second. and third
=, class post-offices go. 2,56s.57e7s
Compensation to assistant
pOstmasters at first and
ss ssTyss $500
Transportation of mails
$sF $$Ss@ sSEFs; s5sts5s Sc
MaMnufacturc of stamped
envelopes .............. S47.S93OS
Transportation of mails
>, on steamboats, .......:... 6S5.591.25
Transportation of mails,
ELECTRIC and cable cars. 521.s25.79
Pneumatic-tube Service... 355,41344
Manufacture of postage
stamps .....:.:......... 3S1.S41.G1
Mail bags, cord fasteners.
label cases. etc. :.:...:.. 335.437.97
Ealaries of post-office in
,spectors ...:............ 334.SS32S
Miscellaneous items at first
and second class offices. ,237,ss7.74
Wrapping Irvine ......... 2O3.201.16
envelopes -: :.......:.. 1e7,71s.76
Canceling machines ..... lS6,721.i9
Manufacture of postal
cards ....:............... 166.42O.29
more than year DID,. 164,S2O.91
Per diem allowance of post
Office inspectors ........ 164,SOO 90
Balance due foreign coun-
tries 134,S91.24
Transportation of mails,
-, special service .;....:.. 134.6s3.s7
Blanks, blank books, etc,
for. money,-o service 122.575.S7
Salaries of clerks and mis-