The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-26

ga - -lEET @%fHAt4 AFaEk&
, 10. =. {n~r.a~. their salaries for fae
-, sr.~os4 that u.s., Thousand
a11t.-E an oat support The dignity uG
- ,,st,t... th.,- ar chosen - M
80 :. go. ain ,leu, but What
~. -. tf,. in WASH
IL ~ +bauSand + Hta.
,.,n8r ,r.,vB5et = fE-
go ~ - r,rfi~.a. btit sports
4 49,. al n-ls4~rr. /.
tba, undertake ta live like million
aires. are more f4stidious and harder
IL please than old-time Democrat.
ca,sri.- were not increased bcctu-
Senators and Representatives We
Going to bed hunCrN. but that knt
might haze more t. spend In luNd.
Z. riouS living. AMI ia a continual rouNfI
81 those costly pleasure ara iIoG
grpci,e when are leading toward
tbat condition. which undermined aHd
HI last destroyed the democracy "t
Rum-tovard that indulgence are
prolgacy which made her IN ea~
prey to those northern nations Whle.f
hal no; learned ana plucttce0 nfSls
living.
a,r.ss1tativp must initial
asa,,o3r - that ~Self-induigans
,vhich ma lie onjoycd by those Nh"
have grown opulent and impertouS =
graft and tho consequent oppression
Of the heWers ii wood and the di3N
~. ~ water. then. OF course. ih.E
,,,ne- hove more money. nut u lltN
,yi.h r. strengthen the principles ST
that q. mocracv Of which they 50 otteii
boast xhen abiding u the founders
~ ntr repabiic. They should not IL
too ready 10 set examples 81 i"A"t
oli living tina are 50 SrtattA IA t'it
i trast TO the liking of those Who ~ -
soil and. by the sweat OF thttf pfV"
and by diliEcnt ~ecoholht Gun ~ -
little more than Keep IN WI
their hearth-StoncS.
A. $50
,,b,, III INC last election. voted for =
,,,n ~ represent him in congress. lie
i nio[yinr . mute. and upon his labor
n.ifn and Two or three children are
denendcnr The sun shines hot, and.
gnin~ from side 10 side. of his Iittl"
Gald m day. he becomes SO weary he
cannot et IN long enough. after sup
~, "a ,nad even The title page OF tat
hbjn eneacb which his representative
80 80 80 h;,, accompanicd with a ten
:. ,Cn1ar 80 send hut falls down and
cen, 49, 10 -, nay have strength 10 do
s,eep9 -" 49,. ,ynrk If r~crchance he
III S,ncn Cor thinking Of how he
shaI, GET the next bag Of meal or the
next side Of meat.
What , hir nile Of money would
even ~thoueaud five hundred dollars be
20 MN, It Would buv ana stock Il
70 nm, ,a WouIhtur ~oundatio of Il
comfortabla living fo. a life time. Rut
i takas seven thousand five hundred
dollars FOR his congressman to live on
; single wear. And ] guess it does:
h,,t When he loses his seat and has =
drop back into private life he viii
less.
ONE IL Great count and our
n,h1i. Non nave high notions and try
~ tako in me whole show. in the way
of biob living We are certainly ex-
travagant as compared with other ma
tons in paying congressman
Great Britain don't pay ncf mem
beers Of Parliament anything. France
pays her Senators and elel-
teen hundred dollarS 4 year anu mir
age. Germany pays the membeFS -
her Reichstas SIX hundred doliars Z
year. Il deducts twenty marks q Gay
for absence. spain pays the
Of her Cortes nothing. except RE-
transportation on the raliroduS- McNl
co pays ner cohSleSShi
lnouSaild 'oiialS d i.n1ma1 a.,
h"r members IVY ehtH-iEt huiluieu =
fafS 4 year. deductlHS Hiteei - :"
day Tor absence.
And SO we find that all the other
nations pay III proportion 70 those
mentioned.
What o time our representatives
must have, But. | suppose Uncle
sans got the money and is willing to
pay his Workmcn well, and let them
splurge. if the poor man who ploWS
his mule does have a hard time. III
were in Congress am afraid I'd
want to Spluree too. There's no tell
mo what I'd do
e
ra,a;,i..c,cc u.n. 10 tan M.
roa1nr. box- fartI-eigb+ ,oarc
amu no whoie land vac thrilled by
tbc reate Of ! T-renchman Who came
o,.er herc
n 'oo3, loIta ISL >tdIS aso. thou7
aNds % peoplt Sloou OF M short7 ~
~\ld2drd 70 witness one OF tue lloSt
caring IedlS thaI Nd5 ever performed
py any man. II Nd9 Walking across inc
z eat cataract on a cabie ~ ChdfteS
the celebrated tIcnch rope
walker, carrying q man On ms pack.
some men VIII repeat thclr caring
feats. but Blondln would not repeat
That though he crossed on the rope
ScNcfal lilncs. lie could not pc nducc
to carry another man: indeed y WAS
hardly possible that another man could
have been found who would nave been
willing to lave taken 50 pcrllous q
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