Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
FARMER BEN's
COL UlMN

NVAONk1N
who is the worst hated man in.
America today? it's tie between
Rockefeller, Hartman, Caunon and .
few others. But speaker Cannon is at
the front with a,ly OF 'ena. He's the
worst cZar that was ever inflicted ON
any country say nothin' OF rep0blic
where the people are sposed to hava
eetle say. A congressman aln't even
got chance to get up and make mo
tion under his rule aud when Cannon
wants to cut out the passage OF bills
like the agricultural school bill OF Da-
Wis to help out the farmers It's so easy
to kick Davis off as chairman OF COM
mittee so the matter won't be crowded.
A few congressman hav gone in Ca
boots with Cannon in holdin tyran-
nical rule over the rest of congress and
defying Roosevelt and shutStn' out le-
gislatin' that would help the people.
Some Of Caunou's lickspietles are on
the anxious seat to get elected hack
agen. All | say is that ifwoters Will
help out such tytanny they ought to be
fed to the hogs. So
I'm glad that eownship superintendent
of roads law was knocked out. The
whole scheme is put up sey d lot Of
gratters up to st. Paul who want oils
at fat salary and VINO went good roads
il the country tor their automobiles
but no share ia payin' fer 'em. l amt
opposed to have otrr road work done
scientific and permanent and wise but
1 do hate to hav allthis 'extry machin.
ery to be worked out to a lot OF bosses
ur to St, Paul who .don7 t'kDOW a grade
from d wheel nut. They'd like to haV
the cash systean put isl so they could
.hav the money to handle and squander.|
I've worked road tax for over forty
years and we atwus had fairish roads
down by the old farm. The right rem
edy is to hav overseers do their duty
and plan out road work along 'intelli-
gent lines. Water WON'T run up hill
and roads won't keep dry that foot
of water is damned up on it for ten
months Of the twelve. But it don't:
take a $4,000 boss to know that.
Down to Chicago six candidates hav
agreed to accept So. 600 as salary of the
,ot1is they're after if they get elected.
The. oils is one of the CRAFTS where the
fees run up to excessive 6ggers and the
agreement to be satisfied with affixed
sum is intended to impress the voters.
d kind OF like this. I've alwus held
that the run of salaries was too high.
Why the governor of Minnesota get
$500 a year when he conldn't earn a
$1,000 a year at work? Its true in
way all along the line. Every year or
two salaries OF officials are poked mp
until the poor taxpayers hav their
backs broke with the awful heavy
burden. I'm sure that the people could
get the work done in lots of the okises
at half the salaries and just as salts
factory. l can't see why if man was
wi!lin' to take a reasonable salary for
doin' the work of public of1ls be
shouldn't appeal direct to the people
and make that aaa issue in the cam
paign.
Speakin' of mutiplyin' of offises see
what we've had under a dem governor
in Minnesota. During the last four
years right in our own state II per
cent more offises hav been created than
the repubs hav created durin' the
35 years they had ben in power. Its
lust caution. [ can't see where it's
ben one bit of good to Minnesota to
hav dem governor in repub state.
Certainly taxes hav increased and the
number of offises has increased and
johnson amt done a thing to count
and now he's off in other states elect
ioneerin'. The aggregate increase in
state salaries durin' Johnson's reign
foots up to over $500, 600. I've got to
be showed. johnson amt unearthed
one bit Of repub crookedness and since
his oil inspector turned back into the
state treasury $4,000 that didn't be-
long to him in fees johnson ain't pos,
in SO much as reformer Let's cut
out all this nonsense and elect a repub
governor in this repub state and cut
out all this extra expense.
o o 9
do hope they'll elect Cummins and
Bristow to the u. S. senate and lot
more of the kind With LaFollette3
and the younger bunch from the west
who are now scared to say their souls
their own we'd hav rippin' up the old
fossils and a snarl Of the down east
aristos who now dictate would be