Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-10-30
Rejected Beneficial Measures and
Enacted Disastrous Legislation.
A Trinity Of Benehcent Republican
Laws-Free Homesteads-Na-
tional Irrigation-Fres
Delivery.

service, on the ground that 1t was abb
soluteiy impracticable and too eXpen-
siye to meet Democratic appreciation.
Yet the only time this same Democratic
party has held the reins of power dur
ing the past forty-five years, it in
creased the national debt at the rate Of
half . million dollars n day during its
nentire term Of office, and each day we
Slost 4 half million dallars in foreign
trade. The value Of farm products de-
creased more than five hundred million
dofiars.
Dssastrous Democratic Regime.
The business Of this nation, In two
months after the enactment Of the Will
son law decreased six per cent. Banks
closed their doors, business houses as
signed. the balance Of trade was
against lis. We had deserted mills,
smokeless factories, silent machinery
We had tramps and beggarB and indus
trial armies and starving women and
children. In the midst Of plenty, with
bountiful crops rotting unharvested in
the deids, at a million hearthstones sat
Famine. pitiless and cruel! 1t shut
the door OF industry and clothed labor
In rnss.
Il fought under the dishonored ban
ner OF free silver. 1t subscribed to the
drfyeaing stupidity that nation can
create values by law, that the govern
ment could stamp n lie upon fifty cents
worth OF silver and make 1t a dollar. 1t
opposed keeping our flag in the Orient
aud advocated that 1t be lowered In re-
treat and trailed In the dust Of dis
honor. And yet this same party which
has not learned anything or forgotten
anything In fifty years, opposed the ex-
tension Of the rural free delivery serv-
ice on the ground Of expense.
People Coming Into Theis Own.
At least 60 per cent OF our people
arc 80 situated rs to be served success
fully by the rural delivery service.
They and their fathers have been the
pioneers Of this country, In blazing
the trail OF civilization and In subJu-
gattng the land for the benefit Of all
the people. They are the legitimate
heias to all the benefits this govern
u,ent can legally and consistently be-
/ stow upon them. They are the natural
beaedciaries OF three OF the greatest
pieces Of Republican legislation known
to recent American history-that trim
ity Of laws looking toward the creation
and Development OF homes on the pub
lie domain for all who wish them
the homestead law, the national irriga-
tion Inv. and the establishment Of a
rurai free delivery. Each and all Of
these have been fought by the Demo
cratic party and In after years two Of
these measures have been claimed by
that party as its offspring. It Is more
than probable that before the expira-
tiOn OF another fifty years. the Demo-
cratic party will claim the credit for
ha ~, fnh
Dsa0craoy's "Hlnd-Slght."
The party's remorse over its repeated
failures and It's attempt to deceive
the people sometimes comes to the sur
face and appears In more or less pitt
fth light. For Instance, at all modern
Democratic convictions the Democrats
show their veneration for the memory
sf Abraham Lincoln. Although while
Ae Jet lived. while IL was doing the
eeedB for which they now praise him.
the Democratic party. north and south.
exhausted the vocabulary Of vitupera-
tion In traducing and maligning and
revaine him. They praised the great
AcKinley only after his death. The mo-
tlve In such cases may be appreciated
Whiie the morals Of n political party
WHICH seeks to have Its former opposi-
ton 10 q public measure forgotten In
the loud clamor OF its present appro-
batSsa. cannot be approved.
RsOabllcans to Perfect the Work.
TAs rural delivery service will be
eontinued under succeeding Republican
until 1t will be fully
provided for the entire United States.
Il drives home the impression upon our
people that this great government care
fuzzy looks after their individual inter
sstB and personal convenience as far as
possible. Through this service the gov
srnment delivers at the doors Of rural
citizens their mail rs promptly and
ceuveniently as It delivers the same to
the residents Of cities. The service Is
one Of the greatest means for the dis
semination Of knowledge and informa-
tisa b the people Of the country. they
havS ever enjoyed. By 1t they are en-
aided to keep in touch with the markets
Of the country and with current events
In "a parts Of the world. 1t has ripened
tnfe . permanent service which will
continue to improve and eventually
reach the door Of the humblest citizen
in fts growing benefits.
Haay Bessacent Results Fellow.
II has removed the nightmare Of
Loneliness and OF isolation from the
country and brought to 1t many Of the
bcneats Of city life. 1t has allayed the
spirit Of discomfort and restlessness
which drove many Of the better class
Of young people to the cities. It has
appealed to the densely populated cities
who's noxious atmosphere hastens the
dread disease of tuberculosis and In
duced them to raise the cry Of. Back
to the land. back to nature" and move
out upon the extended plains. peaceful
valleys and the inviting plateaus of the
country.
Rural free delivery. the national
irrigation act and the government
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