The Yale expositor., 1910-08-19
SENATOR BURROWS
A FRIEND TO The FARMER.
Has introduced and Fought for Leg
isiatien in their Interest During
His Entire Congressional
Career.

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Career.
During his entire congressional ca
reer, Senator Burrows has worked and
fought for the interest of the farmers
and legislation that effects their inter
ests. 1t would be taking up too much
space to even partially review his his
tory in this respect, and only few
things can be referred to without max
ing this article too long
BILL TO PROTECT FARMERS AGAINST
CLAIMS FOR INFRINGEMENT OF
PATENTS.
Early in his congressional career, Mr.
Burrows introduced bill to protect in
nocent purchasers of patented articles.
This measure was directly in the inter
est of the farmer. Throughout the
United States there We're thousands of
farmers who had purchased, in entire
good faith, an implement or instrument
"a clover huller, hay rake, plow, gate
or what not--and had begun to use it,
Then slick looking roads agents would
come around and demand various sums
of money from these innocent pur-
chasers, threatening TO bring legal ac
ton unless same were paid upon the
claim that some portion of the nipple.
was an infringement of patent. In
this manner thousands of dollars were
taken from the farmers. The Burrows
bill was passed, and 1t put a stop to
these outrages.
Senator Burrows cited hundred of in
stances in his speech supporting this
bill few are as follows: | ask to EN-
body in myremarks some well authenti-
Gated instances of outrages to which
the people of my district and State
have been subjected:
;. l.. Bentley, of Eaton Rapids, re-
ported that on the Birdsell clover huller
the following persons in that vicinity
paid royalty on a huller valued at $3.50:
w. ). Smith, w. III. Ford, j. Homer
Delos Smith and James BOrabeck-
the fee demanded and paid being 800
by each.
On circular-saw guide, valued at $50,
$50 was demanded of II. Perrin, and
$45 was paid.
PROCURED LEGISLATION AIDING MICH
| IGAN MEN TO ESTABLISH FLAX
AND LINEN MILLS IN THIS
COUNTRY.
Prominent citizens of Michigan re-
Gently became interested in the estab.
lishment of the linen industry in the
state. Upon examination by experts
the state soils were found especially
well adapted to the growing of flax.
The gentlemen interested sent a
representative to Ireland, to in
quire into processes of culture and
manufacture. The one great difficulty
was the fact that all the linen making
machinery is manufactured abroad, and
there was a high duty upon machinery,
and the Michigan men did not dare ven
ture into the field i'm the face of this
fact. Senator Burrows, as a member
of the Committee on Finance, intro
duced and secured the adoption of an
amendment to the Payne tariff bill
providing that machinery for handling
flax and manufacturing linen should
come in free of duty. Now the Michi-
gan capitalists are going ahead in this
enterprise. Thus Senator Burrows
justly deserves credit for legislation
that gives good promise of developing
a new and important industry in the
United States, and that will especially
benefit the farmers of Michigan.
After the passage of tariff bill by
the democrats when in control of Con
gress, and when the business of the
country was depressed, and especially
the farming interests, he made de-
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the Committee having in charge the
new tariff bill, and his closing re-
marks to the Committee having the
bill in charge are as follows:
| FARMERS WILL NOT BE DELUDED.
In the light of history and experience
can it be possible that our farmers will
be deluded into accepting the policy of
free trade? | can not believe it.
l.. fIs ha
depressed condition of the agricultural
list, one thing is very certain-it will
not be found in the markets of the
world. On the contrary, do not states
manship and common sense dictate the
course pointed out in the measure we
present? Increase the body of custom
ers at home by maintaining and en-
larging our manufacturers; secure to
the farmer the home market for
S350,00O0W of farm products which
last year poured in upon us; and, last,
though not least, let him, under the
protection we propose, diversity his in
dustry by the cultural of flax, hemp,
sugar, silk and wool, and by so doing
the surplus of grains will disappear.
prices advance, and new fields of prof
liable husbandry invite to fortune.
! shall not detain the committee
longer. We have sought in this meas
ure to reduce the surplus revenues to
the basis of governmental needs with
out impairing single American in
dustry or depriving a single laboring
man Of the products Of his toll.
We submit this measure to the con-
siderate judgment of the House and
the country in the confident belief that
if enacted into law it will impart a
fresh stimulus to all our industries, re-
lieve whatever of depression there may
now exist, and bring to all the people a
new era of increased prosperity. loud
applause on the Republican side.)
Farm For Sale.
| have decided TO quit farming and
will sell my place of 200 acres situated
one mile south of Yale. Soil clay loan
fairly rnnd hnildinps and the farm is