The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-03-03
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Congressman Hanna Makes Brilliant
S6peeehi AnEFsverocfIxr Increasing
EPsy. If

q U 4 + i .5h & u
Song s. B. Llama oof Fargo wants
aher tasai letter earriersoof the coan.s,,r
10 get "a Just compensation EGln ,IAsI,
"a Ihe made she following sPcerh IN
eonsyess in ssyer oSl Increased pay Scr
thseesIrsers:
MI SsSpsaaer: Me slhsue pbescss aus
ser consideration "a bill which e=rfies
"a very Large appropriation aef money
in the aggregate hnt the nmonsv Ss 10
,be used fker a purpose which natsss
alto the eeverYasr life ocf every citizen
snooar country.
The mail service of the Eisstet,
sSsates So: vyasS aaud es,apIey ,laathine,
.iani Yet It has hbeen 40 ssyssemssi.ei
that ,trrans. aasE a tfuie, arnoethst aaud is
! ene 81 the ..great faetexs in the deve!-
e!anent of the nasiness and ssoeial life
oef Cur people sT. San mot get aaienc
without our mail. aid we insist anon
having it regularly and on time TO
those WHO live In the et:tics and towns
and get their taail once 9or mere tsnes
"a day, unless they haze at some tsme
In thsir Ives lived IN the eouetrY. they-
! have but little idsa Of what it means
/; to receive their mail bat once cer per
t.sps two or three times "a week
a f4w years ago the eayeramen'
took np the proposition of the rural
dsstfihati1r5fEa mail. 1t was nstaat girst
E thought that this would De "a practical
thing 10 do. bat "a short trial proved
;aFd demonstrated that it VS. tpsaeti-
cal and it Was Of great benefit, and
that the E'esple thoroughly appreciated
{ it. and the rural service has grown nv
leaps and bounds until today there are
some 10000 rural routes in operation
throughout the United States. MANY
more routes nave been applied for. and
from tin etc tine new routes are fbein;
established.
We have before us for consideration
the question of paving the men who
eafs' the gn.ail ssipcn these dudal rrontes
fair compensation for the labor
which they perform. In the last ses-
sion OF this congress Il introduced a bill
which provided that the sum of 5000 Ter
annum should be paid to every grnra
Hall carrier in the United States in
addition to the salary which he is nos
RECEIVING, this additional money TO lie
used as an expense account Tor feed for
his iors.: or horses, Tor the npIieep of
ms ecaEiagc or wager, and all other in
eiden:als, which at the present time he
has TO pay out of the small .saiaYr he
is receiving
In the state in which 7 live. Moth
Dakota, VIE have several hundred
foutes III operation. Our winters are
long and cold; the carriers must lie
dressed wasn;l:.. and it costs them q
large am0nnt OF MONEY to prepare and
provide themselves in an adequate man
her to withstand the cold and 10 keep
th'.3 horses in proper condition, r
have sometimes wondered that the men
have the courage to go out with the
mail in the cold, rough, stormy weather
which the northwestern states are sub
lcct to at any time during the winter,
yet they do it day in and day out, and
to the farmers living on the prairies,
many Of them long distances from town
the getting Of their daily papers and
letters is a blessing to them, and brings
them closer in contact with the great
world, Of which they are q yer vcsen-
tial part and makes life upon the farm
just SO much butter, and tends to he};,
and keep the farmer on the farm.
Now, Mr.. Chairman. it has been urg-
cd that thece is no difficulty in getting
plenty of men to carry the NAL or
these rural routes at the salary which
the men are now receiving i person.
ally consider this no argument at all
y believe we should pay the men who dc
thi sserHics, who carry the mail rain
o. shine, in bad weather as well as
good, fair compensation. There are
many ways by which the government
cen. II necessary, economic and SAVE
the little amount that is asked for tt
help these men. The chairman of this
committee on the postofiice and pos.
roads has stated that he is willing t.
accept an amendment which will in
crease the salary Of every rural carrie,
Of mail Sl0o per annum. This is q ster
in the right direction, but it does no
90 as far as ! would Like to have it, bu1
] do not believe that by the house tax
ing this action at this time that nex
year it will be possible to raise the ru
raj carriers Of the country up to :salar,
which will give to every one Of then
$1,000 per apnpp, which would seer
to me to be only q reasonable "ompen
] satiop for the splendid service wl}lcl