The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1912-04-18
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post is indicated by the Record of
House and Senate, in the esta blish-
ment of such a system. 1t was on
~ a year ago that the volumes of
petitions upon this subject were al
most unanimously opposed to leg
islation favorable to this innova-
ton in our postal system. Mr..
Hepburn of Idaho, doesn't think
much Of the parcels post. TO use
his own words, he has declared
that "If you want to send the dis
tricts outside of the big cities back
into the wilderness, just establish
such a ridiculous system as this
so that every man will have to
send to Chicago or some other CEN
tral place for his daily bread by
and by. Nobody will support
stores for the purpose of trading
off eggs for sugar. The result is
that we will have none of the
small, beautiful centers that we
call villages and towns, and we
will have two or three big trading
points at which commerce will
seek to supply the whole body of
the American people"
Interesting light was thrown
upon a phase of the wool question
as regards the difference in the
need of protection to the wool
grower and the manufacturers,
through illustrations brought out
by Mr.. Rucker, a Democratic
Member from Colorado, who is a
great friend of the sheep, and he
wears the best wool from the ami
mails back. Mr.. Rucker, at the
time of his speech, wore suit of
clothes costing him $35, and he
found that it actually contained
$1.9l as the share the wool grow
er received. The manufactures of
the suit received $6.9l for the
cloth and of this amount, ~. 81
represented what he paid for the
wool laid down at his factory.
Venerable Mark Smith jumped
into quick prominence in his first
week as Senator from the new
State of Arizona. A few days after
taking office, he brought in re-
monstrance in the open Senate a.
gainst the appointment of Gov
ernor Sloan as Federal Judge
4 matter proper for consideration
in Senate executive sessions. Then
Uncle Mark got mad at a coloreo
boy because he did not run hi.
elevator down when he should be
going up, and gave the boy u
thrashing. Mr.. Ashurst has also
let it be known that he will press
the objections expressed by hi.
fellow Democrats at home to ths
confirmation Of Governor Sloan
The Arizona Democrats have evid
emily gotten so in the habit o
fighting windmills, that they arr
bound to keep up the game if the,
get no farther than the holding VI
Of Mr.. Taft's appointments.
Economy and efficiency in th'
government service constitute thu
subject of a recent Presidential
message. Authorities have beel
busy upon these subjects in tn
National Capital for time imme
moriable, but the real specialist
never got down to doing the joI
until Mr.. Taft came into the sac
die. The experts point out ho'
millions of dollars can be annual
expended in managing the affair
Of the government; and as q rul
Members of Congress listen yer
attentively, but with the know
edge that any change in the pres
ont plans would likely interr vi
the peace of mind and comfort
some OF their constituency holdir
nice fat government jobs ther
fore action comes rather slO,
With Sen. Dixon of Montan
naanaging the Roosevelt campaig