Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-05
POSTOFF|CE
BUILDING

If a Republican Administration will
grant a southern city of 5000 popula
ton with an annual post office pat
ronage of $6,365.42, government
building which cost 100000 then a
Democratic Administration ought to
ids with annual receipts of nearly
100000 and a population of nearly
5000 people a government postoffice
building to cost 5000 600 The evil
dence for this statement We have in
the following article taken from the
Daily Sheboygan Press of May %.
1913:
While some of the republicans
are trying to put the democrats in an
unfaVorable light on this tariff ques-
ton and intimating that the democrats
are not sincere with the people, they
might look well to their own position
and ask if they have always proven
true to their trust. Democrats have
repeatedly charged that politics have
played an important factor in repubf
can prestage.
When Hon. Charles H. Weisse was
a member of the House of Represen-
tatiyes from this district, he investi-
gated the claim that it was not always
the city of great resources or Of a
large population that secured the grea
est benefits in the way of public build.
ings. 1t was ascertained from the re
cords that in the Town of Oxford.
Miss, a. city with a population of
5000, public building costing $780,
900 was erected by the government. 1t
would be almost impossible for a city
the size of Sheboygan, Fond du Lac,
Green Bay, Appleton, Eau Claire, Chi
pewa Falls, GAINESVILLE, Oshkosh, Mad
son, Bedoit or Racine to secure a gov
eminent building costing that amour
of money even with it's receipts.
1t would surprise you perhaps to
know that Oxford with a $200,0OO
government postoffice building has
only annual postoffice receipts of &c.
365 This may seem a startling
statement and may be doubted, bit
in order to prove that this is true we
give the following letter from the flra
assistant postmaster general address
ed to Hon. Charles H. Weisse when
he was a member of the House of Re
representatives.. The letter reads IS
follows:
Washington, D. c., Feb. %. 1910.
Hon Charles H. Weisse,
House Of Representative
My Dear Sir
In answer to your letter of the 24t3
inst, which the Postmaster General
has referred to me, beg to state thu
the receipts of the postoffice at Ok
ford, Miss, for the fiscal year end
ed June 80, 1909, were 1886 AZ.
Very truly yours,
C. P. Granfield,
First Assistant Postmaster General
Now to republican friends who are
shouting inSincerity ON the part OF
the democrats and the like, lit might
be we'll for them to look into their
own records. In a city of 5000 where
the assessed valuation for 1908 was
only $1,O96,2 200 and with one public
school building costing $4,000 re
publican political pull secures
5000, 900 postoffice building.
The democrats in dealing with
the tariff are handling it in a man
ner which they think will meet pres
emit conditions and reduce the cost
of living. They do not believe in
wasting money, and it can be safely
predicted that during the democratic |
rule there will be no 100000 govern
ment building erected in cities of |
3 900 population, not even with the |
promise of the full voting strength OF |
the city"