The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-12

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Fletcher had much to 90 with the
framing of the rural credits bill,
which is denounced by the Farm and
Fireside and other leading agricul-
committee of the National Grange.
In fact, Mr.. Stockton thinks the
bill was drawn mostly by some Wall
street man with an ak to grind. Mr..
cher is doing something the people
of the interior are very touchy about,
namely, he is making one kind of a
talk on the long and short haul to
the people in the seacoast cities and
another kind in the inland towns
Most OF Mr.. Stockton's ideas are
embodied in the following pledges:
Stockton's Pledges
/ pledge the people that if elected
will stand for rural credits bill
that will mean practical relief to the
farmers and furnish them money at
a reduced rate of interest on long
time, a bill whereby the farmer will
profit and the government will not
lose a cent.
l pledge the people that if / am
elected to the Senate~I will have no
business except that of representing
the people and / shall not be engaged
in any outside business.
If L am elected on June End / will
begin Immediately to acquaint my
self with the needs of the people and
with my duties, so that when / take
the oath of Office nine months hence,
1 will be acquainted not only with
the needs of each locality in our state
but with the needs of the entire ma
ton, in other words, / will do things
and not talk about doing things, and
be ready the minute l take the office,
like a good architect with his blue
prints, to at once take up my work
and not wait six years before begin
ming work. And | venture to say
that after six months l will be as far
advanced in the knowledge of condi-
tons as Senator Fletcher is after six
years.
/ pledge the people that if I am
elected to the Senate I will endeavor
to get a law passed amending the
agricultural department which has
charge of the weather bureau, en-
larging the weather bureau SO as to
provide for giving the farmers reports
each day of those cities that are glut-
ted with perishable produce. This
would mean hundreds of thousands
of dollars to our shippers each year.
Another thing. A great many of
our fruit and vegetable growers when
they consign their produce to COM
mission merchants receive word by
wire that the shipment has arrived in
bad condition, and if elected I will
try to get an amendment to the pure
food law providing so that the pure
food inspectors may be calld on to in
spect and report on the actual condi-
ton of such shipments. This would |
mean the saving of hundreds of |
thousands of dollars to our shippers.
j also pledge the people that if |
elected, will try to bring the office
of United States Senator near to the
people, therefore, every year, during |
the recess of Congress, / will visit |
each county seat in the state, noti-
flying the people ahead when to ex-
pect me, and confer with them on
questions of public welfare and lis |
ten to the arguments of the people !
as to what is best to be done to pro- |
mote the general good.
Out i'm the County
Mr.. Stockton is canvassing out in |
the county today, but will probably |
be in the city again this evenings
Mr.. Stockton is kind and courteous |
as usual, and seems entirely free
from personal feeling. His senti-
ments are shown by the fact that |
Notwithstanding the Star has oppos-
ed him most vigorously. he is on |
terms of warm friendship with all
its people and paid the Star Office |
two or three visits in the course of |
the day. The Star does not agree |
with him in the argument he has |
made against Senator Fletcher, and |
will try and show in later issues |
where it thinks he is wrong, but at
the same time it has no reluctance |
in saying, or rather in repeating, |
that John n. C. Stockton is very |
able and honorable citizen, and it |
has no apprehension of the country
being ruined il the democrats of