The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-19

of the committee on interstate and
foreign commerce providing for. the
protection OF the independent mer-
chants of towns and small cities and
also the consumers generally be Il .,'
Resolved. that we the grand coun-
Gil of the U. CT. OF Minnesota and
North Dakota, do earnestly recon-
mend the passage of this bill and that
a copy OF this resolution be mailed
forthwith to our congressman and
senator's in this grand jurisdiction.
Resolved, that we favor the neces-
sary provisions OF law to enable
travelling men and others who are
forced to be away from home on
election day to cast their ballot by
mail and that legislation similar to
that II North Dakota should be en-
acted in Minnesota on this subject.
Whereas, the organization known
as the United Commercial Travellers
OF America. having over $4,000 mem
bers, divided into 554 subordinate
councils and twenty-six grand coun-
ellis throughout the United States,
has a particular interest I'm the saving
Of life and property from shipwreck,
and In those engaged therein on the
shores Of the ocean and Great Lakes,
and
Whereas, II Is OF the greatest i'm
portance to the large commercial In
terests which the United Travellers
represent, and in the development OF
which they have been an active and
potent force since the earliest his.
tory OF the organization,
Whereas, many OF our members
are obliged to travel by the more
or less dangerous water routes along
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and
upon the Great Lakes, IL Is OF the
greatest importance to the members
| Of the United Commercial Travellers
OF America that the methods OF life.
saving work in the future be kept at
the high standard of efficiency, which
has marked the past, and
Whereas, the creation of a re-
tired list of members of the field
force OF the service, who have served
for thirty years, or have reached the
age OF sixty-four years, and the es.
adjustment OF graduated scale OF
pay, based upon length OF service,
are two provisions Which are indis.
pensable TO the efficiency of the serv.
ice, and are justly due to officers and
men who have spent the best years
Of their lives and have perhaps be.
cUme incapacitated in the faithful
performance of most arduous and
hazardous duty, and
Whereas, the United States sen.
ate has passed and there is now
passed in the house of representa-.
tives. bill Is. $3.50, "To create a
coast guard by combining therein
the existing lifesaving service and
the revenue cutter service" which will
extend to the superintendent, keep.
ers and surfmen in the life-saving
service, the same provisions of law
for retirement. longevity, pay and al
lowance as now exist for officers and
men In the revenue-cutter service,
and will promote greater efficiency
in life-saving work by bringing to.
gether two important branches of the
government service, charged with the
same duty, therefore be IL '-
Resolved. that the representatives
of the sixty-third congress OF the
United States be and they are hereby
requested to urge the passage of the
bill Is. 2337), and be Il further
Resolved, that copy of these
resolutions be sent to the chairman
of the committee on interstate and
foreign commerce. OF the house OF
representatives and to the members
representing this district"
Resolution Anent Forestry.
The following was introduced in
the U. @. T. meeting this after.
noon: tsNi-.'
Resolved, that every interest in
the state OF Minnesota will receive
great benefit from the wise policy
OF conserving and utilizing all of
the natural resources OF this great
commonwealth. As the forests are
Of value. not AMY by reason OF the
useful wood which they furnish,
80 necessary to manufacturers and
arts. but also exercise most bene-
fetal climatic influences. and as our
native forests are rapidly disappear
ing. and will soon 1be almost en-.
tirely destroyed TO the untold loss
and detrlment of the state, II Is
necessary to take immediate and
effective measures for their restora-
tion. Therefore be It further,
Resolved, that we cordially ap-
prove the action OF the legislature
in submitting to the people of Min
nesota a state forest amendment
to the constitution to be voted ON
November third. providing that GER
tain areas Of state land, which are
! rocky. sandy and unit for tillage.
lbe used as state forests TO the
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