¿upplement
plax problem presented then bss
hïVn’S
h 7
hlaT ,f ‘ n U » U»*« [
M» »low, heavy ra it^ ™ 5', h,n,U *how lti
solved the question o t moving a tc
freight a greater distance for • less
of money than any other country,
«»¡•tance between furrowa. pro-
passenger service, in speed, comfort,
; ,0 do hl* ‘»11. rogge. ». but some-
HATCHET.
larity aud safety has been tbe admire
bi* >»“ *<».
of tbs world. Let Legislatures, the p
. J I \ K 17, |m*7 •IngularbriJh“ :, T
eyM’ ,heir
Till I t » » A *
and the public give fair support to
open fleld. iw^n f e'oq',ent of »»*• in the
great industry, helping to conserve iust
gether by it» • d* habitually drawn to-
of to destroy, and tbe railroads of
lug hrlnf * lifelonK ev»«ion of the glar-
lea will make such progiess as will wri
bonon h:nh !.0f th* ,h» rTe»» »un. The
Admiration and praise from eveu their 1
upon him lit*
h» Te been thrust
friendly critics.
was d r ^ e i ,“ r#Ily by bhysical force he
To P reven t G eneral D em oraH svtl
Now .nn* d fr°,m the farm ,0 the forum,
i -HAT'S
w h at
th e
farm ers
Though the present outlook Is far f
an lows
frum the dir*ri°r»hip of
C A L L S E C R E T A R Y W ILS O N .
encouraging, and tbe recent decision o
of the n ? leuJtural College to the head
the Supreme Court declares that all tg
he .tin “ ,l0lml agricultural institution,
tempts at uniform action are illegal,
a I n t e r e s t i n g Man w ith i H istory a man n°!cShet .t0 be uo,hiuK more than
seek for no legislation that will iperea
the
adv«n
k'8
abir(
»•«‘eves,
working
for
rilled w ith In te re s tin g Experience,
rates or add to the burdeu of the genera
advancement of men similarly divest-
public. The proposed pooling bill recent'
.H e ’s a P ra c tic a l and a Scientific
introduced in the United State* Senat
Parmer—H o n o r» T h ru st Upon Hint. .DeechW,J .,‘ b0r',CquIred Phyi'iu*. bis
by Senator Foraker of Ohio means u
’ 1 manner, his movements, ev-
the best a sort o f breakwater to preven
:
,
0
1
1
8
^»r-
Wilson's
seventy-three
Friend o f the Farm er.
general demoralization.
It is the
« *, ** unmistakably proclaims him a
The present head o f the Agricultural
meaus thus far devised to legalize fr
,er; k® •* a fine-lookiiig, generous,
Department is aa interesting uiau aud
duin of agreement betweeu compel in
n>-looking figure of a man who knows
has a history tilled with interesting expe
lines so that *11 shippers may secure ju
nat tae <»ome of heaven looks like at
riences. Tall, slender, gray, rugged in sunrise. When the torch of civil war
reasonable and uniform rates. In the ns
appearance, with a Scotch accent which gaie forth its first red illumination, young
tioual Legislature of teu years ago the n~
cessity for uniform action regarding rail
has citing to him since his arrivul in this
aruier \\ ilson waa all for seizing a mus
ways was recognized, uud this measure i
country in childhood, he is a typical rep. ket and rushing to the front.
But the
only taking up tbe question where Con
resentative of what sturdy integrity aud ainily to which he belonged was large.
gress laid it down and carrying tbe iegl~
unbending will can accomplish. There Poor, and needed its men, who were strap
lation a step further. T o hold these pro
ire so many iutereating things to be said ped to the plough; moreover, his brother
erties together and to give the people th
of "Tatnn Jim,” who gets this title be
eter, an older man, wanted to go, and
full benefit (as I have shown) o f a dl~
cause his home in Iowa was in Tama had the law of primogeniture, observed
bursement reaching nearly twelve bun
County, and it hecuuie ucceasary to in by the Scotch, on his side. The two men
dred million a year, we must get uesr
jome way identify him as against an drew lots, and Peter went to the war,
a uniform management. The work of th
other James Wilson in his own State, that aud died in it. The younger man re
railways must, in short, lie carried o
It is difficult to know just where to begiu turned to his plodding of the fields, to be
with uniformity and method. This oa
and where to end in writing of him. The seized upon as a parliamentarian by hi
best be done by the several railway sy
Washington Star, however, in a lengthy neighbors a few years later.
terns working as they do. Under the law
article published a few days ago, selects
Among the men with their coats off,'
as proposed, when the rates are fiuall
a nuatber of unique features in his history said Mr. Wilson the other day, “ are the
O officer of the new administration attracts more attention than the Secretary o f Agriculture, and as a conse
agreed upon by the competing roads, an
and some equally iuterestiug chats with dairymen of this country. They are just
quence no department home is more inquired about than the handsome building in which “ Tama Jim” Wilson toils
passed by the Interstate Commerce Cor
Mr. Wilson.
setting about to tackle one of the biggest
from early morning until long after the close of ordinary business hours, in behalf of the farmer. A half ceutury
mission as reasonable ami just, poiva
As a member of Congress this Iowa jobs they have ever undertaken, and, if I
ago a merely nominal sum of $100,000 was at the instance of the Commissioner of Patents, Hon. H. L. Ellsworth, devoted
should be given to the roads to enfop
farmer performed an act of abnegation, have any kind of gift of prophecy, they’ re
by Congress for the purposes o f agriculture. For two years prior to that this patriotic gentleman had been distributing
them. This is a reasonable and fair d
of renunciation, every whit as knightly going to win. The problem is this: Eng
seeds and plants gratuitously, and for the nine years of his entire term of office he continued this good work.
His
maud, and one that Cougress should s
and heroic as the inspired, Inspiring self- land is buying $06,000.000 worth of for-
successors in the Patent Office continued the practice, but it was not until 18(!2 that the Bureau of Agriculture was
ouce grant.
iihucss and nerve of the grimy man in eign butter a year. The United States
formally organized. It was not, however, until the beginning of President Harrison’s term of office that the head of the
The proposition which hns been sugges'
dungarees who “ held her nose agin the supplies perhaps 1 per cent of it, or a little
Bureau of Agriculture was made a cabinet officer, its chief having prior to that time been termed the Commissioner of
ed by some theorists for enlarging t‘
hank till the last galoot” got ashore. It over $000,000 worth, while little Denmark
Agriculture. When President Harrison elevated the position to the dignity o f a cabinet office its head became the “ Secre
Interstate Commerce Commission an
was the action of "Tam a Jim” that re supplies nearly $30,000,000 worth, buyiug
tary of Agriculture.” the position first filled by "Uncle Jerry” Rusk of Wisconsin, next by Hon. J. Sterling Morton of
permitting it to initiate rates would be
stored to Grant the militnry title that American cow feed for the purpose of
Nebraska and now by "Tam a Jim” Wilson of Iowa. The home of the Department of Agriculture is a handsome brick
fatal mistake, and a system based upo
he surrendered when he became the civil holding this immense business. We make
building located upon the mall which runs westwardly from the Capitol, and is about midway between the Smithsonian
such nu idea vicious iu the extreme. Th
chief of the nation he had redeemed with the best butter iD the world. Then why
Institution and the Washington Monument. It is surrounded by spacious conservatories and wide blooming gardens, ami
railways not only have the Hbility, bu
the sword. It huppenod during the Forty- can t we sell at least as much of it to the
every plant and tree in the grounds is indigenous to our native soil, from the luxuriant specimens from the Southern States
the facility to make rates. It is expe
to tiie dwarfed and hardy foliage of our northern borders. Good sized gardens occupy the rear of the building, in
British people as a little country like
work, requiring judgment and a thoroug
which are carried on tests of varieties o f fruits nnd plants, experiments in methods of grafting and budding and studies
Denmark? That’s one of the things I am
knowledge of all local conditions. T
in tbe diseases of plants. Seeds of new and superior varieties are tested and various and extensive experiments carried
going to find out, if It takes all of the spe
have the rate making power removed
cial agents In this department to get me
Washington and absolutely fixed by
on.
The department maintains at least one correspondent in every county in the United States, through whom statistics
the facts; and it will be-one of the sur
commission, no matter how able or h
of quality and quantity of crops are forwarded to Washington, to be there distributed by means of monthly and yearly
prises of my life if at the end of three or
honest, would work incalculable iuju
reports. Specialists are also employed to prepare from these reports instructive articles on suitable topic*. The department
It would be far better for the Goverumen
four years we are not furnishing Great
has
been
of
great
benefit
to
the
farming
and
fruit
growing
industries
of
the
country
in
the
determination
of
diseases
of
to purchase the railways and assume th
Britain with at least one-half the butter
plants
ami
trees
and
in
testing
remedies
for
them
and
distributing
information
to
the
country
generally.
Destructive
she Imports.”
whole responsibility than for the Govor
insects which have threatened to exterminate certain fruit industries have been investigated by the department and mean*
ment practically to undertake the regul
Secretary WilaoD putB In from nine to
found
for
their
own
destruction
aud
check,
proving
of
incalculable
benefit
to
the
farmers.
As
civilization
advances
and
turn and management of the property o
ten hours a day at his department. He be
exchanges
are
made
with
foreign
countries
of
commodities
nnd
fruits,
various
insects
and
foes
appear
which
were
in
years
private individuals. This is undoubtedl
longs to the careful, plodding type of
gone
unthought
of.
and
the
department
is
constantly
watching
and
experimenting
to
be
able
to
moot
and
counteract
tbe
the most.mischievous proiHisition thin fa
workmen. He likes to make the drafts in
work of these destructive foes when they appear. The Agricultural Department is in communication with the leading
evoked by demagogues and anarchists fo
his own handwriting of the more impor
foreign agricultural societies, and the result has been not only exchange of reports hut of almost every known specimen
the wiping out of the capital invested l
tant letters and documents to which he
of seed, shrub, vegetable and fruit. The shade trees of our entire country are represented in the grounds, over 1,600
railway enterprises. It would simply
appends his signature. Disaster befalls
native varieties having been planted. Tbe display of flowers in the grouuds is also wonderful and will soon equal any like
unendurable, and lend to rate compile
him when, as often happens, his old farm
Nf.
display in the world.
tions heretofore unheard of, even in o
er friends from Iowa walk in npon him
present imperfect system. The possibil
at his office, for a single visitation of this
ties of corruption would lie tremeudou
sort eats a considerable hole in his work sey. West Virginia. Pennsylvania and
Thi? fences to keep off cattle nnd the sign the pulling nnd hauling at Washingt
posts to warn people at railway crossings
ing day; and it does not console the Sec Colorado, accompanied by riots and the L U v LIÍ a U I j A \\ i\Ërii j
retary to he aware that it is his own fault, use of troops to suppress violence, in
cost over $3,600,000 per unntun, or more for favored rates for special cominuniti
lie will not let such visitors depart with March: strikes in Ohio, Pennsylvania.
thnn the legislative branch of the na would bring tbe whole system down wit
in a reasonable rime, much as they pro South Carolina. Alabama and on the P a
tional government.
Even the newspa the weight of its own folly and ¡uipra
test that they fear they nre trenching up cific coast, accompanied by riots, which R A IL R O A D IN D U S T R Y K IL L E D BY pers and printers are deeply Interested, tit-ability.
W o o l I Ben-fi* the W h ole Cnnn'ry,
SECRETA RY WILSON.
on his indulgence. lie lines up on a leath wore suppressed by State troops, in April,
for $8,600,000 was spent In printing nnd
IG N O R A N T L E G IS L A T IO N .
In tbe bill referred to, the public, t'
advertising. The United States Postofflce
er sofa alongside a couple of these pros bloodshed and use of troops In Pennsyl
eighth Congress, when Grant lay dying
perous looking elderly agriculturists, aud vania in May: strikes and riots in Mary
Department is considered an important shipper, the railway employe and the rai
at ML McGregor. It was a Democratic
there ensues a canvassing of farming land. Montaua. Ohio. Alabama. Wiscon A b s o l u t e N e c e s s i t y f o r a P o o l i n g L a w business, and yet the aggregate expenses ways have all been fniriy considered,
House. Carlisle was the Speaker. A
of that department In 1805 were $1)0,- it becomes a law the results must be b
matters, treated either theoretically, tech sin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, which
I f th e R oa ila A r e to P r o s p e r aud
bill was introduced restoring to Grant
644,323, while for repairs and renewals of eficial to the whole country, because o
nically or practically.
were
only
suppressed
by
the
use
of
troops,
the rank of general. T o throttle consid
C ontinu e to G iv e W o r k
t o T h e i r locomotives, passrnger and freight ears railways penetrate all parts o f the repn
Being a scientific farmer, as well as a iu June; strikes in Chicago, Indianapo.is
eration of the bill its antagonists resorted
L i g h t H u n d r e d T h o u a . m i l E m p l o y e s . our railways expended in the same year lie. Congress should, therefore, approa
practical one. Mr. Wilson says that he and elsewhere, followed by use of troops,
to filibustering tactics.
$1)3.707,089. A moment’s thought will it in a spirit of fairness npd justice, a
feels as much compelled to keep up with in July; strikes in New York. Massachu
“ Tama Jim,” for several previous terms
make it clear that nearly all of this vast not with temper and political prejndl
the latest writings of scientific farming setts and other Eastern States prior to
R n llr o a d P r e s i d e n t ’# V iew # .
a representative from Iowa, now held his
as the ambitious physician is obliged to final enactment of tariff law on Aug.
Mr. E. B. Thomas, in response to an In sum is annually spent for mechanical la It is an honest effort to adjust sntisfa
seat provisionally. It was contested by follow the current developments in hib
quiry froYn the Washington Post regard bor of all kinds, for uearly every branch torily difficulties that have grown tip
1804.
Ben. Frederick, his Democratic opponent.
profession. Hundreds of pamphlets and
ing his views as to the relation of the of industry enters into locomotive nnd car reason of the magnitude of our trail*
A contested election case has the right of publications of all sorts relative to mat
In times normally good you tntion industry and the newuess o f o
railroads of the country to the prosperity building.
W
h
y
Business
M
oves
S
low
ly.
way In Congress. The pretext was seiz ters of the farm reach him every week,
o f the people, and particularly as to his may safely figure oil upward of $100,000,- common country.
The'bad
effect
of
the
election
of
Grover
ed by the opponents of the urgent measure and he looks through them all. He has
views upon the pooling bill uow before 000 per annum for this purpose os a regu
to give back to the expiring leader bis one pet hubby, which, however, is an emi Cleveland and the free trade Congress
lar part of keeping the rolling stork o f
Congress, say*:
was
felt
in
a
single
month
after
the
elec
T H E F A R M E R S A N O P R O S P E R IT
military rank.
The supporters of the nently practical and praiseworthy one,
There exists in the public mind an ap railways up to date and in good repair, to
tion because the merchants stopped or
say
nothing
of
an
additional
ten
million
Grant bill, eagerly as they desired to get viz., the fostering of the sugar beet indus
dering from the home manufacturers in prehension that the railways are opposed
Fom- Bens'111 ■» *-Il gixcatlon#, Kven
It through in time, were not willing to try In the United States. "W hy should
for other mechanical work incidental to
They I n C omic from the Knsl,
the expectation of getting cheap goods to the public interest, and that any legis
keeping
the
plants
of
transportation
In
sacrifice their colleague from Iowa in or the United States pay out $100.000.000 a
The common cry from the various De
from abroad under a low tariff. 1 he good lation which restrains railway* is of ne good running order. I only refer to these
der to gain their end, aud thus they were year for its sugar, when we can easily
effect Of the election of McKinley and cessity for the good of the people at large.
corals floating around in cold aDd rnudd
facts for the purpose of showing how in
in turn compelled to resort to filibustering raise it at home?” is an inquiry he puts to
water since the flood of November, ti*
the protection Congress cannot be felt as This mistaken iden has had much to do
timately
the
successful
conduct
of
these
to prevent the consideration of the elec his friends constantly, and before long he
promptly as was tbe t.ad effect of tbe elec- with shaping the State legislation that great properties is interwoven with other may be placed In language easily (¿om
tion case, which was exactly what the intends to make a personal inspection of lion of Cleveland, because those same has in many instances so severely crip
bended, is us follows:
snti-Grant party wished them to do. The the most important fields in the country merchants are still buying «°o d a «broad pled railway enterprise, and, in a large industries o f the country, nnd how im
“ Look here, you fellows have promt
possible
it
is
to
injure
our
railway*
prop
Grant Dill was blocked, with its benefi where the sugar beet industry is growing. in enormous quantities, anil will probn measure, this impression was prevalent
the country good times, general pros
erties
without
at
the
same
time
seriously
ciary close to death.
ity. ull that sort of thing, plenty of g
“ Probably next year.” said Mr. Wilson. bly have a y«ar’s supply in hand before when, ten years ago, Congress took iis
Then “ Tama Jim" rose to the height “ I shall make a tour of the farming dis the new law gets into effect. This at
first step in dealing with the railway injuring almost all other occupations nnd money, if McKinley should be elect
of Arthur in his hali. Did he understand tricts throughout the South and South counts for the delay in activ.ty among problem. Looking back for twenty years curtailing the prosperity of the entire na now. where is the money to come fr
that the mere question as to whether he west. 1 am peculiarly a farmer of the our manufacturers aDd for_ the delay n it is difficult to recall a single legislative tion. It has been aptly stated that unless and how do you expect to get your g~
was to be permitted to retain his seat in temperate region til the Northwest, and the business revival which will 8" r > measure, national or State, proponed, ad- tbe people are prosperous the railroads times? There are just about five milli
Congress stood in the way of a nation's must own to a considerable lack of infor follow the resumption of business by voeated or enacted for the benefit of the cannot flourish. Is not the converse equal farmers watching yon, and If you eann
exhibition of common gratitude to its pre mation as to the requirements of the men
railways, whereas during that period hun ly true; can the people prosper when so do something for them, you are go
_________
server? Could it be possible that a mere with their coats off in the sub tropical re them.
dreds aud even thousands of propositions large an industry Innguishes, when its Can’t yon see it already?”
800,000 employe* are working only part
contested election case was to be the gions of the country. But I am going to
In this connection it is customary to a
have been brought forward, many of them
T h e F a r m e r and th e Sen ate.
time and it* forces are reduced to the
boulder on which consideration of so pal find out as much about them ns I can. and
The farmer is likely to be w e l l taken unhappily enacted into laws, which seri lowest possible limit—-repairs and replace- the questions. “ IVhat is It precisely,
farmers desire nnd expect? What wo
pable an act o f justice was to split? “ If shall probably proceed as far as Califor rare of by that dignified body, the United ously injure railway property and cause
meuts postponed to better times?
satisfy them? You warn us that they
this is the .case,” he concluded, calmly, nia in the effort.”
slates Senate. The tariff bill, reported great loss to those who have invested
revolutionists except on condition
their money in this form of security.
•mid intense silence, “ as it unquestiona
from the Finance Committee of that body
D istu rba n ce o f C om m erce.
fine tbe conditions.”
L a r g e s t K m p lo y e rs o f Labor.
bly appears to be, tile obstacle is easily
h a s added a duty of 1% cents per pound
Not only do the continued nttacks on
And the answer I* that the farm
removed. Mr. Speaker, 1 hereby resign RECALLS C LE V E LA N D S RECORD on hide*! increased the rate on wool of he
Railways are not only the largest em railways thus fall heavily upon the indus
my claim to a seat in this House to my
third class and cut out the danse in the ployers of labor direct, but they are enor tries of the country at large, but they have not been making nnything and t'
contestant, Mr. Frederick.”
House bill which exempted Hawaiian mous purchasers of supplies. I f the rail bring about u disturbance of commerce, want more money, and mean to have
L x - l ’ reat dent I * R e m i n d e d o f HI# O w n
M.„ ar from duties, thus reducing that way system of the United States were and cause men who would otherwise put from one party if not from another,
The House rang. Kvery man in the
P a r t y 's D ela y iu T a r i f f L e g i s ' a t l o n .
b "ly joined in the hoarse plaudit that
Somebody with a good memory has tak competition with beet sugar. The duty even fairly prosperous the amount of ,,lpir mo
into co-operative industries the Republicans do not give them aid.
farmers will turn the whole Governm
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: a n .m .L I
n n n iin
r
il i s t r i l l l i 1 1 1 f l T f i P
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followed the speech. The anti-Grnnt men en occasion to remind ex-President Cleve puTon'hides. tea a“ d other article, which __
mouey
it would annually
distribute over . o withhold
it, arid thus cripple existing over to the Populist Democrntic pa
were stupefied, and the Grant bill passed land and the public who read hia scold at were formerlv on the free list will mi this broad land woultl exceed
$1,200.000.
prevent
of
all
sorts.
at
# I
I aud r
1 1 new
' *' enterprises
- m i l 1/ l IO
I B -
- I A
X I 1 *
•" FI In.
the opportunities for .dvantngeo.i. (HlO. Comparing our railway, with our i nat(,nd of benefiting the public, much of nnd that is Just whut is in the wind n
the House amid a hurrlenne of cheers. It the Republican party because of its ; ; Z
A* for the farmers of America, t
^as rushed over to the Senate and imme promptness in carrying out its pledges reciprocity treaties for which the Senate national government, which is regarded th(1 „„.called railway legislation has been
diately passed by that body: and within with reference to tariff legislation, of the will provide, and which will greatly bene ns a pretty big business, we find that the ( „ decided detriment. It creates Uncertain- will have fo remember that they have a
*n hour after James Wilson, now the Sec terrible experience of the people of the fit the fanner. It is believed the House Government disburses on an average | tjr „-here ceelainty should exist It breeds tin- monopoly of grain ami meat prod
retary o f Agriculture, had made way for f o i l e d States during the eighteen month* r„ tP, on wools of the first and second class about $400.000.000. or one-third a* much t ,,mny of the ¡||„
discrimination tlon—that (lie vast wheat fields o f Arge
Its consideration by surrendering his seat ¡n which his on n party delayed It» tarHT w il! be restored by tbe Senate or confer- ns otir railways. Take the Erie Railroad ! ln rates) which It seeks to remedy, and thin. India, southern Russia, tilin g»
and the Dakotas, are plowed and ao”
In the Mouse of Hepresentatives the hill legislation Th¡» reminder wa* brought cDce committee.
system a* an example: W ith a gross in- | lias done much toward bringing bankrupt-
and reaped by machinery, so that urf
signed by the President and became forth by Mr. Cleveland's New Anrk
come of about $ 30 . 000.000 per annum. It i cy anil ruin to nearly half the railway
is grown at less expense thnn in a
J law. “ Tama Jim” went back to his speech in which he criticised the Repuhll-
distributes
iu
wage*
among
aliout
80,000
mileage
of
the
country.
A C h illy Y e a r f o r S ilver.
former age. because there is less la
Iowa farm.
»* v»ders for tneir “ hot haste in tak-
" “ «» f » « * • ! "Protection to American industries" has needed to till the ground. More than f
This has been a chilly year for the sil employes, over
t, ri(f legislation. Tbe eighteen
Among his old associates in Congress f*
ver cause. Tbe population of the nation» teria nearly six million, the greater port | nTpr W n „ cardinal principle in this coon- the world has by cheap power from ch
oecreta’ y Wilson is still affectionately min h, which elapsed between Mr. CTree- which have rejected the silver standard In of which goes to he labor producing the
xh , y h„,.p n|Boat lnvariab|y rP(.,iT.
coal, nnd by cheap steel, been made
' i„ |>«tt nnd the ensrt-
known as “ Tama Jim.” The nickname months w
f-arr frpatrDfMI| flt jh,» hand* of the na
the past tear is more than three Limes as iii * nil factored artic.e*.
paratively small T h * lines of steel rs
'“
“
V
n
f'h
'^
free
trade
tariff
law
included
The
total
number
of
railronn
employe*
^
was conferred upon him because during
The
^Ir-m d em,,!..yes
Lor ,,|atnr#. Why should an im across continent» spanning great riv
gre.it as th’at of all those taking Ud* step
mpnt
thnn
'At
000
failnre*.
with
liabilities
service as a Congressman there was more tnnn •
in the I nited State* is about 8(10. 100 and dustry employing more labor—and a great- on steel bridges—tbe lines of steel stea
during the ten years previous. !• rom
,
mtuion dollars;
^
In the House another representative from aggregating ™or* tbanw* ^
t.i p
i vto
m m
the
r nations
nat.»... which
....... adopted the
, . the
ie total expenditure is over $ I —».
.
rr proportion of Amerimn-born lnbor In ers arross the oceans—ten thousand U
t a _____ a
D s n m a n ia
t 'P «l,
Iowa named James F. Wilson, afterward,
Liklrl ltitndard were Bnypt. Roomiini«. Takin* *• »n avert*® five individual* to . which fhp mpltnl invented i* Kre«ier. of freight driven lire hundred miles
the d o »'"« 1 * receivers for about forty
and for many years, a Senator. He died appointin'n
expend* for anppMet In this country liny, finds the workingmen of the eit
indebtedness amounted \iUtrin Hungary and Santo Domintro. a family, it*e *ee tlmt there nre *ome 4.-
•everal years ago. To distinguish the
imvin* fin »jrprejratfc population at that noO.OiK) of people directly dependent for a»OII#, «nms fnr in exeenn of any other in- in white bread. Farm products nre chc
rmi:r°hnlton
nnd
.
half
dollars
and
strikes
two men, “ Sunset” Cox fastened upon
rime of fifty million people. The nation* , their exmtenoe npon the railroad ind*» <iu*try. he debarred from fair and leiciti- ened by giving the populous nations th
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costing the workingmen en- 11
Secretary Wilson the nickname of “ Tama and ? lockout*
which h a t / abandoned the silver standard try. and I feel safe, therefore, in saying ,naie treatment nud Is-come (he prey of carry on mnnnfacturing industries che
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doiiars in wage* lost,
that
in
the
conducting
of
transportation
unscrupulous
démagogues
and dishonest food along with frugal power and f
*•“>.” from Tama County, in which is sit- gaged 4.> ni l
in
the
past
year
are
Bolivia.
C
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,ra-
^ eighteen months
nated Mr. Wilson’s Iowa farm.
Phili Peru, .Tapan and Rnaain. with an the railway* distribute more actual money politicians, and the target for newspaper transportation. Well, is this to be reg
Thr ° * 5 r i k ^ n New Yo'rk and M id i-
Mr. Wilson, at the very beginning of include* «tri
strikes in Chicago fx.firreflrnte population of ISO million, to to a greater number of individuals abuse? In a new country, under new eil ns a calamity? This very cheap po
through more numerous channel* nnd over conditions, and with a rapidity that has and rapid movement enlarges the
* 1 V nothin): of Chin, with her 400 million,
h;s career ns a member of the lower
« an. !!itM*trike» and bank failnrea in 1111-
house of Congress, was the spokesman
which has gone a long distance toward the a wider area of country than any other astonished the older world, ive have built that tbe men who work in shops can li
Ohio ¡n May: runs on savings
industry.
up a railway system equal in mileage to in—gives wife and children good air a
°f [he agriculturists of this country in no>» *?d «-extern States in June: snspen- adoption of the gold standard.
all the railways o f the rest o f the world I a chance for shade and grass »ml uiilk
V ast Bam# An->a#lly K ip e n ile l.
•rging the erection o f the bureau of ng- banks m
minp, and numerous bank
ftcnlture. ns it was then called, into a
root from the cows in the summer ti
Great and far-reaching as are these dis combined.
C lc ffla n d 's Iiflt lc J ok e.
»•parate department, with a cabinet offi-
The men responsible for the work hare Butter come* from Australia by the th
Kobodv ever before inspected Mr. bur*em»»nt*. the
per annum
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i. J ;> lain res rs in tv a I niu r h# used their best jndgnient. given their hpst sand tons and break* the butter mark
J*r at its head. Hia word may be taken
*er it that at that time he never dreamed
thought, and many of Ihem the best years so that golden butter goes with
that he would himself one day be called
of their lives, iu honest endeavor to make bread.
»Pon to assume the management of the de
How are the farmer* to be com]»*
the most of tbe enterprise in which they
partment he so zealously strove to estab-
have embarked. Are not the purposes ed? There is one sure way. If is the
nbltshment of home markets through
"*h. The farmers o f the United States
„ f tii.s indu-irr as necessary and
ctU.„t factories iu No to' the" utmost enjoyment of the fruit# of ! Immense range of trades and occupation#, mate, are not its owners entitled to as fair ¡ diversity o f industries. 'V e canno
*re still burdening President McKinley s October. * » " *
ppnnfyivania mining re- industry, economy and thrift.” The ex- | Even during these bad years, and with a return upon their investment as other the condition of farmers by multiply
mail with felicitations npon hia selection road and in
eember; r t e » 1
in New Jersey, nerience of the “ humble toiler” aince Mr. i uncertain rates, the railway» are putting industries? Are unt its officers and em farmer*.—New York Presa.
•f a Secretary o f Agricnltnre.
gioa In Dece
' , wj,pri followed by Cleveland came to office four years ago i $70.000.000 per annum into their road ployes a* honest, efficient and patriotic
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The Man aa He la.
Greece and Corbelt seem to be is -
New York, will hardly enabis bim to agres with that bed*. $33.f»)0.0no Into new rails and ties, as tbo«* in (her avocations? Why not
“1 came here to work for the man with renn.ylr*“ «» * ad
and accompanied by
! sod *v*r $16,000,000 inte new bridge*. ' give them a fair cbaucs? Out of the com- same class. - Bostou G>nta
kla coat off.” said Mr. Wilson. “ The man riot*, in
gentleman in this statement.
*itb his coat off” ia a favorite figure of
* • ; not unnaturally. for he has be«» »
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AGRICULTURE.
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