1910. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
463 
PUBLIC MEN AND PARCELS POST. 
After reading hundreds of letters writ¬ 
ten our readers by Senators and Repre¬ 
sentatives at Washington, we find that 
most of these statesmen start off with the 
proposition that they will devote their 
giant intellects to the question of a par¬ 
cels post in one of the following ways: 
Earnest consideration. 
Faithful attention. 
Thorough study. 
Personal attention. 
Careful perusal. 
Bear it in mind. 
Considerate attention. 
Conscientious consideration. 
And many more. A healthy owl could 
do any of these, and of course we all 
understand that a man could easily peruse 
or consider until a dozen bills were dead. 
Lot us take up some of these letters and 
see just where the Senators stand. The 
shortest and crankiest is from Senator W. 
O. Bradley, of Kentucky. lie writes to 
one of our readers: 
“I do not recognize your authority to 
demand how I shall vote on any question,!” 
We will guarantee that Senator Bradley 
is now quite familiar with many thing's 
which he did not recognize at first. A 
few more postage stamps will help give 
him a clearer vision. 
All things considered, the most sense¬ 
less letter is from Senator II. L. Taylor, 
of Tennessee: 
“I am most anxious to find our people 
in agreement on some measure that will 
please all and injure none.” 
Such anxiety as that is pathetic. Hap¬ 
pily, Senator Taylor does not fell us where, 
to find that happy land where the express 
company and the farmer shall lie down 
together. In another letter Senator Tay¬ 
lor says that he finds a snake in most of 
the bills which are supposed to help the 
people. 
As judged by these letters, the Senator 
best qualified to throw chunks of well- 
oiled taffy is Mr. Page, of Vermont. That 
gentleman can get on more sides of a 
question and do more fishing to find out 
what is popular or whether one store¬ 
keeper will outweigh 100 farmers, than any 
citizen who has yet responded to the call. 
Just at present Mr. Page "is inclined to 
give it a very careful and friendly con¬ 
sideration.” He “thinks" he is in favor. 
Plaster his wayward thoughts down to it 
with postage stamps. 
The most outspoken man in favor of a 
parcels post is Senator Burnham, of New 
Hampshire. He has introduced a resolu¬ 
tion calling for an experimental test, and 
he writes one of our readers: 
“This is the way the rural delivery sys¬ 
tem was first started, and vou know the 
result. The annual post-office appropria¬ 
tion bill has passed the House and is now 
in the hands of the Senate Committee on 
Post-Office and Post-Roads, of which Sen¬ 
ator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, is chair¬ 
man. and I regret to say that I am not 
a member of this committee. If this reso¬ 
lution could be incorporated in the appro¬ 
priation bill, no point or order could be 
made against it when it is taken up on 
the floor of the Senate. I should be glad 
to have such publicity given this measure 
at this time as is possible, and to this end 
I am in communication with leading news¬ 
papers throughout the country.” 
Let us by all means back up Hon. Henry 
E. Burnham in this work. Among other 
Senators who say they are ready for par¬ 
cels post are the following: 
Senator Iiulkley, of Connecticut, says he 
will be pleased to give support to' any 
practical measure of this character. Sen¬ 
ator Brandagee, of the same State, is an 
“earnest attention” man. 
Senator Burton, of Ohio, is inclined to 
favor a parcels post on rural routes at 
first, and further extension if the experi¬ 
ment proves a succors. 
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, favors 
a parcels post and will vote for such a bill. 
Senator Overman, of North Carolina, has 
always favored the establishment of a par¬ 
cels post on rural routes and will gladly 
support such legislation. 
Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, 
says that he is himself a farmer and has 
known the inconvenience coming from the 
want of a rural parcels post. He will 
gladly vote for such a measure. 
Senator Frazier, of Tennessee, says he 
favors a parcels post with proper limita¬ 
tions. His constituents would better get 
after him and show him what these proper 
limitations are. 
Senator Crane, of Massachusetts, will 
favor a parcels post, provided the plan 
does not call for too great expense. 
Senator Root, of New York, promises our 
readers to give “earnest consideration.” but 
he is already on record as favoring a 
parcels post. 
Senator Fletcher, of Florida, says he is 
inclined to favor a proper parcels post bill, 
but he appears to be very much afraid of 
the country storekeepers. 
Senator Taliaferro, of Florida, ~ says""he 
is in favor of “giving the people e.very 
possible convenience compatible with an 
economic administration of the govern¬ 
ment." That is a large mouthful of words, 
but if Florida people will use their stamps 
we think Senator Taliaferro will be in 
line. 
Senator Burrows, of Michigan, started 
out apparently a little annoyed to think 
that the people should want to know what 
he was going to do. Judging from his 
letters, so many stamps have been put on 
him that he ’has mellowed considerably. 
He now says that as he is a member of 
the committee having charge of the bill 
it would not be proper for him to express 
an opinion. Keep after him and he will 
be in line. 
Senator Smith, of Maryland, thinks that 
no sensible man will state in advance what 
he will or will not do. 
Senator Cummins, of Iowa, says frankly 
that his mind is not yet made up. Better 
help him organize it properly, lie will be 
there when he finds that his people want 
a parcels post. 
Senator Warner, of Missouri, is another 
one of the gentlemen who will give “care¬ 
ful consideration” to the bill. 
Senator Stone, of Missouri, promises to 
give "personal attention" and writes our 
readers that they must not hesitate to 
command him whenever he can be of serv¬ 
ice. By all means, take Senator Stone 
right at his word. 
Senator Frye, of Maine, says he is in 
favor of trying the experiment of a parcels 
post delivery, and says frankly that he 
thinks it would justify itself. 
Senator Oliver, of Pennsylvania, promises 
to give “careful arid considerate attention" 
with a view of assuring the best interests 
of all concerned. A few more stamps on 
Senator Oliver would be well spent. 
Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, has 
not been able to reply to many of our 
readers yet, but we understand he is 
chairman of the postal committee in the 
Senate and he should therefore receive 
several thousand stamps at once. 
Senator Ballinger, of New Hampshire, 
goes so far as to say that he will cer¬ 
tainly give a bill “conscientious considera¬ 
tion.” We trust that our friends in New 
Hampshire will do the same for their 
Senator. 
Senator .Dillingham, of Vermont, seems 
to have his doubts about a parcels post, 
lie dodges all around the subject and does 
not touch it. He hopes, however, that 
Vermont people will write him "as often 
as the spirit moves.” By all means, re¬ 
spond to such a cordial invitation and 
move him with a thousand stamps. 
Our friend Senator Depew, of New York, 
is writing his famous letter to a large 
number of people. He says to them all 
that he will give his “earnest attention” 
to the matter. 
March, 1910, will long be remembered as 
the “warm March.” The weather has been 
very dry and temperatures have been high, 
reaching 85° in the shade recently. Wheat 
came through Winter small in size and not 
in very good shape, but the warm weather 
is causing it to grow, and a warm rain 
ought to make it catch up with the sea¬ 
son. Farmers are well along with their 
work, and sod plowing is well under way. 
The ground is getting dry and hard, mak¬ 
ing hard pulling for the teams, whose suf¬ 
fering is increased by the unseasonably 
hot weather. Some oats are being sown 
and a large acreage of corn is planned for. 
A lot of corn is in the cribs yet and prices 
are declining. Corn sold at 65 c-pnrs per 
bushel all Winter, but is worth 55 cents 
now, and will likely go lower. Stock 
scarce and high in price. Stock cattle 
$5.50 per 100: hogs, $10 to $15; fat cattle, 
$6 to $6.50: hogs, $10.60. Wheat is sell¬ 
ing at $1.15 per bushel. There is more 
corn fodder in our fields now than there 
has been so late in March for many years, 
and in some fields there is much unhusked 
corn also. w. k. d. 
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