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have doubled his subscription. He advised with those opposed to 
progress and reform, and declined the proposition. 1 would have 
given $50 out of my own pocket rather than to have had the paper 
go down. 
Mr. Orledge: Be assured that when I speak of a paper here, I 
am not speaking about a paper that is go to carry you to the 
democratic party or to the republican party. My experience is 
this, that unless you get some man at the head of the paper who 
is in deep sympath}' with you, you will not sustain that paper. 
Mr. Anderson has shown us why Mr. Morrow wms not sustained. 
You will not, and cannot sustain a purely agricultural paper 
in this State. You must have the great economic questions of 
the day discussed. That is the place for them. Have them dis¬ 
cussed from a pure, honest standpoint; put them before all parties 
as the questions should be put, not covering up by means of sophis¬ 
ts, to hide the truth, but fully exposing them, giving our enemies 
credit when they deserve credit, and condemning them when they 
are wrong. I do not ask you to support me in starting a purely 
political paper here. It is a thing that I am not in a position to do. 
I am not in a position to advocate any party. I have no faith in 
any party. What I want is a paper where we can advocate and 
argue purely economic questions, those questions that come home to 
us and affect our every-day-life, and where there may be a page or 
two pages devoted purely to agriculture, where my friend Mr. Roberts 
or Mr. Hazen, or any of you gentlemen will have room to put in 
your ideas. I should never oppose a man because he did not agree 
with me. I believe in freedom of speech, freedom of action, and 
honest straight work throughout. 
The resolution was adopted as amended. 
Resolution number two was then taken up, relative to town fire 
insurance companies. 
Mr. Whiting: I have some little knowledge and some little ex¬ 
perience in this matter. In our town we organized such a company 
four years ago this month. It has been in operation a little over 
four years, and our circumstances are the most encouraging. We 
staitel under very unfavorable circumstances soon after the Chi¬ 
cago fire. We have increased the amount now insured to up¬ 
wards of $310,000, and we have not during the four years met with 
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