Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1915 — LETTERS FROM OUR READERS [ARTICLE]

LETTERS FROM OUR READERS

Thanks The Democrat for Its Assistance. Editor Jasper County Democrat, Dear Sir: I wish to congratulate you on your success in defeating the railroad subsidy. It is not necessary for me to tell you how much it was appreciated by a great many others, but it will do no harm to tell you that I saw The Democrat on the streets in the forenoon when I was in town, and the men looking over it saying: “The Democrat is against the subsidy, and I am going to take it after this.’’ And so am I going to take it as soon as my subscription with the other paper is out, and maybe before.

The men out in the country say, ‘‘The Republican should be roasted for boosting the subsidy, and I am done with it; I will subscribe for The Democrat.” You can see that the rains have destroyed the biggest part of the crops. This will be a hardship on the farmers without apying out a big railroad tax. Indications are that this “boosting” will be costly for the Republican. This is from Route No. 1, and I hope you will hear from a good many other routes. Yors Respectfully,