Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1895 — NO MORE FREE SEEDS [ARTICLE]

NO MORE FREE SEEDS

iiure '?S&W! ,al39iiw ej3 xfoira , Cry foOtlefr falfae&s XHOII 10 In accordance with the order issued bjjSecretary of Agriculture Morton several" weeks ago, the “Seed Bureau** of the' Department ofr Agriculture, wjml <yik of existence sritM Wffiy ness. The bureau was brought into existence for the purpose bf'purcliusiiig and distributing such seeds as are rare and uncommon to the country, or suclxaa can* be made more profitable by frequent change other. ent adqujgistration, howexec—Sectetary--Morton came to the' conclusion that the bureau was made thri nieditfrr (if dlelfSsA extravagant, gratuitous an€p r # I wc'l®n ; s“distribution of seeds throofeb'Anfinhers* of Congress, and by engaging the services of a press clipping agency -£e found-thgt he was backed up in this obiudoni py fipe, leading newspapers of the couwry. ’liipJe-' upon he signed the deatlfi wa»ant*bf uc'; bureau. In the matter of salaries the saving effected will approximate $20,000 a year. The Attorneys Genafal jmppmgs*/ the action of Seofetaryj Mogtliy [ \J . Asked to Aid Cuba. The cause of Cuba has-a|suseth£he gym-! pathy and gained the friendship of 'thousands of Americans, and both fnnnd gpression Monday night at Chicago., in a monster ttia&o meeting. Central Music .HdUouatledll 5,000, and sent thousands to hall. Mayor Swift, John Mayo Palmer, Rev. Dr. H. \Y. TUopiafJ, John Henry; Barrows, E. P. Cnfeih, *P; "S. H'enibft,' Wm. A. Vincent, Wm. J. Hynes, Sherman, F. W. Gunsajilus, Bishop Fallows, and many other prominent citizens participated, and the speeches aroused a furor of enthusiasm. The resolutions were red-hot; they quoted largely from our own declaration of independence, and were adopted w r ith-£ fOf&Gi anjfabvaL the, echoes of which wifi b'ei heitrd in Spain' Itself. They were signed by the following gentlemen: R. J. Smith, William P. Williams, John Henry Barrows, H. W. Thomas, William C. Pomeroy, Thomas B Bryan...■ r n - f v /o i, An Advantage to .. The adoption of free 1 wool m‘~the Uni-’ ted States tariff law has resulted in advantage so the United States manufacturers, according t&a report from .fhntedf States Consul Sefiwtmm n't 'Uruguay.* H 6 p (finis out that the shipments of Uruguay wools to the United States have targqlyunWfcased by reason of fke£ thrift ‘3&S is greatly beneffelal'to the interests of the United States,” he .adds, “fmm the.fact that the figiidudfiiiefi ra/OdjhfinO'ldU-'iO never.-before. reached- the* United Stages,* As these fee wools cannot be produced In the States and at the same time are to’^hdf ina lufac ure of cheaper they can /be »ui|le t» our manufacturers Hie-niore be-enabled - to well as supply'the homp'riihrirets.” A Female Drees Reform Colony. Dr. Mary Walker, who forty years jagri. preached the gospel of dress reform to the women of this country, and who was arrested in many cities, for dressing and appearing -wf male attirt, is the npostle of. a scheme girls. Dr. Marthas bought a farm eonraSning 185 acres of land, seven miles pS |N.\ Y., and proposes to fbtuyfif Coloh y man shall have ao part. Only females who will Jherufcekves to a life of celibacy while jalemi>di:slpf the community and to wear bloomers for life are to be eligible. They will work on the farm in all its details, plant and harvest the crops, dispose of and ISktfYare ofthestodsi-A.Lv/ Nine Die in a Gale. Reports of damage and loss of lifecaused on the lakes by the recent storm are coming to hand. The gale iseeiho to have been most destructive on Lake Superior. Only one 'Ghica|o fatality resulted, Owiierj JbJisqn jofi the schooner* John Raberlosing *hTs life while trying to secure a tug to rescue his waterloggged vessel off Buau Part, Ind ■■■'OrWrtW>flgttU eight lives were lost by the foundering of the schooner 5 Elina in LakctiKuperior.Many Jptyq been sacrificed,.hut there is sUjJ a lack of definite ipforipation. " ” \m 2 . '! V Amende for Murders, At London it.iq announced China has accepted the British ultimatum and the Vicerdjy-'bf SzechueHj/ who is held to have beert !, tWponsible ( indirectly or directly, for,the ffiassaere of missionaries in the territQfy under his jurisdictioi), had been degraded.