History of rural mail delivery in Canada . overnment rode. Upon my makingmyself known to the Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux, when we met on the picnicgrounds platform, he greeted .me in the most cordial manner, and grasping 38 my arm, turned me to face the Premier, saying: This is Mr. Wilcox, ourold Rural Mail friend. evidently considered this situation some-what ludicrous. Of this his hearty laugh and looks as we shook hands,was proof enough. London Free Press. Oct., 1908. Lemieux to Hear to say, the Dominion Grangers are not deeply smitten with themanner in which the Postmast
History of rural mail delivery in Canada . overnment rode. Upon my makingmyself known to the Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux, when we met on the picnicgrounds platform, he greeted .me in the most cordial manner, and grasping 38 my arm, turned me to face the Premier, saying: This is Mr. Wilcox, ourold Rural Mail friend. evidently considered this situation some-what ludicrous. Of this his hearty laugh and looks as we shook hands,was proof enough. London Free Press. Oct., 1908. Lemieux to Hear to say, the Dominion Grangers are not deeply smitten with themanner in which the Postmaster-general has proceeded regarding Free RuralMail Delivery. While commending the policy they, by resolution at theDominion meeting lately, urged the necessity of going slowly and profitingby the experience of other people who have adopted it. It was pointed outthat in the United States a deficit of seventeen millions has resulted this yearas a consequence, and it was asked how much deficit a country of sevenmillions population would Another Timber Thief.—Toronto Neus. The Dominion grangers entertain doubts on these matters. Theyevidently do not forget the heavy foot which Hon. Mr. Lemieux planted on the proposal when it was made by Mr. Armstrong in Parliament, and theministers distinct refusal to act because of the reason given by him thatRural Free Delivery would be impossible until Canada had twenty millionpopulation. They do not clearly understand, for Mr. Lemieux has notexplained it, how the measure became suddenly feasible on the eve of thegeneral elections, when he sent post haste to the United States for the boxesneeded for the service. As business men, the Dominion grangers would likeMr. Lemieux, or some other minister, to give the ground of this suddenconversion, this hasty scramble to involve the country in an expense whichthe honorable gentlemen estimated at ten millions annually, which he de-clared to be beyond the public resources, and which he positively
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