_Did you know that the Commission appraised the monopoly franchise at more than three and a half million dollars, and that our great and good Government paid the money?_ Did you know that _your cash_ was thus lifted out of the Treasury _to pay for a free river for Carnegie and his Company_; and that nobody thought it worth while to say “Turkey” to you about it? This buying-off of the private monopoly which throttled the commerce of a great section was a good thing to do. We are glad it was done. The people can now navigate the Monongahela as freely as Carnegie can do it; but is it not mortifying to reflect _that the PEOPLE were powerless against the wrong until the coal and iron kings took the case in hand_? And isn’t it amazing to see how easily the doors of the Treasury fly open, and the millions pour out, when the Privileged Corporations want it done? When it became a matter of self-interest to the Privileged Corporations to buy out the Monongahela monopoly the Constitution was not in the way nor was the money lacking. Whenever it suits the same Privileged Classes to unload the Railroads on to the Government at fancy prices it will be done. When that day comes the Constitution will not be in the way nor will the means be lacking. Whenever the Privileged Classes want ANYTHING done the Constitution approves and the cash box is full. It is only when the masses want anything done that our Constitution becomes a fretful porcupine with quills erect and our cash box has a hollow sound. If you want to have a jolly time with that gay old creature, the United States Constitution, join the Privileged Corporations. If you want to frolic with the United States Treasury and pay for what you want with public money, join the Privileged Corporations. _Rural Free Delivery to Country People_ (Extract from the _People’s Party Paper_, March, 1893, Mr. Watson’s paper, commenting upon the passage of the _first appropriation_ for the R. F. D.) The annual appropriations for the free delivery of mails was, until the present administration, confined to cities of over 10,000 inhabitants. At the suggestion of Mr. Wanamaker, an experiment was made in smaller towns enjoying daily mails, but as yet no country neighborhoods had obtained the privilege. On Friday, February 17, 1893, when the annual appropriation was pending, Mr. Watson proposed an amendment as follows: For free delivery service, including existing experimental free delivery offices, $11,254,900, of which the sum of $10,000 shall be applied, under the direction of the Postmaster-General, to experimental free delivery in rural communities other than towns and villages.