The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05


a corps of mounted $ Indian auxiliaries,'' to be
under the control of the army, and to be used for
the purpose of keeping the Indians their reser-
vationS and preventing or REFRESHING disturbance
on their part. 1 earnestly concur in this recon-
mendation. 1t is believed that the organization of
such body of Indian cavalry receiving moderate
pay from the Governments. would considerably weak
en- the restless element among the Indians by with
drawing from it number of young men and giving
them congenial employment under the Government,
1t being matter of experience that INDIANS in our
service almost without exception are ftnful IN the
performance of the duties assigned to them. Such
an organization would materially aid the army in
the accomplishment of task for which Its nu-
merical strength is sometimes found insufficient
But, while the employment of force for the pre-
vention repression of Indian troubles is OF occa
slonal necessity, and wise preparation should be
made to that end, greater reliance must be placed
on humane and civilzing agencies for the ultimate
solution of what is called the Indian problem. 1t
may be very difficult, and require much patient,
effort, to curb the unruly spirit of the savage In
dian to the restraints of civilized life but eXpeI7
ence shows that it is not impossible Many Of the
tribes which are now quiet and orderly and self
supporting were once as savage any that at pres
ent roam the plains or in the mountains of the
far West, and were then considered inaccessible to
civizing influences. 1t may be impossible to raise
them fully up to the level of the white population
of the United States; but we should not forget that
they the aborigines of the country, and called
the soil their own on which our
people have grown rich, powerful, and
happy. We owe it to them moral duty to help
al dt degree Oh
which they may be able to reach. It is not only
our duty-itis also our interest to do so. Indians
who have become agriculturists or herdsmen and
feel an interest in property will thenceforh cease to
be warlke and disturbing element 1t is also a
wei-authenticated fact that Indians apt to be
peaceable and quiet when their children at school,
and am grahied to know, from the expressions
t of Indians themselves and from many concurring
reports, that there is steadily increasing desire,
even among Indians belonging to comparatively
wild tribes to have their children educated. in
vie attention to the reports of the Secretary OF the
Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
touching the experiment recently inaugurated,
in taking fifty Indian children, boys and
girls, from different tribes, to the Hampton
Normal Agricultural Institute, in Virginia,
where they are to receive an elementary
English education and training in agriculture ans
other useful work, to be returned to their tribes
after the completed course, as interpreters. in
structors and examples. 1t is reported that the
officer charged with the selection of those children
might have had thousands of young Indians sent
with him had it been possible to make provision
for them. l agree with the Secretary Of the b
terror in saying that " the result of this interesting
experiment if favorable. may be destined TO be
come an important factor i'll the advancement Of
civilization among the Indians"
The question whether change in the control O.
the Indian service should be made at the last
session Of Congress, referred to a committee for in
| quiry and report. Without desiring to anticipate
that report. venture to express the hope that il
the decision of so important question the view.
expressed above may not be lest sight Of and tina
the decision whatever it may be. Will arrest furthe
agitation of this subject, sncll agitation being ap
to produce disturbing effect upon the service a.
| well as on the indians themselves.
| Hot Springs Commission.
In the enrolment Of the bill making appropria
tons for sllry civil expenses. at the last session
of Congress. flat portion which provided for the
| continuation of the Hot Springs Commission was
| omitted As the commission had completed the
| work of talking testimony on the many confictine
nT+ lpj, IoI,C
termining the rights Of claimants, threatened Tor
! time to elnbarrass the interests not only
| OF the Government. but also of largo
| number OF the citizens of Hot Springs
! who waiting for final acton
| on their claims before beginning contemplated i'm
provements I'll order to prevent serious difficulties
/ which. We're apprehonded, and At the solicitation
many leading citizens of Hot Springs, and Others
interested i'll the welfare OF the town the Secretary
OF the Interior was authorized to request the late
| Commissioners to take charge of the records o
! their proceedings. and to perform such work AZ
| could properly be done by them under such cir
cumstances, to facilitate the adjudication OF the
claims at an early day, and to preserve the status
| OF the claimants until their rights should hs
| finally determined. The late Commissioners CON
Piled with that request and report that the test
monc%7 III all the cases, has been written ont ex
anained. bI1ete0, "ud arranged to facilitate al
early settlement when authorized by law. It is re
commended that the requisite authority be givel
| at as carly day in the session as possible anG
! that fair compensation be allowed the late Com
missioners for the expenses incurred and the labor
! performed by them since the 18th of June last.
| 81" Timber T4ands.
| invite the attention Of Coneross to the recon-
/ mendatiOns made by the Secretary of the Interior
with regard to the preservation OF the timber on
| the public lands OF the United States The Drl
lection OF the public property is one of first duties
OF the Government. The Department of the Interior
should, therefore, be enabled by sufficient appro-
priati0ns to enforce the laws in that respect But
this matter appears still more important as a ques-
| ton of public economy. The rapid destruction of
/ our forests is an evil fraught with the,
| gravest consequences. especially in the,
mountainous districts where the rocky slopes once.
| denuded of their trees will remain so forever.
| There the injury, done. cannot be repaired
fully concur with the Secretary of the Interior in
the opinion that for this reason legislation touch
! ing the public timber in the mountainous States
and Territories of the West should be especially
| well considered, and that existing laws. in which
the destruction Of the forests is not sufficiently
! guarded against. should be speedily modified. A
| general law concerning this important subject
appears TO me to be matter OF urgent public ne
| cessity s f.rE
e~~r - Agriculture.
| From the organization Of the Government the I'M
portance of encouraging. by all possible means the
increase OF our agricultural productions has been
acknowledged and urged upon the attentiTl of Con
gress and the people the surest and readiest
means OF increasing our substantial and enduring
prosperity.
The words of Washington are as applicable to-
DAY as When in his eighth annual message, he said:
1t is not to be doubted with reference either to
individual or national welfare. agriculture is of
primary importance. In proportion as nations adj
vance III population and other circumstances of
maturity this truth becomes more apparent, and
renders the cultivation Of the soil more and more
an object of public patronage. Institutions for
promoting it grow up, supported by the public
purse and to what object can ii be dedicated with
greater propnety? Among the means which have
been employed to this end none have been attended
with greater success than tie establishment of
boards, composed of proper characters. charged
with collecting and difusing information, and Ell
abled, by premiums and small pecuniary aids, to
encourage and assist the spirit of discovery and i'm
provement, this species Of establishment contribut-
ms doubly to the increase OF Improvement by slim
ulat1ng to enterprise and experiment. and by draw
ing TO common center the results everywhere of
individual Skill and observation and spreading
them thence over theXhole nation. Experience ac-
cordingly hath shown that they arc yery cheap in
strufnents OF immense national benefit
The great preponderance Of the agricultural over
any other interest i'll the United States entities If IN
all the consideration claimed for it by Washington
About one-half of the population Of the United
States is engaged in agriculture. The value of the
agricultural products of the United States for the
year 1915 is estimated at $500 900 Co., The ey-
ports of agricultural products for the year 1877.
as 3Dpe2rS from the of