Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-12-05

legislation touching public timber the mountainous
States and Territories of the West should be
pecially well considered and that existing laws in
which the destruction Of forests is not sufficiently
against ashoplds sspeadiy mod
general law concerning this important subject sp-
pears To- me tobe matter Of urgent necessity.
+ 81 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS:
FROM the organizations Of the government the i'm
increase Of our agricultural productions has been
wledged and urged upon the attention of Con-
gress and the people, as the surest and readiest
means Of increasing our substantial and enduring
prosperity The words OF Washington sare DIS ap-
sage, he said: 1T is not to be doubted that WITH
reference either to individual national welfare ag-
r1culture is of primary importance" In proportion
as nations advance in population and other circum-
parent land renders the cultivation Of the soil more
and more an object Of public patronage. Institu-
pPe a 6 %
Gss no x'h have have
been attended with greater success than the esab-
lishment OF boards composed OF proper characters,
charged with collecting and difusing Information and
enabled by premiums and small pecuniary aids to
encourage and assist the spirit Of discovery and i'm
provenapt, this species of establishment contrib
uting doubly to the increase of Improvement by
stimulating to enterprise, and experiment, and by
drawing to common centre the results everywhere
OF individual, skill and observation and spreading
them thence oyer the whole nation. Experience &C
cordingly hath shown that they are very cheap in
strnments of immense national benefit.
The great preponderance of the agricultural over
any other interest in the United States entities it to-
all the consideration claimed forit by Washington
About one,haf Of the population of the United States
ra products Of the United States for the year 1873
is estimated at 49, 600. The exports of agr-
cultural products aS for the year 1877 as from
With it's ' diversity Of sol a u e emats
enables .n Us m to produce within our own
saries, but most of the luxuries that are consumed in
civilized countries. Yet, Notwithstanding orr advan-
tage OF SOIL climate and lnter-communicaon, ap:
the commissioner Of agriculture that we import an
nually from foreign lands may millions Of dollars
worth of agricultural products which could I've raised
in our own country.
Numerous questions arise in the practice of adj
vanced agriculture which can only be answered by
experiments, often costly and sometimes fruNess,
which are beyond the means of private individuals
and are just and proper charge the whole nation
for the benefit Of the nation It is good policy, es-
pecialy in times Of depression and uncertainty In
waited and unproductve territory, wisely opened to
homestead settlement to encourage by every proper
and legitimate the occupation and tillage of
tho soil.
! The efforts of the department Of agriculture to
stimulate old and introduce agricultural indus
tries, to improve the quality and increase the guam
ty of products, to determine the value Of old or
establish the importance of new methods of culture
are worthy of your careful and favorable considera
| ton AID assistance, by such appropriations of
money ana enlargement OF facilities as may seem to
tsresf..
| CRUELTY TO ANIMALS IN TRANSIT.
The abuse of animals in transit is widely attracting
public attention. national convention of societies
specially interested in the subject, has recently met
at Baltimore, and facts developed, both in regard tt
orueltes to animals and the effect of such crueltes
upon public health, would seem to demand the care
Reconsideration Of Congress and the enactment Of
more efficient laws for the prevention of these abuses
| EDUCATION. 80.
| The report of the commissioner of the bureau Of
a shows gratifying progress;
care Of this important Office. The report is especial,
encouraging with respect to the extension Of the adj
vantages of the common school system in sections
of the country where the general enjoyment of the
privilege of free schools is notyet allowed. To edu
cation, more than to any other agency, We to
look as the resource for the advancement of the
pie in the requisite knowledge and appreciation o.
their rights and responsibilities as citizens, and
desire to repeat the suggestion contained in IN,
former message in behalf of the enactment of appro
pirate measures by Congress for the purpose of
plementng with national aid the local systems of ed
| ucation in the several States
| LIBRARY ACCOMMODATIONS.
Adequate accommodations for the great library
which is outgrowmg the capacity of the rooms nov
occupied at the Capitol should be provided without
further delay, This valuable collection of books
manuscripts and illustrative art has grown to sucf
proportions, in connection with the copyright system
of the country, to demand the prompt and careful
attention Of Congress, to save it from injury in it,
present crowded and insufficient quarters. AS thi
library is national in it's character and must from
the future than in the past cannot be doubled tina
| the people will sanction any wise expenditure
to preserve it and enlarge its usefulness.
- NATIONAL MUSEUM.
The appeal of the regents of the Smithsonian In
stitution for means to organize exhibit and max
available for the public benefit the articles now soret
away belonging to the national museum, HEARTH
recommend to your favorable consideration.
THE HEALTH OF CAP1ToL1ANs.
The attention of Congress is again invited to tn
condition Of the river front of the city of Washing
ton. 1t is matter Of vital Importance to the healtl
of the residents Of the national capital both tempo
rary and permanent that the lowlans in front Of tn
en thsse fats DISTRICT s the dr sGns
of the city and are q dangerous source of malaria
poison. The reclamation will improve the navigation
of the river by restricting and consequently deepen
ing its channel, and is also of Importance when con
sidered in connection with the extension of the pub
lie ground and the enlargement of the park west
south of the Washington monument. f'-7~-s
WASHINGTON HARBOR. -. .
The report Of the board of survey heretofore or.
dered by act of Congress the improvement of tn
harbor Of Washington and Georgetown, ts respect
fully commended to consideration. 4 : =
| DISTRICT MATTERS.
The report of the of the district Of Colu n
qia presents detailed statement of the affairs {
the district. The relative expenditures by the United
States and the district for local purposes is contrast
ed, showing that the expenditure by the people o.
the district. greatly exceeded those of the genera
government. The exhibit is made in connection
with estimates for the requisite repair of the defect
work of immediate necessity, and in the sama con
the permanent funding Of sSsi the out ut
standing securities of the district. The benevo
lent reformatory and penal institutions of the dis
trict entitled to- the favorable attention of Con
gresa The reform school needs additional bqilding
and teachers. Appropriations. which will place al
of these institutions in condition to become models
of usefulness and beneficence, VII be- regarded by
| the country as liberality wisely bestowed.
The commissioners with evident justice request at
| tention to the discrimination made by Congress
against the district in the donation of land for thu
support of the public schools and ask that the
hberality has been shown to the various State
and Territories of the United States may be EXTENDED
to the District of Columbia. The commissioners alst
invite attention to the damage inflicted upon public
and private interests by the present location Of the
depots and switching tracks of the several railroads
entering the city, and ask for legislation looking
tons contained in the report will trust receive thu
careful consideration Of Congress.
| Sufficient time has perhaps not yet elapsed since
the reorganization of the government of distrie
under the recent legislation Of Congress for the
preston of confident opinion as to its successful
operation, but the practical results already attainet
are so satisfactory that the friends Of the govern
of its continuance without essential modification
until by actual experience it's advantages and de
fects may be more fully ascertained. d"
R. B. HAYES.
EPKouT1vE MANSION, Washington, Dec. 2, 1878.