Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-12-04

plished with the very limited means heretofore
placed at the command of the department Ut
agriculture is an earnest of what may be tx
pected with increased appropriations Tor the
several purposes Indicated in the report OF the
commissioned. With view to placing the
department upon footing which will enable
it - to 49, prosecute more Effectively
the objects for which it is
established : appropriations are needed
for q more complete laboratory for the estab-
lishment of . veterinary division and q division
of forestry and for increase Of force. The
dicated in the report of the; ommissioner; nm
der the head of immediate neces stiles of the de-
partmenf, will not involve any expenditure of
money that the country cannot with propriety
now undertake in the interest OF agriculture.
- THE CAPITOL LIBRARY.
To preserve and perpetuate the national
literature should be among the foremost cares
of the national legislature. The library
vided with any suitable Accommodations for
its rapidly increasing stores. The magnitude
and importance of the collection. increased as
it is by the deposits under the laws of copy
right, by domestic and foreign exchanges. and
by the scientific library of the Smithsonian
institution, call for building accommodations
which shall be at once adequate and fire proof.
| should provide for the pressing nece> sites of
the present and for the vast increase of the
nations books in the future, is matter which
addresses itself to the discretion of Congress. It
is earnestly recommended as q measure which
! should unite all suffrages and which should no
longer be delayed.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
In former messages. impressed with the i'm
portance of the subject. have taken occasion
fo To ba of
generous policy toward the District of Culum-
bia- The rep,rt of the commissioners of the
District. herewith transmitted, contain consid-
erations and recommendations, to all of
which earnestly invite careful attention.
l ask carly and favorable consideration
OF the views which they express as to the urgent
need of legislation for the reclamation of the
marshes Of the Potomac and its eastern branch
within the limits of the city. and for the re-
pair of the streets of the capital heretofore laid
with wooden blocks. and by. delay rendered
almost impossible, and source OF imminent
danger to the health of its citizens. The
! means at the disposal of the commissioners are
wholly inadequate for TIE accom- plishment of
these important works, and should be supple.
mented by timely appropriations from the
federal treasury.
The filling of the Oats n front Of the city
will add to the adj scent lands and karks
owned by the United States large and valu-
aUlC uOmAAu, ouulClcNt, IL lS tUOusuIs " IcIul-
| burse its entire cost. and will ALSO as an in
| cideutal result, secure the permanent improve
| ment of the river for the purpose OF naviga-
| ton.
| The constitution has invested Congress With
| supreme and exclusive jurisdiction over the
District of Columbia. Its citizens must Of
necessity look to Congress alone for all needful
legislation affecting their interests and as the
territory of this District is the common proper
| ty of the people Of the United States who,
equally with its resident citizens. are interest
| ed in the prosperity of their capital. can not
doubt that you will be amply sustained by the
general voice of the country in any measure
you may adopt for this purpose.
l also invite the favorable consideration of
Congress to the wants of the public schools of
this District, as exhibited in the report OF tho
commissioners. While the number OF the pu-
pills is rapidly increasing, adequate pro-
| vision exists for corresponding
increase of school accommodation
and the commissioners are without
the means to meet this urgent need num-
Der of the buildings now used for school pur-
poses are rented, and are in important particu-
lars unsuited for the purpose. J he cause
of popular education in the District of
Columbia is surely entitled to the
same consideration at the hands
of the national government as in the several
States and Territories. to which munihcent
grants of the public lands have been made for
the endowment of schools and universities.
| RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
Executive Mansion, Dec LIST, 1879.