Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-12-14

Ecarriage OF merchandise By the great TaHWa y
of the country hare resorted in their
WITH the pnblic to divers measures NILE
and oppressive in their charae l soill5I
instances tho State governments naFe atSacAes.
| and suppressed these evils, but ~
Others they have been unable 5ft % 81 ~ az.
ford adequate relief because g. W. ~
! jurisdictonal limitations which are lmPo 5sss
upon them by the federal constI Inc
lquestion whether the national governmen nay !
! lawfully interfere in the premises, and Hnat,
if any, supervision of control 1t uShb 10 eAei-
else, is one which merits your care1ui cousin
Grafton. While we cannot fali TO fee s.s;
way systems of the country, and their
great and beneficial influence upon 1ne
development Of our material wealth. we
should, on the other hand, remember that ne
individual corporation ought 70 DO lhses1eu
| with absolute power over the interest," y "ny
other citizen or class of citizens. The rignt VI
those railway corporations to any profitable re-
| turn upon their Investment and to reasonable
| freedom in their regulations must Dc
recognized, but it seems only just tnat. 50 1ar
as it's constitutional authority will permit, con
gress should protect people at large ID men
interstate traffic against an act OF inJussice
which State governments are powerless TO
prevent
FOREST PRESERVES.
| In nv last annual message called attention
to the necessity of protecting by suitable legs
| main. In many portions Of the West the pur-
! suit of general agriculture is only made prac-
ticable by resort to irrigation. " nile success
full irrigation would be Impossible without the
aid afforded by forests in contributing TO the
regularity and constancy Of the supply OF
water. During the past year severe suffering
and great loss of property have been occa-
stoned by profuse floods, followed by PERIODS
of unusually low water In many Of the great
rivers OF the country; these irregularities were.
in great measure, caused bv the removal from
about the sources of the streams in question
of the timber by which the water supply had
| been nourished and protected The preserva-
ton OF such portions Of the forests On the ma
tional domain essentially contribute to the
equable flow of important water courses IS OF
of the Missouri, the Columbia and the Sas-
katchewan, rise in the mountains Of Montana.
now the northern boundary of the United
! States between the Blackfeet and Flathead H.
dian reese vations. This reg ion is unsuitable for
settlement but upon the rivers which flow from
it, depends in the future the agricultural
DEVELOPMENT of vast tra:t of country. The
attention Of congress is called to the necessity
of Withdrawing from the public sale this part
of the public domain, and establishing there
forest preserve.
INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITIONS.
The industrial exhibitions which have been
held in the United States during che present
year attracted the attention ue n,any foreign
countries, where the announcement OF those
enterprises had been made public through tie
foreign representatives Of this }vcTnrnent
The Southern exhibits At Louisville were
largely attended by the exhibitors OF foreign
countries, notwithstanding the absence Of
any professional character IL those uudertaa>
ings The centennial exposition to be held
next year at New Orleans, IN commentator
of the century Of the first shipment Of cotton
from port of the United States, bids fair to
meat with like gratifying Under the
act of congress of the 10th OF FEBRUARY, 1883,
declaring that exposition to be national
and international its character.
the foreign governments with which the
United States maintains relations, have been
invited to participate The promoters Of this
I'M portant undertaking have already received
assurances of tie lively interest it has excited
abroad.
The report of the commissioner of
the District Of Columbia is herewith trans
mitted. ] ask for it your careful attention, es-
pecalv for those portions which relate to as
semenrs for taxes and water supply.