The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-05
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the Pennington river In the fall O
that year they let out into the oper
water these little shad which then hat
grown to be from three to five inches
long. Three years later, that in 1898
thousands and thousands of the fines
adult shad were caught in the Farm
ington river for the first time in many
years. One lingering fish liberated into
the running water where he must
struggle for his existence Is worth 6
hundred small fry let out in the same
conditions.
In 1897 the commissioners carried SIX
millions of shad fry in the retaining
ponds in the town of Lyme, and in the
fall let them out into the Connecticut
river. In 1898, they treated over nine
millions in the same way, and they
predict that in two or three years there
will be a great abundance of shad in
that river.
The commissioners advise the state tc
construct hatchery for trout and sal
mon in waters that are situated about
a mile from Windsor Locks. They say
that the site has all the conditions OF
success. They also advise the state tC
secure a retaining pond for shad in
the Housatonic river, below Shelton
and predict that if this is done, that
river will soon team with shad, as ii
did fifty years ago.
You will do well to heed the sugges-
ton of the commissioners concerning
game and the advantage which will
come to the state from its preserga-
ton.
SHELL FISH.
The report of the shell fish commits
sioners shows little change in the re-
ceipts, the expenses and the work of
their department. Owing to the failure
of the oyster set the last year, any in
creased taxation now would be hard
ship to the owners of the oyster
grounds, and probably in the end, a loss
to the state.
RECORDS.
There is much uncertainty in regard
to the consolidation and lawful custody
Of many of the records of the state,
and Of the records of its towns, its
counties and it's courts. The state
should inquire inc this matter, and
should see that the preservation of
these records is made certain, and their
accessibility secured, to those who have
the right or the duty to use them.
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIA-
TIONS.
The commissioner of Building and
Loan associations reports that during
the last year there has been marked
increase in the business done by these
associations and in the amount of their
assets. He says that they evidently en-
joy the confidence of the investing
public, and that when their business is
rightly conducted their success is not
an experiment. He calls attention to
several defects in existing laws, and
legislation which you will
do we'll to consider
NATIONAL GUARD.
The adjutant general reports that
there is no change in the condition of
the National Guard except that which
has been brought about by the war
with Spain. There are no recommen-
dations to be made except those which
have been suggested by that conflict.
Our present National Guard compares
favorably with those of other states,
but the war with Spain gave a lesson
which all the states should heed.
AS long as human nature remains
what it Is, war is Inevitable. There is
no enduring peace for a nation except
that which Is based on the ability to
wage successful war. Even the undis-
turbed sessions of a peace congress are
due to that silent or active force of
arms which at all times upholds society.
Since this government was established
there has been a. war for every genera
ton, and into all of them we have been
plunged unexpectedly and unprepared
The slip-shod military policy of this ma
ton in time of peace would have
brought disgrace to our name had it not
been that, with waste of treasure and
needless cost of blood, the Unborn man
lood and valor of the American citizen
were disciplined into the endurance and
of the successful soldier after
he wars began. Whether we have en-
,ered upon a career of Imperialism or
not, whether westward the course of
empire has taken its way to influence
/ nation, whose responsibility for good,
irst to its own people and then to the
world, is equal to its power, one thing
S certain, the United States will have
/ larger standing army. In all the
states there will probably be National
Guards, supported in whole or in part
~ the national government, subject to
ts call and so highly disciplined as to
,e indeed q reserve force Between the
lation and the state there should be a
National Guard made up of two lines
# soldiers. The line nearer the nation
should be composed of men, who, from
patriotism or love of soldiers life or
he inspiration of military ambition, en-
list, not for ninety days, but for any
var in which the nation may be engag-
d and who, prevented by no domestic
n business ties, are ready to follow
wherever the flag may lead, This line
# soldiers enlisted, supported differed
nd disciplined by the national govern
nent should be in the first stages of
nv war; a force almost as reliable as
he veterans of the regular army.
The second line of the National Guard
and the one nearer the state--might
e made up Of men whose business or
omestic relations would not permit a
,ng enlistment in actual war. Sup
orted, differed and disciplined by the
tate, they would be ample for the