The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-12-05

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meet our shifting national needs must be
CONDITIONED upon the cardinal fact that the
duties must never be reduced below the
the labor cost here and abroad. The we'll
being OF the wageworker is q prime consid-
GRAFTON OF our entire policy Of economic
Subject to this proviso of the proper
projection necessary to our Industrial
we'll being at home the principle Of reel
port. The phenomenal growth Of our
export trade emphasizes the urgency Of
the need for wider markets and for a lib
lions. Whatever is merely % petty tSrss ana ves. e
should be avoided. The customers to
in the long run directly or Indirectly p pur.
chase those surplus products by giving us
something in return. Their ability to pur-
sible be secured by 90 arranging our tar
~ as to enable us to take from them
those products which we can use without
the use Of which will be Of marked beneft
to us.
The natural line Of development for a
policy Of reciprocity Will be In CONNECTION
longer require ali Of the support once
needed to establish them upon a sound
s ana wt those others where sitne.
we are beyond the reach Of successful
ASK tne attentlOn OF tne senate 10 tn6
reciprocity treaties laid before II by my
predecessor"
The Merchant Marine.
The president pronounces our merchant
marine "discreditable to us as nation and
insignificant to that Of other nations which
we overtop in other forms of business
and says We SHOULD not longer submit to
conditions under which only a trining por-
our own ships. or this he says.
ITO remedy this state Of things would not
merely serve to build up our shipping in
terests, but II would also result In benefit
to all who are Interested In the perma-
rent establishment cf wider market for
rSenfSs fs ss nnd mould sns sGyds SoR
work for their terminal points. shipping
qs rs MSeh 'S SaYs the SoG
be Of political as well as commercial ben
ssnt. From ,,SS every standpoint T. Is unwise
upon the ships Of compel ting nations for the
made advantageous 70 carry American
goods In American built ships"
His recommendation on this subject is
only that 'our government should take
such such action as Will remedy these inequali-
ties The American merchant arne
should be restored'to tho ocean"
Finances.
Under this heading the president recon-
mends such Legislation as Will better safe
guard against the dGranging influences of
tTlScS u1lU HtlhnClal pdnicS and
such as will make the currency OF the
country more responsive to the demands
OF domestic trace and commerce
He points out the fact that the receipts
from duties IN imports ard internal taxes
exceed the exp,nc lures OF the govern-
ment. but connsels against reducing the
rex.nurs SO that there viii be the posi-
"Bn; after providing against any such
CONTINGENCY means should be adopted
within the limit Of our actual needs"
He urges the necessity for strict economy
IN e. eexp,endSiitsures; p,enSis but that our national
ter OF providing whatever Is actually nee
essary to our well-being."
Interstate Commerce,
He points to defects In the interstate
commerce law, and recommends amend
ments to correct them. In which connection
Those who complain of the mana cement
Of the railways allege that established
bates and similar devices are haSituaiiy
usually in favor Of the large shipper, that
competitor. that while many rates rate steo are too
grosa preferences are made affecting both
or hand, the railways assert that the law
by Its very terms tends to produce many
Of these illegal practices BY depriving car
iish and maintain ondiscriminating rates.
THE act should be amended. The rail.
be just to and open to ali shippers alike alike.
within its jurisdiction this Is SO and
70 sss end hs
time II must not be forgotten that our
railways are the arteries through which
iows. nov Nothing could be more foolish than than
the enactment Of legislation which would
unnecessarily Interfere with the develop
ment and operation OF these commercial
Agricultural Interests.
The president cites the forest legislation
Of the past and the great good Of forest
preserves to the people. and say; they wifi
nIsyis:olSS ps says .! s' greater value Con-
present the p,St.stiOn q the he forest
sss ~sRHpMP wRHp M fha uns 81 ssr m
vey and the preparation Of plans for their
sry wsSs Is also w ns ws the fen
ths the United states. These yariSu. fssnc: c.
forestry. to which they properly beiors.
The present diffusion Of responsibility Is
bad from every standpoint. II prevents
government, and the men who utilize the
resources Of the reserves, without which
the interests of both must suffer The
Icientifc bureaus generally should be put
under the department of agriculture. The
president should have by law the power
of lands for use as forrest re-
he already has such power in the case of
anH aands needed by the departments of war
Irrigation.
Irrigation in connection with the waste
iahus OIL the west is question to which
the president gives considerable attention,
anu s,a @ @nah.s sdCAs Recommendations hSr
government assistance in retaining the
waste lands Dy assisting In their lrriga-
tion and the controi oil water rights wher-
ever that III possible, and of this ne says:
IN the arid region II Is water, not land,
whlch MEASURES production. The western
halt OF the UnIteo States would sustain
population greater than that OF our whole
country to-oay II the waters that now run
70 waste were saved and used for irriga-
ton, The forest and water problems are
perhaps me most vital internal questions
OF the United States.
I'm cases where natural conditions have
peen restored tor "a lew years vegetation
oeer are coming back, and hundreds of
persons, especially from the immediate
nelghborhood, come each summer to enjoy
OF the forest reserves should afford per-
Petual protection to the native fauna and
nora. safe havens of refuge to our rapidly
kinds and free camping grounds for the
ever-lncreasing numbers OF men and wom-
en- who have learned to find rest. health
and recreation in the splendid forests and
m0wer-clad meadows. OF our mountains.
The forest reserves should be set apart
forever for the use and benefit of our peo-
pie as whole and not sacrificed to the
shortsighted greed Of few"
rhe forests alone cannot, however, fully
regulate and conserve the waters of the
arid region. Great storage works are nee
essary to equalze the flow of streams and
70 save the Hood waters. Their construc-
tion has been conclusively shown to be an
Undertaking too vast for private effort.
Nor can 1t be best accomplished by the in
dividual states acting alone. Far-reaching
Interstate DrOblems inuolyed and the