Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-09

=tFEncipai countries with which we
v NJ ealings. would be of political as
commercial benefit. From ev-
Nnndpoint il is unwise for the
sHN States TO continue TO rely upon
|Hh Us Of competing nations for the
.ahB ltion Of our goods. 1t should be
IA advantageous TO carry American
M ] American built ships.
resent American shipping is IN
|Nettain great disadvantages when
IH competition with the shipping
'zH#ign countries. Many of the fast
I'D steamships. at a speed Of four
knots or above. are subsidized,
Mfl our ships. sailing vessels and
|iMers alike, cargo carriers of slow
|M bnd mail carriers of high speed.
II I'D meet the fact that the original
NJ building American ships is
It'd tha> is the case abroad; that the
|e8 paid American officers and sea-
NE very much higher than those
fbe officers and seamen Of foreign
.srting countries. and tina. the
md Of living on our ships is far
'rfbr 10 the standard of living on
AM bps Of our commercial rivals. Our
|Nf ment should take such action as
Remedy these inequalities. The
|Nlcan merchant marine should be
ID to the ocean.
Financial.
|# passage Of the act establishing
hs the standard money has, it is
nd, been shown 10 be timely and
bus. The president adds:
many respects the national bank
~ furnishes sufficient liberty for
proper exercise of the banking
non, but there seems to be need
Eetter safeguards against the de-
Ing influence of commercial crises
financial panics. Moreover, the
Mncy Of the country should be
NJ responsive TO the demands of our
5estic trade and commerce.
'onomy in expenditures is urged.
Eminent OF the interstate commerce
VI advised to insure the cardinal
'lsions of that act. The work car
On by the department of agricul-
j. next considered and praised
lie The president then turns to
Nt preservation and irrigation of
lands. saying that both are highly
aa6ary. He would put all the work
lhnection with the forest reserves
#hTge OF the bureau of forestry.
Irrigation.
h president continues by tracing
Connection between the forest re-
Is and the water supply. He says:
i forests are natural reservoirs.
restraining the streams in flood
fcplenishing them in drought they
II possible the use of waters other
wasted. They prevent the soil
washing and so protect the stor-
reservoirs from filling up with
Forest conservation is. therefore,
ESential condition of water conser-
IN.
/ forests alone cannot, however,
regulate and conserve the waters
y arid region. Great storage works
necessary to equalize the flow of
ms and to save the flood waters.
Il construction has been conclu-
n shown to be an undertaking
asst for private effort Nor can it
st accomplished by the individual
nI1
III construct and maintain these
.vOirs as it does other public works.
re their purpose is to regulate the
of streams. the water should be
~ freely into the channels in the
season TO take the same course
j the same laws as the natural
reclamation of the unsettled arid
< lands presents n different prob
Here il is not enough TO regulate
Ow of streams The object of the
fnment is to dispose of the land
tiers who will build homes upon
TO accomplish this object water
be brought within their reach.
pioneer settlers On the arid pub
bmain chose their homes along
pms from which they could them
Is divert the water to reclaim their
Mngs. Such opportunities are prac-
III gone. There remain. however,
lreas of public land which can be
available for homestead settle
but only by reservoirs and main
canals impracticable for private
|MpriSe. These irrigation works
N u be built by the national govern
The lands reclaimed by them
u be reserved by the government
NJ -tual settlers. and the cost of con-
ion should, so far as possible. be
by the land reclaimed. The dis
ion of the water, the division of
dreams among irrigators, should
Mt TO the settlers themselves in
rmity with state laws and with
Interference with those laws or
vested rights.
declaration is made that in the
states the only right to water
should be recognized is that Of
The president says that the doc
OF private ownership of water
from land cannot prevail without
rur wrong