The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-04

recommend that the congress appropriate
at once the small sum necessary for this
purpose
The Pan-American exposition at Buffalo
has Just closed Both from the industrial
and the artistic standpoint this exposi-
ton has been in high degree creditable
and useful, not merely to Buffalo but 20
the United States The terrible ira gedv
of the presidents assassination inter
feTed materially with it's being d financial
success. The exposition was peculiarly in
harmony with the trend of our public
policy. because it represented an effort to
bring into closer touch all the peoples of
the western hemisphere. and give them
an increasing SENSE of unity. Such an eff
fort was genuine service to the entire
American public
Need Of National Museum.
The advancement of the highest inter-
ests of national science and learning and
the custody of objects of art and of the
valuable results Of scientific expeditions
conducted by the United States have been
committed to the Smithsonian institution.
In furtherance of its declared purpose
for the increase and diffusion Of knOwl-
edge among men''-the congress has from
time to time given it other important
functions. Such trusts have been exc
cuted by the institution with notable
fidelity There should be no halt in the
work of the institution. in accordance
with the plans which its secretary has
vanishing races Of great North American
animals in the national geological park
The urgent needs of the national museum
are recommended to the favorable con-
sideration Of the congress
Perhaps the most characteristic educa
tiOnal movement of the fifty years is
that which has created the modern public
library and developed It into broad and
active service. There are now over sos
public libraries in the United States, the
product of this period In addition to ac-
cumulating material, they are also striv-
ing by organization, by Improvement in
method, and by cooperation. to give
greater efficiency 10 the material they
hold, to make it more widely useful and
by avoidance of unnecessary duplication
in process to reduce the cost of it's ad-
ministratiOn.
Library of Congress.
In these efforts they naturally look for
assistance to the federal library, which,
though still the library of congress. and
so entitled. is the one national library
of the United States Already the larg-
est single collection of books on the west
ern hemisphere, and certain TO Increase
more rapidly than any other through
purchase, exchange, and the operation OF
the copyright law, this library has a
unique opportunity to render to the
Libraries Of this cOUntry-tO American
schOlarship-service of the highest i'm
pOrtance. 1t is housed in a building
winch IS the largest ana most magnificent
yet erected for library uses. Resources
are now being provided which will de-
velOp the collection properly, equip it
with apparatus and service necessary to
its effective use, render its photographic
work widely available, and enable il 70
become. not merely a center of research.
but the chief factor in great cooperative
efforts for the diffusion of knowledge and
the advancement of learning
For the sake Of good administration,
sound economy, and the advancement Of
science. the census Office as now con-
stiJuted should be made permanent
government bureau. This would insure
better. cheaper and more satisfactory
work. in the interest not only Of our BUSH
ness but Of statistic, economic and social
science 81
Growth Of Postal Service.
The remarkable growth Of the postal
service is shown in the fact that it's
revenues have doubled and its sxDendi-
lures have nearly doubled within twelve
years. It's progressive Development COM
pels constantly increasing outlay. but in
this period of business iergy and pros
perity its receipts grow so much faster
than It's expenses that the annual deficit
has been steadily reduced from S11 III, 7f9
IN 1897 30 s. 923 ~ in 1901 Among recent
postal advances the success Of rural free
delivery wherever established has been
so marked. and actual experience has
made its benefits so plain that the de-
mand for its extension IS general and
urgent.
Il is Just that the great agricultural
population should share in the improve