The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-04

made to minimize these hardships; but we should not because of them hesitate continuous reduction in the number of agencies.
 In dealing with the aboriginal races few things are more important than to and moral degradation resulting from the liquor tfafffc. We are doing all we can to save our Indian tribes from this evil. Wherever by international agreement this end can be attained as regards races where we do not possess exclusive control, every effort should be made to bring 1t about.
 Expeditions, Etc.
 bespeak the most cordial support from the Congress and the people for the St. Louis Exposition .o Commemorate the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Louis- jana Purchase. The purchase was the greatest instance of expansion in our history. It definitely decided that we were to become great continental re- public, by far the foremost power in three or four landmarks in our history the great turning points in our devel- opment. It is eminently fitting that all our people should join with heartiest good will in commemorating 1t, and the citizens of St. Louis, of Missouri. of all the adjacent region, are entitled to every aid in making the celebration a notewor- thy event in our annals. We earnestly
 
 ate the deep interest our country takes In this Exposition, and our view of its importance from every standpoint. and that they VIII participate in securing its should be represented by full and com plete set of exhibits.
 The people of Charleston. with great energy and civic spirit. are carrying on an Exposition which will continue throughout most of the present session of Congress. I heartily commend this Exposition to the good will of the people It deserves all the encouragement that Charleston Exposition have requested the Cabinet officers to place thereat the Government exhibits which have been at Buffalo. promising to pay the neces- sibility of directing that this be donc for feel that 1t is due to Charleston to help her in her praiseworthy effort In my opinion the management should not be required to pay all these expenses earnestly recommend that the Con- gress appropriate at once the small sum necessary for this purpose
 The Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo has artistic standpoint this Exposition has been in high degree credttable and useful, not The terrible ri traeedy Vu of ,he e prssidents ss sassination interfered materially with its be- ing a financial success. The Exposition was public policy. because it represented effort to bring into closer touch all the peoples of the Western Hemisphere. and give them an increasing sense of unity. Such an effort was A genuine service to the entire American pub lie
 The advancement of the highest interests of national science and learning and the GUS tody of objects of art and of the valuable re- suits of scientific expeditions conducted by the United States have been committed to the Smithsonian Institution In furtherance of it's declared .purpose-for the increase and diff fusion of knowledge among men'-the Con- gress has from time to time given 1t other im- portant functions. Such trusts have been ex- ecuted 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 presented, for the preserya- tion of the vanishing races of great North American animals in the National Geological Park. The urgent needs of the National Mu- scum recommended to the favorable con- sideration of the Congress.
 Perhaps the most characteristic educational movement of the past nfty years years, is ,,,th sha. and developed 1t into broad and active ser vice. There are now over five thousand pub lie libraries in the United States, the product of this period. In addition to accumulatlng material, they are also striving by organl- zation, by improvement in method. and by co material they hold to make it more widely useful and by avoidance of unnecessary du- plication in process to reduce the cost of its
 In these efforts they naturally look for as still the Library of Congress, and so entitled is the one national library of the United States. Already the largest single collection of books on the Western 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 H. braries of this country--to American scholar ship--service of the highest, Importance. It ia housed in a building which is the largest and most magnificent yet erected for library uses. Resources are now being provided which will develop the collection properly equip r. with the apparatus and service necessary tp it's effective use, render its photographic work widely available. and enable 1t to 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 -ts.s
 For the sake of good administration, sound economy. and the advancement of science. the Census Office as constituted should he made a permanent Government bureau. This would insure better, cheaper, and more satis factory work, in the interest not only of our business, but of statistic economic. and social science.