The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-12-11

~ S-Aa VIC SetcA G0Spiy. oS sase
The forests are nstc-sl reservoirs.
By restraining the s'reams in food
aId rspleDahing them in drought they
make possible the use Of waters other.
wise wasted. They prevent the soil
| from washing and so protect TIE stor.
age reservoirs from filing up with
siLt. Forest conservation IS, therefore
sn essential condition Of water corser.
Vation.
The forests alone osnnot, however,
fully regulate and conserve the waters
CT the arid region. Great storage works
are necessary to equsiizs the foW Of
s:reana and to save tie food waters.
Their construction has been COZ clu
siVel7 shown to be "a undertaking
TOO Vaat fer private effort. Nsr cse il
be best sc,5m plisht / BY the individual
states acting alone. The government
should construct and nsiRsain these
reservoirs as is dces other public works.
Who're their purpose is to regulate the
low Of streams, the water should be
turned freely in the channels in the
dry s,ason to take the same course
under the same laws as the natural
Aow.
The reclamation Of the unsettled arid
public lands pressntC different prob.
lem. Here it is not enough to regulate
tie f)H Of stresns. Tie object Of the
government IS 10 dispose Of the land
to settlers who will build homes upon
it. To accomplish this ohjscs water
must be broughs within their reach.
Tie pioneer settlers on The arie pub.
lie domain chose their homes along
ss1esms from which they could them
selves divert the water to reclaim their
holdings. Such opportunities sre prac.
ticaily sone. There remain, however,
vast areas Of public lscd which can be
made aviiable for homestead settle,
| meat, out only by reservoirs and main
line canals impractics5!e for private
enterprise These irrigation WORKS
! should 5e built by the national govern
ment. The jards reclaimed by them
| saouId be reserved by the government
for SEQUEL aest!er5: and the cost Of con-
| st,uction should, so far ss possible, be
repsld By the land reclaimed. The dis
tribu5ion Of the TsteT, the division Of
| the streams among irIigatcrs, should
be leIt to the Settlers themselves in
conformity with sts:e laws aud with.
cuS interierspcs with those laws or
with vested rights
Che declaration is nsde that in the
arid states the only right to water
which should ba recognized is that Of
use. The preEidens saEs that the doc
trine Of private ownership Of water
apart from land canno5 prevail without
causing WcoDg.
INSULAR PROBLEMS
Insular qnssilons ara next treated.
In Hawai- cur ain must be to develop
the territory on TIE trad tional Amer
ican lines. Porto Rico is declared to be
thriving as never before. The asten-
tion Ct congress ia csl!ed to the need Of
legislation concerning he izlands pub-
lie lsnds. In Cuos it is stated thaS
much progress Ass b5en msas toward
putting the Independent government Of
the island upon irm feoting, and it is
declared that Independence will be an
accomplished fact. The president
AIDA:
Elsewhere I have discussed the ques.
ton OF reciprocity. In the case Of Gu,
b., however, there are Wsighty reasons
Of morality and Of national interest
Why the policy should be held to have
peculiar application, sad I most ear
nestly ask your attention to the Wis
com, indee6 to the vital need, Of pro-
yiding for substantial reduction in
the tariff duties OF Cuban impor:s into
the United states.
In dealing Wish the Philippine peo.
pie ne must shea both patience and
strength, fcrbearanoe ard stesdfast res
olution. Oar aim is high. We do not
desirs to do fer the islanders merely
what has elsewhere been done for trop-
io peoples by even tie best foreign
governments. We hope to DO for them
what has never bsSore been done FOR
any people Of the tropics-So make
them fl for self government after the
fashion Of the really free nations.
The only fear is lest in our o7eraGz-
iety We give them q dsgree Of inde-
pe1dence for which they are unfit,
thereby inviting reaction and disaster.
AS fast SIS there is any ressonstle hope
that in q given district the people can
govern themselves self government
has been given in that district. There
is not a locality fitted fGr self govern
ment which has not received it. BUTT
may veil be that IL certain csses it
will have to be With drawn because the
inhsbitants shows themselves unfit to
exercise it; such instances have already
occurred. In other words, there is not
the slightest chancs Of our failing to
show sufficiently humanitarian spirit.
The dagger comes ir the opposite dI1ec-
ton.
TROUBLES AHEAD YET.
There are still! troubles ahead n the
isl2ods. The insurrection las become
an affair Of local bsnditti and maraud-
ers, Rho deserve no higher regard
than tie bcjsaads Ct portions Of the
OLD world. uu:agenea5, direct or
jndirec;, to those insurreotos stands on
tie same footing as encouragement to
hcs.ile Indians II the d8ys when ne
ssi.l had lad.sn wars.
The president declares that the time
mas cone for sadi,ionsl legislation for
tnc Pnll!pp;Ies.- He says:
I. IS necessary that the congress
should pas Laws by which the re-
sources Of tie isiatds can be DEVELOPED,
so taat franchises ('or limited term; Of
yesr<) can be g.aa:ed 20 companies do
i2G ousiaess IL shom AID every encou7.
sgt ms1s pc givsa to shs incoming Of
bus.nees nsn Of every kird. Il is uc-
g:n!ly necessary % euac; sgita6te laws
4esllrg With general transportation,