The Grit-advocate., 1901-10-04

fully canvassed with the party leaders
in both houses OF Congress Nothing
new will be proposed that is not rea-
sonably sure of success in the national
legislature. This applies to the canal
treaty with Great Britain as well as
to reciprocity with Cuba and with 9TH
eli countries. Months ago President
Mckinley asked Secretary Hay to con-
suit with senators about the proposed
new treaty with England anent the
isthmian canal His wishes We're fol-
lowed, and the result is Il strong prob
ability. amounting almost to Il moral
certainty, that during the coming ses-
sion Il canal treaty will be submitted
and ratified.
At a recent Cabinet meeting one of
the phases of public business called to
President ROOsevelt's attention was the
manner in which money Is piling up
in the treasury. Secretary Gage re-
ported that the recent call of bonds
had proved to be but drop in the
bucket. and that money is accumulat-
ing at a rapid rate. In less than three
months of this fiscal year the excess
of receipts over expeditures has been
Sl4,OOO,OOO. Notwithstanding the re-
duction of taxation, the change from a
year ago is remarkable. At this date
in 1900 the expenditures for the fiscal
year were slightly in excess of the re
ccipts. The receipts now are within
S3,OOO,0U as great as they We're last
year. while the expenditures are $19,-
100000 smaller. In other words, the
expenses of the government are now
nearly $2,OOO,OO a week less than
they We're Mt this period last year
President Roosevelt evinced great inter-
est in the figures which Mr.. Gage pre-
sented to him, and there was some dis
cussion of ways and means of reliev-
ing the treasury of its glut of money.
Incidentally Mr.. Roosevelt has made it
known to members of the Cabinet that
he wishes each of them to manage his
department largely upon his own re-
sponsibility, solving by himself ques-
tions which have been usually present
ed to the President and the Cabinet
for judgment.
The United States Department of
Agriculture will soon issue n cOmpre-
hensive report on irrigation in CaIifor-
mia. which embodies the first attempt
at cooperation by the federal govern
ment with an individual state in the
solution of the irrigation problem. The
investigation chronicled by the report
was made during the summer of 1900.
under the direction of ElwoOd Mead,
assisted by eight specialists in irriga-
ton, engineering and irrigation eco
nomics. In addition to general re-
view of the agricultural situation in
California by the expert in charge, the
report covers the local condition of IT.
rigatiOn and water rights on nine typi-
cal streams and their rise. The conclu-
sions of the special agents and experts
who made the Investigations are that
the state should ascertain the volume
of available irrigation water. define all
rights to its use, whether already ac-
qnired or to be acquired hereafter. and
provide an efficient system of water
administration. The definite recon-
mendations for attaining these ends
are far-reaching. embodying. among
other measures the creation of a state
board of control of waters. similar to
that in existence in Wyoming for the
past ten years, the making of appro-
prated waters state property. the lin
itation of ali appropriation to actual
beneficial use and the attachment of
all rights to water to the land irrigat-
cd.