The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04


 16 Actually necessary to our well-being, Should make us doubly careful to hus- Shand our national resources, as each of Gf6 husbands his private resources, by B6exi1pMlous avoidance of anything like Iz1nteful or reckless expenditure. Only
 NSayoidance of spending money on HtlIat is needless or unjustihable can we 8lS3Itimately keep our income to the 667nt required to meet our needs that Kxs genuine.
 Interstate Commerce.
 sEs m 1887 a measure was enacted for the 81latjon of interstate railways, com-
 1ap1iIy known as the Interstate Com S6reGe Act The cardinal provisions of .3fiat act were that railway rates should sba just and reasonable and that all ahtppers. and commodities should be N |accorded equal treatment. A commits Hion was created and endowed with ESyvhst were supposed to be the necessary 5p0wers to execute the provisions of this That law was largely an experiment. has shown the wisdom of its 6urp0ses, but has also shown, possibly |&that some of it's requirements are EaFyfong, certainly that the means devised
 f& the enforcement of its provisions
 & dRfctive. Those who complain of
 I& management of the railway allege
 tablished rates are not maintain
 thAt rebates and similar devices are H1tually resorted to: that these pref 1nGes are usually in favor of the large ipper; that they drive out of business kHes$ smaller competitor; that while ESfYi& &fX rates are too low, many others # 16 excessive; and that gross prefer * 6res are made, effecting both localities
 Hcommodities. Upon the other hand,
 raiIways assert that the law by its &1FX terms tends to produce many of ' 6S2&4 illegal practices by deprivfng car l4lHrSi iof that right of concerted action
 k1ch they claim is necessary to estab- |El S&ard maintain non-discriminating Y S1 &iie act should be amended. The rail-
 ky 3is public servant. Its rates
 <|6uId De just to and open to all ship
 fS alike The Government should see }t that within it's jurisdiction this is
 ld should provide a speedy, mex
 fiSive, and effective remedy to that
 At the same time it must not be 0(I2Q LQdL OuT idllWoyo clS lhO M
 2a&s through which the commercial R5 |126 64ood of this Nation flows. Nothing v III HIbe more foolish than the enact ]21E kk of legislation which would unnec-
 rity interfere with the development
 M operation of these commercial
 ncieS The subject is one of great I81iU0rtance and calls for the earnest at- |R xtfon of the Congress. I6A z x 1ScicntIlc Agriculture.
 TIE Department of Agriculture dur |l35sy xtie rast fifteen years has steadily
 f7ened it's work on economic lines, hHs Accomplished results of real & (iS in upbuilding domestic and for
 fSi Trade It has gone into new fields !! \ m M fs now in touch with all sec l v 3Ss Df our country and with two of | |fls93 Inland groups that have lately come | 4{iilier our Jurisdiction, whose people I3S IsSS Ssts ,spk to agriculture as livelihood.
 z Ss searching the world for grains,
 ves. fruits and vegetables specially
 {1 Tor introduction into localities in
 Bveral States and Territories where
 5xiay add materially to our re-
 fceg. By scientific attention to soll
 .6x and possible new crops, to breed- Rs3Sf Sfssft sfts new varieties of plants, to eX-
 {iSi611tal shipments, to animal indus afid applied chemistry very practi- 5{s s$id has been given our farming ana TIT gsrpuing interests. The products 1' {hp farm have taken an unprecedent- t7I4Te in our export trade during the & Ef Chat has just closed.
 T Forestry.
 4txo,,rJ,out fha TTnite6 |
 xSw has moved steadily toward just eCjRtion of the value of forests' ] Her planted or of natural growth. 7 I6s great part played by them in the 2f3&tfDn and maintenance or the ha- lf12i1al wealth is now more fully realized h4Sver before.
 Es tfsa forest protection does not mean iS9x Withdrawal of forest resources, 'j liner rof wood, water or grass, from bVEs frib,Iting their full share to the well 1<YSsS SfSf fhe peopIe, but, on the contrary, " fhe assurance of larger and more 4 " 4tn s,,pplies. The fundamental idea # 3say4afry is the perpetuaton of for sY,v ,ise. Forest protection is not an |2Il k1gf itaelf. it is a means to increase , 4,,atatn the resources of our coun- , snd the industries which depend 2SISn them. The preservation of our for- $
 a ig an Imperative business necessity. { CfSf fheve come to see clearly that what ' 4Sr destroys the forest, except to make I, ||Y YIs for agriculture, threatens our we'll $ x XEIfe practical usefulness of the nation I \ Ioxsst reserves to the mining, grSz- ( i1 Irrigation, and other interests or |, | < sIreRtons in which the reserves lie S S1xd to a widespread demand by the r 86ie of the West for their protection FIT Extension. The forest reserves Will q f 2SvffAbly be of still greater use in the %ffre than in the past. Additions f kotild be made to them whenever prac- F I1Ai3le. and their usefulness should be g I1xtoased by a thoroughly business-like I,
 aRement. t | present the protection of the for k 4f reserves rests with the General f S Sy,YfI Office, the mapping and descrip- n Hn of their timber with the United k tates Geological Survey, and the prep q Rafion of plans for their conservative c Is with the Bureau of Forestry, which n IsHiso charged with the general ad- " in, bn