The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-04

| tanned until the principles set forth in the
| bills heretofore submitted to the congress
, on this subject are enacted into law.
In my Judgment the time has arrived
| when we should definitely make up our
minds to recognize the Indian as an indi-
yidual and not as a member of tribe
The general allotment act is mighty
nulverizing engine to break up the trioaA
mass. 1t acts directly upon the family
and the Individual Under its provisions
some CO. 900 Indians have already become
cItizens Of the United States, We should
now break up the tribal funds doing Tor
them what allotment does for the tribal
Isnds-that is. they should be divided into
Individual holdings. There will be tram
sition period during which the funds Will In
many cases have to be held In trust rms
Is the case also with the lands a stop
should be put upon the indiscrimlnats
nernnission to Indians to lease their aliot-
ynents The effort should be steadily to
make the Indian work like any other man
on his own ground. The marriage laws
of the Indians should be made the same
as those of the whites
industrial Education of Indians
In the schools the education should %
| elementary and largely industrial ms
need of higher education among the In
| dians is very. very limited. on the reser-
vations care should be taken 70 try 70
uNTif
| ticular Indian. There Is no use III at
| tempting to induce agriculture in couh-
trv suited only for cattle raising, Where
| the Indian should be made stock grower.
| Tho ration SYSTEM which is merely ths
| corral and the reservation SYSTEM IL hish-
ly detrimental to the Indians. IL proInoses
beRgary. perpetuates pauperlsm ana stineA
| Industry. 1t Is an effectual barrier 10
| progress 1t must continue to a greater
or less degree as long as tribes are heroeo
| on reservations and have everything IN
common. The Indian should De treated
as an Individual like the white man
During the change of treatment inevitable
| bordsbins wilLoccur Every effort should
| be made to minimize these hardships, but
we should not because Of them hesitate to
| make the change. There should be con-
| tinuous reduction in the number OF asen-
| cies.
In dealing with the aboriginal races few
| things are more important than to pre-
serve them from the terrible physical ana
! moral degradation resulting from the liq-
nor traffic We are doing all we can to
| save our own Indian tribes from this evil.
| Wherever by international agreement this
same end can be attained as regards races
| where we do net possess exclusive control
every effort should be made to bring 1t
about.
Expeditions.
bespeak the most cordial support from
the congress and the people for the St.
| Louis exposition to commemorate the one
hundredth anniversary Of the Louisiana
purchase. This purchase was the greatest
instance of expansion in our history 1t
definitely decided that we were to become
a great continental republic, by far the
foremost power in the western hemi-
sphere 1t is one of three or four great
landmarks in our history-the great turn
ing points in our development. 1t is emil
nently fitting that all our people should
| 1oin with heartiest good will in commence
| rating it, and the citizens of st. Louis, OF
| Missouri of all the adjacent region, are
! entitled to every aid in making the cele-
| bration a noteworthy event in our annals
| We earnestly hope that foreign nations
will appreciate the deep interest our coun-
| try takes in this exposition and our view
of its importance from every standpoint,
and that they will participate in securing
| its success. The national government
! should be represented by a full and COM
| plete set of exhibits
| The people of Charleston with great en-
| ergy and civic spirit, are carrying on an
exposition which will continue throughout
most of the present session of the con-
| gress. 1 heartily commend this EXPOSE
| ton to the good will of the people. It
| deserves all the encouragement that can
I be given II. The managers Of the Charles
| ton exposition have requested the cabinet
exhibits which have been at Buffalo,
promising to pay the necessary expenses
/ have taken the responsibility of direct
| ing that this be done, for feel that 1t IL
| due to Charleston to help her in her
| praiseworthy effort. In my opinion the
management should not be required to
pay all these expenses. I earnestly rec
ommend 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 exposition
has been in high degree creditable and
useful not merely to Buffalo. but TO the
United States. The terrible tragedy of the
presidents assassination interfered mate
rally with its being a financial success.
The exposition was peculiarly In harmony
with the trend of our public policy, be-
cause It represented an effort to bring
into closer touch all the peoples OF the
western hemisphere and give them an In
creasing sense of unity. Such an effort
was a genuine service to the entire Amer
lean public.
Science ana Education.
The advancement of the highest inter-
ests of national science and learning ana
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 20 time given It other important
functions. Such trusts have been exc
cuted by the institution with notable fidel-
fly. There should be no halt in the work
Of the institution. IN accordance with tho
plans which its secretary has presented,
for the preservation OF the vanishing
races Of great North American animals in
the National Geological park. The urgent
needs OF the National museum are rec
commended to the favorable consideration
OF the congress.
Perhaps the most characteristic edu-
cational movement Of the past fifty years
is that which has created the modern
public library and developed II into broad
and active service. There are now over
5000 public Libraries in the United States,
the product Of this period. In addition
to accommodating material they are also
striving by organization. by Improvements
in method and by cooperation to givs
greater efficiency to the material they
hold. to make 1t more widely useful and
by avoidance of unnecessary duplication
IN process to reduce the cost of its adj
uninistration.
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 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 copy
right law. this library has unique oppor-
tunity to render to the libraries Of this
country-to American scholarship-servtce
Of the highest importance Ii is housed
In a building which IS the largest and
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