The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-26
WILSON OPPOSES
INSPECTION LAWS
Secretary of Interiors Report an
Interesting One.
TALKS OF CATTLE INDUSTRY
REFERS TO WESTERN FORESTS
AND RECLAMATION OF LANDS.
TALKS OF CATTLE INDUSTRY

OF the departments work. An extern
sion of the weather forecast to farm
ers through the rural free delivery is
contemplated. Wireless teiegraphy viii
soon connect the Tstoosh island, Wash
ington. with the mainland.
The secretary suggests that it might
be well for this country to follow the
example of Great Britain and exclude
livestock from other countries en-
tirely. The secretary points out the
serious evil resulting from a system of
state inspection, which If it became
general would effectively prevent the
marketing of livestock in some sections
and would restrict much of the use
fUlness of the federal inspection.
He regards the present conditions as
SO menacing to the interests of the cat
tie industry in the west and southwest
that he has requested the attorney gen
eral to cooperate in bringing the mat
ter before the supreme court for de-
cision as to the constitutionality Of
these state laws. This request has
been favOTably received and the as
sistance Of the department of justice
promised
The secretary asserts that much loss
has resulted to the cattle industry in
the west in recent years, owing TO the
inJUdiciOus management of ranges. The
departments experiments show that
much could be done, under the proper
control, to restore the ranges to their
original conditions, and he recommends
action by congress, giving the pres
H,r -, -fo hn
perimental needs of his department
such tracts OF public lands as may be
necessary.
Fully so per cent of the date palms
I introduced in recent years are now
growing vigorously in Arizona and
southern California. This year a col
lection of the choicest varieties in
Egypt has been obtained.
The secretary reports that the bureau
is cooperating with the federal gov
eminent, with the several states and
many private owners in handling their
forest lands. Altogether the assistance
has been asked for a total area of
52000.000 acres, of which 100000 are
( held by private owners.
Considers the Forests.
Forest Investigations include the
L. tree planting. of forest fires,
grazing, numbering, forest productions
and oth-c important lines.
The work of the experiment station
in Alaska, with headquarters at Sitka
anu subsidiary stations at Kenai, on
Cook inlet, and at Rampant, in the
Yukon valley, are recognized as dis
tiGctly encouraging From all the evil
dence received at the depa rtment, it
seems clear that agriculture may be
sufficiently established in this territory
to serve as an important aid TO the
mining numbering and fishery indus
tries
During the year station has been
established in Hawaii. Among the
first work at this station WIS the
planting Of taro. with the special OBJ
ject of studying the diseases seriously
affecting that crop. Probably 30 per
cent of the working population in these
islands depend on UarO fer their daily
fOOG, and on account of these diseases
and the attendant deterioration of the
crop, the price of taro has increased
500 per cent in the last decade.
Poultry in Hawaii.
Some other diseases of fruits and
We DtobANo Noll ltA DtuAg ftAANA IpNtAi
experiments have been inaugurated
with view to increasing the supply
of poultry. 1t is reported that live
chickens sell in Honolulu at SIS a
dozen, and eggs 81 40 to 80 cents a
dozen. Hogs bring from 10 to Il cents
a pound on the hOof, and experiments
have been undertaken in the feeding
Of swine with various tubers and
roots
The secretary regards ii as extremely
desirable that agricultural investiga-
items should be undertaken in the
Philippine islands under the war de-
partment. and in cooperation with the
department Of agriculture. In further
arce of this work the secretary rec
on-mends an additional appropriation
of $4,000 for the ensuing fiscal year.
The secretary devOtes great deal
of space to a discussion of irrigation
Investigations. These have been con-
dGcted through the Office Of experiment
stations and embrace:
Discussion Of Irrigation.
First-Studies of irrigation laws and
the social and industrial institutions of
irrigation and agriculture.
Second-Investigati of the methods
by which water is conserved. distrib-
uted and used.
In reference to the first subject, the
secretary states that the character Of
titles tn wafer finally recognized will