The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-02

soas,es IT .i.s ce,;,mnad OF the government will
n DC M 20 Sp to ee 81 h.,.
ters ! commend them to ,he earnest consideration
Of the congress. and if the congress flnds diff
knowledge Of the subject recommend that pro.
,i. vision be made for cor commission Of experts sps
plicated questions involved.
] especially urge upon the congress the need Of
credit as nation that Alaska. which has been
OURS for thrty-fve years, should still have poor
system OF laws az is the case. No country has
more valuable possession in mineral wealth, in
for certain kinds OF farming and stock growing.
1t is territory of great size and varied re-
sources we'll fitted to support a large permanent
population. Alaska needs good land law and
such provisions for homcsteads and prescriptions
will encourage permanent settlement. We
should shape legislation with view not to the
exploiting and abandoning of the territory, but
laws should be liberal in type. SO as to hold out
inducements to the actual settler whom we most
forest foress * ALASKA should be- tee ans
secondary but still important matter, the game
also, and at the time it is imperative that
the settlers should be allowed TO cut timber, TN.
der proper regulations. for their own use. Lave
should be enacted to protect the Alaskan salmon
fisheries against the greed which would destroy
them. They should be preserved permanent
industry and food supply, Their management
SION 'o' OF fish s and sheres '' Alaska should M Hava
delegate in the congress. 1t would be well ii
congressional committee could visit Alaska and
-, In dealing with the Indians our aim should be
their ultimate absorption into the body Of Cur
and should be very slow. In portions of the Ia
dian Territory the mixture OF blood has gore on
ss the same time With progress in wealth and
varying degrees of purity of indian blood who
absolutely iaG,istinguishab!e in point OF social
political and economic ability from their white
associates. There other tribes which have
yet made no rercep:ibie advance toward such
equality. To try to force such tribes too fast Is
their Going forward all. Moreover.
the tribes live under widely different conditions
Where trioe has made considerable advance and
lives fertile farming soil it is possible 10 aiot
the members lands in savcralty much as is the
case with white settlers. There other tribes
arid prairie lands the effort should lie to induce
the Indians to lead pastoral rather than a-r!cUl-
'ural lyGs and 70 permit & them to TO settle in vii
The lar-r Indian schools situated remote from
any Indian reservation do q special and peculiar
work OF great importance: but. excellent though
these are an immense amount OF additional work
must be done on the reservations themselves
among the old, and. above all. among the young
Indians.
The first and most important step toward the
his living, yet it is no; necessarily TO be assumed
that il each community all Indians must bccome
either tillers OF the soil or stock rais.rs. Their
industries may properly he diversified, and those
who show special desire or adaptabity Cor indus
trial or c'en commercial pursuits should be en-
ceourased 50 far as practicable to follow out each
Ever etjcrt should he made to develop the In
DIAN along the lileS Oh natural afltItuCe and 10
encourage The existing native industries pesu.icr
to certain tribes. sU-h as the various KINDS Of
basket weaving, building, smith work and
blanket work Above ali. The indian boys and
girls should be given ccnGicnt command OF col
loqual English and shoull ordinarily bc prepared
for vigorous struggle with the conditions under
which t!.air people live rather than for imn.cdi-
ate absorption into some more highly developed
community.
dealing with the Indians work under hard cond:-
'ons and also under conditions which render it
wrong. Consequently they should be amply paid
O: the one hand. and on the other hand a par
proved the punishment should b. exemplary.
in department of governmental work in re-
cent years has there been greater success than
in that OF giving scientific aid to the farlrin,
population. thereby showing them how most eli.
cicntly to help themselves There is ncci of
insisting upon its importance, for the welfare Of
tie farmer is fundamentally necessary to the
welfare OF the republic as a whole In addition
to such work quarantine aSains; animal and
vegetable plaques. and warning against them when
here introduced. much efficient help las been
plants specially fitted for cultivation under the
peculiar conditions existing in different portions
in the sc.niard west. For instance. the practi-
cabilty of producing the best types Of .nacaroni
w!eats IN reslons OF an annual rainfall OF oaiy
ten inches or thereabout has been conclusiValy
demonstrated. Through the Introduction OF new
rices in Louisiana and Texas the production Of
rice in this country las been made to about equal
the home demand In the southwest the possibii
ity Of rcerassn@ overstockcd range lanas has been
Gonlonstratcd in the north many new forage
crops have been introduced, while in the east it
has been shown that some of o':r choicest fruits
can be stored and shipped in such a way as to
find profitable market abroad.
again recommend to the favorable considera-
ton of the congress the plans of the Smithsonian
charge worthy OF the nauon ana tor preserving
the national capital not only records Of the
continent which, like the buffalo. will soon he
come extinct unless specimens from winch their
representatives, riay be renewed are sought in
their native regions and maintained there in
sGtetT.
The District OF Columbia is the only part of
our territory in which the national government
in consequence the government has free hand
in reference to certain types of social and eco.
municipal il their character. The government
should see TO ~, for instance, that the hygienic
and sanitary legislation affecting Washington is
Of high character. The evils OF slum dwellings,
whether in the shape Of crowded and congesrrd
type. should never he permitted to grow up in
Washington. The city should be mode! in every
respect for all the cities OF the country. The
charitable and correctional systems OF the Dis.
trict should receive consideration at the hands of
the congress to the end that they may emhody
tfr, results Of the most advanced thought in these
fields. Moreover while Washington is not great
industrial city there is some industriallS!n here,
and our labor legislation while it would not be
important in itself. might be made a model for
the rest of the nation We should pass for in
stance. wise employers liability act for the Dis
our navy yards. Railroad companies in the Dis
trio. ought to be required by law to block their
frogs.
The safety appliance law, for the better pro.
lection of the lives and limbs of railway EN-.
ployees, which was passed in 1893, Went into full
effect on Aug. l. 1901. 1t has resulted in avert
ing thousands OF casualties Experience shows,
however. the necessity of additional legislation
to perfect this law. a bin to provide for this
passed the senate at the last session. 1t is to be
hoped that some such measure may now be en-.
acted into law.
There is a growing tendency to provide for the
publication OF masses Of documents for which
there is public demand and FOR the printing Of
which there is 10 real necessity. Large numbers