The daily Republican., 1902-12-02
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There is not cloud on the horizon at prese,
There seems not the slightest chance OF trout
with foreign power. We most earnestly no
that this state Of things may continue, and I
way to insure its continuance is TO provide iUr
thoroughly efficient navy. The refusal TO ma.
tain such a navy would invite trouble. and
trouble came would insure disaster Fsuoue &
comp'acency or vanity or shorsightedness in r
fuSlng 10 prepare for danger Is both foolish al
wicked in such nation &, ours, and past exper
ence has shown that such faulty in refusing
recognize prepare tor any crisis in advance
usually succeeded by a mad panr NJ kysterici
fear once the crisis has act tuaI!y arrived.
The striking increase In the revenues Of ii
postoficr department shows clearly the prosperit
OF our people and the increasing activity Of III
business OF the country
Tie receipts of the postoffoe department 70
me h3Cal year ending June 80 last amounted I
the preceding year, the largest ,rease known !
She history OF the p1sai service. The mag snltud
et thIS increase will best appear from the fac
that the entiTe postal receipts for the year so
Rural free delivery service is no longer in tn
experimental stage. It has hscome a fixed policy
The results following its Introduction have fG!li
!nss,heh the oonsrSss in TIE large appropria,,on
average yearly increase IN postotfce receipts il
the rural districts Of tha country is about > pei
cent We are now able, by actual results, I,
show that where rural Tree delivery service has
been established to such an cxten. as to enable
lis 10 make comparisons the Yearly increase la.
been upward OF 10 per cent.
On Nov, l. 1902. $50 rural free delivery
routes had been established and We're in opera ion
covering about one-third Of the territory of the
United States available fer rural free delivery
service. There are now awaiting the action Of
the department petitions and applica ions for the
establishment Of lO,1+s additional routes This
shows conclusivcly the want which the establish.
mont Of the service has met and the need of fur
ther extending it as rapidly as possible. 1t +,
hnrh Ia al -
practical benefits 10 our rural population; it
brings the men who live on tile soil into close
relations with the active business world Il keeps
the farmer in daily touch with the markets; il is
value Of farm property, makes farm life far
pleasanter and less isolated, and will do much 10
check the undesirable current from country to
city.
1t is to be hoped that the congress will make
liberal appropriations fer the continuance of ,ha
service already established and for its further sx.
tension.
Few subjects OF more Importance have been
eaken up by the congress in recent years than
the Inauguration Of the system, 81 nationally sided
irrigation for the arid regions Of the far wss;.
a good beginning therein has been made Now
that this policy of national irrigation has been
adopted the need OF thorough and scientific forest
Protection vii! grow more rapidly than ever
throughout the public land ststes
Legislation should be provided for the protcc.
tion Of the game and tie wild creatures gener-
ally on the forest reserves. Ths stnselsss slaugh.
Ter OF gams. Which can by juiic,ous protection be
permanently preserved on our national reserves
for the people as a whoip, should be stopped al
once. II is, for instance, serious count against
our national good tenss TO permit tho present
practice Of butchering Of such stately and
beautiful creature as the elk for Its antrr5 or
tusks
SO lar as they are available for agriculture and
TO whatever extent they may b" reclaimed under
lands should he held reidlv for the homshuildcr,
the settler who lives on his land, and for no one
else. In their actual use the desert land law.
the timber and stone law and the eomnutatIoM
CLAUSE OF the homestead law have been sJ per-
yered from the intention with which they vera
as to permit the acquisition Of large
areas of the public domain for other than actual
settlers and the consequent prevention Of settle.
he public ranges has G! late led to much dis.
'ussion as to the best manner Of using these pub.
ic lands in the west whicH are suitable chiefly or
,nly for grazing. The sound and steady lelop.
i homes therein Much Of our prosperity as a
lation has besn due to tuo operation Of the home.
tead Jaw: On tn" other hand we should recog.
ze the fact that in the grazing reg ion the man
Who corresponds 10 the hbmestsader may be un
bic to settle permanently il only allowed TO use
he same amount Of pasture and that his brother.
me hundred and sixty acres Of fairly rich and /
yell watsrsd soil or much smaller amount of j
rrigated land may keep family In plenty, whore.
5 no one could set living froNl $50 acres of !
Inside only ore head Of cattle 10 every len acres.
a the past great tracts OF the public domain
ave been fenced in by persons having no title
hereto, In direct defiance Of the law for,idding
he maintenance or construction OF any such un
awful lnclosuro Of public land, For various
sASoHs there hns been littie interference with
ith Enclosures in the past, but ample notice has
ow been given the tfrsrassers. and all the re.
,UTces at the command oi the government will
trsafier be Used to put stop to such trtspassing.
IN view OF the capital importance Of these mat.
,rs commend them 10 The earnest confederation
the congress and II the congress hnus ditt.
i!tF IN dealing with lhtn from l.7k Of thorough
noWleGSg OF the subject | recommend that lT5- !
sivh be made foI d commission u experts spe-
slly TO investigate and report urou the com,
heated questions involved,
| rSpe'sily urge upon the conEr.n fhp need 4
isn legislation fer A!aekl 4 il no, +, gur
MS Iot thirty hy" years should sIu lave asp..r
system OF avs as Il 'he cas- NJ CGvutry ll9
more N.Iu@h'. possession n nJDurrsI woa''N IA
hcnos. furs, fniests and also IA land available
r certain kinds VI farming and .;u,A II.aIng.
- Il territory pt great siz" ana varied Il.
ur"e- well fitted 10 suppurt barge psrmaueur !
'PNl4tl"n. AI".Na needs good aId lass Nnt
'h provisions for humrs'cais and yi,.rr,pilcus
VIII encourage permanent sctlhmrnl We
ouji Nhan' g!s!atIon with view no, to The .
Pigl'InE ara abandoning Of the terrlt,l. tut
the lui.ilnS up Of homes thrltIn. lla itui
%s should be liberal IN type, So as 20 hold uUt
luc"iIenfs to the actual -ott,u whom ", II <,
SIT" 10 see take possession 0: the country, Iur
rests oi Al4ska sh9"!d ls ploi.tteG, and, d,
'"h"Lii brt still Important matter the game
80, and al the tane t!mc it is imperative that
t settlers should Lc allowed lo cut timber. an.
r,'per regulations. tor thcr own use. Laws
'uId he r:uuted to pru,'rt tAc Alaskan salmon
orrIss against tie greed WI ii would destroy
iIa ihty should he pr's'r Cd as a permanent
4 Lu'IE ana i2od supply Their Enlargement
n Of hsh and fisheries Alaska should ha.r a
ee4te !" 'h' Congress 1t would h, well It
.eslgse its n'sds on the ground
u dealing Will the lnd.hs oj.. aim should be
'ir ultimate absorption into tho body u Or
pre- put IN many cases this absorption must ,
"nou'd be vt!l slow. In pvNmns Of the In. !
n f"r'tofy 'hr mixture Of blood has gone On
the sam" iimc with progress in wealth and ,
wing degrees Of purity u lnaiu blood wro t
ABSOLUTELY indtsitnsu!$hahe IN point g social ;
otiatts. There are other tribes wl!cl lave a, l
made no prTcepiible advance toward suth Y
'ahtN 10 Try to iorce such tih,s too fast IS !
prevent her going forward al all Moreover, c
tribes live under widry different conditions. =
er" a tribe has naG. ,onsidtr4Uls al, ancc ,aJ
rs on fertile farming soil il is possible tU u!I1, :
member. lands in sevsrsIty much as ia thr ?
ere such course Is not desirabIe On the II
i praIIle lands the effort should be to induce | y
lndiaps 10 lead pastoral rather than agricul. ',
al hves and to permit them 10 settle in vii. u
W. nan " tVIEN lIEll INTO ltulgllUn. =
he large Indian schools situated remote from
lndlan reservation do special and peculiar U
4 OF great importance, but. excellent though
SC arc an immense amount Of additional weik |
st be done On The reservations themselve, |
,ng the old and, above all, among the young
isns I
lie hrst and most important step toward ,hs ;,
jlrl'on Vi The Indian Is to teach him 10 earn L
living, yet 1t is not necessarily TO be assumed {
t in each community all Indians must Iacome
Ter tIIIers Of the sell OF stock rsisris Their
l'rlcS may properly be diversified and tbose [
show special desire or adaptabilitv for ndrs, /,
| v! even commercial pursuits should be en. L
ragged SO far ai practicable to follow out each u
own bent.
very effort should be made to develop the In. y
along the lines of natural aptitude and 10
'Nrasc Tue existing native industries peculiar
ef'sih tribea, sutn as the various kinds Of
'et Weaving, canoe building. smith work and G,
ktt Work. Above ali, the Indian boys and .
) should he given confident command Of col. o
ial English and should ordinarily be prepared =:
A vigorous struggle with the conditions under u