The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-12-05


family in plenty. whereas no one cou.d
get a living from 160 acres OF dry pastuIv
land capable of supporting at the out
acres. In the past great tracts Of the
public domain have been fenced in by
persons having no title thereto. IN direct
tenanee or construction of any such ua'
LAWFUL Enclosure of public land. For va
ference with such Enclosures in the past.
but ample notice has now been given
the trespassers, and all the resources e
hereafter be used to put a stop TO such
trespassing.
Alaska Legislation Asked Tor.
especially urge upon the.congress the
need OF wise legislation for Alaska. IL
is not to our credit as a nation that
Alaska. which has been ours for IS Yeas.
should SIN have as % can system I'M. OF
wealth. in fisheries furs. forests. nj
OF farming and stock growing. 1t IS a
sources. we'll fitted to support large
good land law and such provisions for
homesteads and preemptions as will en-
should shape legislation with a view not
to the exploiting and abandoning OF the
territory. but to the building up of homes
in type. so ne as af to hold ou5 ind%eemer1
to the actual settler whom we most de-
sire e Of onko OF sheud ns
protected. and. as a secondary but st II
important matter, the game also. and at
settlers set should be allowed to cut s' ,i hms
be. under proper rsegn,lati on for their
p protect Use the Alaskan salmon as ssaries
against the greed which would destroy
them. They should be preserved a.
Their management and control should be
turned over to the commission of fish
and fisheries. Alaska should have a dele:
If a congressional committee could visit
Alaska and investigate Its needs on the
ground.
The Indians.
In dealing with the Indians our am
should be their ultimate absorption into
the body of our people, But in many
be very slow. In portions of the Indian
territory the mixture of blood has gone
wealth and education. so that there are
purity Of Indian blood who are absc,
lutely indistinguishable in point of social.
political and economical ability from
their white associates. There are other
ceptible advance toward such equality.
To try to force such tribes too fast Is to
prevent their going forward at all. More
over, the tribes live under widely differ
ent conditions. Where a tribe has made
considerable advance and lives on fertile
members lands in severalty much as is
the case with the white settlers There
are other tribes where such course is not
desirable. On the arid prairie lands the
effort should be to induce the Indians to
lead pastoral rather than agricaltural
villages rather than to force them into
isolation.
The large Inedan schools situated remote
from any Indian reservation Go a special
But But p excellent though these are. an inn
mense amount of additional work must be
done on the reservations themselves among
the old. and above all among the young.
The first and most important step toward
the absorption of the Indian Is to teach
him to earn his living; yet 1t is not neces-
ity all Indians must become either tillers
Of the soil or stock raisers. Their industries
may properly be diversified and 18th, those who
dustrial or even commercial pursuits
to follow out each his own bent.
Scientific Aid to Farmers.
In no department of governmental work
in recent years has there been greater sue
cess e than in that Of giving SCIENTIFIC aid TO
serves hG There ei is nsed Of il h upon upon
farmer Is Fundamentally necessary to the
welfare of the republic whole. In adj
a5i0n to S such work has as r against
ring against them when here introduced,
much Efficient help has been rendered. to the
specially fitted for cultivation unCer the
peculiar conditions existing in different
been established in the semi-arid west
For instarce, the practicability of procuc-
Ing the best types Of macaroni wheats in
ly demonstrated. Through the introduc-
ton Of new. rices in Louisiana ard Texas
the production Of rice in this country has
been made to about equal the home de-
regrassing overstocked range LANDS has
been demonstrated; in the north many rev
ths ay be Dsea sf
our choicest fruits can be stored ard
shipped in such way as to find profitable
The District of Columbia Is the only part
Of our territory In which the nation al gov.
tiors, anG where in consequence the gov
err ment has a free hand in reference to
weh Dl be y
in their character. The govern.
ment should see to It. for instance. that the
evils Of sIum dwellings,. whether in the he
house, districts or Of the back-alley type.
I M9 Eexer b. peT , t9 grow
in every respect for ali the cities Of f0 tie
country The charitable and correctional
systems OF the e, district SHOULD receive cor
the end that they may embo6~ the results
Of the most advaneed thought in these
a great in Industrial city. there is some indus.
tria.ism here, and our labor legislation.
while ii wouid/not be important in itseIL
nation. We should pass, for INSTANCE. a
wise employer STABILITY act for the Dis
trict of Columbia, ard we need such an act
in our navy-yar6s. Railroad Companies IN
the district ought to be required by law "a
block their frogs.
Protection for Railway Employees.
The safety-appliance law. for the bette,
protection Of the lives and limbs of rail-
way employees, which was passed In 1893
went into full effect on August /, 1901. II
has resulted In avertirg thousands OF
Experience shows, however, the
necessity Of additional legislation to per.
feet this law A bill to provide for this
passed the senate at the last session. It'll
now be enacted into law
Gratifying progress has been made, DUR.
ing the year IN the extension OF the