Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-03

| now been given the IiespaHscts. uld all the 70.
sources at the command OF tie government Will
hereafter be used 20 nut stop 10 such trespassing.
| In view OF the capital importance OF these mat
| tiers ] commend chem the earnest consideration
OF tho congress, AMI II the congress hhds diffl'
| Guilty N dc.OnE Wlu. them from lack of thorough
knowledge oi ie AItieei recommend that pro.
! vision te rn' fr commission Of experts spe-
clally 10 invtlisae aRJ report upon the COM
pledtrd questions I0uy-f-
especially urse Wpon le congress the need OF
Wise legislation idr A4eha, IL is not TO our
credit rs ndloA u1t Alaska, which has been
ours for thirtyhSe ais, should si,l have as poor
81 stem OF laws s. The case. 80 country has
a more valuable possession in mineral wealth. in
fisheries, nus, forests and also III land available
for certain kinds Of farming and stock growing.
II " territory oi great size and varied re-
sources well httcd TO support large permanent
population. Alaska needs good land law and
such provisions FOR homtsteads and pre.emptions
as will encourage permanent settlement. We
should shape LEGISLATION with a view not to the
exploiting aud abandoning Of the territory, but
TO the building up OF homes therein. The land
laws should lie liberal in type, go TO hold out
Inducements to the actual settler whom We most
desire TO see take possession OF the country. The
forests OF Alaska should be protected and, Q
secondary but still important matter, the game
also, and at The same time it is imperative that
the settlers should be allowed 10 cuI timber.
der proper regulations, tor their own use, Laws
should be enacted to protect the Alaskan salmon
fisheries against the greed which would destroy
them They should I've preserved as permanent
industry and food supply Their management
and control should he turned over 10 the commits.
sion Of FISH and fisheries. Alaska should have
delegate in the congress II would be well ii
congressional committee could visit Alaska and
investigate its needs on the ground.
In dealing with the Indians aim should be
their ultimate absorption into the body Of our
people, but in many cases this absorption must
and should be very slow. In portions VI the In
dian Territory the mixture Of blood has gone
At the same time with progress in wealth and
varying degrees of purity OF Indian blood who
are absolutely ndisneuishahle in point Of social,
political and economic ability from their white
associates There are other tribes which have as
yet made no perceplible advance toward such
equality. To Try to force such tribes too fast is
70 prevent their going forward at all. Moreover,
the tribes live under widely different conditions.
Where a tribe has made considerable advance snd
lives on fertile farming soil 1t is possible to alot
the members lands in sveIalty much as is the
case with white settlers. There are other tribes
where such a course is not desirable. On the
arid prairie lands the effort should be to induce
the Indians to lead pastoral rather than agricul-
tural lives and to permit them to settle in VIII
lagos rather than TO force them into isolation
The large Indian schools situated remote from
any, Indian reservation do a 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
absorption OF the Indian is to teach him TO cam
his living, yet it is not necessarily to be assumed
that in each community all lnlials must be, me
either tillers of the soil or stock raisers T1eir
industries may properly be diversified, and those
who chow special desire or adaptabiIity for indus
trial or even commercial pursuits should be en-
Ssouraged so far as practicable TO follow out each
his own bent!
dian along the lines Of natural aptitude and to
encourage the existing native industries peculiar
to certain tribes such as the various kinds Of
bi weaving, canoe building smith work and
blanket work. Above all, the Indian boys and
girls should be given confident command OF col
!oquial English and should ordinarily be prepared
nor vigorous struggle with the conditions under
which their people live rather than for immedi-
ate absorption into some more highly developed
community.
The officials who represent the government in
dealing with the Indians work under hard condi-
tions and also under conditions which render 1t
easy to do wrong and very difficult to detect
wrong. Consequently, they should be amply paid
on the one hand, and on the other hand par
hcuary high standard OF conduct should be de.
manded from them, and where misconduct can b
proved the punishment should be exemplary
In no department OF governmental work in 70.
cent years has there been greater success than
in that Of giving scientific aid to the farming
population. thereby showing them how most en
insisting upon its Importance, for the welfare Of
the farmer is fundamentally necessary to the
=, xe fare Of the republic q WHOLE In addtioe
i sn ss. them BEEN .a;s
dsrsd to the farmer BY the introduction Of new
plants specially fitted for cultivation under tie
peculiar conditions existing in different portions
Of the country. New cereals have been established
in the semiarid west. For instance, the pracu-
cabtlity OF producing the best types Of mscaroni
wheats in regions Of an annual rainfall Of only
ten inches or thsreabout has been eonclusively
demonstrated. Through the introduction Of new
nice In this country has been made to about equal
the home demand. In the southwest the posGbil.
tty Of regassing overstocked range lands has been
demonstrated; in the north many new forage
crops have been introduced, while in the east It
has been shown that Fone Of our choicest fruits
be SsS and SHIPPED in such way to
=, again recommend to the favorable considera-
ton of the congress- the plans Of the Smithsonian
institution for making the museum under its
1t the national capital not only records OF the
vanishing races of men, but Of the animals Of this
continent. which, like the buffalo, will soon be-
come extinct unless specimens from which their
representatives may Be renewed are sought in
their native regions and maintained there in
safety.
Dur territory in which the national government
exercises local or municipal functions and where
IN consequence the government has a free hand
nomic legislation which must be essentially local
y municipal in their character. The government
mould see to it,. for instance, that the hygenic
II high character. The evils Of alum dwellings,
whether in the shape Of crowded and congested
tenement house distriets or Of the back alley
Washington The city should be model in every =,
respect for all the cities Of the country The
charitable and correctional ystems OF the Dis.
riot should receive consideration at the hands Of
he congress to the end that they may embcdy
he results Of the most advanced thought In these
islds Moreover, while Washington 10 not q great
Industrial city, there 10 some Industrialism here,
md our labor legislation while it would not be
important in itself, might be made a model for
he rest Of the nation. We should pass, for in
tance, wise employers liability act for the Dis
riot Of Columbia and we need such an act in
ur navy yards. Railroad companies in the Dis
riot ought to be required BY law to block their
roEs.
The safety appliance law, for the better pro.
ection of the lives and limbs Of railway en-
'loyees which passed in 1893, went into full
fleet on Aug !, 1901. 1t has resulted in avert
ng thousands OF casualties Experience shows,
owevsr, the necessity OF additional legislation
0 perfect this law. ANbill to provide for this
assed the senate at the last session. 1t is to be
oped that some such measure may now be en-
etsd into law.
There is a growing tendency to provide for the
publication OF masses OF documents for which
hero is no public demand and for the printing Of
1hich there 10 no real necessity. Large numbers
I volumes are turned out by the government
rntiAg presses for which there is no justiheat!Qp.
lothing should be printed by any Of the depart
aents unless 1t contains something OF permanent
alue, and the congress could with advantage cut
own very materially on all the printing which
has now become customary to provide The