Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-12-02

done on the reservations themselves
among the old and above all the young
Indians. The first and most important
step toward the absorption of the In
| dian is to teach him to earn his living;
! vet 1t Is not necessarily to be assumed
| that in each community all Indians
must become either tillers of the soil
or stock raisers. Their industries may
properly be diversified and those who
show special desire or adaptability for
Industrial or even commercial pursuits
should be encouraged so far as prac-
ticable to follow out each his own
bent.
"In no department of governmental
work in recent years has there been
greater success than in that Of giving
scientific aid to the farming pOpua-
tion, thereby showing them how most
efficiently to help themselves. There
is no need of insisting upon its i'm
portance, for the welfare of the farm
er is fundamentally necessary TO the
welfare of the Republic as whole. In
addition to such work as quarantine
against animal and vegetable plaques,
and warning against them when here
introduced, much efficient help has
been rendcl ed to the farmer by the In
PRODUCTION of new plants specially Mt
ted for cultivation under the peculiar
conditions existing in different por-
tions Of the country New cereals have
been established in the semi-arid West.
For instance the practicability of pro-
ducing the best types of maCaroni
wheats in the regions of an annual
rainfall of only ten inches or there
aboutS has been cOnCusively demon
y strated. Through the Introduction Of
new riCes I'm Louisiana and Texas the
production Of rice in this country has
been made to about equal the home
demand. In the Southwest the possl-
; bility of regrassing Ovcrstocked range
lands has been demonstrated; in the
North many new forage crops have
been introduced, while in the East 1t
has been shown that some of our
choicest fruits can be stored and ship
ped in such a way as to find a profit
able market abroad.
81 again recommend to the favor
able consideration of the Congress the
: plans Of the Smithsonian Institution
!, for making the museum I'M
der Its charge worthy of the
nation. and for preserving mt
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 he
come extinct unless specimens from
which their representatives may he re-
ncwed are sought in their native re-
. gions and maintained there in safety.
y The District of Columbia Is the only
= part Of our territory in which the Ma
= tiOnal Government exercises local or
'' municipal functions, and where in con,
sequence the government has free
hand in reference TO certain types Of
q social or economic legislation which
II must be essentially local or municipal
u in their character The Government
should see to IT, for instance, that the
hNgienlC and sanitary Legislation affect
> ing Washington Is Of II high character
u In the shape Of crowded and congcstcd
tenement-house districts or Of the back
y alley type, should never he permitted
u TO grow up i'm Washington. The city
! should be model in every respect fol
= all the cities of the country. The char
, liable and correctional systems of the
district should receive cOnsldcra tior
at the hands Of the Congress to the
end that they may embody the results
u of the most advanced thought In these
y fields. Moreover, while Washington Is
y not great industrial city, there |,
" some industirialism here, and our labo,
> legislation, while IL would not he i'm
. portant in itself might he made q
y model for the rest of the nation. We
= should pass, for instance, wise EN-
! ployer's-liability act for the Distrlc
/ of Columbia and we need such an ac
i In our navy yards Railroad companie,
y In the District ought to he required bl
u law to block their frogs.
= "The safcty-nppliance law, for the
VI better protection of the lives an,
- limbs of railway employees, which wal
= passed in 1893 went into full effect OF
i August !, 1901, 1t has resulted IL
u averting thousands of casualties. Elk
q petience shows, however, the nccesslt,
" OF additional legislation TO perfect thi
= law. bill TO provide for this passed
- the Senate at the last session. 1t Il
to be hoped that some such measure
may now be enacted into law.
There Is II growing tendency TO pro
vide for the publication of masses o
documents for which there is no pub
, lie demnl and for the printing o
which there is no real necessity. Iarg,
numbers OF volumes are turned out b,
the Government printing presses fo
= which there Is no Justification Moth
T ing should be printed by any of the de
, partments unless it contains somethin,
OF permanent value, and the Congress
: could with advantage cut down yer,
. materially on all the printing whlcl
1t mas now become customary to pro
: vide. The excessive cost of Govern
ment printing is n strong argumen
against the position of those who ar
/ inclined ON abstract grounds TO advC
cate the Governments doing any worl
which can with proprlcty be left Il
D private hands.
D Gratifying progress has been mad
T uurlhg the year in the extension of tn