Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-12-02
Agricultural Development.

Agricultural Development.
IN no department o, governmental worK In re.
cent years has there been greater success than
IN that OF giving scientific aid to the farming
population. thereby showing them how most eff:
GENTLY to help themselves. There is no need OF
insisting upon its Importance, for the welfare Of
the farmer is fundamentally necessary to the
welfare OF the republic as a 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 rem.
plants specially fitted for cultivation under the
peculiar conditions existing in different portions
Of the country: New cereals have been established
in the semiarid west. For instance, the practi.
cability Of producing. the best types Of macaroni
wheats in regions Of an annual rainfall Of only
ten inches or thereabout has been conclusively
rices in Louisiana and Texas the production Of
rice in this country has been made to about equal
she nome demand. In the southwest the possibil.
tty of regrassing 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 some Of our choicest fruits
find a profitable market abroad.
l again to the favorable considera.
non on the congress the plans Of the Smithsonian
institution for making the museum under its
charge worthy of the nation and for preserving
at 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. -
The District Of Columbia is the only part o.
our territory in which the national government
exercises local or municipal functions and where
in reference to certain types OF social and eco.
nomic Legislation which must be essentially local
Or municipal in their character. The government
and sanitary legislation affecting Washington Il
Of a high character. The evils Of slum dwellings,
whether whether. in the shape Of crowded and ~congested
type. should never be permitted to grow up In
washington. The city should be q model 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 ,embody
the sa1d results Ms,e Of the most most advanced M a thought in thess
industrial city, there is some industrialism here,
and our labor legislation. while it would not b
the rest OF the nation. We should pass, for in.
stance. a wise employers liability act for the Dis.
trict Of Columbia, and we need such an act In
trict ought to be required by law to block theis
frogs.
The safety appliance law. for the better pro.
ployees, which was passed in 1899, went into full
effect on Aug. l, 1901. 1t has resulted in avert
Ing thousands Of casualties Experience shows.
to perfect this law. "A bill to provide Tor thia
passed the senate at the last session. It is to be
hoped that some such measure may now be en-.
There is a growing tendency to provide for the
publication Of masses of for which
there is no public demand and for the printing Of
which there is no real necessity. Large numbers
OF volumes are turned out by the government
printing presses for which there is no justification.
Nothing should be printed by any OF the depart.
ments unless it contains something Of permanent
value, and the congress could with advantage cut
down very materially on all the printing which
It has now become customary to provide. The
excessive cost Of government printing is q strong
argument against the position Of those who ara
inclined on abstract grounds to advocate the gov.
ernment's doing any work which can with pro.
DrietY be left in private bands.