The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-04

hcW VeSSIi5 as liiey iidFS Deen CoH'ihlS
especially on the lieutenants and junior
fradcs. unusual tabor and fatigue and has
gravefy strained their powers of enGur-
istuD itv i3 this strain. II must continue for
SOME time longer until more officers are
graduated from ARA polls and until the
recruits become trained and ski.lfn! IN
upon the Development Of our var hecs the
ccnduct Of all our officers has been cred
fable 10 the service, and the lieutenants
and Junior gratsa IN partculadrr nave "a hny a,y-
{ulaess which cnti.ie them SO t5e CnGrudslnS
thanks Of s,l who realize the Gishcartehing trials
and fatiguc5 10 E!sish they are OF necessity suO'
There is not q cloud on the hnr:zon st present.
There seems not the slightest chance o: trouble
with a foreign power. We most earnestly nope
that this state OF things may continue, ard TIC
way to insure its continuance is to provide for
thoroughly Efficient navy. The refusal 10 main,
tain such navy would invite trouble and II
trouble came would insure disaster. Fatu1t, self
ecIaplacetcy or vanity or shortsightedEess IN re.
tusnng to prepare for danger is both foolish and
7:icked in such nation as ours, an! past expert
eiIce his shown that such fatuity in refusing TO
recognize Of prepare for any crisis in advance IS
usually succeeded by mad panic CT hySte1cal
fear once the crisis has actually arrived.
The striking increase in the revenues OF the
postof,ce department shows clearly the prosperity
OF our people and the increasing actl'lty VI 'nc
business OF the country.
The receipts Of the pcstofice department lor
the fscal year ending June 80 last amounted 10
$l2t ,s4s,N7.2G, an increase Of $lo2lo,eJaoI over
the preceding :sar, the largest increase known IN
the history OF the postal service. The magnitude
of this increase will best appear from the tacs
that the entire postal receipts for the year ls6o
amounted to but S8,5l3,067.
Rural free delivery service is no longer in the
cxpEIinental stage It has become fixed pohey.
The results following its introduction have fully
justified the congress IN the large appropr'ations
made for Its establishment and extension: ms s
the rural districts of the country Is about per
cent We are now able, by, ACTUAL results 70
show that where rural free delivery service has
been established to such an extent as to enaole
us to make companions the yearly increase mas
on Nov. !, 1902, 1850 rural free delivery
routes had beer established and were In operation,
covering about one.thrd OF the territory OF the
United States available for rural free delivery
service. There are now awaiting the action OF
the department petitions and applications for the
establishment Of l0.74S additional routes. !hls
shows conclusively the want which the establish
ment Of the service has met and the neeo OF tui.
thcr extending It as rapidly as possible; IS
justified both by the financial results ana oy 1ne
practical benefits to oUr rural population; II
5-iacs the mca who live On tie sell into close
rclatiors ith the active business world; it keeps
the farmer in GSiT touch with the markets; II Is
a potential educational foTce enhanGss tns ere
value CT farm property, makes farm life lar
pleasanter and less isolated, and sill 60 much TO
check the undesirable current from country TO
city. ..;,, .,,1o
liberal appropriations for the cont ipuance OF the
Service already established and for its further ex'
tensioi
Few Subjects Of more importance have been
taken m by the congress n recent years than
the INAUGURATION Of the system OF nationally aloed
Irrigation fer the arid regions OF the far west.
good beginning therein has been MADE s:, NOV" NOW
that this policy of national irrigation has been
| "A cod ~ thoYcllSh
protection will grow more rapciy than ever
throughout the public land states
Legislation should be provided for the protec-
sly W On the forest reserves. The senseless saugh.
ter CT game which can by tudicous protectlon oe
peratently preserved on our natona. peseI'es ss
once It is, for instance, serious count againstt
our national good sense to permit the Pleseh;
practice of butchcring OF such stately ana
beautiful Creature as the elk for It's .antle's OF
tusks ,,. ,d
So far as they are avsi'sble for agriculture and
TO whatever extent they may BE- reclaimed uIder
the national irrigation law, the remaining Pu9lle
lands should be he'd rigidly for the homeDoliaei,
else In their actual use the desert land ls%:
the timber and stone law and the Communication
clause OF the homestead law have been so per-
verted from the intention with which they were
enacted as to permit the acquisition OF large
areas OF the public domain for other than actual
settlers and the consequent prevention OF settle
nient Moreover, the approaching eShaus.ioh aa ot
The public ranges has Of late led to much dis-
eussion as to the best manner Of using these pub
tic land. in the wcet which are suitable chicny OF
only for grazing. Tie sound and steady develop
mcnt Of TIE west depends Upon the eolnatx 6uans up
nation has been due &c the operation OF the home
stead law. On the other hand, we Should recos
nizc the fact that in the grazing rseloh Inc man nan
who corresponds to the Esd Sy te to se
the came amount Of pasture land that tls 9fotnel'
the hoincsteader Is allowed to Use OF arabs iaha;
One hundred and sixty acres of ti!ry men aiit
well waered soil Or mnsn sIa'ieI "a n'rntW where
as no one could get living from l6o acres OF
dry pasture land capable OF supporting az tne
outside only ore head CT cattle to every zen acaI.
In the past great tracts OF .ne puT,' M title
thereto, In direct defiance 6! the Ia" loTptI"tNe
the maintenance or construction OF any sucn S
lawful inclosure oi public land; For Ia,rGuh, gth
such Enclosures in the past, but ample n9'ice as
now been given the trespassers, and all the RI RI
sources at the command OF the government wiz
hereafter be used to put stop to such tlesps1ns.
In view OF the capital importance OF these !nAt.
tiers l commend them to the earnest consderaii9n
OF the congress- and II the congress fnds dlni-
Guilty in dealing with them from la OF thorough
knowledge Of the subject recommend tnae pro pro
vision be made for commission OF experts spe-
cially to investigate and. report upon the COM
plicated questions involved.
l especially urge upon the congress the neco 81
wise legislation for Alaska. 1t is not to our
credit as a nation that Alaska, which has been
ours for thrty-fve years, should still have as poor
a system OF laws as Is the case. no county mas
a more valuable possession in mineral wealtn, ID
fisheries, furs forests and also In land available
for certain kinds Of farming and stock growing.
1t is territory Of great size and varied re.
sources we'll fitted to support large PeInahe.iS
population. Alaska needs good land law an, ano
such provisions for homesteads ana pTe,ep''yWVs Ws
as will encourage permanent settlement. we
should shape legislation with view not 10 ,Ae
exploiting and abandoning OF the territory, DuI
to the building up Of homes therein. me 'ama 1't
laws should be liberal in type, 60 as to hold ouE
inducements to the actual settler whom We most no
desire to see take possession Of the country. The
forests Of Alaslta should be protected, ana, as 2
also, and at the same time it is imperative thas
the settlers should be allowed to cut timber, IN
der proper regulations for their own use. Laws
should be enacted to- protect the ALASKAN salmon
them They should be preserved as perman.nt
industry and food supply. Their management
and control should be turned over to the comnEs.
sion Of fish and fisheries. Alaska should nave e,
congressional committee could visit Alaska and
investigate Its needs on the ground "
In dealing with the Indians our aim should be
their ultimate absorption into the booy OF our
people but in many cases this absorption must
and should be very slow. In portions OF tne IN,
dian Territory the mixture Of blood has gone on
at the same time with progress In wealth ana
education, 50 that there are plenty OF men WIN
varying degrees OF purity Of Indian blood VINO
are absolutely indstinguishable In point OF soelal,
political and economic ability from their white
associates. There other tribes which nave 2S
yet made no perceptible advance toward sucln
equality To Try to force such tribes too fast IS
to prevent their going forward at all. Moreover,
the tribes live under widely different conditions;
Where tribe has made considerable advance and
lives on fertile farming soil it Is possible to allot
the members lands in seYeralty much as IS the
case with white settlers. There arc other trloes
where such a course is not desirable. On the
arid prairie lands the effort should be to lncuce
the Indians to lead pastoral rather than agrlcui'
tural lives and to permit them to settle IN VII
lagos rather than to force them into isolation =:
The large Indian schools situated remote from
any Indian reservation do q special and peculiar
work Of great Importance; but, excellent though
these are an immense amount OF additional work
must be done on tho 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 earn
his living, yet 1t is not necessarily to he assumed
that in each community all Indians must become
either tillers OF the soil stock ralsers. Ihelr
industries may properly be diversiffk, and those
who show special desire adapsability for indus
trial or even commercial pursuits should be en-
couragcd SO far as practicable to follow out cacn
his own bent.
Every effort should be made to develop the In
dian along the lines Of natural aptitude and TO