Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-11

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Visit Alaska ana investigate its needs an
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OUR RED WARDS.
in dealing Win the lnuaIls onr ain,
SnOuIu ue Inelr ultimate al,sorntlni -,
tne bouy OF our people. buL .1l many 60.
lnis absorption must anu snOulu ,,e 49,
SLOW. IN portions oI the lnulan .lerr.Iory
the mixture OF blood has gone ON VI M.
same Ine WIN progress IN wt.nttu ,,u,,
education, SO thaI there are plenty Oh men
with varying degrees OF puIIty oil ilt,iI,
blood VINO are aOsoiuteiy lnuIsUlngu. slnt,,.
III point OF social, political, ana ecoln,lut,.
ablIty from Their white associates lup,,.
are other tribes which have as yet maue
no pereeptloIe advance toward sucn euua.-
lty. 10 Try 10 force such tribes 700 rast
IS TO prevent their gong torwaiu at an.
moreover the tribes ave under wlueiy uiI-
terent conditions. Where a tribe has maue
considerable advance and lives ON fertile
farming son IL is possible To allot the mem
belS lahuS III seNeralty much as is the case
with white settlers. There are other tribes
where such u course Is not desirable. On
the atlu prairie lands the effort should he
70 lhuuce the Indians To lead pastoral
rather than agricultural lives, and TO per-
INIT them to settle in villages rather tnan
10 Iorce them into isolation.
Inc large Indian schools situated remot,
Aroh any indian reservation 10 a specla
anu peculiar work of great importance
nut, excellent though these are, an immense
amount OF additional work must be dunt
on the reservations themselves among tn,
oiu, anu above ali among the young, IN
dams. The first and most important stem
toward the absorpuoA of the indian is to
teach him to earn his living; yet IL is not
necessarily TO be assumed Lnat IN each
community ali Indians must become either
tlllets Oh the SOIL or stock raisers. Their
industries may properly be diversified, and
those VINO SHOW special desire or adapta-
blllty for industrial or even commercial
pursuits should be encouraged SO far ms
practicable To follow out each his own
bent.
Every effort should be made to deyelop
the Indian along the lines of natural apti.
Jude, and to encourage the existing native
Industries peculiar to certain tribes, such
as the various kinds of basket weaving
canoe building, smith work. and blanket
work Above all, the Indian boys ana girls
should be given confident command of col
loquial English, and should ordinarily be
prepared Tor vigorous struggle with the
conditions under which their people live
rather than for immediate absorption into
some more highly developed community.
AGRICULTURAL AIDS.
In no department of governmental work
in recent years has there been greater sue
cess than In that of giving scientific aid
To the farming population, thereby show
ing them how most efficiently 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 whole. In
addition to such work as quarantine
against animal and vegetable plaques, aud
warning against them when here intro
duced, much efficient help has been rem
dered to the farmer by the introduction OF
new plants specially lifted for cultivation
under the peculiar conditions existing In
different portions of the country. New
hnn nefa lali nd in. tka
arid west. For Instance, the practicability
of producing the best types of macaroni
wheats In regions Of an annual rainfall
of only ten inches or whereabouts has been
conclusiyely demonstrated. Through the
introduction of new rlces in Louisiana and
Texas the production of rice In this coun-
try has been made to about equal the
home demand. In the southwest the pos
sibility OF regrassing overstocked range
lands has been demonstrated; in the north
many new forage crops have been intro
duced, while In the east 1t has been shown
that some OF our choicest fruits can he
stored and shipped In such n way as to
/ find profitable market abroad.
again recommend to the favorable con
! sideration of 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 bufralo viii
Z soon become extinct unless specimens from
which their representatives may be re-
! and maintained there in safety.
A MODEL CAPITAL.
The District of Columbia is the only part
of our territory In which the national gov
eminent exercises local or municipal func.
tlons and where In consequence the gov
eminent has free hand In reference {,
certain types of social and economic legis-
lation which must be essentially local or
municipal In their character. The govern
ment should see to IL, for instance, that
the hygienic and sanitary legislation nf-
fecting Washington is of a high character.
The evils of Stun dwellings, whether In
the shape of crowded and congested tene-
ment-house districts or of the back alley
type, should never be permitted to grow
up In Washington. The city, should be q
the country. The charitable and correc-
tional systems of the district should re-
ceive consideration at the hands of the
the results of the most advanced thought
In these fields. Moreover, while Washing
ton Is not great industrial city. there Is
some lndustriallsm here, and our labor
legislation, while II would not be import
ant In itself, might be made model for
the rest of the nation. We should pass,
for the District of Columbia, and we need
such an act In our nayyyards.. Railroad
qulred by law to block their frogs.
The safety:appliance law, for the better
protection of the lives and limbs Of rail
way employees, which was passed In 1893,
went into full effect on August /, 1901 1t
has resulted in avertng thousands Of cas-
ualties Experience shows, however, the
necessity Of additional legislation to per
feet this law. bin to provide for this
passed the senate at the last session. II
Is to be hoped that some such measure
may now be enacted into law
COSTLY PRINT SHOP
There is a growing tendency to provide
for the publication of masses of documents
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 Ii no Justification.
Nothing should be printed by any OF the
departments unless II contains something
of permanent value, and the congress
could with advantage cut down very ma
terially on all the printing which It has
now become customary to provide. The
excessive cost Of government printing Is
a strong argument against the position Of
those who are inclined on abstract grounds
to advocate the governments doing any
| work which can with propriety be left In
private hands.
Gratifying progress has been made dur
ing the year In the extension Of the merit
system OF making appointments In the gov
eminent service. II should be extended ny
law to the District of Columbia. u Is
much TO be desired that our cons mar sys-
tenn be established by law on basis pro-
ylding for appointment and promotion only
| In consequence Of proved fitness
Through n wise provision Of the congress