The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-08

AND SeVrUI y-1lVe cents lS4H,-.@, &l5, 40 !.
which is substantial esidence a.: Inc
prosperity Il our State and TIL thrift
# It's people.
AGRICULTURE.
IL Is gratifying 10 knoU that ll4.'
agricultural interests %! tn stat are
Prosperous and that The number OF
abandoned farms is diminishing. The
U.s.. of modern ma chine-y. :lnI!oA Il
methods. the application Of scient.fl q
k..' Wedge. tI.r great markets 0f the
manufacturing towns, the goo. roads
and the trolley have solved the prUb-
lem. and The iutelligrlt ALI: Industrious
farmer is tn most Independent. aCd
should be The most coatented. citizen.
The agricultural Exptrim Station
and Agricult ural College are doing
much 10 enhance the yaIu" If th,- Con-
necticut farms, and their reports to-
gcther with the report If the Dairy
Commissioner and Commission on Do
nestle Animals, are commended to
your careful study
FORESTRY
! The last General Assembly passed an
act, chapter is of the Public Acts Of
1901, entitled AN Act Concerning the
DEMONSTRATION of Barren Lands" and
under this act Professor Edward H.
Jenkins of New Haven was appointed
state Forester. Two thousand dollars
($2,O09) was appropriated for the two
fiscal Years ending September 30, 1903
for the purpose Of carrying out the
provisions of the act. The report of
Professor Jenkins will be laid before
this General Assembly
The necessity of protecting the for
ests on account of the effect upon rain
fall. has been demonstrated.
The forests of New England have
been cut off too rapidly during the last
thirty years. Many Of our towns and
cities depend upon the small streams,
whose sources are in the forests for an
adequate water supply
! special committee Of your body
should take up this subject investigate
it carefully and recommend such apprO-
priation as may be necessary to protect
the water supplies of the cities, and the
agricultural interests of our State.
Many Of our rivers have their sources
in Massa chusetts. Vermont and New
Hampshire. 1t would be we'll to in
struct the State Forester to obtain in
formation from those States and en-
dcavor by concert of action. to protect
the sources Of our rivers against the Sc
rous injury which would certainly fol-
low the destruction of the forests.
FISH AND GAME
: Fish culture and shell fisher
les are among the important in
ternsts of our State, and any legislation
which tends to increase the droduct 10
the mutual benefit of producer and con-
sumner should be encouraged.
The protection Of game should b. Sc
cured by judicious enactments.
PUBLIC HEALTH
No more important subject can en-
gage your attention than the protection
and preservation Of the health Of the
people. Each year much time has been
devoted and much money expended to
learn how best to guard against disease
and cOntagiOn. The purity of water
supply for domestic purposes, proper
systems of sewerage, the cleanliness of
towns and cities, quarantine against in
fictitious diseases, the ventilation and
sanitation Of schoolhouses and places
where large numbers Of people are en-
ployed, protection of workmen against
accident, purity and quality of food,
cleanliness Of bakeries. and many other
items have to the great advantage Of
the state, received the attention of ca
pable and faithful officials. A perusal
of reports Of the state board of health.
dental commission, pharmacy commits
sion, the sewage commission and factO-
ry inspector, will advise you as to what
has been accomplished. and satisfy you
that there is much more which you
should provide for.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS,
The business Of the State has out
grown the capacity Of the capitol.
Many departments are overCrowded.
many of the bureaus are without ade-
quate accommodations. and there are
not sufficient committee rooms for the
convenient transaction of legislative
business. Every important department
of the State should here find ample and
! convenient accommodation, and I re-
commend that you take measures to
enlrge the present building in order to
provide for both the immediate and flu
ture requirements Of the public bust
ness
! LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSE
! TON.
/ An international Exposition will he
held in the year 1904 at st Louis. Mo,
to commemorate the centennial of the
Louisiana Purchase. which added to the
domain of the United States of Ameri-
ca territory from which have been
formed fourteen States and Territories.
! The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
bids fair to excel in every way all eX
positions Of like character heretofore
held. Tho President and Congress of
the United States have given ii official
sanction and general appropriation of
five million dollars ($5, 00C 000), Gogeth-
cr with additional appropriations for
government buildings and government
exhibts) has been made, All Of the i'm
construct government buildings, Most
of our sister States have already made
substantial appropriations for the con-
structon and maintenance Of State
buildings.
The interests Of Connecticut, both
civic and commercial, are closely allied
to the territory covered by the LOusi-
ana Purchase, and it is fitting that our
State be adequately represented at the
exposition, and to that end I recon-