The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-15

lean municipalities several points should be
! kept In mind by the Legislators. The Con-
! the District Of Columbia which the State
! Legislatures have for the various States
t The problems incident to our highly com
e piex modern industrial civilization, with its
; manifold and perplexing tendencies both
for good and for evil, are far less sharply
accentuated In the city Of Washington
than In most other cities. For this very
!, reason 1t Is easier to deal with the various
phases OF these problems In Washington,
and the District OF Columbia government
should be model for the other municipal
tiers as supervision Of the housing Of the
poor, the creation Of small parks in the
districts districts inhabited by the poor, in laws
anecting labor, In laws providing for the
and In providing schools. That the Ma
tion's Capital should be made q model for
other municipalities Is an ideal which ap-
peals to all patriotic citizens everywhere
Tho Department of Agriculture.
The Department Of Agriculture has grown
INTO an educational institution with q fac.
ulty Of two thousand specialists making re-
ssarch scar Into all the sciences Of production:
Indirectly. six millions Of dollars t Annually ally
to carry on this work. 1t reaches every
State and Territory In the Union and the
Islands aaa e. OF the sea lately come under our
nag. Cooperation Is had with the State
experiment stations, and with many other
Institutions and individuals. The world 10
carefully searched for new varieties Of
and shrubs suitable to Various localities In
our country; and marked benent to our
producer: has resulted. The activities Of
the the tilieu Of tho soil and inspired them
with ambition to know more OF the pr1n.
cipies that govern the forces Of nature with
Ts'cn tbs aeoy dhey haEe tEi to deal Nearly half Of
ergies to growing things from the soil I'm
w recent date little has been done to
prepare these millions for their life work.
'' mem ts ar. q the s'%aa % %se'Hss #. assr SSss
had no opportunity for special training un.
III the Congress made provision for It forty
{ssrs sn ago Go During these years progress has
pared, Over nve thousand students are
~ attendance 9t our state Agricultural
Colleges. The Department Of Agriculture
to hye hundred young men during the last
seven years, preparing them for advanced
lines OF work In the Department and In
aud animal ilfe are being systsmSticaIIy ma aIy
Inquired Into; The seasons Of the cyclones
1as ssS ana tasr path. are
The cold winds that come from the north
are .anticiPated and their times and In.
tteaisly .oa .H faras Eardl;s9sr and
sell Two hundred and nifty million dollars
worth VI animals and animal products TO
foreign countries every year IN addition 70
aa"y VI than ay Ry'ei Sahsr 0,s naoa sss"py ans
10 provide for Its people, Tho Department
asa, sf HsrisnllGs.s " ea,efs Inspection q
gives clean Ellis Of health to deserving " ea'
Imported diseases Of animals, and msipiain
tes excellence q our noels and herds In
made 10 Import from foreign eouptres such
grains as are suitable 90 our varying To-
salilles' seven years ago We boggkt three,
psWs. ess G as coast s thsRsa s ~ sss hss Ss
sH3. s9s ss. estSa - siEs' s.sss E.
a. .,1ssHs sa, bss bss4ass Wheat @ fGd sas,
Lail eenntfiss 20 ear lands " The West and
cause q lishl precipitation, Iasalliag IN ~
iHsstsa, fsh allllon bli.hels oi III arsi eSa Sass
laaeegehl wheat we're Efqwg from these
suitable Ia ouP seiIs and eiImstss I sps bslns
IBpeltsd ,Ilom tla countries ef Chs Old
World, Yhg soils q ,ge country are, Heli
tlI,s a.,et,i9a @ ", .,I i1qla he iaiMefs stand
1hs feeiansilep ,ei altsii lands Il pfesTesss
ns, ~ ElVs object lessons 70 eHt people
methods ~ ,lleh wgllhlesss lsnat alsy
and enemies 0f ,tGs farmer are Gstyi6a AZ
d0Be towards producing euf 6w0 SIN The
f'ssgSHs agss@iss i .'t 'ts aoa. n. a:!s.s Rss,:s y A.
eufAet every teAf
Irrigation NJ Arid Lands.
During tbs two spd a half teafs that
have slapssdI slasss The passage ,cf ihs u.
a.S" ,s .,tsss 49, fsEna sEn grcss s. pse IN made
poftunlties Tor reclamation III the thirteen
States and three Territories VI the arid
west Construction hos already been be.
.... H.. la u..I
The lfrissilon works, and plans are beipg
completed fof works which will utilize the
finds now available, The larger problems
have been solved and Il now remains to |
lless the work which has been laid oyt.
competent men ana viewed from The stand.
and Of promptly refubdlng to the Treasury
the cost OF construction.
our Forest Reserves.
Il is the cardinal principle Of the for. |
est.ressrve policy Of this Administration
interfefes With the use Of their resources |
Is to be avoided by every possible means.
hut these resources must be used In such |
q way as to make them permanent. The |
n subject Of vivid public interest through
United states IN general fSsp fSsSpiS forSst S iTs re
the present rs well as TO the future welfare |
Of ali the western pnblic.land states. They
powerfully AFFECT the use and disposal Of
ss nSSfS S.ss snds bas Rbasy as Of Rss I'm
supply and the supply OF timber for do, |
mestic purposes, and SO promote settlement
under the reclamation act. Indeed they are
essential to the welfare Of every one OF the |
great interests Of the West.
In connection with the work Of the forest
reserves desire again to urge upon the |
Congress the Importance Of authorizing the |
President to set aside certain portions of |
these reserses or other public lands as game |
refugees FOR the preservation Of the bison,
abundant In our woods and mountains and |
on our great plains. and now tending toward
extinction.
Pensions.
The veterans Of the Civil War have n
claim upon the Nation such as no other
body Of our citizens possess The Pension
Bureau has never In Its history been man
aged In q more satisfactory manner than Is
now the case.
Progress of the Indians.
The progress Of the Indians toward civil
ization. though not rapid, Is perhaps all
cumstances. Within the yast year many
ever before, an appreeiation of ei the neces eeaa
sity Of work. This changed attitude Is In
pnrt due to the policy recently pursued Of
Indians, and thus forcing them, through
sheer necessity, to work for a livelihood.
The policy. though severe. is a useful one.
but It is to be exercised @ oniy with 1uds-
conditions which exist In each community
for which II Is intended.
Tile oosta1 Service.
In the Postoiilce Department the service
has Increased In efficiency, ana conditions
as to revenue and expenditure continue sat
Isfactory. The increase OF revenue during
the year was S935s, lsi 10, or 90 per cent,
the total receipts amounting to sl43, 8s2, ga
"a. The expenditures were Sl62 .362, l1670,
an increase OF about 0 per cent over the
previous year. being thus $685.. .492. 80 In
excess OF the current revenue Included In
these expenditures was tota! appropria-
ton OF Si2, 2,058837.35 for the continuation
aud extension Of the rural free-deliyery
service. which was an increase Of $4,000
23735 over the amount expended for this
purpose IN the preceding fiscal year. Large
as this expenditure has been the bene1ceht
results attained In extending tho free dis;
tribution OF mails 10 the residents OF rural
districts have justified the wisdom Of the
outlay. Statistics brought down TO the lst