The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-12-09

avoid damage, and the determination
to eliminate evil! ~: the great corpora.
lions. Great corporations should h.
managed with regard TO the Interest,
OF the public. Where these laws com,
short others should be enacted.
More important than legislation IS "a
lceling of responsibility and forbeur-
ance among capitalists and wage
workers; of respect for the rights OF
others of community of interest. Many
captains of Industry and labor leaders
realize this.
The Bureau Of Corporations.
The bureau Of corporations has made
preliminary investigation of many cor
porations. II will make II special re-
port on the beef industry.
The policy of the bureau is
ton. not ~antagonism; constructive leg
islation. not destructive prosecution. by
conservative investigation and refusal
20 issue incomplete and inaccurate re-
ports. The bureau offers the means of
getting at the cost of production of
staples of Congress will
have all facts except such as would
give TO another corporation inforlna-
ton which would iniure the business OF
a competitor.
The bureau has examined legal condi-
tons in various states. judicial de
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The business of insurance vitality af-
fects the people. and | urge that con
gress consider whether the power of
the bureau cannot be extended TO cover
Insurance.
Railroad Rebates Must Stop.
II is necessary TO stop railroad re-
bates. Whether the shipper or the
railroad is to blame makes no differ
cnce: the rebate must be stopped, the
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terminal track and Sidetrack systems
must be stopped. and the legislation
which declares il unlawful to offer,
give or receive amy rebate must be en-
forced. For some time ii was a mooted
question whether the interstate con-
merce commission had power, after ii
had foun a rate unreasonable, to de
clare that should be the ~easonab
rate. The supreme u resolved that
question in the negative, so that the
commission possess the bare power to
denounce n particular rate as unreal
sonable. While | am of the opinion
that at present it would be undesirable
il not impracticable, to clothc the com
mission with general authority to fix
rates. | believe the commission should
be vested with power, where a given
rate has been challenged, 10 decide,
subject TO judicial review. a reasonable
rate to take its place; the ruling to
take effect Immediately, and to obtain
unless reversed by the court. The gov
rnmen must in Increasing degree reg
ulate the railways as the only alterna-
tive 10 AN increase of evils OF Il still
more radical policy. In my Judgment
the most important Legislative act NOW
needed is to confer ~ the interstate
commission the power 10 revise rates
and regulations, the revised rate to nj
once go into effect, and to stay i'm ef-
feet unless the court reverses it.
Improving Washington.
In line with the policy OF making
Washington a model city. it is recom-
mended that the density of population
he restricted by law: hat the blind AL
leys used for tenement houses be OPP
ened into minor streets: that better
school attendance laws. better factory
and labor laws. etc. be passed.
The Department of Agriculture.
The department of agriculture has
grown into am educational institution
with a faculty of 1000 specialists. Con-
gress appropriates $4,000. 900 annually
to this work. Cooperation is had with
state experiment stations. and many
other institutions. The world is
searched for new varieties of grains,
fruits. grasses, vegetables. trees and
shrubs. suitable to our country. Near
ly half of the people grow things from
the soil. Until a recent date little has
been done to prepare these for their
work. The farmer had no opportu-
nifty for special training. But nov
over 5000 students are ut state aSricul-
tural colleges.
The department is investigating the
insect friends and enemies of the
farmer; the boil weevil ana the Guate-
malan ant: the San Jose scale: is help
ing establish a great rice industry in
this rnI1ntr>-. h,c nctphlicl,n ,.,,,t
wheat as a successful crop in regions
which sadly needed such Il crop; has
brought an insect from Africa to kill
the insect pest of the orange n lemon
groves of California: is developing the
silk worm industry, and in multiplied
other ways is helping add to the value
of our agricultural output and the GER
tainty of the crops.
Irrigation Progress.
During the two and a half years that
AVE elapsed since the passage OF the
reclamation act rapid progress has
been made in the thirteen states and
three territories of the arid west. Con-
struction has already begun on the
largest and most important of the IT.
rigation works. and plans are being
completed for works which will utilize
the funds now available. The opera
tons are being carried on by the re-
clamation service, a corps of engineers
through competitive civil SER
vice examinations. This corps includes
experienced consulting and construct
Ing engineers as well as various ex-
perts in mechanical and legal matters,
and is composed largely of men who
have spent most Of their lives in prac-
teal affairs connected with irrigation.
The larger problems have been solved
n it now remains to execute with
care. economy and thoroughness the
work which has been laid out. All i'm
portant details are being carefully con-
sidered by boards Of consulting engi-
nears, selected for their thorough
knowledge and practical experience.
project is taken up on the ground
by competent men and viewed from the
standpoint of the creation OF prosper
Gus homes, and of promptly r%efundlng
to the treasury the cost of construc-
ton. TIE reclamation act has Deer
found to be remarkably complete and
effective, and so broad in It's provisions
that q wide range of undertakings has
possible under it. At the same
time economy is guaranteed by the
fact that the funds must ultimately
be returned to be used over again.
II is the cardinal principle of the
forest reserve policy of this adminis-
tration that the reserves are for use.
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