The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08

or open inquiry into, and not attack
upon. business, the bureau has been able
to gain not only the confidence, but, bet
ter still, the cooperation of men engaged
in legitimate business.
Question of Rebates.
Above all else, we must strive to keep
the highways of commerce open to all
on equal terms; and to do this il is nee
essary to put q complete stop to all re-
bates. Whether the shipper or the rail-
road is to blame makes no difference: the
rebate must be stopped, the abuses of
the private car and private terminal
track and side-track systems must be
stopped, and the legislation of the Fifty
eighth Congress which declares it to be
unlawful for any person or corporation
TO otter. grant, give, solicit. accept or
receive any rebate, concession or discrim-
nation IN respect of the TRANSPORTATION
OF any property in interstate or foreign
commerce whereby such nroperty shall
by any device whatever be transported
ut a less rate than that named in the
farms published by the carrier must be
enforced.
The City of Washington.
In pursuing the set plan to make the city
OF washington an example to other Amer
lean municipalities several points should be
kept In mind by the Legislators. The Con-
sress mas the same power OF legislation for
tne District of Columbia which the State
Legislatures have for the various States
Inc problems incident to our highly COM
pick modern industrial civilization. with its
manifold and perplexing tendencies both
accentuated In the city of Washington
than In most other cities. For this very
reason ii 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
governments of the Nation, in all such mat
ters as supervision OF the housing of the
poor the creation OF small parks In the
districts inhabited by the poor, In laws
ahecting labor, in laws providing for the
taxing care OF the children, In truant laws.
and In providing schools. That the Ma
ions capital should be made model for
other municipalities is an ideal which ap-
peais TO all patriotic citizens everywhere
The Department of Agriculture.
The Department of Agriculture has grown
into an educational institution with a fac
ulty OF two thousand specialists making re-
search INTO all the sciences of production.
Inc Congress appropriates, directly and
INDIRECTLY, SIX millions of dollars annually
10 carry on this work. 1t reaches every
State and Territory In the Union and the
Islands OF the sea lately come under our
nag. Cooperation is had with the etate
experiment stations, and with many other
institutions and individuals The world is
carefully searched for new varieties of
grains, fruits grasses, vegetables, trees
and shrubs, suitable to various localities In
our country; and marked benefit to our
producers has resulted. The activities of
our age In lines Of research have reached
the uiiers OF the soil and inspired them
with ambition to know more of the prin-
clples that govern the forces of nature with
which they have to deal. Nearly half of
the people of this country devote their en-
ergles TO growing things from the soil. I'm
I'll a recent date little has been done to
prepare these millions for their life work
In most lines of human activity colleg.
trained men are the leaders. The farmer
mad no opportunity for special training I'M
til the Congress made provision for it forty
years ago. During these years progress has
been male and teachers have been pre-
pared Over FIVE thousand students are
Colleges. rhe Department Of Agriculture
has given ABILITIES for post graduate work
TO i've hp .dred young men during the last
seven yeers, preparing them for advanced
INES OF work In the Department and In
the State institutions. The facts concern
Ing meteorology and its relations TO plant
and animal life are being systematically
inquired into: The seasons Of the cyclones
being forecasted with increasing accuracy.
The cold winds that come from the north
are anticipated and their times and in
tensity told to farmers, gardeners, and
frulterers in all southern localities. We
sell two hundred and fifty million dollars
worth Of animals and animal products to
foreign countries every year, in addition to
supplying eur own people more cheaply and
to provide for its people. The Department
of Agriculture, by careful inspection Of
meats, guards the health Of our people and
gives clean bills of health to deserving ex-
ports; IL Is prepared to deal promptly With
imported diseases Of animals, and maintain
the excellence OF cur nOcks and herds In
this respect. Strenuous efforts are being
made to import from foreign countries such
Qrvfn IL
calities. Seven years ago we bought three
fourths OF our rice; we helped the rice
growers on the Gulf coast and they now
supply home demand aud export to the
islands of the Caribbean Sea and to other
rice growing countries. Wheat and other
grains have been Imported from ight-rain-
fall countries to our lands In the West and
Southwest that have not grown crops be-
cause of light precipitation, resulting in an
extensive addition to our cropping area and
our home making territory that can not be
irrigated. Ten million bushels of frst-class
macarom wheat were grown from these
experimental impOrtations last year. Fruits
suitable TO our soils and climates are being
imported from all the countries Of the Old
World. The soils OF the country are get
ting attention from the farmers stand
point, and interesting results are following.
The reclamation Of alkaH lands Is progress
Ing. to give object lessons to our people
In methods by. which worthless lands may
be made productive. ihe insect friends
and enemies of the farmer are getting at
tention. Careful preliminary work Is being
done towards producing our own silk. The
of Agriculture is being brought closer to ac-
curacy every year.
Irrigation of Arid Lands.
During the two and a half years that
have elapsed since the passage Of the re-
clamation act rapid progress has been made
portunities for reclamation In the thirteen
States and three Territories Of the arid
West Construction has already been be-
gun on the largest and most important of
the irrigation works, and plans are being
completed for works which will utilize the
funds now available. The larger problems
have been solved and IL now remains to
execute with care, economy, and thorough
ness the work which has been laid out
Each project is taken up on the ground by
competent men and viewed from the stand
point of the creation of prosperous homes.
and Of promptly refunding to the Treasury
the cost Of construction.
Our Forest Reserves.
1t is the cardinal principle of the for
est-reserve policy Of this Administration
that the reserves are for use Whatever
interferes with the use Of their resources
Is to be avoided by every possible means.
But these resources must be used IN such
a way as to make them permanent. The
forest policy Of the government Is Just now
a subject Of vivid public interest through
out the West and to the people Of the
serves themselves are of extreme value to
the present as well as to the future welfare
Of all the western public-land States. They
powerfully affect the use and disposal Of
the public lands. They are Of special i'm.
portance because they preserve the water
supply and the supply of timber for do
nestle 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 I desire again to urge upon the
Congress the importance OF authorizing the