The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-07

VIII ~ uAa" us Saidiy, BNluB III re
turn the least possible equivalent in
. effort and service, may, by proper
treatment, by suggestion and encour
, agement, or persistent urging. be
stimulated 70 greater effort and in
duced to take more active personal
interest in his work
Under existing conditions an Indian
! agent in the distant west may be
} wholly out of .ouch with the office OF
the Indian Bureau. He may very we'll
! feel that no one takes personal in,
terest in him or his efforts Certain
routine duties in the way of reports
and accounts are required of him
but there Is no one with whom he
may intelligently consult on matters
vital to his work. except after long de
lay Such man would be greatly
encouraged and aided by personal
contact with some one whose inter
est in Indian affairs and whose an.
tholity in the Indian Bureau were
greater than his own. and such con.
tact would be certain TO arouse and
constantly increase the interest he
takes in his work.
Some of the Drawbacks.
The distance which separates tho
agents-the workers In the field
from the Indian office in Washington
is chief obstacle TO Indian progress
Whatever shall more closely unite
these two branehbs of the Indian
service, and shall enable them to co
| operate more heartily and more eff
! fectively, will be for the increased
efficiency of the work and the bel
terment Of the race for whose i'm.
provement the Indian Bureau was es.
tablished The appointment of field
assistant to the commissioner of In
dian affairs would be certain to in.
sure this good end Such an official.
II possessed of the requisite energy
and deep interest In the work, would
be most efficient factor in bringing
into closer relationship and more dl
rect union Of effort the bureau in
Washington and is agents in the
field; and with the cooperation OF
It's branches thus secured the Indian
Bureau would, in measure fuller than
ever before, lift up the savage toward
that self-help and self.reliance which
constitutes the man.
jamestown Tricentennial.
IN 1907 there will be held at Hamp-
ton Roads the tricentennial celebra.
ton Of the settlement at jamestown.
Virginia, with which the history OF
what has now become the United
States really begins. ! commend this
to your favorable consideration II
is an event of prime historic signif
canoe, in which all the people of the
United States should feel, and should
show, great and general interest.
Consular Service.
Our consular system needs i'm.
Salaries should be sub
for fees, and the proper |
classification, grading, and transfer of !
officers should be provided |
| am not prepared TO say that com |
petitive system of examinations for |
appointment would work we'll: but |
by law 1t should be provided that con-
suls should be familiar according to
places for which, they apply. with |
the French German, or Spanish Ian !
and should possess acquaint. |
ance with the resources Of the United |
States.
National Quarantine Law.
II Is desirable TO enact a proper ma
tonal quarantine law. II is most un' |
desirable that state should on its
own initiative enforce quarantine /
regulations which are in effect re-
s.rction upon interstate and interna
tional commerce. The question should |
be assumed by the govern |
ment alone. The Surgeon.General Of |
the National Public Health and Ma
rine- Hospital Service has repeatedly
and convincngly set forth the need
for such legislation.
Extravaganza in Printing.
call your attention 20 the great
extravaganza in printing and binding
government publications. and espec-
tally to the fact that altogether too
many of these publications are print
ed. There Is a constant tendency TO
Increase their number and their vol !
ume. It is an understatement to ssy
that an appreciate harm would be
caused by. and substantial benefit
would accrue from, decreasing the
amount of printing nov done by at
least one-half Probably he great ma
jority of the government reports and
the like now printed are never read
at all, and Furthermore the printing
of much of the material contained IN
many of the remaining ones serves
no useful purpose whatever.
Currency.
The attention of congress should
be especially given To- the currency
question. and that the standing com
mittees on the matter in the two
houses charged with the duty take
up the matter Of our currency and SEE
whether il is not possible to secure
an agreement in the business world
for bettering the system; the com.
mittees should consider the question
of he retirement Of the greenbaeks
and the problem Of securing In our
currency such elasticity as Is consist
ent with safety. Every silver dollar
should be made By law redeemable in