The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-09


curate reports. It's policy being thus
one Of open inquiry into. and not attack
upon. business; thsa bntcau has been able
in legitimate business
The bureau has made exhaustive exc
which corporate business Is carried on
In the various states, and into the vari-
Gus systems Of corporate taxation in use.
the report OF the chief Of the bupeau
and urges congress to carefully consider
the report and the recommendations it
contains -. -
Congress is urged -earefully to consider
whether the power of the bureau cannot
constitutionally be extended to cover in
tcrstate transactions in insurance.
The highways of commerce must be
Kept open to all on equal terms. says the
president; and to do this it is necessary
70 put complete stop to all rebates !.
to blame makes no difference; the rebate
vate car and private terminal track and
the legislation Of the iifty-eighth con-
gress which declares it to be unlawful
for any person or corporation to offer.
any rebate, concession or discrimination
In respect of the Transportation OF any
property In interstate or foreign com
amer ev Whereby such property shall by
less rate than that named in the tariffs
published by the carriers must be en-
The president is of the opinion that
while at present it would be undesirable.
if not impracticable. finally to clothe the
commission with general authority to fix
should be vested with the power, where
q ag given rate has been challenged and
ject to judicial review: what shall be a
reasonable rate to take it's place. The
most important legislative act now need
ed as regards the regulation of corpora
tons is an act to revise rates and regu-
lations.
The president devotes considerable
space to- the needs of the city of Wash
ington and suggestions as to desired leg
iSlatiOn.
The extensive scope of the work Of
the, department. Of agriculture is dealt
annually ,S6mn,0o0 to carry on research
into all the sciences of production. This
work reaches every state and territory
in the Union and the islands Of the sea
lately come under our flag. The world
is carefully searched for new varieties OF
grains, fruits. grasses. vegetables and
our country. and marked benefit to our
producers hns resulted.
The activities Of our age in lines OF
research have reached the tlllers Of t the
tn know more Of the principles that gov
eln the forces of nature With which they
have ia deal. Nearly half OF the people
growing. things from the soil. Until Il
recent date little has been done to pre-
pare these millions for their life work.
The tn, farmer farmer had no opportunity for spe-
clal training until congress made pro-
vision for it forty years ago: During
these years great progress has been
made. Over five thousand students are
IN nf .f.lf. II I
colleges. The federal government OK
ponds annually S1OOOO,OOO toward their
education and for research in Washing
We sell s25o,coo,ooo worth of animals
and animal products to foreign coun-
tries every year, in addition to supply
ing our own people more cheaply and
able to provide for it's people. We sell
abroad about s6.OO0.Ooo worth of plants
and their products every, year.
have elapsed since the passage OF the
reclamation act rapid progress has been
made in the surveys and examinations
of the opportunities for reclamation in
of the arid West Construction has al
ready been begun on the largest and
most important of the irrigation works,
and plans, are being completed for works
which will utilize the funds now avail
able. The reclamation act has been
found TO be remarkably complete and
that Il wide range of undertakings has
been possible under it.
The subject of forest reserves comes
in for considerable Of the presidents at,
principle Of the forest reserve policy Of
this administration that the reserves are
for use. Whatever interfcres with the
use Of their resources is to be avoided
by every possible means. But their re-
sources must be used in such a way
AS to make them permanent. The forest
reserves themselves arc Of extreme value
welfare Of all the Western public land
states; They powerfully affect the use
and a DISPOSAL Of the public lands. They
preserve the water supply and the sup
ply of timber for domestic purposes
and SO promote settlement under the rec
lamation act. Indeed, they are essen
great interests of the West"
The president calls attention to the
confusion which exists in government
forest matters because the work is scat
tions and urges that the forest work
be concentrated in the department of
agriculture where the greater part OF
The, work is I'M now done one and whers prac,
government are employed.
The president urges that he6be au-
t5orizcd TO set aside. certain portions of
of the bison, the wapiti and other large
beasts once so abundant in our woods
;n,! mountains and our great plains,
and now tending toward extinction.
The pension bureau. according to the
president. has never in it's history been
MANAGED in /, more satisfactory manner
than is now the case.
The progress OF the Indians toward
civilization. though not rapid, is per-
haps all that could be hoped for. in
view of tho circumstances. The appoint
mont OF Il field assistant to the commits
sioner Of Indian affairs would. the presi-
dent believes. bring the agents into closer
touch with the Indian office in WASH
ington and with the cooperation thus
secured the. Indian Office would. in a
measure fuller than ever before, lift up
the savage toward that sclf-help and
self-reliance which constitute the man.
In the pOstoffice department the serv-
ice has increased in efficiency, and conti-
lions as to revenue and expenditure con-
tinue satisfactory. The increase of rev.
enue during the year was $9,35s. ISL 10. or
SO per cent, the total receipts amount
ing to s1433S2, 624.34. The expenditures
were $751;, $3.50 1870. an increase of about
8 per cent over the previous year. being
thus. $S.979, 1926 in excess Of the current
revenue. Included in these expenditures
was Il total appropriation of SO, 956, 637. IS
tor the continuation and extension OF the
rural delivery. Large as this expenditure
t:as been the beneticent results attained