Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-08

remains to execute with care. economy
and thoroughness the work which has
been laid out. All important details are
being carefully considered by boards OF
consulting engineers. selected for their
thorough knowledge and practical ex-
perience. Each project Is taken up on
the ground by competent men and viewed
from the standpoint OF the creation OF
prosperous homes, and OF promptly re-
funding to the treasury the cost OF con-
struction. The reclamation act has been
found to be remarkably complete and ef-
fective. and so broad In Its provisions
that q wide range OF undertakings has
been possible under II. At the same
time, economy Is guaranteed by the fact
that the funds must ultimately DO re-
turned to be used over again.
Forests.
It 10 the cardinal principle OF the forest
reserve policy of this administration that
| the reserves are for use. Whatever in
terferes with the use of their resources
Is 10 be avoided by every possible means.
| But these resources must be used In such
| q way as TO make them permanent.
The forest policy OF the government Is
| just now a subject Of vivid public inter-
! est throughout the west and to the peo-
pie OF the United States In general. The
forest reserves themselves are OF ex-
IRENE value to the present as well Ms to
the future weitare OF All the wesorln
public.hnd states. They poweriuiy III
iect the use ana oisposaI OIL tue pupiIc
lands. They are OF special Importance
because they preserve the water supply
and the supply of timber for domestic
purposes, and SO promote settlement I'M
der the reclamation act Indeed. they are
essential to the welfare OF every one Of
the great interests Of the west
Although the wisdom OF creating for-
est reserves Is nearly everywhere heart-
ily recognized, yet In lew iocaiities
there has been MISUNDERSTANDING anp
complaint The following statement IN
therefore desirable:
The forest-reserve policy can DC sue
cessfui only when II mas the tuii supper.
OF the people OF the west. IL cahno.
safeiy, and should not IN any case. DC
imposed upon them against their Will.
BUT neither can We accept the Views VI
tnose whose only interest IN the iores. 20
temporary VINO are anxious 10 reap wna'
they nave not sown ana then move away,
leaving desoiation oehind them. on tne
contrary. ~, esesy r mmee an" ss,,,ar syS
tha nermanent hrsiness man the man
with n stake in the country. which must
| he considered and which must decide.
have repeatedly called attention to
the CONFUSION which exists in govern
ment forest matters because the work Is
! scattered among three independent or
ranizations The United States Is the
only one OF the great nations in which
| the forest work Of the government Is not
| concentrated under one department, In
consonance with the plainest dictates of
good administration and common sense.
! The present arrangement is bad from
every point OF view. Merely to msntlon
| Il Is to prove that II should be terminate
ed at once. AS I have repeatedly recon-
mended, all the forest work OF the gov
| eminent should be concentrated In the
department OF agriculture. where the
larger part OF that work Is already done.
where practically all OF the trained Tor
esters OF the government are employed
where chiefly in Washington there Is
comprehensive first-hand knowledge OF
the problems OF the reserves acquired
on the ground. where all problems relat-
ing to growth from the SOIL are ALREADY
gathered. and where all the sciences
auxiliary to forestry are at hand for
prompt and effective cooperation.
The Postal Service.
| Tn the most ONCE department the service
has Increased in efficiency. and conditions
os 10 revenue and expenditure continue sat-
isfactory. The increase Of revenue during
the wear was 50. s5S. is. 10 or SO per cent,
the total receipts Amounting to slis, sS2.-
eo4.%. The expenditures were sl5a. GO. ZIG 70,
! nm increase OF about nine per cent. over the
previous wear being thus IS. s7e. 1872. &c in ex-
cess of the current revenue. Included In
these expenditures was total appropria-
lion OF slz'soo,cShSo LOT the contihua.lon anu
extension OF the rura! Tree uens Nv ~ se'Vlce,
which was an increase Oh si,sV-,<e''So over
the amount e@penoeo LOT TINS purpose IN
the preceding hscal year Lsrse as .iiis
expenditure mas peeh' the oehehceht lesuI's
ATTAINED IN extehoing the free uIs',iou,ion
OF malis 10 the residents OF ruraI DISTRICTS
have )ustihed the WISDOM OF tne outlay
STATISTICS Drought DOWN 10 the ISL Oh Octo-
Der. ls4, snow that on tnat cate there were
N,lSS rurai routes yes estaolisnea. serving ap-
tricts ramote from most offices and tAat
there were nending AZ that time z $40 neti-
| tJors Sor the eatahIjshment ~ new rural
rn,,tas r-noues,ionohIv some nor, NJ tbe
renarai Increase In rece,n,s 10 due 10 the
ircraasad nostoi facilities which tho rural
service hos ofrorSes The revenues have
&c, hoon o,Sas aroat,v hy amersrents in
tha ELECTROMAGNETIC ~ ,naiI matter and the
o,r,oi,n,an, ., abuses ~ the accommodates s
S,atIIn. nr,y,,aya Tho average increo GO In
.ha ,.n1,,pa - n,o,i rna,,sr ror the nerhod
hns,,'uiua nth 1909 I'd ending Jnne iso;
S,ha. nns,,"r To- yoos ha,ng as,,ma ted, Is
40 ~ ner cent "a COMPARED with 2546 per
cent for the period Immediately preced-
ing, and 1882 for the four-year period I'M