The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-12-14
The PRESIDENTS MESSAGE,
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They are acting in no spirit of hostility
70 wealth, either individual or corporate.
Ihey are not against the rich man any
more than against the poor man. On the
contrary, they are friendly alike toward
rich man and toward poor man, provided
only that each acts in n spirit of Justice
and decency toward his fellows.
Great corporations are necessary. and
only men or great and singular mental
power can manage such corporations sue
cesstuily, and such men must have great
rewards. But thes" corporations should
o. managed with dI% regard to the in
tereSt or the public as a whole. Where
inns can be done under the present laws
IL must be done. Where these la WIS come
short others should be enacted to supple
ment them.
Bureau of Corporations.
The Bureau of Corporations has made
careful preliminary investigation of many
important corporations. 1t will make a
SPECIAL report on the beef industry. The
poHcy OF the bureau is to accomplish
the purposes of its creation by co-opera-
tloh' not a~ntagHnism; by making con-
StructlVe legislation, not destructive pros
ecution, the immediate object of it's in
qulrIeS; by conservative investigation of
aw and fact, and by refusal to. issue
incomplete and hence necessarily inaccu-
rate reports. Its policy being thus one
of 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.
The City of Washington.
In pursuing the set plan to make the CITY
OF washington an example to other Amer
icah municipalities several points should be
Kept In mind by the legislators. The Con.
s Ebe has the same power Of legislation For
Legislatures have for the yorIous StoteS
The problems incident to our highly com.
pick modern industrial civilization, with it's
HahlloI9 ana perp4e&!ng tendencies both
Tor good ana for evil, are far less sharply
accehtuated In the city OF Washington
than in most other cities. For this very
reason 1t Is easier to deal with the various
phases Of these problems In Washington
ana the District of Columbia government
should be a model for the other municinai
governments of the Nation, in all such mat.
IerS as supervision or the housing of the
poor, the creation Of small parks I'm the
districts inhabited by the poor. in laws
AFFECTING labor, in laws providing for the
taxing tax care of the children, in truant laws,
lions Capital should be made n model for
other municipalities Is an ideal which an
peals 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 2pprOpriates, directly and
indirectly, six millions OF dollars annually
to carry on this work. 1t reaches every
STATE ana Territory in the Union and the
Islands Of the sea lately come under orr
nag. Cooperation is had with the StSfe
experiment stations, and with many other
institutions and individuals. The world is
carefully. searched for new varieties of
grains, fruits, grasses, vegetables. trees,
ana 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 filters of the soil and inspired them
with ambition to know more Of the prin-
clpieS that govern the forces of nature with
which they have to deal. Nearly half of
the people Of this country devote their en-.
ergies to growing things from the soil. I'm
til 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
had no opportunity for special training un-
til the Congress made provision for it forty
years ago. During these years progress has
been made and teachers have been pre-
pared. Over five thousand students are
In attendance at our State Agricultural
Colleges. The department Of Agriculture
has given facilities for post graduate work
to five hundred young men during the last
seven years, preparing them for advanced
lines or work in the Department and In
the State institutions. The facts concern
Ing meteorology and its relations to plant
and animal lie are being systematicaIy
inquired into; The seasons of the cyclones
Of the Caribbean Sea and their paths are
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
fruiterers 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 our own people more cheaply and
aDtn0antly than Hny other nation Ia ahla
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; 1t Is prepared TO deal promptly with
imported diseases Of animals, and maintain
the excellence of our focks and herds in
this respect. Strenuous efforts are being
made TO Import from foreign countries such
grains as are suitable TO our varying To-.
c%aiities. Seven years ago we bought three
growers on the Gulf coast and thew now
| supply home demand and export to the
islands Of the Caribbean Sea and to other
rice growing countries. Wheat and other
grains have been imported from light-rain-
fall countries to our lands In the West and
Southwest that have not grown crops be-
cause Of light precipitation, resulting In an
our home-making territory that can not be
irrigated. Ten million bushels Of frst-class
macaroni 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 OF alkali lands is progress
ing. to give object lessons TO our people
In methods by which worthless lands may
be made productive. The insect friends
and enemies Of the farmer are getting at
tention. Careful preliminary work Is being
done towards producing our own silk. The
crop-reporting system Of the Department
Of Agriculture is being brought closer to ac-
curacy every year.
Irrigation of Arid i ands.
During the two and a hasf years that
have elapsed since the passage of the re-
clamation act rapid progress has been made
In the surveys and examinations Of the op-
| portunities for reclamation In the thirteen
States and three Territories of the arid
West Construction has alraady heon no