The San Francisco call., 1904-06-22

business has been jeopardized, no fair and
honest enterprise has been injured; but 1t is
certain that wherever the constitutional power
OF the National Government reaches trusts are
being practically regulated and curbed within
lawful bounds they never have before. and
the men Of small capital are finding in the
efficiency and skill of the national department
of justice a protection they never had before
against the crushing effect OF unlawful COM
binatons.
We have at last reached a point where the
public wealth of farm land which has seemed
so inexhaustible is nearly gone. and the prob
lem of utilizing the remainder for the building
OF new homes has become of vital Importance.
The present administration has dealt with
this problem vigorously and effectively Great
areas had been unlawfuly fenced in by men Of
large means and the home builder had been
excluded. Many of these unlawful aggressors
have been compelled to relinquish their booty.
and more than 100000 acres of land have
been restored to the public. Extensive frauds
in procuring grants of land not for home
steads but for speculation have been investf-
gated and stopped and the perpetrators have
been indicted and are being actively prosecuted.
competent commission has been constituted
existing laws and to suggest practical legisla-
ton to prevent further abuse That commits
sion has reported, and bills adequate TO accom-
plish the purpose have been framed and are be-
fore Congress. The further denudatIon of for
est areas. producing alternate floods and dry
ness in our river valleys, has been checked by
the extension of forest reserves. which have
been brought to aggregate more than So O0o. 900
acres OF land. The reclamation by irrigation
of the vast arid regions forming the chief part
Of remaining public domain has been pro-
vided for by the national reclamation law of
June IL, 1908. The execution of this law,
without taxation and by the application of the
proceeds Of public land sales alone through the
construction of storage reservoirs for water,
will make many millions of acres of fertile
lands available for settlement. Over 500 600 =
600 from these sources have been already re-
ceived to the credit of the reclamation fund
over 33, 600, 900 acres of public lands in four
teen States and Territories have been embraced
in the sixty-seVen projects which have been de-
vised and are under examination and on eight
Of these the work Of actual construction has
begun.
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
The postal service has been extended and i'm
proved Its revenues have increased from S76 =
600, 900 In 1895 to sos 600 900 in Is99 and s144-
O0o. 900 In 1904. In dealing with these vast
sums few cases OF peculation trihing in
amount and by subordinate officers. have oc-
CURED there they occur in every business
Neither fear nor favor. political or per-
sonal influence has availed TO protect the wrong
doers. Their acts have been detected, investi-
gated. laid bare; they have been dismissed
from their places, prosecuted crIminalIv in
dicted many of them tried, and many of them
convicted. The abuses In the carriage of
second-clsss mail matter have been renedied
tended. 1t is wholly the creation of RepublI-
can administration. The last Democratic POST
master General declared IT impracticable The
first administration of Mckinley proved the
contrary At the beginning OF the fiscal wear
1899 there were about 200 routes in operation
There are now more than 25, 600 routes, b,ng-
ing a daily mail service to more than 3 600 o0O
of our people in rural communities, enIarging
the circulation of the newspaper and the mag
azine. increasing communication. and relieving
the isolation Of life on the farm
The Department Of Agriculture has been
brought to q point of efficiency and prscticaI
benefit never before known The oleomargarine
act of May g. 1902, now sustained in the Su-
prene Court and the act of July 1 1902 IN
prevent the false branding OF food and dairy
product, protect farmers against Fraudulent
limitations. The act of February 2 1909 ena
bles the Secretary of Agriculture to prevent the
spread OF contagious and Infectious diseases NJ
live stock. Rigid inspection has protected our.
cattle against infection from abroad. and has
established the highest credit for our meat pro-
ducts in the markets of the world The earth
has been searched for weapons with which 10
fight the enemies that destroy the growing
crops An insect brought from near the Great
Wall of China has checked the San lose scale
which was destroying our orchards: parasftic
fly brought from South Africa is extermnating
the black scale in the lemon and orange groves
of California; and ant from Guatemala Is
about Offering battle to the boil weevil Broad
science has been brought to the aid of limited
experience Study of the relations between
plant life and climate and soil has been fol-
lowed by the introduction of special crops
suited to varied conditions The intro
duction Of just the right kind of seed has en-
abled the Gulf States to increase our rice crop
from 115. 900. 600 pounds In 1898 to 400 600 600
pounds in 1905. and to supply the entire Ameri-
can demand. with surplus for export The
right kind of sugar beet has Increased our an
nuaI production of beet sugar by over 200 01o
tons Seed brought from countries of little
rainfall is producing millions of bushels Of
grain on lands which few years ago were
deemed a hopeless part of the arid belt.
THE FARMERS MARKET.
The systematic collection and publication OF
fior ling he ff1.do