Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-15

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important corporations. 1t will make a
special report on the beef industry The
policy of the bureau is to accomplish
the purposes Of its creation by co-opera-
ton. not antagOnism; by making con
StructlVe legislation, not destructive pros
ecutlon, the immediate object of its in
Qulrlcs; by conservative investigation of
law and fact, and by refusal to issue
Incomplete and hence necessarily inaccu-
rate reports. Its policy being thus enc
Of open inquiry into. and not attack
upon. business. the Bureau has been able
to gain not only the confidence. but. bet
Ter StIlI, the cO-Opefation Of men engaged
III legitimate business.
Question of Rebates.
Above all else, We must strive to keen
tie highways of commerce open to all
on equal terms and to do this it is nee
essary to put a complete stop to all re-
bates: Whether the shipper or the rail
road IS TO blame makes no difference; the
rebate must be stopped, the abuses of
the private car and private terminal
track and sidetrack systems must be
stopped, and the legislation of the Fifty
eighth Congress which declares it to be
unlawful Tor any person or corporation
10 olfer. grant. give. solicit, accept or
receive any rebate, concession or discrim-
NATION IN respect Of the transportation
Of any property in interstate or foreign
commerce whereby such nronerty shall
by any device whatever be transported
at n less rate than that named in the
tariffs published By the carrier must be
enforced
The City of Washington.
IN pursuing the set plan to make the city
of Washington an example to other Amer
lean municipalities several points should be
Kept IN mind by the legislators. The Con
EreSS mas the same power OF legislation for
the District of Columbia which the State
Legislatures have for the various States
The problems incident to our highly COM
pick modern industrial civilization, with its
manifold and perpleXing tendencies both
for good and for evil are far less sharply
accentuated 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,
and the District of Columbia government
should be a model for the other municipal
governments of the Nation, in all such mat
terS as supervision of the housing of the
poor, the creation Of small parks in the
d oaS Inhabited by the poor, in laws
taking care of the children, in truant laws
ana In providing schools. That the Ma
tons Capital should be made model for
other municipalities is an ideal which APP
pealS TO all patriotic citizens everywhere.
The Department of Agriculture.
into an educational institution with = fac
uity OF two thousand specialists making re-
search into all the sciences of production
i hne CGnsress aRproprlates, directly and
tiIuirecrly' SIX millions of dollars annually
TO carry on this work. 1t reaches every
state and Territory in the Union and the
Islands OF the sea lately come under our
nag Cooperation is had with the State
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 tllierS 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-
orgies TO growing things from the SOIL I'm
til 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 I'M
til the Congress made provision for 1t 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
mas gwen facilities for postgraduate work
to five hundred young men during the last
seven years, preparing them for advanced
lines Of work in the Department and in
the State Institutions. The facts concern
and animal life are being systematically
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
Iruiterers in all southern localities. We
sell two hundred and fifty million dollars
4, INA l..
foreign countries every year, in addition to
supplying our own people more cheapIy and
abundantly than any other nation is able
to provide for its people. The Department
Of Agriculture, by careful inspection of
meats, guards tire health OF our people and
gives clean bills of health to deserving ex-
ports; il 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 suitable to our varying To-
calities. Seven years ago we bought three
growers on the Gulf coast and they now
supply home demand and export TO tbe
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
extensive addition 10 our cropping area and
irrigated. Ten million bushels of trst-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
rhe reclamation of alkali lands is progress
ing, to give object lessons to our people
IN methods by which worthless lands may
De made productive. The insect friends
ention. Careful preliminary work is being
lone towards producing our own silk. The
system Of the Department
IF Agriculture is being brought closer to ac-
,uracy every year.
Irrigation of Arid Lands.
During the two and a half years that
nave elapsed since the passage Of the re- |
,lamation act rapid progress has been made |
II the surveys and examinations Of the Cd
IortunitieS for reclamation in the thirteen |
States and three Territories Of the arid |
West. Construction has already been be- |
gun on the largest and most important Of |
he irrigation works, and plans are being |
for works which will utilize the |
unds now available The larger problems |
lave been solved and 1t now remains to |
'Xecute with care. economy, and thorough |
less the work which has been laid out. |
each project is taken up on the ground by |
men and viewed from the stand |
,oint of the creation Of prosperous homes. |
md Of promptly refundinc to the Treasury |
he cost Of construction.
Our Forest Reserves.
1t Is the cardinal principle Of the for. |
st-reserve policy Of this Administration |
hat the reserves are for use Wh,tevar