The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-12-08

|. must lie done. Where these laws come
short others should he enacted 10 supple
mcn them.
Burcau OF Corporations.
The Bureau Of Corporations has made
careful preliminary investigation II many
important corporations. IL will make a
special report IN the beef industry. The
policy OF the bureau IL to accomplish
the purposes OF its creation by co-opera-
ton. not a~ntagonism; by making con-
strnctiye legislation, not destructive pros
ecution. the immediate object Of its in
1uirics: by conservative Investigation Of
law and fact, and by refusal TO Issue
incomplete and hence necessarily innccu-
rate reports. Its policy being thus one
OF open inquiry into. and not attack
upon. business. the bureau has beer able
TO gain not only the confidence. but. bet.
ter still. the cooperation Of men engaged
In legitimate business.
IA Department of Agriculture.
The Department % Agriculture has grown
into an educational institution with a fac.
ulty OF two thousand specialists making re-
1 1na into all the sciences Of production;
INDIRECTLY, ak millions OF dollars annually
TO carry OF this work. II reaches every
state and Territory In the Union and the
Islands OF the sea lately come under our
iag. Cooperation Is had with the State
experiment stations. and with many other
Institutions aud individuals. The world IL
carefully searchcd for new varieties OF
grains, fruits. grasses. vegetables, trees,
anu shrubs. suitable TO various localities In
our country: and marked bencft To our
producers has resulted. The activities Of
our age In lines OF research have reached
the uilers or the soil aud Inspired them
with ambition TO know more OF the prin-
riples that govern the forces IL nature with
which they have TO deal. Nearly half OF
the people Of this country devote their en-.
ergies 90 growing things from the soIl, I'm.
I'll n recent date little has been done 20
prepare these millions for their life work.
In most lines Of human activity eoileg.
trained men arr the eaderS. The farmer
had no opportunity for special training un.
Gil the Congress made provision for II forty
years ago. During these years progress has
pared. Over Ave thousand students are
In attendance At our State Agricultural
Colleges. Tho Department 81 Agriculture
has given facilities for post graduate work
seven years. preparing them FOR advanced
lines OF work In The Department and In
the State institutions. The facts concern.
, .ns n ac,,Ss and It's relation. to plan,
inquired Into. The seasons Of the cyclones
81 the Caribbean Sea and their paths are
being foreclsted with increasing accuracy.
the cold Wind. tina, sens frcn, the north
tcnsity told 10 farmers. gardeners, and
fruiterers In all southern localities. We
sell TWO hundred and nifty million dollars
foreign countries every year. ia addition TO
supplying our own people more cheaply and
abundantly than any other nation g. able
TO provide for It's people. The Department
Of Agriculture. by careful inspection Of
meats, guards the health II our people and
gives clean bills Of health 60 deserving CT.
ports: IL IL prepared TO deal promptly with
Imported diseases OF animals. aud maintain
the excellence cf our iocks and herds IN
this respect. strenuous efforts are being
made 10 import from foreign countries such
grains as are suitable 10 our varying To-
fourths OF our rice; we helped the rice
growers oh the Gulf coast and They now
supply home demand aud export 10 the
islands Of the Caribbean Sea and 10 other
grains have been Imported from light.rain.
fall countries to our lands In the West aud
Southwest that have not grown crops be.
cause OF light precipitation. resulting In au
extensive addition TO our cropping area and
our home making territory that can not be
irrigated. Ten million bushels Of nrst-claSs
inacaroni wheat were grown from these
experimental importations last year. Fruits
suitable 10 our soils and climates are being
imported from all the countries ot the Old
World. The soils OF the country are get.
ting attention from the farmers stand.
point. and Interesting results are following.
The OF alkRli lands IL progress
Ing. to give object lessons TO our people
In methods by which worthless lands may
Dc tuNQe pruQuCtife. Ine lu1eCI IfletuN
and enemies OF the farmer are getting at.
~tention- Careful preliminary work 10 being
done towards producing our own silk. The
crop-reporting system Of the Department
OF Agriculture II being brought closer 70 nc.
curacy every year.
Irrigation of Arid Lands.
During the two and a half yeArS that
have elapsed since the passage OF the re.
clanlation act rapid progress has been made
In the surveys and examinations OF the OPP
portunities for reclamation I'm the thirteen
States and three Territories 90 the arid
West. Construction has already been be-
gun on the largest and most important Of
the irrigation works. and plans are being
funds now available. The larger problems
have been solved aud 10 now remains 10
execute with care. economy, and thorough
ness tho work which has been laid out.
Each project 10 taken up on the ground by
| competent men and viewed from the stand.
point OF the creation OF prosperous homes.
aud OF promptly refunding 10 the Treasury
the cost Of construction,
Our Forest Reserves.
II Is the cardinal principle Of the for
est policy 81 this Administration
that the reserves are for use. Whatever
interferes with the use OF their resources
IL TO be avoided by every possible means
a way as 10 make them permanent. The
forest policy Of the government IA Just now
n subject OF vivid public Interest through.
out the West and To the people or the
| United States In general. The forest re.
serves themselves are Of extreme value TO
the present as well n 60 the future welfare
81 ali the western publlc-land States. They
powerfully AFFECT the use and disposal Of
the public lands. They arc Of special I'm.
portance because they preserve the water
supply and the supply ~ timber for do
nestle purposes. and 80 promote settlement
| under the reclamation act. Indeed. they are
essential 10 she welfare Of every one OF the
great Interests OF the West.
Pensions.
The veterans Of the Civil War have a
claim upon the Nation such as no other
body OF our citizens possess. The Pension
Bureau has never In Its history been man.
aged In a more satisfactory manner than Is
now the case.
Progress OF the Indians.
TIL progress OF the Indians toward civil
~lzation. though not rapid. 10 perhaps all
/ that could lie hoped for In view Of the cir.
cumstancss. Within the past year many
tribes have shown. In a degree greater than
ever before, an appreciation Of the necrs.
silly OF work. This changed attitude II In
part due 20 the policy recently pursued %
| reducing the amount Of subsistence To the
Indians, aud thus forcing them. through
sheer necessity, to work for a livelihood.
The policy. though severe. Is q useful one.
but Il II Go be exercised only with judg.
ment aud with n full understanding OF the
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