The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-10

remains to execute with care, ecohuHhy
and t-horoughness 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 ell
~fective. and so broad in its provisions
that a wide range of undertakings mas
been possible under 1t. At the same
time, economy is guaranteed by the fact
that the funds must ultimately be re-
turned to be used over again.
Forests.
1t Is 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 TO 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 or ex-
treme value to the present as well as to
the future welfare of all the western
public-land states. They powerfully al
feet the use and disposal of the pubic
lands. They are of special Importance
because the 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
lily recognized, yet in a few localities
there has been misunderstanding and
complaint. The following statement is
therefore desirable:
The forest-reserve policy can be sue
cessful only when 1t has the full support
of the people of the west. 1t cannot
safely, and should not in any case, be
imposed upon them against their Will.
But neither can We accept the views Oh
those whose only interest in the forest is
temporary; who are anxious to reap what
they lave not sown and then move away,
leaving desolation behind them. On the
contrary, it is everywhere and always
the interest of the permanent settler ana
the permanent business man, the man
with a stake in the country, which must
be considered and which must decide.
l have repeatedly called attention to
the confusion which exists in govern
merit forest matters because the work is
scattered among three Independent or
CARNATIONS. The United States Is the
only one of the great nations in which
/ the forest WOrk OF the SONeI IlliChl ID AOl
concentrated under one department, IN
c~onsonance with the plainest dictates OF
good administration and common sense.
The present arrangement is bad from
every point of view. Merely to mention
1t is to prove that it should be termlnat-
ed at once. AS l 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 for
esters of the government are employed
where chiefly in Washington there Is
comprehensive first-hand knowledge Oh
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.
In the post office department the service
has increased in efficiency, and conditions
as to revenue and expenditure continue sat
iSfactory. The increase of revenue during
the year was 50, 35S, Isl 10, or Go per cent,
the total receipts amounting to Sl4S,3s2.-
GA "a. The expenditures were $152, 362, u6.7O
an increase of about nine per cent. over the
previous year, being thus $S,979, 1928 in ex-
cess of the current revenue. Included IN
these expenditure was a total appropria-
llOA VI 2A-tSCobuSt'SO - IA
extension of the rural free delivery service,
which was an increase Of 81, 800, 237. 80 over
the amount expended for this purpose III
the preceding fiscal year. Large as TINS
expenditure has been, the berehcent results
attained in extending the free distribution
of mails to the residents of rural districts
have justified the wisdom of the outlay
Statistics brought down to the LIST OF Octo'
Der. 1904. show that on that date there Wer'
27,13S rural routes established. serving ap
, proximately Il. 600, 900 of people in rural dis
!, tricts remote from post offices, and ina
|. there were pending at that time 3,S59 petl
lions for the establishment Of new rura
, routes. Unquestionably some part OF tn
!, general increase in receipts is due to III
increased postal facilities which the rura
i. service has afforded. The revenues hav
! also been aided greatly by amendments IL
q the classification of mail matter, and tn
: curtailment of abuses OF the second-clas
mailing privilege. The average increase i
the volume of mail matter for the perio'
beginning with 1902 and ending June, 19C
Chat portion for 1905 being estimated), /
4O.47 per cent, as compared with 2546 pc
: cent. for the period Immediately proceed
ing. and 1892 for the four-year period i'm
mediately preceding that
n National Quarantine Law.
1t is desirable to enact a proper nations
h quarantine law. 1t is most undesirabl
G that q state ShOulQ on It's own lnlLldllN
l. enforce quarantine regulations which ar
Is in effect a restriction upon interstate an
Y international commerce. The questio
: should properly be assumed by the govern
d ment alone. The surgeon general Of til
d national public health and marine hospit;
l. service has repeatedly and convincingl
IT set forth the need for such legislation.
Currency.
y The attention of the ongress should /
u especially given to the currency question
and that the standing committees on tt
matter in the two houses charged with tt
= duty, take up the matter of our currenc
III and see whether it is not possible to secul
!" an agreement in the business world fl
le lettering the SYSTEM; the committee
% should consider the question of the retir'
is ment of the g~reenbacks and the profile
g of securing in our currency such elasticit
te as is consistent with safety. Every silv'
l. dollar should be made by law redeemab
of in gold at the option of the holder.
70 Merchant Marine.
n l especially commend to your immedia
q attention the encouragement of our me
Re chant marine by appropriate legislation.
er Tariff.
to On the tariff I shall communicate wi
n you later.
rd Immigration and Naturalization.
There is no danger of having too mar
:. Immigrants of the right kind. 1t makes