The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-06

service of the Nation taken as whole stood on a higher plane than now. alike as regards honesty and as re- sa'u' Pubiic-lsnd Lsws.
 Once again l call your attention to the condition of the pu6iic-land land laws; rsG urgency to the need for such changes as will fit these laws to actual pres; ent conditions. The honest disposal lis lands is of fundamental importance. The iniquitious methods by which the monopoiizing of the public lands Is be. iS laws 's are becoming generally known. but the existing laws do not furnish effective remedies. The recomTeqd- ai,ons anon this Sf tss ssbect are wise and should
 The creation of small irrigated farms under the Fecla,aationa asny Ao. IS os rpertsin powti other laws to foster or permit monop- oiy of the land. Under that act the of grest apis1Y and werss eue cessfuiiy. the lands reclaimed are eagerly taken aninv uI naona nd ahe % Sf it isoGn is bright. The a @ act should De ex- tended to Include the State of Texas.
 The Reclamation Act derives much to secure the greatest possible number communities of freeholders. in part part ps ses by forcing the subdivision of large private holdings before they can get water. from the Government that no Fight to the use of water for land in private ownership. shall be sold for a tract exceeding iso acres ,d! to say sas sa.tsd land sotSs and ss self depends on the wise and firu, en; to Sf t tenant. e for on rse he sprsstsr pss part Of the remaining ppblc lands can nos sad p Sf grasing than for any other purpose.
 This fact has iea t99o the ssrss sraiT, in iaS NeSbrasRa aaasiat and .to the proposed esten. that family cannot he supported on 16o acres of arid grazing land CT This much of the land td which 1t is pro posed to apply the grazing homestead. trary limit would be .unwise at the suit on the one hand in eriarging the owners. Ur and md on the aother in needless suffering and failure on the part Of a very considerable .proporticn of the @ped Snna fde s of fhe
 that such an area Is sufficient. The best use of the public grazlng lands rfa,hfse riaassifieation es of these lands in order to give each settler land enough to support his family and no more; HntiI MtiIe the % lands r are settled. the Govern ment should take control Of the open range. under reasonable regulations suited to nooS 1ca already neeas n @ oneration on the forest reserves It is probable that the present grazing value of the open 1f p1nfollc, ie,ot range as IS or what it might easily be again under ca reful regulation.
 The forest policy Of the Adminlsira- users users of timber are themselves for warding the movement for osit d0rssit tion psSta to the forest reserves in the West has disappeared Since the consolida- tion of ail Government forest Wors ,ss has been a rapid and. notable gain in rsserves rSs 'e' to the peop!a and r,.a in national parks within or ad'acent to
 forest reserves should be %transferre,d transfer , to the charge of the Forest service ai-
 so' Miasissippi Levees.
 The National Government siready does something in connection with tne construction agd an levsss afonR the tower course of the Mississippi; in my Judg- , ment 1t should do nnch more.
 Merchant Marine.
 Tn the spread of our trade in Deace l and the defense of our flag in war a great and prosperous merchant maTine of our own and seamen of our own to convey our goods to neutral mar kets and in case of need to re-enIorce our battle line. It can not put pc s that the lines of communication with our sister republics of Southl America
 should be chiefly under foreisn r- con ican merchants and manufacturers
 should have to send their goods anu
 letters to South America via Europe
 if they wish security and disnatcn
 Even on the Pacific. where our snlps
 have held their own. better than on the Atlantic, our merchant nag IS no" threatened throu"h the liberal aid be- i own steam lines. I ask your earnest consideration of the renort with which the Merchant Marine Commission has foiiowsa Jame.town rss to~ .erceptcnniai. G
 I again heartily commend to your favorable consideration the tercenten- Yam estown, Virginia. Appreciatine the l desirahilitv of this commemoration
 the Congress passed an act March sarc on S ! and near the waters of Hampton Pnads in the State of Virginia. an in- l ternational naval, marine ana mlilta- rv celebration in honor of this event By the authority vested in me by th's act. I have mG,fe proclamation of said
 celebration, and have issued in con 1 formitv with Its instructions, invita- I tions to all the natiosn of the earth to
 narticirate, bv sending their naval yes
 sells and such military organizattons
 as may be nr9ctic9hie is f rnS nrnose n
 less it were enduring in its results
 and commensurate with the import
 ance of the event to be celebrated, the
 event from which our Nation dates IFS , birth I earnestly hope that this ceie- bration, already indorsed by the Con gress of the United States, "and bv the
 legislatures of sixteen states since the action of Congress, will receive su"n additional aid at vour hands as VIII make 1t worthy ot the great event u
 enable the Government of the United
 states to make provision for the evhi-
 bition of it's own resources. ana llKe-
 wise enable our neople who nave un-
 dertaken the work of such celc-
 bration to provide suitable and proper
 enterfainment and instruction in the
 historic events of our country Tor all , who may visit the eNoosttion and to
 whom we have rendered our hospital
 ity.
 If is D matter of unmixed Satisfac- ] tion once more to call attention to the
 excellent work of the Pension Bureau;
 for the veterans of the civil war nave
 n greater claim upon us than any otn-
 CT class of our citizens To mem.
 first of all among our peopie' honor Seven years ago my lamented predo- cessor President Mckinley, stated
 that the time had come for the Natl9n