The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1905-12-08

movement. and that the conference Is
now an assured fact. This government
VIII do everything in Its power to secure
the success OF the conference TO the end
that substantial progross may be made
In the cnuse OF International peace, JUS
! tlce ana good VIII
In the conclusion of this subject he
says;
! ! have dwelt much on the dangers
10 he avoided by steering clear or any
mere foolish sentimontality because
my wish for peace Is so genuine and
earnest. because ] have real and
great desire that this second Hague
conference may mark long stride
| Toward In the direction OF securing
tho peace OF Justice throughout the
world. No object Is better worthy tho
attention OF enlightened statesmanship
thnn the establishment OF surcr
| method than now cxists OF securing
Justice ms between nations both Tor
the protection OF the little nations and
FOR the prevention OF war between the
DIE nations TO TINS aim we bhould
cndeavor not only to avert bioodshed'
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ms, nn, ,a oass,r,aa Ia ,a,,aa,ic
manner mn ,orbidd,ng Tho cxcrciso Of
80 ,at,oo ,,n,,,ns arh,s ,,,tahty nna
sreo rn,,'h,ic sbo,td o,,.r dnat with
nil other states rrca, mr. ANAL on n
| hosis ~ hiyh homer roancctInp their
| rivhta "a inoInu.Iy ma a an feauards its
own
rho No,rne DoctrInc rcceiyes
Iengtbv cnns,scro,,nn aa docs Mao Tho
nnnenI NJ snnto DomInpo for nsaist.
nnrc yhich ,ho nro"idnn, bc,toyna /,
/
In treating Of tho subject OF tho
army and navy tho prcnlJont fayors
"A change in the method of promotion
| He would promote officers on merit
| instead of by seniority. believing that
this method would he conducive to bot
ter efficiency than the one now In
vogue Uo MISC recommends an In
crease In the coast artillery; the gar
risoninK of considerable bodies OF
| troops at one plncc, and for an In
crease and rcorganization OF the med,
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| Natui"iiH"lioh A""''
Legislation IN line with IN" recommends
tons OF the naturalization commission APP
pointed by inc pf'si'oh' last March u
asked tor Iheho recommendations hio
| given as iolIows'
| FIRST. n federal bureau OF nhturhiisa-
/ tloh' 70 hc rsthhnshra IN inc h'phttmoht
| OF commerce ana labor, 10 supervise inc
administration OF the naturalization Jaws
| ana to recciN" returns nt NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
pending and accomplished,
! Second. Uniformity Of naturalization
certificates. icc6 To be charged ana pro-
cedurc,
Third More eracting qualifications Tor
| citizenship.
Fourth. The preliminary declaration OF
/ tat 70 no uhg h.4l an nd M a 10 In
| be naturalizch until at least 10 days after
the Ming of HIS petition
/ Firth Jurisdiction to natufalize aliens
| to he confined to United States district
| courts and to such state courts ns have
| Jurisdiction in civil actions In which the
| amount In controversy ia unlimited. I'm
| cItIcs Of over lo1onn inhabitants the
United atn,cg dtetric, courts 20 have OK.
| elusive Jurisdiction in tho naturalization
NJ tho alton rrsidonta Of surh cItIe,
~,
fupiic L"iio ba"s'
Recommendation for changes IN the pub
Nc land laws arc made, ana In this connec-
ton the president says:
Tho creation of small irrigated
| farms under the reclamation act IL
powerful Offset TO the tendency OF GER
tain other laws To foster or permit
! monopoly Of the land, Under that act
| the construction OF great irrigation
| works has been proceeding rapidly and
successfully, the lands reclaimed are
| eagerly taken up. and the prospect
that the policy OF national irrigation
will accomplish all that was expected
OF II Is bright The act should be cX-
tended to include tho state OF Texas
The reclamation act derivcs much
Of iis valuo from the fact that II tends
to secure the greatest possible num-
her OF homes on the land, and to cree
ate communities of froeholders In part
by Hcttlcmcnt on public land, In part
by forcing the subdivision OF large
private holdings before they can get
| water from government irrigation
works. The law requires that no right
Ia the use OF water for land In private
owh'frhip shali he sold TOR tract
exceeding lou acres 10 any one inhd
owner. rms provision mas excited 40
tive ana powerful hostility but tho
success OF the law itsoif depends on
inc wiso ana hrm enforcement oil II.
We cannon hnofd TO SUBSTITUTE tenants
Tor tr'"holhcrs on the puollc domain.
| Tho greater part OF tho remaining
public lands cannot be irrigated. They
are Mt present and will probably al
ways d" OF greater value for grazing
than for any other purpose. This fact
has lod 10 the grazing homestead OF
$40 acres In Nebraska and to the pro-
posed extension OF 1t to other states
sunnortnd ON tGo ocres of arid nrsz,nS
lpnd This In obviously true. but
neither can family be supported on
$40 acres OF much of the land to which
u Is proposed to apply tho grazing
homestead, To establish universally
amy such arbitrary limit would be un-
wise at tho present time. II would
probably result on tho ono hand In
charging the holdings OF some OF tho
great land owners and on tho other
In needless suffering and failure on
inc part OF very considerable pro-
portion OF the bohh ndo settiers VINO
give ta'th 10 the lmphed- assurance OF
thc government mat SUCH an area Is
Auihcleht Ihe pest use OF the public
grazing iAhds requires the careful e1-
ANIMATION ana eiasHihcation oil THESE
iahds IN order 10 give oach settler
Iahd enough 10 support MS FAMILY ana
no more Whiie TINS Work IL being
lone. ana uhtii the lands are settled.
me government should take control OF
'ho open range under reaBonabIe r0g-
ulaunns suited TO local neeos, Follow
me inc gehcrni poilcy already In Huc-
| Cthsiul uIctHtlnn on tho IOreBt re-