The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-08

ASKS Support tor treaty.
Of A% esn 1ns s1 nssatIste ddeg 3 tres5x
Dominican people to straighten out their
the senate. In them meantime a temporary
arrangement has been made which will
last until he senate has had time to
rrangemen the Dominican government
has appointed Americans to all the i'm
p Dor 7 mt positions ars sas,5 T. II the customs service.
ton of the revenues. turning over As per
cent. to the Eoyernment for running ex-
Into q s ans S aepasisor lse f oTh eau Il Rae e aini.
sion in case the treaty shall, be ratified,
among the various creditors. whether
This has completely discouraged all rev.
dictionary. movement. while It has al
ready produced. such an Increase i n the
getting more from the As per cent. that
the American collectors turn over to 1t
than 1t got formerly when 1t teok the
harassed people Of santo Domingo once
more to, turn their attention to Industry
and 70 be free from the curse OF inter-
There is, Of course, opposition to the
treaty from dishonest creditors. foreign,
and American. and from the professional
revolutionists of the island itself.
Tho Army and Navy.
We cannot consider the question of our
foreign policy without at the same time
treating of the arnay and navy. We now
nave q very small army-indeed, one we'll
army Of n other, large nation.
as nearly perfect of it's kind and for its
n army in the world has a better aver
age of enlisted man OF a better type OF
Junior officer; But the army should be
vision sh5uld be made 81 suficieaft appro-
priations for maneuvers Of a practical
kind so that the troops may learn how
to take care Ct themselves under actual
is kept in tihe Of peace shoWd be mate
1del m %aalmi aSSRssus ana fhg }sasssr that are
le + % aesSmbliaSs tR}s sBdSsRe ' isaSe have noe
brigade and division garrisoans.
For a Big Navy.
Gu navy must, relatively to the navies
ti NJ ID for r4 a lumber ms sld il y tAes. to Build iD up
our navy. and 1t has nov reached a fairly
high staadaTa of efficiency. This stand
me fsshe nse ess iRsre h5Ssve T. d9 9ss9 Pei si gse naT Y
sheuld-at least IN the Immediate future.
units. What is NOW clearly neeessaEN is to
substitute efficient for fnefffcient units as
the latter become worn out or asuft be-
VAiC dRpaLClASl IlldS LiIcy dIS USELESS.
Probably the result would be attained by
adding a single battle ship to our navy
each year. the superseded or outworn ves-
sells being laid up or broken up as they are
thus replaced.
Public Land Laws.
One again I call your attention to the
condition OF the public land laws. Recent
developments have given new urgency to
1 tns ne to a aata aach p eaaaEes ca as Md1 g. th The
honest disposal and righ use OF the re-
manning public lands is OF fundamenta1 i'm
portancs. The ii1iauitous methods by
is being brought about under The present
laws are becoming, more generally known.
but the existing laws do not furnish
Of the public lands commission upon this
subject are wise and should be given
effect.
AZ to the Grazing Land Claim.
The greater part Of the remaining public
present and will probably always be Of
greater value for grazing than for any
other purpose. This fact has led to the
Draska and to the proposed extension Of 1t
to other states. 1t Is argued hat a family
can not be supported on $50 acres of arid
grazing land. This is obviously true; but
neither can a family be supported on $40
acres Of much Of the land to which 1t Ia
proposed to apply the grazing homestead.
To establish universally n such arbitrary
limit would be wi at the present time.
It would probably result on the one hand
in charging the holdings of some of the
needless suffering and failure on the part
Of a very considerable proportion of the
bona ffde settlers who give faith to the i'm
such an area is sufficient.
The best use of the public grazing lands
requires the careful examination and class-
iacation OF these lands in order to give
family and no more. While this work is
being done, and until the and are set
tied, the government should take contEol
lations suited to local needs, following the
general policy already in successful opera
ton on the forest reserves. 1t is probable
that the present grazing value Of the opel
Via it once was or what it might easily
be again under careful regulation.
Favors Merchants Marine.
To the spread of our trade in peace and
the defense OF our flag In war a great and
prosperous merchant marine is indispensi-
BILE. We should have ships of our own and
seamen of our own to convey our goods to
neutral markets, and in case of need to
be a source of regret and uneasiness to us
that the lines of communication with our
sister republics of South America should
be chiefly. under foreign control. 1t is not
a good thing that American merchants
and manufacturers should ave to send
their goods n letters to South America
VIII * rlA~y WASH SCSu4ASy d1lQ 0AS
patch. Even on the Pacific, where our
ships have held their own better than on
the Atlantic, our merchant flag is now
threatened through the liberal aid be-
slowed by other governments on their own
steam lines. 1 ask your earnest consider
alton of the report with which the Mer-
chant Marine commission has followed its
long and careful inquiry.
The immigration Question.
The question of Immigration is OF vital
interest to this country. In the year end
ing June 30, 1905, there came to the United
States 1,O26,O0O alien Immigrants. In other
words, in the single year that has just
greater number Of people than came here
during the n hundred n sixty-rine
years of our ~colonial life which inter-
vened between the first landing at James
town and the Declaration Of Independ-
ence. 1t is clearly shown in the report of
the commissioners general of immigration
thai while much of this enormou immi-
grafton ID undoubtedly healthy and natur-
al, a considerable proportion is undesirable
from one reason or another; moreover, a
considerable proportion Of ii, probably 9
very large proportion, including most OF
the undesirable class, does not come here
OF Its own Initiative. but because of the
activity Of the agents of the great trans
portation companies. These agents are
distributed throughout Europe, and by the
offer of all kinds of inducements they
Wheedle and Ca1Ole many Immigrants. often