The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-04

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 The Thirteenth Census.
 Legislation should be enacted at the present session of the Congress for the Thirteenth Census. The establishmepI 9b aha the onD, permanent Census Bureau affords than we have ever had. but in order to realize the full advantage of the per manent organization, ample time must The Public Health.
 There Is constantly growing interest puSe s' heas heoSnsry a as, s s saS of tns is awake to the fact. that many dis eases. notably tuberculosis, are Nation al scourges. The work of the State
 
 Fplemented by a constantly incfesing in- terest on the part of the National Gov provided bureau of public health and provided for a hygfenic laboratory. There are other valuable laws relating to the public health connected with the branch of the dovsrnment n.a should ThG1s be strengthened and aided in evehy way Government hCommissions. l call attention to two Government commissions | f,A and which have already done excellent work. The first of theSe has to do with the organization of the scientific work Of the Government, which has grown up wholly without plan and is Tn consequence so unwisely distributed among the Executive Departments that proper so-ordinotion. This commissions chief object is to introduce planned ana orderly development and operation en fneffective grouping and meth ods or work which have prevailed. This can not be done without legislation, nor with so complex an administrative prob- lem by specific ovision of law. I re- commend that the President be given authority to concentrate related lines of work and reduce duplication by Execu- tive order through transfer and com solIdation of lines of worK.
 The second committed, that on De- partment methods. was instructed to in- vestigate and report upon the changes needed to place the conduct of the exc cutive force of the Government on the most economical and effective basis in the light of the best modern business practice. The committee has made practices and bureaucratic ways have been abolished. and q general renova- ton of departmental meth ods has been IInaugra,ted. All that can be done by Executive order has already been &C., complished or will be put into effect in the near future. The work of the main committee and it's several assistant awakening on the part of the great body of officers and employees engaged in Government work. In nearIy every careful self-inspection for the purpose of remedying any reflects before they could be made the subject. of adverse wider study of the work on which they were engaged. and this study has re- suited in increasing their efficiency in are recommendations of special i'm portance from the committee on the subject of personnel and the classifica- isIative action before they can be put into effect. It is my intention to sub init to the Congress in the near future special message on those subjects.
 Presidential Campaign Expenses.
 Under our form of government voting Is not merely right but a duty. and, moreover, a fundamental and necessary It is we'll to provide that corporations shall not contribute to Presidential or to provide for the publication S of bots contributions and expenditures. There is. however, always danger in laws of den of 5ns ery being lest they be obeyed only by the honest. and disobeyed by the unscrupu- lous. so as to act only as penalty up would hamper an interruptions man of unlimited means form buying his own way into office; There is very radi- work a substantial improvement in our system of conducting a campaign, al- though I am well aware that 1t will take some time for people so to famil- iarize themselves with such pro- posal as to be willing to consider its adoption. The need for collecting Congress provided an appropriation for the proper and legitimate expenses of each of the national parties, an appro- priation ample enough to meet the hec- essity for thorough organization and machinery. which requires large ex- penditure of money. Then the stipula- ceivihg campaign funds from the Treas ury should accept more than a fixed amount from any individual subscriber for receipts and expenditures couid without difficulty be provided.
 A National Gallery of Art. There should be National gallery of this country. This Is important not merely to the artistic but to the mater ial welfare, of the country; and the peo- pie are to be congratulated on the fact that the movement to establish such a gallery is taking difinite form under the. guidance of the Smithsonian Insti. on works of art brought into the count ry. their importation should be en- couraseo m every way. Ihere nave of art by the Government, and what collections have been acquired are scattered and are generally placed in unsuitable and imperfectly lighted gall leries.
 The Biological Survey.
 The Biological Survey is quietly working for the good of our agricultur- al interests. and is an excellent ex-