The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-12-07

over-working OF women. as the fail
ure to protect employees from loss of
life or limb, can be effectively reached.
any more than the evils OF rebates and
stock-watering can be reached without
good laws. To fail to stop these prac-
tices by legislation means to force
honest men into them. because other
wise the dishonest who surely will
take advantage OF them will have
everything their own way. II the states
will correct these evils. well and good;
but the nation must stand ready to aid
them.
Inland Waterway systems
should he Developed.
The conservation of our national re-
sources and their proper use constitute
the fundamental problem which under
lies almost every other problem of our
national life We must maintain for
our civilization the adequate material
basis without which that civilization
cannot exist. We must show foresight,
we must look ahead. As a nation we
not only enjoy a wonderful measure OF
present prosperity but II this prosper
ity Is used Alright II Is an earnest of
future success such as no other nation
will have. The reward OF foresight fot
this nation is great and easily foretold.
But there must be the look ahead.
there must be a realization of the fact
tndt W WdStt. 10 ucStTOy. our
resources to skin and exhaust the land
instead of using 1t so as to increase its
usefulness will result in undermining
In the days of our children the very
prosperity which we ought by right to
hand down to them amplifed and devel-
oped. For the last few years, through
several agencies. the government has
been endeavoring to get our people to
look ahead and to substitute a planned
and orderly development of our re-
sources In place of a haphazard striv-
ing for immediate profit. Our great
river systems should be developed as
national water highways; the Missis-
| sippi, with Its tributaries. standing first
in Importance, and the Columbia Sec
ond although there are many others of
Importance on the Pacific and Atlantic
| and the gulf slopes. The national gov
eminent should undertake this work.
and I hope a beginning will be made
In the present congress; and the great
| est of all our rivers. the Mississippi.
| should receive especial attention. From
| the Great Lakes t6othe mouth of the
| Mississippi there should be deep wa
| terway. with deep waterways leading
| from II to the east and the west Such
a waterway would practically mean
| the extension of our coast line into the
| very heart of our country 1t would be
OF incalculable benefit to our people. II
| begun at once II can be carried through
| In time appreciably to relieve the con-
| gestion of our great freight carrying
| lines OF railroads. The work should be
systematically and continuously carried
forward in accordance with some we'll
| conceived plan. The main streams
| should be improved to the highest
| point of efficiency before the improve
ment of the branches Is attempted; and
the work should be kept free from
| every faint of recklessness or jobbery."
| Attention is called to the work of ir-
rigation and reclamation of govern
ment lands. In the same connection he
| asks for a revision OF the public land
| laws along the lines proposed by the
| public lands commission. Believes the
| government should increase its efforts
| to conserve our forests and should in
| crease by purchase the existing forest
preserves. On the subject OF the natural
| resources of the nation he says
| I'm the eastern United States the
| mineral fuels have already passed into
the hands of large private owners, and
those of the west are rapidly following
| II Is obvious that these fuels should be
| conserved and not wasted, and II would
| be well to protect tho people against
unjust and extortionate prices. so far
| as that can still be done What has
been accomplished in the great oil
fields of the Indian Territory by the
action OF the administration offers a
| striking example of the good results
of such a policy. In my judgment the
government should have the right to
! keep the fee of the coal, oil and gas
fields In Its own possession and to lease
the rights to develop them under
proper regulations: or else, II the con-
gress will not adopt this method. the
| coal deposits should be sold under lin
itations. to conserve them as public
utilities. the right to mine coal being
separated from the title to the soil.
| The regulations should permit coal
lands to be worked In sufficient guam
tity by the several corporations. The
| present limitations have been absurd.
| excessive. and serve no useful purpose.
| and often render II necessary that
there should be either fraud or else
abandonment of the work of getting
out the coal"
Progress of the Work
On the Panama Canal.
| Work on the Panama canal is pro-
ceeding in a highly satisfactory man
ner In March the total excavation in
the Culebra Cut where effort was
| chiefly concentrated, was S15,270 cubic
yards. In April this was increased to
| S79,527 cubic yards. There was con-
siderable decrease In the output for
May and June owing partly to the ad-
| vent OF the rainy season and partly to
temporary trouble with the steam
shovel men over the question OF wages.
| This trouble was settled satisfactorily
| to all parties and in July the total ex-
| cavatlon advanced materially and in
August the grand total from all points
in the canal prism by steam shovels
| and dredges exceeded all previous
| United states records, reaching 1874
| 404 cubic yards. In September this rec.
ord was eclipsed and a total OF 1917
| f12 cubic yards was removed. or this
amount 1,4S1,3 07 cubic yards were from
the canal prism and 361O5 cubic yards
| were from accessory works. These re-
| suits were achieved In the rainy sea-
| son with n rainfall In August OF 1889
| inches and in September of i1.G5 inches.
| Finally. In October the record was
| again eclipsed, the total excavation be-
ing 1,S6S,729 cubic yards a truly ex-
traordinary record. especially in view
of the heavy rainfall. which was III
| Inches. In fact, experience during the
| last two rainy seasons demonstrates
| that the rains are n less serious OBJ
stacle to progress than has hitherto
been supposed.
| Work on the locks and dams at
Gatun which began actively In March
last. has advanced so far that II is
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