Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-05

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| Dr. Plerce's FaNOritc Prescription faith
| fully represents all the above named In
| gradients and cures the diseases for which
| they are recommended.
sentimentality and techncality. For
the latter the remedy must come
from the hands of the legislatures.
| the courts. and the lawyers. The
| other must depend for its cure upon
the gradual growth of n sound public
| opinion which shall insist that regard
| for the Inv and the demands of rea.
son shall control all other Influences
and emotions in the Jury box. Both
Of these evils must be removed or
| public discomfort with the criminal
law viii continue
Eight-hour LaW.-The congress
should consider the extension of the
| eight-hour law. The constltutionalty
Of the present law has recently been
| called into question, and the supreme
court has decided that the existing
legislation is unquestionably within
the powers of the congress. The
principle OF the eighthour day should
| as rapidly and as far as practicable
be extended to the entire work chr,
ried on by the government. and the
present law should be amended to
embrace contracts on these public
works which the present wording OF
the act has been construed to ex
clude. The general introduction OF
the eight-hour day should he the goal
toward which we should steadily tend
and the government should set the
example in this respect
Reclamation Work - Irrigation
should be far more extensively de.
veloDed than at present not only In
the states OF the great plains and the
Rocky mountains, but in many others.
as, for instance, in large portions OF
the south Atlantic and gulf states.
where IL should 20 hand In hand with
the reclamation of swamp land. The
federal government should seriously
devote itself to this task. realizing
that utilization of waterways and wa.
ter power forestry. irrigation. and the
reclamation of lands threatened with
overflow, are all lnterdependent parts
of the same system. The work of the
reclamation service n developing the
larger opportunities of the western
half n fnr frr 10,
more important than almost any other
movement The constant purpose OF
the government in connection with
the reclamation service has been to
use the water resources of the public
lands for the ultimate greatest good
OF the greatest number; In other
words. to put upon the land perma-
nent home makers, to use and develop
1t for themselves and for their chill
dren and childrens children. There
has been. of course. opposition to this
work; opposition from some interested
men who desire to exhaus. the land
for their own immediate profit with
out regard to the welfare of the next
generation. and opposition from honest
and well-meaning men who did not
fully understand the subject or did
| not look far enough ahead. This op-
position is, | think, dying away. and
| eur people are understanding that It
| would be utterly wrong TO allow II
| few individuals to exhaust for their
| own temporary personal profit the re
| sources which ought to be developed
| through use so as TO be conserved
for the permanent common advantage
or the people as a whole.
| Public Lands.-The effort OF the gov
/ ernment TO deal with the public land
has been based upon the same prin.
ciple as that OF the reclamation serv-
ice. The land law system which was
designed TO meet the needs of the
fertile and well-watered regions OF the
middle west has largely broken down
when applied 10 the dryer regions OF
the great plains. the mountains. and
much OF the Pacific slope where a
| iarm OF lbo acres rs inaGequdte ioT
self-support. In these regions the sys
tenn lent itself to fraud and much land
passed out OF the hands OF the gov
ernment without passing into the
hands OF the homemaker. The de
partment of the interior and the de
partment of justice Joined in prose
1 mt n, 10 on tpu b. f..
and they have accomplished much
; while where the administration OF the
law has been defective II has beer
changed But the laws themselves
are defective. Three years ago pub
lie lands commission was appointe