Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-12-12
There are now ss..l5 rural routes. serving

There are now 3S.2l5 rural routes. serving
nearly l5.OOO.0W people who do not have
me advantages OF the inhabitants OF cities
IN obtaining their supplies. These recon-
mendationS have been drawn up to benefit
the farmer and the country storekecper:
otherwise. l should not favor them. Tor |
beiieVe that ii Is good policy for our gov
eminent TO do everything possible To aid
the small town ana the country district,
II is desirable that the country merchant
should not he crushed out.
1T would be a most desirable thing to
put the fourth-class -postmastcrs in the
classified service.
Bureau Of Mines.
i again that the rights OF
citizenship he conferred upon The people
of Porto Rico.
a bureau of miaes should be created
under the control and direction OF the
secretary OF the interior: the bureau to
nave power to collect statistics and make
Investigations in all matters pertaining 10
mining. and particularly TO the accidents
and dangers of the Industry.
Legislation should be enacted at the
present session OF the congress for the
thirteenth census.
Appropriations on Campaigns.
Under our form OF government voting is
not merely a right, but a duty. and. more
over. a Fundamental and necessary duty
II a man is to be a good citizen. 1t is well
w Ntisil WI POI tttiOIlS SNdIt " tOIl-
tribute to presidential or national cam
paigns. and furthermore to provide for
the publication of both contributions and
expenditures. There is, however, always
danger in laws of this kind. which from
their very nature are difficult of enforce
ment: the danger being lest they he
obeyed only by the honest. and disobeyed
by the INSCRIPTIONS. SO as to act only as
a penalty upon honest men. Moreover. no
such law would hamper ar INSCRIPTIONS
man OF unlimited means from buying his
own WDv infn nffiCp Thnrn &c u avV rad.
ical measure which would. l believe. work
"A substantial Improvement in our system
OF conducting a campaign. although l am
well aware that II will take some time for
people SO TO familiarize themselves with
such "A proposal as to he willing to con-
slider its adoption.
The need for collecting large cam {:
paign funds would vanish IL congress ::
provided an appropriate ton for the {:
proper and Legitimate expenses of each !:
OF the great national parties, an appro- ::
priation ample enough to meet the ::
and machinery. which requires a large ::
expenditure of money. Then the stipu- !:
{: lation should be made that no party /:
receiving campaign funds from the ::
treasury should accept more than q !:
fixed amount from any individual sub ::
scriber or donor: and the necessary I:
/: publicity for receipts and expenditures {:
could without difficulty be provided. =:
There should be a national gallery OF art
established In the capital city OF his
country. This Is important not merely
to the artistic. but to the material. well
fare of the country. So far from there
being a tariff on works of art brought into
the country. their importation should he
encouraged In every way.
Triumphs of Biological Survey.
The biological survey is quietly working
for the good of our agricultural interests,
and is an excellent example of 4 govern
ment bureau which conducts original
are OF much practical utility. For more
than twenty years 1t has studied the food
habits of birds and mammals that are in
furious or beneficial to agriculture. hOr-
ticulture. and forestry: has distributed IL
lustrated bulletins on the subject. and has
labored to secure legislative protection for
the beneficial species.
1t has conducted field expert
and perfecting simple methods for
holding in check the hordes of
gophers. prairie dogs. and ground squirrels
which annually destroy crops worth
many millions of dollars: and it has pub-
lished practical directions for the destruc-
ton of wolves and coyotes on the stock
ranges OF the west. resulting during tho
past year In an saving of cattle
and sheep valued at upwards of a million
dollars.
Bars Importing Of Undesirable Birds.
1t has inaugurated a system of inspec-
ton at the principal ports OF entry on both
Atlantic and Pacific coasts by means OF
which the introduction of noxious mann
mails and birds is prevented. thus keeping
out the mOnRooSe and certain birds winch
are as much to be dreaded as the previous
ly introduced English sparrow and the
house rats and mice.
l recommend TO congress that this bu-
reau, whose usefulness is seriously handi-
capped by lack of funds. be granted al
appropriation in some degree commcnsur-
ate with the Importance of the work it is
doing.
l strongly recommend a simple
amendment to the ocean mail act of
1891 which shall authorizes the postmaster
general In his discretion to enter into con-
tracts for the transportation of mails to
the republics of South America, to Asia,
the Philippines. and Australia at a rate
not to exceed 81 a mile for steamships OF
sixteen knots speed or upwards. subject
to the restrictions and obligations Of the
act OF 1891.
Tho Army.
Not only there is not now. but there
never has been, any other nation In the
world SO wholly free from the evils Of
m%llitarism -, is ours.
But again and again in the past our
literally vital to the country. and it may
at any time have to do so In the future.
It's standard OF efficiency and instruction
IS hisher now Than ever in the past, But
IL Is too small. There are not enough OFF,
GERS, and 1t IS Impossible to secure enough
enlisted men. We should maintain In
peace a fairly complete skeleton of a large
army.
The medical corps should he much larger
than the needs of our regular army In
war. Unless ample provision is now made
II should be put disaster In the next war
is inevitable. and the responsibility will
not lie with those then In charge OF the
war department, but with those who now
decline TO make the necessary nrOviSi0n.
The ate OF pay for the officers should
be greatly increased; there is 40 higher