Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-05

IOTmlLy and certainty. Inc pT6SGuL ul-
verse methods of inspection and grading
throughout the country under different
laws and boards result in confusion and
lack of uniformity destroying that con-
fidence which is necessary for healthful
trade Complaints against the present
methods have continued for years and
they are growing in volume and in
tensity, not only in this country but
abroad { therefore suggest to the con con
tenn of inspection and grading of gram
entering into interstate and foreign com,
51nerce as a remedy for the present eviis. .
Inland Waterways.
1.-THE conservation of our natural re-
sources and their proper use. constitute
the fundamental problem which underlles
almost every other problem Of our ma
tional life We must maintain for OUT
civilization the adequate material basis
without which that civilization cannon
exist. We must show foresight, we must
look ahead As nation we not only en-
Joy wonderful measure OF present pros
perity but If this prosperity is used Alright
it is an earnest of future success such as
no other nation will have. The reward OF
foresight for this nation is great ana
easily foretod. But there must be the
look ahead, there must be realization
of the fact that to waste, to destroy, our
natural resources to skin and exhaust
the land instead of using it SO as to in
crease it, usefulness. viii result in ur-
dermining in the days of our children
the very prosperity which we ought by
right to hand down to them amplified ana
developed. For the last few years,
through several agencies. the government
has been endeaX oring to get our people to
look ahead and to substitute a planned
and orderly development OF our resources
in place of a haphazard striving for inn
mediate profit. Our great river systems
should be developed as national water
highways: the Mississippi, with its trih-
utaries. standing first in Importance, and
the Columbia second, although there are
many others of Importance on the Pa
cific. the Atlantic and the gulf slopes.
the national government should under
take this work. and I hope q beginning
will be made in the present congress: and
the greatest of all our rivers. the Missis-
Slppi. should receive especial attention.
From the Great Lakes to the mouth of
waterway, with deep waterways leading
from it to the -ost and the West. Such
q waterway would practically mean the
extension of our coast line into the very
heart of our country. 1t would be of in
caiculable benefit to our people. If be-
gun at once it can be carried through in
TIME anpreciably to relieve the congestion
tematically and continuously carried for
ward IN accordance with some well-con-
ceived plan
IT have appointed an inland WATERWAYS
commission to study and outline a COM
prehensive scheme of development along
all the lines indicated. Later [ shall Law
IT'S report before the congress-
Reclamation Work.
Irrigation should be far m ore ex-
fensively developed 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
it should go hand in hand with the rec
lamation of swamp land. The work of
Inc reclamation service in developing the
larger opportunities of the western half
4YVy i,nt,ier ton
portantpthan almost any other movement
The constant purpose of the government
IN connection with the reclamation serv-
Ice has been to use the water resources
of the public lands for the ultimate great
est good of the greatest number; in other
words. to put upon the land permanent
hon1emakers, to use and develop it for
themselves and for their children and
children's children"
Forestry.
On the subject of forestry the presi-
dent says:
I'VE are prone to speak of the resources
OF this country as ineXhaustible; this is
not so. The mineral wealth of the coun-
try. the coal iron. oil. gas and the like
does not reproduce itself, and therefore is
certain to be exhausted ultimately and
Wastefulness' in dealing with it to-day
means that our descendants will feel the
exhaustion a generation or two before
they otherwise would But there are GER
tain other forms of waste which could be
entirely stopped-the waste of soil by
washing. for instance, which is among
the most dangerous of all wastes now in
progress in the United States, is easily
preyentable. so that this present enormous
loss of fertility is entirely unnecessary
The preservation or replacement OF the
forests is one of the most important
means of preventing this loss. We have
made beginning in forest preservation,
but. it is only q beginning.
Every business man in the land every
writer in the newspapers, every man or
woman of an ordinary school education
quantities of timber are used in the
country, that the forests which supply
this timber are rapidly being exhausted
and that, if no change takes place, ex-
and that the effects of it will be felt Sc
verely in the everyday life of our peo-
pie. Surely when these facts are so OBJ
vious there should be no delay in TAX
ing preventive measures
Panama Canal.
Work on the Panama canal is pro-
ceeding in a highly satisfactory manner. "
Postal Affairs.
II commend to the favorable considera-
ton of the congress a postal savings bank
system, as recommended by the post
master general The primary object is to
encourage among our people economy anu
thrift and by the use of postal savings
bank to give them an opportunity to hus-
band their resources, particularly those
who have not the facilities at hand for
depositing their money in savings bank
Viewed, however, from the experience of
the past few weeks, it is evident that the
advantages of such an institution are still
more far-reachng. Timid depositors have
withdrawn their savings for the time be-
ing from national banks, trust companies,
and savings banks; individuals nave
boarded their cash and the workingmen
their earnings; all of which, money has
hi n in
the safe deposit box to the detriment of
prosperity Through the agency of the
postal savings banks such money would
be restored to the channels of trade to
the mutual benefit of capital and labor.
Il further commend to the congress the
consideration of the postmaster general s
recommendation for an extension OF the
parcel post, especially on the rural
routes
Presidential Campaign Expenses.
Under our form of government voting
is not merely a right but a duty, and,
moreover, a fundamental and necessary
duty if a man is to be a good citizen. It
is well to provide that corporations shall
not contribute to presidential or national
for the publication of both contributions
and expenditures There is, however, al
ways danger in laws of this kind which
enforcement; the danger being lest they
be obeyed only by the honest, and dis
obeyed by the INSCRIPTIONS so as to act
only as a penalty upon honest men. The
need for collecting large campaign funds
would vanish if congress provided an ap-
preparation for the proper and legitimate
expenses of each of the great national
parties. an appropriation ample enough
10 meet the necessity for thorough or
ganization and machinery. which requires
a large expenditure of money Then the
stipulation should be made that no party
receiving campaign funds from the treas
ury should accept more than a fixed
amount from any individual subscriber or
donor; and the necessary publicity, for
receipts and expenditures could without
difficulty be provided.
The Army.
Of the army the president says:
cts standard of efficiency and instruc-
ton is higher now than ever in the past.
But it is too small. There are not enough
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