Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-12-05

ooastwise shipping laws should be so
far relaxed as u prevent Hawaii sun
ering as it is now suffering.
Porto Rico.
The president recommends that the
tights of citizenship he conferred
upon the people of Porto Rico.
Mining.
A bureau of mines should be ere
aled under the control and direction
oil the secretary of the interior. the
bureau 70 have power to collect sta.
ustics and make investigations in
all matters pertaining to mining and
articularly to The accidents and dan.
gers of the industry.
The Hermitage.
the president recommends to con-
gress to provide funds for keeping u2
the Hermitage, the home of Andrew
jackson, and that naval monument
be established in the vicksburg ma.
Ional park.
The Thirteenth Census.
The establishment of the permanent
census bureau affords the opportunity
for better census than we have ever
had, but in order to realize the full
advantage of the permanent crganiza-
ton, ample time must be given fo.,
preparation.
The Public Health.
At last the public mind is awake to
the fact that many diseases, notably
tuberccloJis, are national scoucges,
The work of the state and city boards
of health should be supplemented by
a constantly increasing interest on the
Tart of the national government.
This whole branch of the government
should be strengthened and aided In
every way
Presidential Campaign Expenses.
1t is well to provide that corpora
tons shall not contribute to presi-
Dental or national campaigns, and fur
tEermore to provide for the publication
Of both contributions and expendi-
lures. There is, however, always
danger in laws of this kind. which
from their very nature are difficult
of enforcement; the danger being
lest they be obeyed only by the hon
est, and disobeyed by the unscrupu-
lous, so as to act only as penalty
upon honest men. Moreover, no such
law would hamper an unscrupulous
nan of unlimited means from buying
his own way into office. There is y
very radical measure which would
work substantial Improvement in
our system of conducting a campaign.
The need for collecting large cam
paign funds would vanish in congress
provided an appropriation for the
proper and legitimate excuses of
each of the great national parties, an
appropriation ample enough to meet
the necessity for thorough crganiza-
ton and machinery, which requires
large expenditure OF money. Their
the stipulation should be made tina.
DO party receiving campaign funds
from the treasury should accept more
than fixed amount tom any individ-
tai subscriber or donor; and the nee
essary publicity for receipts and ex.
penditues could without difficulty be
provided.
Gallery of Art.
There should be a national gallery
of art established in the capital city
of this country. This is important not
merely to the artistic but to the ma
terial welfare of the country; and the
people are to be congratulated on the
fact that the movement to establish
such gallery is taking definite form
under the guidance of the Smithson-
ian institution. So far from there be-
ing a tariff on works of art brought
into the country, their importation
should be encouraged in every way.
There have been no sufficient collec-
lions of objects of art by the govern
ment, and what collections have been
acquired are scattered and are gener-
ally placed in unsuitable and imper-
fectly lighted galleries.
Our Good Birds.
The biological survey is quietly
working for the good of our agricul-
tural interests, and is an excellent
example of a government bureau
which conducts original scientific re-
search the findings of which are of
much practical utility. For more than
twenty years it has studied the food
habits of birds and mammals that are
injurious or beneficial to agriculture,
horticulture, and forestry; has dis
tributed illustrated bulletins on the
subject, and has labored to secure
legislative protection for the beneficial
species The cotton boll-weevil, which
has recently overspread the cotton
belt of Texas and is steadily extending
its range. is said to cause an annual
loss of about 100000. The biologi-
cal survey has ascertained and given
wide publicity to the fact that at
least AZ kinds of birds prey upon this
destructive insect. II has discovered
that 81 species of birds feed upon