The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-12-05

approximate the highest degree OF uni.
n iormity and certainty. The present d..
!Snroughout the country under differens
laws and boards result in confusion and
a .aek OF uniformity. destroying that con;
trade Complaints against the present
methods have continued for years and
they they are growing in volume and in.
ae,nsity. not only in this country but
gress tho advisability Of a national sys-
tern OF inspection and grading of grain
entering into interstate and foreign com.
merce as IL remedy for the present evils
Forestry.
On the subject of forestry the presi'
dent says:
We are prone to speak Of the resources
OF this country as inexhaustible: this is
not So The mineral wealth of the coun-
mot ana the Is
certain to be exhausted ultimately. and
Mastetuiness in dealing with it to-day
means mat our descendants will feel the
t tnf.S otherwise would. But there are GER
tain other forms of waste which could he
entirely stopped-the waste of soil by
wa Wyasn ming: for instance. which is among
progress .in the United States. is easily
preVentable. 30 that this present enormous
los loss of fertility is entirely unnecessary.
forests is one of the most important
means of preventing this loss. We have
made a beginning in forest preservation.
our ., It is only beginning.
Every business man in the land. every
writer in the newspapers, every man or
woman Of an ordinary school education.
ought to be able to see that immense
that of TIN USED p 1hs
th,S timber are rapidly being exhausted
and that, If no change takes place, ex-
haustion will come comparatively soon,
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.
Inland Waterways.
THE conservation of our natural re-
s sources and their proper use constitute
almost every other problem of our ma
tional life. We must maintain for our
civilization the adequate material basis
exist. We must show foresight. we must
look ahead; As a nation We not only en-
Joy wonderful measure of present pros.
1t Is an earnest of future success such as
no other nation will have. The reward OF
dor si;,l at.d for this nation is great and and
look ahead. there must be realization
of the fact that to waste. to destroy. our
natural resources. to skin and exhaust
dermining in the days of our children
me, me very prosperity which we ought by
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 haphazard striving for i'm
mediate profit. Our great river systems
should Si.o be Developed as national water
highways: the Mississippi. with its trih-
Mtarles; standing first in Importance, and
the Columbia second. although there are
man iainN t 6thefs OF Importance on the Pa
the national government should UNDER
take this work. and l hope a beginning
WI be made In the present congress: and
the greatest of all our rivers. the Missis-
Strpi. should receive especial attention.
From the Great Lakes to the mouth of
the Mississippi there should be a deep
a waterway would practically mean the
extension saaaa 10 OF our coast line into the very
calculable benefit to our people. If be-
gun at once it can be carried through in
Tune anpreciably to relieve the congestion
OF d,,r our great freight carving lines of
tematically and continuously carried for
ward in accordance with some well-con-
ceiyed plan.
Il have appointed an inland waterways
commission to study and outline q COM
prehensive scheme of development along
q Tue INES Indicated. Later I shall lay
lts report before the congress"
Panama Canal,
Work on the Panama canal il pro-
ceeding in highly satisfactory manner"
Postal Affairs.
Il 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 and
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.
the past few weeks, it is evident that the
advantages Of such an institution are still
more far-reaehing. Timid depositors have
withdrawn their savings for the time be-
ing from national banks; trust companies,
les; their cash and the workingmen
been withheld and kept in hiding or 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 generals
recommendation for an extension of the
parcel post. especially on the rural
routes"
Presidential Campaign Expenses.