The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-04

ample of q Government bureau which | conducts original scientinc research the
 finding of which are oi much practical 1t has studied the food habits or birds and mammals that are injurious or
 tS | ed Vbulietins on the subject, and has
 labored to secure legislative protection
 for the bsnefiSiai species ,sv The cotton ov.ri
 spread the cotton belt of Texas and is
 steadily extending Its range. IS said to l cause an annual loss of about $3.0o0, 900;
 and given wide publicity to the fact | that at deast 43 kinds of birds prey up-
 on this destructive insect. It has dis on cale-insects-ireaded enemies of
 the fruit grower. It has shown that
 woodpeckeds as class, by destroying
 SO essential to tree life that it is doubt | full If our forests could exist without them, It has shown that cuckoos and
 aas tes thas 3es.ros our shade and fruit trees; that our
 quails and sparrows consume annually
 weeds; that ha wks and owls as a class texcepting the few that kill poultry
 and game birdsl are markedly bene-
 grass Rrassho Sa oppers. mice. % and % other IT pests thai prey upon the products of husbandry. | 1t has conducted field experiments for
 ns psDs of for aRo Rodes check the hordes of destructive rodents | --rats. mice. rabbits. gophers, prairie
 mug nusliy ii d destroy Hq crops worth many mil nil practical directions for the destruction
 ef tss ssd Wss dSr1s | the past year in an estimated saving of
 cattle and sheep valued at upwards of 1t has inaugurated a system of in spection at the principal ports of entry | on both Atlantic and Pacific coasts by
 means of which the introduction of nox- Ss | thus keeping out the mongoose and | certain birds which are as much to be | dreaded as the previously introduced | English sparrow and the house rats
 In the interest of game protection 1t
 has cooperation with local ofnciels in | every State in the Union. has striven to promote uniform legislation in the sev. eral States. has rendered important
 service in enforcing the Federal law and has shown how game protection may be made to yield large revenue | to the State--a revenue amounting In the case of Illinois to $l2s.ooo In
 The biological Survey has explored the faunas and fioras of America with and plants; it has defined and mapped the natural life areas in which, by req son of prevailing climatic conditions | cud--and has pointed out the adaptabil-
 particular crops. The results of these cationaf vaIas but but s are o worth R each year to the progressive farmers of the count
 ry many times the cost of main
 ded, Is exceedingly small. I recommen- to Congress that this bureau, whose usefulness is seriously handicapped by tion in some degree commensurate witt the importance of the work 1t Is doing ocean Mall Service.
 factory condition of our foreign mail service. which. because of the lack oI American steamship lines is now large. which, particularly so far as South ana Central America are concerned Is done in 0 manner which constitutes a serious barrier to the extension of our com The time has come, in my judgment. to set to work seriously to make our closely with our recent commercial and political development. beginning
 was made by the ocean mail act of March 3, 1891, but even at that time the act was known ts be inadequate In va,
 events have moved rapidly in our his torx We have acquired Hawaii, the
 Philippines. and lesser islands in the
 the great work Of uniting at the 18th, mus the waters of the Atlantic and the Pacific. To a. greater extent than ago. we may look to an American fu- ture on the sea worthy or the tradi-
 tions of our past. As the first step in that direction: and the & step rnsemsnd most reas the extension of the ocean mail act Of 1891. That act has stood for come years free from successful criticism oI on m theories of the obligations of great maritime nation, undisputed In our owE land and followed by other nations ton. Briefly those theories are. that 1t is the duty of a first class power so far as practicable to carry It's ocean mails under its own flag; .tr that nrsms the fasl uuired for such mail service, are Valu- able auxiliartes to the sea power or nation. Furthermore, the construction of such steamships insures the main tenance in an eminent condition of the shipyards in which our pattieships
 The expenditure of public money for functions of government is certainly dwell upon the incidental benefits. to our foreign commerce tS tne Snitppudiudi and navigation which will accompany the discharge of these urgent public duties. though they, too: should have weight.
 The Army. N
 Not only there is not now, but there never has been, any other nation in the would so wholly free from the evils of militarism as is ours. There never has been any other large nation, not even China. which for so long period had relatively to its numbers so small a regular army as has ours. Never at any timb in our history has this Ma tion suffered from militarism or been in the remotest danger of suffering from militarism. Never at any time of our history has the Regular Army been of size which caused the slightest ap
 preciable tax upon the taX-paying citi- zens of the Nation. Almost always 1t has been too small in size and under