Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-12

our trade abroad. these grades should
approximate the highest degree Of uni
formity and certainty. The present d.
throughout the country under diiferent
laws and boards result in confusion and
lack of uniformity, destroying that con.
s asnee Gheh il spyt 9F
methods have continued for years and
they are growing in volume and in.
tensity. not only in this country but
gress tho advisability Of q national sys-
tenn Of inspection and grading OF grain
entering into Interstate and foreign com.
Inland Waterways.
'"rhe conservation of our natural re-
sources and their proper use constitute
the fundamental problem which underlies
tional life. We must maintain for our
civilization the adequate material basis
without which that civilization cannot
look ahead; Asa nation We not only en-
perity hut II this prosperity is used Alright
no other nation viii W have s The reward Of
foresight for this nation is great and
easily foretold. But there must be the
Of the fact that to waste. to destroy. our
natural resources. to skin and exhaust
the land instead Of using 1t 30 as to in
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the very prosperity which we ought bv
right to hand down to them amplified and
For the last few
has heen endeaHcring to get our people to
look ahead and TO substitute planned
and orderly development Of our resources
mediate profit. Our great river systems
should be .ieveloped as national water
highways: the Mississippi. with its trih-
the Columbia second. although there are
nanv others of Importance on the Pa
Sitic. the Atlantic and the, gulf slopes.
take this work. and l hope a beginning
will be made in the present congress: and
the greatest of all our rivers. the Missis-
From the Great Lakes to the mouth Of
the Mississippi there should be deen
waterway wat, y with deep waterways leadinE
a waterway would practically mean the
extension Of our coast line into the very
heart Of our country. 1t would be of in
a It 70 Be- ps9ps If eH
time anpreciably to relieve the congestion
OF Of, our great freight carving lines of
ra11r9ads The work SHOULD be sys-
ward in accordance with some well-con.
ceiyed plan.
II hove appointed an inland waterways
preh I. scheme of DEVELOPMENT along
sall the lines indicated. Later shall Law
Reciam ma ton Work.
irrigation should be far m ore ex-
tonsively 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
Ian OF swamp land. The. work Of
r. here reclamation service in developing the
larger opportunities of the western half
~ our country for irrigation ia more inn
portant than almost any other movement.
The constant purpose of the government
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
themselves and for their children and
children's children" .
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.
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
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
preventable. 30 that this present enormous
loss of fertility is entirely unnecessary.
The preservation or replacement Of the
forests Is one Of the most important
made beginning in forest preservation,
but 1t is only beginning.
Every business man in the land, every
writer In the newspapers, every man or
ought to be able to see that Immense
quantities of timber are used in the
country. that the forests which supply
a this tint timber :. are rapidly being exhausted
haustion win come comparatively soon.
and that the effects Of it will be felt Sc
verely in the everyday life Of our peo-
pie. Surely when these facts are 30 OBJ
Ing preventive measures.
Panama Canal.
Work on the Panama canal is pro.
ceeding in highly satisfactory manner"
Postal Affairs.
II commend to the favorable considera-
ton tssts Of the congress postal savings bank
master general. The primary object is to
encourage among our people economy and
thrift and by the use OF postal savings
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-reaching. Timid depositors have
Withdrawn their savings for the time be-
and savings banks; individuals have
boarded their cash and the workingmen
their earnings; all Of which money has
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
II further commend to the congress the
consideration of the nostmaater Renerara