The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-03

laws evils such a. child labor as the
over working Of women. as the fall
ure to protect employees from loss OF
life or limb. can be effectively reached.
any more than the evils of rebates ana
stock watering can BE- reached without
good laws. To fail to stop these prac-
tices by Legislation means to force
honest men Into tfgm. because other.
wise the dishonest who surely VIII
take advantage of them will nave
everything their own way. II the states
viii correct these evils. well and good;
but the nation must stand ready to aid
them.
Island waterway Systems
should he Developed.
"The conservation OF our national re-
sources and their proper use constitute
lies almost every other problem OF our
national life. We must maintain TOT
our civilization the adequate materiai
basis without which that civilization
cannot exist. We must show foresight
we must look ahead. As nation we
not only enjoy WONDERFUL measure oi
present prosperity but II this prosper
lty Is used Alright II is an earnest OF
future success such as no other nation
will have The reward of foresight foi
this nation is great and easily foretoiu.
But there must be the look aneau.
there must be a realization OF the fact
that to waste. to destroy. our naturai
resources to skin and exhaust the iand
instead of using II SO as to Increase It's
usefulness. will result In UNDERMINING
in the days OF our children the very
prosperity which we ought by right 10
hand down to them amplified and devei-
oped For the last few years. through
several agencies, the government mas
been endeavoring to get our people 10
oh In atih
and orderly development of our re-
sources in place of a haphazard striv-
ing for immediate profit our great
-iyer systems should be developed as
national water highways; the Missis
Appl. with it's tributaries, standing hrst
in Importance, and the Columbia Sec
md. although there are many others OF
Importance on the Pacific and Atlantic
md the gulf slopes The national gov
arnment should undertake this work,
md hope a beginning will be made
n the present congress; and the great
| st OF all our rivers, the MISSISSIPPI.
| ,hould receive especial attention. From
| the Great Lakes to the mouth of the
] Mississippi there should be IA deep wa
| .erway, with deep waterways leading
| rom II to the east and the west Such
| waterway would practically mean
| he extension OF our coast line into the
| cry heart of our country. IL would be
| u
| ,erun at once II can be carried through
| time appro ciably to relieve the con-
| Cstion of our great freight-carrying
| ines OF railroads. The work should be
| automatically and continuously carried
| onward in accordance with some we'll
| .nnceivod plan. The main streams
F., hould be improved TO the highest
,oint OF efficiency before the improve
| aont OF the branches Is attempted; and
| he work should be kept free from
very taint OF recklessness or jobbery.'
| Attention IL called to the work OF ir-
| fgation and reclamation OF govern
| cent lands In the same connection he
| SKIS for q revision OF the public land
| lws along the lines proposed by the
ublc lands commission. Believes the
government should Increase it's efforts
| o conserve our forests and should In
I rease by purchase the existing forest
reserves on the subject of the natural
csources OF the kation he says:
I'm the eastern United states the
| iinerai fuels have already passed Into
he hands OF large private owners ana
hose of the west are rapidly following
! is obvious that these fuels should be
conserved and not wasted and IL would
70 well to protect the people against
anIust and extortionate prices. 80 fai
vs. that can still be done What has
| ,een accomplished In the great oil
l
| elton OF the administration offers q
trilsing example of the good results
If such a policy. In my judgment III,
government should have the right tt
Seep the fee OF the coal, oil and gas
lelds In Its own possession and to lease
the rights TO develop them under
proper regulations. or else. IL the con
sress viii not adopt this method, thu
,onl deposits should be sold under lin
| tations, to conserve them az public
Utilities. the right to mine coal beinf
separated from the title to the soil
!, The regulations should permit Goa
ands to be worked In sufficient guam
| tity by the several corporations. Th
! present limitations have been absurd
excessive, and serve no useful purpose
aud often render IL necessary tina
there should be either fraud or els
abandonment OF the work of getting
| out the coal"
A Progress OF the Work
: ON the Panama Canal.
Work on the Panama canal Is pro
ceeding In highly satisfactory man
| ner In March the total excavation u
: the Culebra Cut where effort wa
. . | chiefly concentrated, was si5.270 cubi
. yards. In April this was Increased I
879527 cubic yards. There was a con
| siderable decrease in the output 10
May and June owing partly to the ad
vent of the rainy season and partly I
| temporary trouble with the steai
u shovel men over the question OF wages
. | This trouble was settled satisfactOril
to all parties ana in July the total ex
| cavation advanced materially and !
: August the grand total from all point
'' in the canal prism by steam shovel
! and dredges exceeded all previou
' ! United States records, reaching 1.274
| 404 cubic yards. In September this rec
ord WAS eclipsed and total Of 1.5l7
| az cubic yards was removed. or th
. amount 1,4s1.307 cubic yards were frol
y the canal prism and SO, 105 cubic yart
were from accessory works. These RI
. suits were achieved in the rainy ses
= son with a rainfall in August OF ll.s
% inches and In September of 11.65 inche
!. Finally. in October the record wa
= again eclipsed the total excavation b'
!. | ing 1,S6S.729 cubic yards; n truly @,
% traordinary record, especially In vie
= of the heavy rainfall. which was II
!, inches In fact. experience during II
> | last two rainy seasons demonstrat,
| that the rains are less serious oil
10 stacle to progress than has hither'
!, | been supposed.
= Work on the locks and dams
Gatun. which began actively IN Marc
last, has advanced 80 far that IL
!. thought that masonry work on Il
10 locks can be begun within IS months
m Last winter bids were requested al
receiVad for doing the Work NJ ga N