Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-12-16

est results - IL that of q per-
manent commission. authorized to co-or-
dinates The work Sof all the government
deparfmefts relating to waterways, ana
to frame and supervise thSexecution OF
q comprehensive:r aan-s Binder such q
commission the actual work Of construc-
ton might be entrusted 20 the reclama-
ton service: or to the military engineers
acting with sufficient number of civili-
ans to continue the work in time Of war:
or 1t might be divided betEeen--thA-Eacs
lamation service and the corps Of en-
, Eineers- Funds should be provided from
current revenues If it Is deemed wise
otherwise from the sale of bonds, The
essential thing is that the work should
go forward under the best possible plan.
and with the least possible delay. The
time for playing with our waterways il
past. The country demands results.
The president urges that national
parks adjacent to national forests be
placed nndsr the contrA of the fomst
seFyEH OF the agricultural depart
rhent;; he Glso points but the behefts
derived from pure food legislation.
The message continues y4,o-.
Needs Of the secret Service.
Last year an amendment was incor-
, porated IN thei MEASURE -providi9g for the
secret service, which provided that there
should be no: detail from the secret sery-
. Ice and no -transfer tilerefrcin TIE
amendment in question was of benefit to
no one excepting to crinSnals5 and
it seriously hampers the government in
the detection. of crime, and he.-securing
of justice.i The ehief-s alignment An
favor Of the provision was that
the congressman did not them
selves wish to be investigated by the
secret service men. Very little of such
. Investigation has been done in the tbast.
but-it fsf true that the. work OF the secret
service agents was partly responsible for
the indictment and conviction of SEN
ator ands congressman for land frauds
( In Oregon. I do not believe that it is
IN the public interest to protect fcri1ninals
in any branch of the public service, and
exactly as we have again and again dur
ing the past seven years prosecuted and
convicted such criminals who were in
the executive branch of the government,
so In my belief we should be given ample
means to prosecute them If found in the
legislative branch. But IL this II not
considered 'desirablea,a' special exception
could be made in the law prohibiting the
use of the secret service force in inves-
tgating members of the congress.
Postal Savings Banks,
again renew my recommendation
for postal '.saVi ngsi banks: for -,dhp 6sft.
ing savings with the security of the
government behind Gthem. The object
is to encourage thrift and economy in
the wage-earner and person of mod
crate means. 1t is believed that IN THE
aggregate vast sums Of money would be
brought into circulation thIpuGhs the IN
strumentallity Of the postal savings
- Parcel Post.
In my last annual message I com
mended the postmaster-generaI IS
recommendation for an extension or the
parcel post on the rural routes. The
establishment of local parcel post on
rural routes would be to the mutual
benefit Of the farmer and the country
storekeeper, and it is desirable that the
routes, serving more than $4,000, 900
people, should be utilized to therfullest
practicable extent --tAt = - -
Education. ,.......,.,.
With the limited means hitherto pro-
vided, the bureau OF ducatfon- has
rendered eficient service but the acon-
greSs has neglected. to adequately Sui siii g.
ply the, bureau with means to meet the
educational growth of the country.
I earnestly recommend that this I'M
fortunate state of affairs as regards
! the national educational office he rene
! died by adequate appropriations. This
recomTnendation is urged by the repre-
great state universities and the leading
| educators. WHIP all unite in requesting
. favorable consfdera ffon and action By
the congress upon this subject.
The president points out the neces-
sity Of better organization of the vari-
Gus bureaus responsible. for. the public
health, and urges the placing of all
soldiers homes under the jurisdiction
of the war department.
y - Statel1oodn6 :aoG; ~
On0 the question Of statehood the
president says: a. -,..f,,, ; ,..,!;
1 advocate the immediate admission of
. New Mexico and. AEizenae esq tates. 9Fhss
should be done at the present session of
the congress The people of the two ter
votes that5they win not come Iii as one
state. The only alternative III tos admit
them az two and thrust shat this will be
done without delay.
Interstate Fisheries. 1fs
I call the attention of the congress to
the Importance of the problem off the
fisheries in the Interstate waters. On the
Great Lakes we are now, under the very
wise treaty of April II Of this year. en-
deavoring to come to an international
agreement for the preservation and sat
isfactory-use Of the fisheries OF these wa
tiers which can not Otherwise lie achieved
Lake <Efie;-ffor example, has The richest
fresh water fisheries in the world; but it
is now controlled by the statutes of two
Observation-Disclosures cand-ons- provinces,
and this province by two different ordi-
nances in dfffarent cO0nties. All these
political divisions work at cross pur-
poses, and in no ca6e can they achieve
protection to the fisheries, on the one
hand, and justicest9 the localities and in
dividua1s on the other.
= Eii Foreign Affairs" la'i'
This. nations: foreign policy ii based
orTthe theory, that right must be done
between nations. precisely. as between
individua1s and in our actions'.fo the
lsst ten; years wei have in this matter
proven CUR: faith by eur deeds. We
have behaved, and are behaving, to-
wards; other nations. las in private life
an honorable man Wauld] behave. to-
wards hfs fellows.
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