Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-09

L earnestly recommend that this nm
fortunate state OF affairs as regards The
/ national education office be remedied by
adequate appropriations. This recon-.
mnndation is urged by the representatives
or our common, schools and great state
universities and the leading educators
who all unite in requesting favorable con.
sideration and action by the Congress up
on this subject.
| Census.
| | strongly urge that the request of the
| Director of the Census in connection witt
the dacennial work So soon to hh begun
| be compiled with and that The appoint
u ments to the census force be placed un
der the. civil service law, waivjng tho
geographical requirements as requested
by the Director of the Census The sup
fappointed under TIE civil service law, 70.
the reasons given BY the Director
eonmend to the Congress the careful CON
| Director of the Census. ana tlr,st that
his recommendations will be adopted and
immediate action thereon taken
| Public Health.
1t is highly advisable that there should
| he intelligent action on the part of the
health Of the country. Though the prac-
| tical determination in San Francisco Of
thus far escaped the hnbonic plague. This
| is but one of the many achievements OF
American health officers: and it shows
what can be accomplished with, a better
| Organization than at present exists. The
| dangers to public health from food adul-
| teration and from many other sources,
SUCH as the menace TO the physiciai. men
tai and moral development of children
| from child labor. should be met and over
| come. There are numerous diseases,
which are now known to be preventaole.
| The recert International Congress on 'Tu-
ltrculosis has made us painfully aaare
Of 1e % Of Ametra" public m6f
hattie now being .waeed by all civilized
people with the microscopic foes of man
| reproach that this Government takes
more pains to protect the lives. of hogs
and Of cattle than of human beings. The
first legislative step to he taken is that
| for the concentration OF the proper hui
reaus into one of the existing depart,
r>cnts. l therefore urSen,lN recommend
| izc Il redistribution of the bureaus which
shall best accomplish this end
Government Printing.
| ! recommend that legislation be enacted
placing under the jurisdiction of the De
| Government Printing Office. At present
| this office is under the combined control.
supervision, and administrative direction
| tee on Printing of the two Houses of the
Congress. The advantage of having the
| 4 DIG employees in this Office and the ex-
penditure OF the $5.,6l 377.57 appropriated
therefore supervised by an executive de-
partment is obvious, instead of the pres
enl combined supervision.
Soldiers Homes.
All Soldiers Homes should be placed
1inder the complete jurisdiction Gnd con-
troll of the War Department.
independent Bureaus and Commissions.
Economy and sound business. policy re-
uuift that all existing independent. bu-
reaus and commissions should he placed
under the jurisdiction of appropriate exc
cntive DEPARTMENTS 1t is unv'ise from cv-
cry standpoint. and results only in mis-
chief, to have any executive work done
der the control of the President: and each
such executive body should be, under the
immediate supervision of a Cabinst Min
istcr.
I advocate the immediate admission OF
New Mexico and Arizona as States. rms
should be done at the present session OF
the Congress The people dan Of the b two thei hei
votes that they will not come In as one
state. The only. alternative is 10 admlt
them as two and l trust that TINS VIII DC
done without delay.
Interstate Fisheries.
I call the attention of the Congress to
the Importance of the problem of the fish
cries in the interstate waters. On tne
Great Lakes we are nov now, under af1f the the very cry
deavoring to come to. an interna, iona'
agreement for the preservation and sat
isfactoY use of the sheres Of ~ thess h;e1sd va
Lake Erie, for example. has the richest
fresh water fisheries in the world; but it
is now controlled by the statutes OF Two
Nations, four States, and one Province
and in this, Province by .!iferent nrdi-
nances in different counties. All these
political divisions work at cross pur,
poses and in no case can they achleVe
protection to the fisheries. on the one
hand: ard justice to the LOCALITIES ana =.
individuals on the other. The case is
But the problem is quite as pressing IN
the interstate waters OF the Uhlted
States. The salmon fisheries ut the Co
lumhia River are now but fraction OF
what they were twenty-five years ago,
and what they would he new, if tie Unit
ed States Government had taken romniete
charge Of them hv intervening between
Oregon ard Washington. During thcs"
Twenty-Five Years the fishermen OF e2ch
State have naturally tried to take an ,hev
could get. and the two legislatures nave
never been able to agree on ioint actinh
Of any kind adequate in degree for the
protection of the fisheries. At the mo
practically closed. while there is no lmlt
on the Washington sle OF any kind and
no one can tell what the courts VIII an,
eide as to the very statutes undar which
this action and nonaction result Mean
while very few salmon reach the spawn
ing grounds. and probably four years
ing: ard this comes from struggle pc
tween the associated. or gill-net, hsaer.
me-, on the one hand. and the owners OF
the fishing wheels mp the river. The fsil-
cries of the Mississippi. tho Ohio and the
Potomac are also in bad way: For !hlS
there is no remedy except for the Uhhteo
States to control and legislate tor the
interstate fisheries as nart Of the busl-
ness of interstate commerce. In th1S case
the machinery for scientific investlea-
ton and for control already exists in the
United States Bureau of Fisheries. IN
this as in similar problems the obvious
an;l simple rule should he followed OF
having those matters which no particular
state car manage taken in hand by thc
United States: problems. which IN the
seesaw of conflicting State Legislatures
are absolutely aInsolvahle. are easy
enough for the Congress to control
Fisheries and Fur Seals.
The federal statute regulating interstate
traffic in game should he extended TO
include fish. New federal fish hatcheries
should be established. The adninlstra-
ton of the Alaskan fur-Seal service
should he vested in the Bureau of Fish
cries.
Foreign Affairs.
This Nations foreign policy is based on
the theory that right must be done be-
tween natiorS precisely as between indivi-
duals and in our actions for the last ten
wears we have in this matter proven our