The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-09

| it is unfair to the great educationa
interests of the country to deprive
| them of the value of the results which
can be obtained by proper appropria
| tons.
l earnestly recommend that this
unfortunate state of affairs as regards
the national educational office be rem.
edied by adequate appropriations
This recommendation is urged by the
representatives of our common
schools and great state universities
and the leading educators, who all
unite in requesting favorable consid-
GRAFTON and action by the Congress
upon this subject.
CENSUS.
I strongly urge that the request of
the Director of the Census in con
nection with the decennial work so
soon to be begun, be complied with
and that the appointments to the
census force be placed under the CT
vii service laws, waving the geograph-
zeal requirements as requested by the
Director of the Census. The super
visors and enumerators should not
be appointed under the civil service
law, for the reasons given by the Di-
rector. I commend to the Congress
the careful consideration of the adj
mirable report of the Director of the
Census, and / trust that his recon-
mendations will be adopted and inn
mediate action thereon taken.
REDISTRIBUTION OF BUREAUS.
1t is highly advisable that there
part of the Nation on the question
of preserving the health of the coun-
try. Through the practical extermin-
alton in San Francisco of disease
bearing rodents our country has thus
far escaped the bubonic plague. This
is but one of the many achievements
of American health officers; and it
shows what can be accomplished with
better organization than at present
exists. The dangers TO public health
from food adulteration and from
many other sources, such as the me-
mace to the physical, mental and mo-
raj development of children from
child labor. should be met and over
come. There are numerous diseases.
which are now known to be prevent
able. which are, nevertheless, not
prevented. The recent International
Congress on tuberculosis has made
us painfully aware of the inadequaey
of American public health legislation.
This Nation can not afford to lag be-
hind in the worldwide battle now be-
ing waged by all civilized people with
the microscopic foes of mankind, nor
ought we longer to ignore the re-
Droach that this Government takes
more pains to protect the lives of
hogs and of cattle than of human be-
ings. The first legislative step to be
taken is that for the concentration of
the proper bureaus into one Of the
existing departments. 1 therefore ur-
gently recommend the passage of a
bill which shall authorize redistri-
button of the bureaus which shall
best accomplish this end
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
/ recommend that legislation be
enacted placing under the jurisdiction
OF the Department of Commerce and
Labor the Government Printing
Office. AT present this office is under
the combined control, supervision.
and administrative direction of the
President and of the Joint Commit
tee on Printing of the two Houses of
the Congress. The advantage of hav-
Ing the 1868 employees in this office
and the expenditure of the So. 1911
377.5 appropriated therefor super
vised by an executive department is
obvious, instead of the present COM
bined supervision.
SOLDIERS HOMES.
All Soldiers Homes should be Mac
ed under the complete Jurisdiction
and control of the War Department.
INDEPENDENT BUREAUS AND
COMMISSIONS.
Economy and sound business policy
require that all existing independent
bureaus and commissions should he |
placed under the Jurisdiction of an |
propriate executive departments. 1t |
Is unwise from every standpoint, and
results only in mischief, to have any
executive work done save by the pure-
iy executive bodies, under the control |
OF the President; and each such ex-
ecutive body should be under the i'm |
mediate supervision of a Cabinet Min.
isrer
STATEHOOD.
I advocate the immediate admission
OF New Mexico and Arizona as States.
Ihis should be done at the present
session of the Congress. The people
OF the two Territories have made it
evident by their votes that they will |
not come IN as one State. The only
alternative is to admit them as two,
and 1 trust that this will be done
without delay.