Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-12-11
inland Wstsraaya

| Noen tois destruction is fatal 20 IN,
Well being OF the whole t-onnrry I'm IN.
| future.
inland Waterways
Action should H.. b,rlin fnrrhvi,h
during the Present session Of congress-
for the improvement of our inland M.
terways-action which viii resuIt IN
giving Us nut only uay!gnbls I'm,
naVigsted rivers. We have spent
hundreds Of millions " dollars upon
these waterways. YET the traffic on
nearly all OF them Is steadily declin.
thg This condition is the direc, re-.
suit OF the absence Of sny connre.
hensi'e and farseeine plan Of water
way improvement. Obviously we can.
nor continue thus TO expend the rev.
ehues Of the government without "a.
turn. II Is poor business 10 spepd
uiuney for inland navigation unless
we get It.
Such shortsiehted, vac!llatlng and
fntiie methods are accompanied by de-
creasing water borne commerce and
increasing traffic congestion on land
av increasing foods and BIZ the waste
OF pubic money. The remedy lies I'm
abandoning the methods which bav.
so signally failed and adopting new
ones In keeping with the needs and
demands Of our people.
In report on measure introduced
al the first session uf the present con-
gress the secretary Of war said .srhe
chlef defect IN the methods hitbertn
pursued lies In the absence az exac,,.
tive authority for originating CONNIE
hensive plans covering the country or
natur3i divisions thereof" In this
opinion ] heartily concur.
tntil the work Of river Improvement
's undertaken In a modern way II can.
not have results that will meet the
needs or this modern nation. These
needs should be met without furtbay
'lI'y -da lying or delay. The plan which
promises the best and qui, kest results
~ IAat or permanent commission au-
thorzed To coordinate the work Of al,
the government departments relating
10 waterways. and TO frame and super.
Use the execution of comprehensive
plan. The time for playing with onr
waterways Is past. The country do
nands results.
National Parks.
urge that all our national marks nd. |
accent 10 national forests he nlaced |
completely under the control of tho
'oTest service of the agricultural ds.
lartment, Instead Of leaving them. as
hes are now. under the Interior de.
'rtment and policed by the army.
Pure Food.
Ihe pure food legisla ton has already
worked benefit difficult to oyeresti.
nate.
Secret Service,
LAST year an amendment was incor.
"ateu IL the measure providing for
ne secret service which provided that
mere should be no detail from the Sc.
ret service aud no transfer therefrom
IL not too much to say that this
lnehdnent has been of benefit ou,v
no could be Of benefit only. to the
rlninal classes The Amendment IN :
uestloh was OF benefit to no one e1-
eptlng 10 criminals and 1t seriously {
atnpers the government in the defec- F.,
on OF crime and the securing OF tus- ,
&c. 1t prevents the promotion Of EN-. ,
Ioyees IN the secret service. and this Z
lfheF discourages good effort In its
resent form the restriction operates I
lily to the advantage OF the criminal II
the wrongdoer. =
me ch'et argument In favor Of the q
'oFsfon was that the congressman
not themselves wish to he investi, q
'ted by secret service men. Very Lit. (
OF such Investigation has been done u
the past. but II Is true that the work t
the secret service agents was partly o
slcnsibie for the indictment and con- n
ctiou or 4 senator and congressman Il
land frauds in Oregon do not s.
ifefe that It Ia IN the public interest t
protect criminals In any branch Of s.
G public service, and exactly az we u
we again and again during the past t,
ven years prosecuted and convicted p
ch criminals who We're in the execu- b
e branch Of the government so in a
J belief we should be given ample
sans TO prosecute them If found In
e legislative branch. But If this Is r.,
t considered desirable a special ex. nj
ption could be made In the law pro-
biting the use OF the secret service
zee in investigating members of the
lgress. 1t would be far better to do
$ than to do what actually was done -
d strive to prevent or at least to y,
mper effective action against Grim ~ ~
lls by the executive branch Of the ~ y,
rernment. al
c,
Postal Savings Banks. &
again renew my recommendation Is
postal savings banks. for deposit nc
savings with the security Of the 80
Fernment behind them. The object Gu
to encourage thrift and economy in
wage Garner and person of mod
tie means. 1t is believed that in the ST.
yregate vast sums of money would W
brought into circulation through 10
instrumentality of the postal saw A,
. banks. Postal savings banks are CO
v IN operation in practically all the tn
at civilized countries with The ex "a
tion Of the United States. ri.
Parcel Post. ho
my last annual message I COM pc
nded, the postmaster generals rec
for an extension Of the
Gel post on the rural routes The m
Adjustment Of local parcel post 90,
rural routes would be to the mu- RI,
benefit Of the farmer and the go,
ntry storekeeper. and 1t is desirable hi,
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