Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-09

ulfNI' TIVE WNfN uf III wv |NNffH0ifN'
| departments relating g. waterways and
| TO nnnr and supervise The execution of
comprehensive plan, undcr such
| commlsson the actual work W ronfirura
| tlon might be entrusted "a the ttUlnmn.
| ton service, or 10 the military engineers
| acting with sufilclent number of uivlll-
ans to continue the work IN Jnie of war
Or n might b. divided between the rec.
| lamatlon srr,ivu and the corps ~ en-
glnecrs Funds should be provided from
current rcvcnusa n n a deemed Wise
| otherwise from the sale of bonds. The
| essential thing In that the work should
| 10 forward under tho best posrhle plan,
| and with the least possible delay The
| time for playing with our waterways n
| past Tho country demands results
The president urges that national
PARKS adjacent to national forcats be
| placed under the control Of the forest
service OF the agricultural depart
ment. he also points out the dement's
derived from pure food legislation.
The message continues;
Needs OF the Secret Service.
Last year AN amendment was incor-
pora,cd In the measure providing for the
secret service, which provided that there
should he no detail from tho secret ncrv-
Ice and no transfer therefrom, The
amendment In question was OF benefit 70
no one excepting 20 criminals, ana
II seriously hampers the government IN
the detection 81 crime and the sec ring
OF justice The chief argumet IN
favor OF the provision was hat
the congressman did not them
-zelvcs wish 10 be Investigated w the
secret service men. Very little OF fuch
Investigation has been done In the pnHt
but n In true that the work OF the secret
service agents was partly responsible fof
the indictment and conviction OF SEN
ator ana congressman for land frauds
In oregon. I do not believe that II 10
IN the public interest 20 protect criminals
In any branch OF the public service, and
exactly an we have again and again dur.
Ing the past seven years prosecuted >nd
convicted such criminals who were In
the executive branch ~ tho government
90 In my belief we should he given ample
means 10 prosecute them n found In ~
legislative branch Hut u this In not
considered desirable special exception
could be made In the law prohibiting the
use OF the secret service force In inves-
tlgating members OF the congress,
Postal Savings Banks.
again renew my recommendation
for postal savings banks for deposit
ing savings with the security OF the
IL 60 encourage thrift ana economy In
the wage-earner and person ~ mod.
crate means. II IN believed that IN the
aggregate vast sums OF money would bo
brought into circulation through the In
atrumentallty OF the postal savings
banks,
Parcel Post.
In my last annual message COM
mended the acknowledgements
recommendation for an extension or the
parcel post on the rural routes, The
establishment OF n local parcel post on
rural routes would be 60 tho mutual
benefit OF the farmer ana the country
storekeepcr, and II In desirable that the
routes, serving more than $4,000, 600
people, should be utilized 20 the fullest
practicable extent
Education.
with the limited means hitherto pro.
vided, the bureau Of Q ducatlon has
rendered efficient service, but the con-
grens has neglected 20 adequately sup.
ply the bureau with means Co meet the
educational growth 81 the country
I earnestly recommend that thlh un.
fortunate state OF affairs M regards
the national educational office he reme-
died by adequate appropriations This
recommendation II urged by the repro.
scntatlvos OF our common schools ana
great state universities ana the leading
educators who all unite In requesting
favorable consideration 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.
Statehood.
On the question " statehood the
president says;
| advocate the immediate admission OF
New Mexico and Arizona as states. This
should bc done NJ the present session ~
the congress The people OF the two tor
rltorlca have made II evident by their
votes that they will not come In M one
state. The only alternative IN 10 admit
them as two and I trust that this will be
done without DELAY,
Interstate Fisheries.
call the attention Of the congress 10
the importance OF the problem OF 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-.
deavorlng 10 como 10 an International
agreement for the preservation and sat.
isfactory use OF tho fisheries OF these wa
tiers which can not otherwise be achieved,
Lake Erie, for example has tho richest
fresh water fisheries In the world but n
In now controlled by the statuteA OF two
nations, four states, and one province,
AMI this province by two different ordi.
nanccH In different counties All these
political divisions work M cross pur-
poses and In no case can they achieve
protection TO the fisheries, on the one
hand, and Justice 20 the localities and In.
dividuals on the other.
Foreign Affairs.
This nations foreign policy 10 based
on the theory that right must be done
between nations precisely az between
individuals and In our actions for the
last ten years we have IN this matter
proven our faith by our deeds. We
have behaved and are behaving, to-
wards other nations, az In private life
an honorable man would behave to-
wards his fellows.
Latln.Amerlean Republics.
The commercial and material prog.
ress OF the 20 Latin.American republics
q worthy OF ths careful attention OF
he congress. The International Bureau
" the American Republics In doing q
Useful work In making these nations
md their resources better known 20
~, and in acquaintinR them not only
With us as n people and with our pur-
,oses towards them. but with what we
,ave TO exchange for their goods.
Panama Canal.
The work on the Panama canal 10 be-