Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-09

from me lnutNuhSHi, tt' NV '"' - Nv
encr of our time. Every new SOC
tal relation begets new type Oh
wrongdoing OF sin, 20 use an olo-lash'
| toned word-and many years Always
clapse before society IL allie TO turn
this sin into crime which can be ei'
rrctively punished at law. During the
lifetime OF the older men now aliV"
the social relations have changed iar
more rapidly than in the preceding
two centuries The immense growth
OF corporations. Of business done 10y
associations. and the extreme STRAIN
and prcssur" of modern lie. nave
produced conditions which render the
public confused as 10 who It's really
dangerous foes are: and among the
publjc servants who have not only
shared this confusion. but iy some OF
their acts have Increased 1t, are
certain Judges Marked ncificiency
has been shown in dealing with cor
porations and in rc-Scttiing the proper
attitude 10 be- taken by the public not
only towards corporations. hut TO-
wards labor. and towards tn" sociai
questions arising out of IN" FACTORY
system. and the enormous growth "'
our great cities
Forests.
If there H. any one duty when
more than another We owe 1t TO our
children and our childrens Chilureh
TO perform at once. II is to save III"
for, SIS of this country. for ,hey con,
stitute the first ana most important
element in the conservation or IN"
natural resources of the country.
There ar, of course two kinds OF
natural resources. One is the kind
which can only be- used as part OF
process of exhaustion; this Is true VI
natural oil and gas wells. and inc
like. The other. and OF course hi'i
matclv by far the most important III
cludes the resources which can be
improved In tn" process OF wise USE
the soil the rivers. and the i"reS'S
come under this head. Any really CIV
ilized nation will so use all OF 'hese
three great national assets that the
uatio,f will have their beneft III the
failure.
Inland Waterways.
Action should be begun forthwith
0,ring the present session OF the
Congress. for the improvement Oh ou,
inland INSTRUMENTATION which VIII
result In giving u5 not only ha'iSap'c
but navigatcd rivers. We nave
sDrnt hundreds of millions or doliars
upun these waterways. yet the 'ihi
fic Oh nearly all of them is steau't!
declining This condition Is the d.
rect result CT the absence OF any
comprehensive and far-seeinG plan o'
WATERWAYS Improvement Obvious we
can not continue thus to eXpend the
revenues of the Government w'thoh.
return. II is poor business to spcho
money for inland navigation unless we
get II.
lnuuiry into the conditions OF the
Mississippi and its principal tributar-
les reveals very many instances OF me
utter waste caused by the methoas
which have hitherto obtained Tor the
so-caIled improvement" CT naviga.
ton. A striking instance is supplied
by the Improvement" Of the Ohio.
which begun in 1924. was continued
under single plan Tor haIf cen
tury. In 1878 new plan was ADOPT
ed and followed for quarter OF
century. In 1902 still a. different plan
was adopt ed and has since bee7 pnr-
sued at rate which only promises
a nayisable river in from twenty 10
one hundred Years longer.
urge that all our National parks
adjacent to National forests be piac-
ed completely under the control OF
the forest service OF the Agricultural
Department. instead CT leaving them
as they now are. under the Interior
Department and policed by the army.
The Congress should provide Tor sup
erinfendcnts with adequate corps OF
first-class civilian scouts, or rangers,
and fur her. place the road construc
rjcp under the superintendent instead
of leaving it with the War Depart
mcnt
Indian Service.
7. has been nv purpose from the
beginning OF my administration to
take the Indian Service completely
out of the atmosphere OF pnlit'cai
activity. and there has been STEADY
progress toward that end. The last
remaining stronghold OF politics IN
that service was the agency system.
which had seen its best days and was
gradually falling to- pieces from
natural or purely evolutionary causes.
hut like all such survivals. was de-
caysng SLOWLY in its later stages. u
seems clear that its extinction had
Better be made final now. so that IN"
ground can be cleared for larger con
structiva work on behalf Of the In
.iians. preparatory TO their Induction
into the full measure of responsibie
,;,i,apshin On EOyem!.r only
eighteen agencies were left on the
roster: with Two exceptions. where
some legal questions seemed to stand
temporarily in the way. these have
been changed TO superintendencies,
and their heads brought into the elias
sified civil service.
Secret Service.
Last year an amendment was in
corpora;cd in the measur" providing
for tho Sccrct Service which prorit-