Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-12-10


and uncontrolled grazing, especially
by the great migratory bands of
sheep, the unchecked wanderings of
which over the country means de-
struction Of forests and disaster to
the small home makers, the settlers
Of limited means.
Inland Waterways.
Action should be begun forthwith,
during the present session Of the
Congress, for the improvement Of nur
ihland waterways-acticn which will
result in giving us noc only navi-
gable but navigated rivers. We have
spent hundreds Of millicns Of dollar;
upon these waterways, vet the traffic
on nearly oil Of them is steadily de-.
clining. This condition i. the di,ect
result of the absence Of any comprc-
hensive and far-seeing plan Of waller
way improvement. Obviously we ca"
not continue thus to expend the rev.
enues of the Government without re-
turn. 1t is poor business 10 spend
money for inland navigation unless
we get it.
Denatured Alcohol.
had occasion In my message of
May 4, 1906, to urge the passage Of
some law putting alcohol, used in the
arts, industries, and manufactures,
upon the free list; that is, to provide
FOR the withdrawal free Of tax of
alcohol which is to be denatured for
these purposes. The ,rw OF J.ac z,
1906, and its amendment of March ..
1907, accomplished what was desired
In that respect, and the use of de-
natured alcohol, as intended, is max
ing fair degree of progress and is
entitled to further encouragement and
support from the Congress.
Pure Food.
The pure food legislation has al
ready worked benefit difficult TO
overestimatc
Indian Affairs.
1t has been my purpose from the
beginning of my administration TO
take the Indian Service completely
out Of the atmosphere of political
activity, and there has beer, 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 10 pieces from nat
ural or purely evolutionary causes.
but, like all such survivals, was de-
caying slowly in its later stages. 1t
seems clear that its extinction had
better be made final now, so that the
ground can be cleared for larger con-
structive work on behalf of the Ia
dams, preparatory to their induction
into the full measures of responsible
citizenship. On November l ONLY
eighteen agencies were left on the
roster, with two exceptions, where
some legal questions seemed to stand
temporarily in the way. these have
bten changed to superintendencies
and their heads brought into the
classified civil service.
Secret Service.
The law enacted by the last session
OF Congress to provide that there
should be no detail from the Secret
Service and no transferrence there
from seems TO have been only in
the interest of the criminal classes.
both large and small, and ms a mat
tor OF common interest should be re-
pealed and the old system re-enact-
ed.
Corporations are necessary instn..
ments Of modern business. They have
been permitted to become menace
largely because the governmental rep
resentatives Of the people have work
ed slowly in providing adequate con-
troll over them.
Control over the great corporations
doing interstate business can be ef
fective only when such control is
vested In the executive department
of the government.
Postal Savings Banks.
L again renew my recommendation
FOR postal savings banks, for deposit
ing savings with the security of the
Government behind them. The object
is 10 encourage thrift and economy
In the wage-earner and person of
moderate means. In fourteen States
the deposits in savings banks as re-
ported TO the Comptroller of the
Currency amount TO $500, PAS. 400. or
9S.4 per cent of the entire deposits.
whise In the remaining 80 States there
arc only $70,30s,s43, or 10 per cent
showing conelusively that there arc
many localities In the United States
whore sufficient opportunity is no.
given TO the people to deposit their
savings. The result Ia that money IL
kept In hiding and unemployed. II
is believed that In the aggregate vast
sums Of money would be brought in
to circulation through the instrumen-
tality Of the postal savings banks
While there are only 1,453 savings
banks reporting to the Comptroller
there are more than $1,000 post-ofices
10000 of which are money order Of
iices. Postal savings banks are now
in operation in practically all the
great civilized countries with the ex.
ception of the United States.
Parcel Post.
In my last annual message I com
mended the Postmaster-Gener re-
commendation for an extension of the
parcel post on the rural routes. The
establishment of local parcel post
on rural routes would be to the mu
tual benefit of the farmer and the
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