, 1908-01-10
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PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

cause why ne mas uoI with
departmental rules. which have beer
promulgated to take the place of laws
when, for fear you may not understand
me, the president of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt, can with tn,
stroke of a pen, take from the peopl,
over II, 1000 acres, after they has
decreed through their agents, the sen
ate of the United States, that no fur
Their reserves should be established
Action of President.
If every word of the settler in max
ing final proof vas false and every act
malicious when compared with the &C
of the president in the above transac
ton it would pale into utter insignia
canoe. Magnitude may lend enctant
ment but If the action of the president
in this matter is just, we have goot
and sufficient reason for protestins
against our people being hunted a.
criminals for acts involving no mora
terpitude.
National Legislation.
Our peerless Frank, who is ever OF
the alert and ever considerable of his
constituents interests, is ~betraying ev
idence of his usual activity at this ses
sion of congress by the Introduction Of
the following bill providing for 800
acre homesteads. He does not con
tend that this bill is perfect, but thai
he will be able to double the present
homestead holding. To ward off oppo
sition he provides that it shall not GOV,
er understandable timber or more than
so acres of irrigable land. He has al
SO introduced a bill authorizing the
commissioner of the general land of
flee to sell certain isolated or discon.
nected tracts within railroad. land lin
its.
Duties of Commissioner.
While this bill leaves the matter en-.
tirely with the commissioner, the i'm,
preston is hat with this legislation
on the statute books, the commission
er would. upon application, order many
tracts along the line of the Union Pa,
cifc railroad into the market. The
railroad having sold its land, and these
lands, surrounding as they do, the gov.
eminent sections, it would seem that
about the only way to have the gov
eminent lands utilized to the best ad'
vantage is to pass them into the con,
troll of individuals.
Second Homestead Entries.
A bill providing for second home
stead entries whereby, if enacted, all
persons having lost or forfeited home.
steads can file again as though former
entry had not been made.
A bill providing for the extension OF
the provisions of the stone and tim
Der act.
The T%reacherous Opposition.
The time for standing idly by and
trusting to the immutable law of the
universe to establish our destiny, Ia
so densely enshrouded with Preacher.
GUS opposition that it will avail us nc
beneficial results in this, an 6 pull
sating with industrial n commercial
activity. AS the future solution OF
these complicated propositions lies IL
the individual ownership of land, WI
should not hesitate to encourage and
assist our noble worker in every con
%ceivable manner
Tyrannical ~Propensities.
The Pinchot-Burkett bill has agaiI
appeared in the legislative arena, witt
all of its usual ty%rannical propensities
and provisions for bureaucratic manip
ulations, shielded by a clause whereby
a measly 10 per ent of the enormous
earnings derived from the taxing oil
the stock industry for grazing shall be
paid to the state for public purposes
in which 1t is collected. Those who
have not closely followed the recent
tendency in certain quarters toward
permanent landlordship, and who have
not given careful attention and thought
to such a policy, have very little con
| rantipn of hnw narCiGtnnt and nnrnp,
sonable has been the work of the sup.
porters of such a policy, and this work
generally without disclosing in full
their real object, or how far reaching
and revolutionary in character the pro,
posed change in policy would be.
No Need for Change.
1t does not naturally follow that
there must be a change because some
one man or set of men are endeavoring
to inaugurate bureaucracy, regardless
of effects and influences, just because
congress does not feel inclined to ap.
propriate millions of dollars to pro.
tect areas for forestry where nature
has decreed trees should never grow.
or keep sheep from gathering the for
age on tracts above timber line, which
if removed will increase the water sup.
ply, and give employment to a bevy
of iucumbents to %eternally poster and
torment our people.
An UnrestrictiVe System.
The former unrestricted system has
been in vogue ever since the era Of
independence. Under its privileges
and protection, our nation has made
a progress that stands alone, that has
no precedent in the record of events
III any nation. Peace, progress and
prosperity are paramount in every
community and in every home, and
bid fair to continue. Why under such
favorable auspices should we inaugur.
ate a system that will cause a revolu.
ton in every commercial chanel, de
stroy our leading industry, stop devel.
opment and impose upon our people a
yoke of tyranny, whereby it will be
necessary for them to get a written
permit from a bureaucratic car in
Washington before they a legally
allow their stock to feed upon the
nutritious grasses of our range, a pri'
vilege that has ben granted to the peo'
pie for hundreds of years.
Will Work Hardships.
Any change in policy is bound to
work a hardship, but If u people
were inactive, r%iotous, or afflicted with
mental stagnation, a change of policy
might be considered necessary, but