Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-16

| '"''' he paced under inc civu .o wee law, waiving the geolopicol yc. puIrementS as requested by tbe Diroo. TOT or the Census. The sunor,;so,. "nu cnumerators should noi ho ar. pointed under the civil service Ia,, Tor the reasons given by inc Di,oc,o,
 commend to the Congress tho co,e' iuI consideration of the admi,all. , Po,' or me Director of the Censps nnu ! trust thnt his recommendations w'il he adopted and immediate action thereon taken.
 ,n Public Health.
 me dangers tO public hc,i,h ,,o,, rood adulteration and from many oth. CT sources, such as the menace ,o ,b. phyHcal, mental and moral devclon. inent of children from child Iabnr enou'u pe met and overcome. There arc numerous diseases, which are now hno"n to be preventable. which are nevertheless, not prevented. Tn. re. cent international Congress on Tuber. cuions mas made us painfully aware or the inadegnacy of American public health Legislation. This Nation can not anord 10 lag behind in the world. wide battle now being wagcd by all civilized people with the microscoySc Toes of mankind, nor ought we longer to ignore the reproach that this Gov. ernfnent takes more pains ,o nro,ect the hNes of hogs and of cattle than of human beings. The first legisIatiyo stcp to bc taken is that for inc con. eehtration Of the proper bureaus into one or the existing departments. I therefore urgently recommend the pas. sage or n bill which shall authorize n redistribution of the burcaus which snail best accomplish this end
 Government Printing Ofice.
 recommend that legislation he on. acted placing under the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce and La. hor the Government Printing Office Al present tnis oiiica is under tn. com. hined control. supervision. and ad. ministrntivc direction of the President and ot the Joint Committee on Print. ing of the two Houses of the Congress. The advantage of having the i.OG9 employees in this office and the expen. diiurc of ihe sj.76l .377.57 appropriat. od thercfor supervised by an execut i've department is obvious. instead of the prcs"1t combined supervision.
 Soldiers Homes.
 All Soldiers Homes should bc plac. cd under the complete jurisdiction and control of the War Department. Independent Bureaus and Commissions
 Economy and sound business policy require that all existing independent bureaus and commissions should be placed under the jurisdiction of nppro. priate executive departments. lt is unwiso from every standpoint, and re. suits only in mischief to have any executive work done save by the pure. " executive bodies. under the control of the President; and each such exc. cutive body should be under the i'm. mediate supervision of Cabinet Min. isier.
 STATEHOOD.
 1 ADVOCATE THE IMMEDIATE ADMISSION OF NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA AS STATES. THIS SHOULD BE DONE AT THE PRES ENT SESSION OF THE CONGRESS. THE PEOPLE OF THE TWO TER. RIrORIES HAVE MADE TT EVI. DENT BY THEIR VOTES THAT THEY WILL NOT COME IN AS ONE STATE. THE ONLY ALTER. NATIVE IS TO ADMIT THEM AS TWO. AND I TRUST THAT THIS WILL BE DONE WITHOUT DELAY.
 Latin.Amc-ican Republics.
 The commercial and material pro gress of the twenty Latin. American Republics is worthy of the careful attention of the Congress. No other section of the world has shown \ greater proportionate development of its foreign trade during the last ten years and none other mas more special claims on the interest of the United States. It offers today probably larg er opportunities for the legitimate ex' pansion of our commerce than any other group of countries. These coun- tries will want our products in greatly increased quantities, and we shall cor respondingly need theirs. The Inter national Bureau of the American Re publics is doing n useful work in making these nations and their re- sources better known to us, and in aeauainiing them not only with ms as people and with our purposes to- wards them, but with wnat we have to exchange for their goods. It is an international institution supported by all the governments of the two Americas.
 Panama Canal.
 The work on the Panama Canal IS being done with a speed, efficiency and entire devotion to duty, which make it model for all work of the kind. No task of such magnitude has ever before been undertaken by any na' tion: and no task of the kind nas ever been better performed. The men on the Istamus. from Colonel Goethals and his fellow commissioners through the entire list of employees who are faithfully doing their duty, have won their right to the ungrudging respect and gratitude of the American people
 ocean Mail Lines.
 again recommend the extension of tho ocean mail act of 1891 so that sat isfactory American ocean mail lines to South America, Asia, the palllP hines. and Australia may be establish cd The creation of such steamship lines should be the natural eoroliary