The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-12-19

Such sbortsighted, vascillatinR and Il
Nj tile methods are accompanied by d
> creasins water borne commerce and Ii
lincreas sing floods and by the waste
r public money. The remedy lies In abai
: doning the methods which have 30 MI
!nally failed and adopting new ones
X eping with the needs and demands
our people.
l urge that all our national parks &C
jacent to national forests be place
= completely under the control OF the fol
: est service OF the agricultural depart
! ment. instead of leaving them as the
row are, under the interior department
. | and pollced by the army. The congress
! should provide for superintendents wit
! scouts or rangers. and, further. pIac
intcndent. instead OF leaving II with tn
war department Such change II
Ipark management would result In econ
omy and avoid the difficulties OF nd
mlnistration which now arise from
having the responsibility of care ant
protection divided between different de
paftments.
had occasion in my message of Ma,
4. 1905 10 urga toe passage OF SOM
Jaw putting alcohol used In the arts
Industries, and manufactures. upon III.
withdrawaI free Of tax Of alcohol whlei
Is TO be dcnnturcd FOR those purposes
rhe law Of June Z 1929, and rs amend
what was desired In that respect, and
the use OF denaturcd alcohol as intend.
ed. H. making fair segree OF progress
and IN entitled to further encOnra &c
penf and support from congress.
The pure food legislation has already
worked benefit difficult to oyeresti.
ginning OF my administration TO take
the Indian service completely out Of
the atmosphere OF political activity, and
there has been steady progress toward
lee "a
hold OF politics In that service was
| the agency system. which has seen it,
best days and was gradually falling TO
pieces from natural or purely evolu
tionary causes, but, like all such sur
vlvals, was decaying slowly In Its later
/ again renew my recommendation
for postal savings banks. for deposlting
savings with tha security OF the gov
eminent behind them. The object IL
70 encourage thrift and economy In
the wage-carner and person OF moderate
means. In IL states the deposits In
savings banks as reported to the comp
kl0.fOx, or ys.4 per cent OF the entire
deposits, while In the remaining 81
states there were only 37G,3Os.b43. or 1.6
per cent showing conciusively that
states whore sufficient opportunity IL
not given TO the people to deposit their
savings The result Is that money IL
Kept In hiding ana unemployed Ii ia
believed that In the aggregate vast sums
OF money would be brought into circu-
lation through the fundamentally OF
the postal savings bank~
In my last annual message l com
mended the postmaster generals recon-
mendauon for an extension of the par
gel post on the rural routes. The es-
adjustment OF the local parcel post on
rural routes would be TO the mutual
benefit OF the farmer and the coun.r,
storekeeper, and IL In desirable that the
routes, serving more than is 900. 600
people. should be utilized TO the fullest
practicable eNtcut. An amendment WAS
proposed In the senate last session, AT
the suggestion Of the postmaster gen
tscertaining the practicability OF es-
tabiishing a special local parcel post
aystem on the rural routes throughout
eae United states, the postmaster gen
eral be authorized and directed TO ex-
pertinent and report 10 the congress the
result OF such experiment by establish |
ing a special local parcel post system |
on rural routes In not to exceed -four
counties In the United States for pack |
Ages or fourth class matter originating |
on rural route or at the distributing |
postoffice FOR delivery by rural car |
rlers. IL would seem only proper that /
such an experiment should be tried In /
rider to demonstrate the practicabiiity |
postmaster general estimates that the |
revenue derived from the operation OF |
such system on all the rural routes
would amount To many million dollars
The share that the national govern
nent should take in the broad work OF |
'ducaton has not received the attention
ma the care IL rightly deserves The
immediate responsibility for the sup
port and Improvement OF our educa-
lonal systems and Institutions rests
md should always rest with the peopis
n the several states acting throuah
heir state and local governments bu,
no nation has an opportunity In educa-
lonal work which must not be lost. and
ected
l strongly urge that the request OF
he director of the census In connection
WIN the decennial work 20 soon to be
'esun, be complied with and that the
ppointments TO the census force be
laced under the civil service law, waiv-
ng the geographical requirements as
equested by the director OF the census
he supervisors and enumerators should
OF De appointed under the civil service |
W. Tor the reasons given by the di-
ector. i commend to the congress the
areful consideration of the Edmirabie
eport OF the director OF the census. and 2
trust that his recommendations viii |
9 ADOPTED and Immediate action there
II Is highly advisable that there 3
nould be Intelligent action on the mart p
me nation on the question OF pre-
CRYING the health OF the country | q
through the practical DETERMINATION In | y
an Francisco OF disease bearinR ro- {
ents our country has thus far escaped 4
y, re puoohio plague. This Is but one of
II
calth officers. and IL shows what can =
accomplished with a better organiza- |
on than az present exists
Tho dangers 70 public health Prom | u
'od adulteratlon and from many other
lufceH, such as the menace TO the z
nysleai mental and moral development q
chhdrcn from child labor. should be I
et and overcome There are numerous
scases which are now known 10 he y
,s'en.sol. which are. nevertheless =
'ngress on tuberculosis has made ~ =
ahtuily aware OF the lnadequacv OF | A
merlean public health legislation.
1870 W., urkSntly recommend the pas =
distribution OF the bureaus xhieh ami u
- accomplish this end. Al
recommend that legislation be en- ~
.s'S psaS,nk under the Jurisdiction OF n,
e government printing office. H.
Al soldiers homes should be placed
,oer the complete Jurisdiction and =,
ntrol or the war department. nj
Economy and sound business pollcv h,
qulre that all existing independent 81
reaus ana commissions should be IN
t 49, under the Jurisdiction OF appro- ca
Sc from every standpoint. ana results Of
~ N mischief. 10 have any executive ~
,rS done save by the purely executive al
n ntS uaoer the control OF the presi- ~
ould be under the Immediate suner- ri
sion OF a cabinet minister. m
adNocate the immediate admission re
NJ. NsN MsNlco and Arizona as states
ne should be done at the present ses- "
m Or the congress. The people OF the IN
p territories have made IL evident nv WI
s ! s to,ss mat they viii not come In as In
mt them as two. and 1 trust this on
II be done without delay. ha
call the attention OF the congress TO NJ
Importance OF the problem OF the "a
neries In the interstate waters on 90
treat Lakes We are now. under the ~
~ WISE treaty OF April II OF this wear. IN
aNoFinS 10 come to an interna- | ~
nal Agreement for tic nraasrvntian il