Warren sheaf., 1908-12-10


giving them the fullest, most accurate.
and hence the most helpful information
and suggestion regarding the best edu-
catfona1 systems. The nation. through
its broader field Of activities, its wider
opportunity Tor obtaining Information
from all the states and from foreign
countries, Is able to do that which not
even the richest states can do, and with
the distinct additional advantage that
the information thus obtained is used
for the immediate benefit OF all our
people.
With the limited means hitherto pro-
vided, the bureau Of g ducation has
rendered efficient service, but the con-
ggress has neglected to adequately sup-
ply the bureau with means to meet the
educational growth Of the country. The
appropriations for the general work OF
the bureau, outside education In Alas
ka, for the year 1909 are but $S7, 500
an amount less than they were ten
years ago, and some Of the important
items in these appropriations are less
than they were 80 years ago. It is an
inexcusable waste Of public money to
appropriate an amount which is so in
adequate as to make It impossible prop
erly to do the work authorized. and 1t
Is unfair to the great educational In
terests Of the country to deprive them
Of the value Of the results which can
be obtained by proper appropriations.
earnestly recommend that this un-
fortunate state Of affairs az regards
the national educational Office be rene
died by adequate appropriations. This
recommendation 10 urged by the repre-
sentatives of our common schools and
great state universities and the leading
educators, who all unite in requesting
favorable consideration and action by
the congress upon this subject.
Census.
I strongly urge that the request Of the
director of the census in connection with
the decennial work 80 soon to be begun,
be complied with and that the appoint
ments to the census force be placed sun-
der the civil service law, waving the geo.
graphical requirements as requested by
the director Of the census. The super
visors and enumerators should not be
appointed under the civil service law, for
the reasons given by the director.
commend to the congress the careful
consideration of the admirable report Of
the director Of the census, and trust
that his recommendations will be adopt
ed and immediate action thereon taken.
..s Public Health.
E It il highly advisable that there should
be intelligent action on the part of the
nation on the question of preserving the
health of the country. Through the prac-
tical determination in San Francisco Of
disease bearing rodents our country has
thus far escaped the bubonic plague. This
IL but one Of the many achievements of
American health officers; and it shows
what can be accomplished with better
organization than at present exists The
dangers to public health from food adul-
teration and from many other sources,
such as the menace to the physical, men
tai and moral development Of children
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overcome. There are numerous diseases,
which are now known to be preventable,
which are, nevertheless, not prevented.
The recent international congress on tu-
berculosis has made us painfully aware
of the inadequacy of American public
health legislation. This nation can not
afford to lag behind in the worldwide
battle now being waged by all civilized
people with the microscopic foes of man
kind, nor ought we longer to ignore the
reproach that this government takes
more pains to protect the lives of hogs
and of cattle than of human beings. The
first legislative step to be taken is that
for the concentration Of the proper bu-
reaus into one of the existing depart
ments. l. therefore urgently recommend
the passage of a bill which shall au-
thorize a redistribution Of the bureaus
which shall best accomplish this end.
recommend that legislation be en-
acted placing under the jurisdiction of
the department of commerce and labor
the government printing Office. At pres
ent this Office is under the combined con-
troll, supervision, and administrative d.
rection Of the president and Of the joint
committee on printing of the two houses
of the congress. The advantage of hav-.
ing the 4,o69 employees in this Office and
the expenditure Of the S., ,761, 77.57 appro-
priated therefor supervised by an execu-
tive department is obvious, instead of
the present combined supervision.
Soldiers Homes.
- All soldiers homes should be placed
under the complete Jurisdiction and con-
troll of the war department.
Independent Bureaus and Commissions
Economy and sound business policy re-
quire that all existing independent bu-
reaus and commissions should be placed
under the jurisdiction of appropriate
executive departments. It is unwise from
every standpoint, and results only In
mischief, to have any executive work
done save by the purely executive bodies,
under the control of the president; and
each such executive body should be un-
der the immediate supervision Of q cab
met minister.
+ Statehood.
I advocate the immediate admission OF
New Mexico ana Arizona as STATES. Ills
should be done at the present session OF
the congress. The people Of the two ter
ritories have made it evident by their
votes that they will not come in as one
state. The only alternative Is to admit
them as two, and I trust that this will be
done without delay.
Interstate Fisheries.
I call the attention Of the congress to
the Importance Of the problem OF the
fisheries in the Interstate waters. s On the
Great Lakes we are now, under the very
wise treaty Of April II Of this year, en-,
deavoring to come to an international
agreement for the preservation and sat
isfaotory use Of the fisheries Of these wa
ters which can not otherwise be achieved.
Lake Erie for example, has the richest
fresh water fisheries in the world; but It
is now controlled by the statutes OF two
nations, four states, and one province,
and this province by two different ord1-
nances In different counties. All these
political divisions work at cross pur-
poses, and in no case can they achieve
protection to the fisheries, on the one
hand, and justice to the localities and 1n-1
dividuals on the other. The case Is sirni-
lar in Puget sound.
But the problem is quite as pressing
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