Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-12-10

should be held In peculiar honor: AMI
the duty OF respectful ana truthful
comment and criticism, which shoujt
should be especially 6indine when y,
speak OF them. On an average the,
stand above any other servants OF IN;
community. and the greatost Judge,
have reached the high level held b,
those few greatest patriots whom tn,
whole country delights to honor. Bu
We must face the fact that there arr
wise and unwise judges. Just - there
are wise and unwise executives and leg
islators. When president or gov.
ernor behaves improperly or unwisely
the remedy Is easy. for his term /,
short; the same IL true with the leg.
islator, although not to the same de.
gree, for he Is one Of many who be.
and 1t Is therefore less easy to ilx hi
personal responsibility and hold hin
accountable therefor. With q Judge
who being human. is also likely to err
but whose tenure is for life, there 1,
no similar way OF holding him to re.
sponsibility. Under ordinary condi.
tions the only forms OF pressure te
which he IL In any way amenable are
public opinion. and the action Of hi,
fellow judges. 1t is the last which ID
most Immediately effective. and t.
which we should look for the reform OF
abuses. Any remedy applied from
without is fraught with risk. It 10 fal
better. from every standpoint, that the
remedy should come from within. In
no other nation in the world do the
courts WELD such vast and far-reach-
ing power as In the United States. All
that is necessary IL that the courts a.
a whole should exercise this power
with the farsighted wisdom already
shown by those judges who scan the
future while they act in the present,
Let them exercise this great power not
only honestly and bravely. but with
wise insight into the needs ana nxed
purposes OF the people 30 that they
may do justice. and work equity, 20
that they may protect all persons in
their rights and yet break down the
barriers OF privilege, which IL the foe
Of right
Forests.
II there IL any one dutv which more
than another we owe It to our children
at once, 1t is to save the forests OF
this country. for they constitute the
first and most important element in
the conservation of the natural re-
sources Of the country. There are OF
course two kinds Of natural resources
One Is the kind which can only be used
az part OF process Of exhaustion; this
fs true OF mines. natural oil and eas
wells. and the like. The other, and of
course ultimately by far the most Inn
portant. includes the resources which
can be improved in the process Of wise
use; the SOIL. the rivers. and the forests
come under this head Any really civil
lzeo nation Will 20 use all Of these three
treat national assets that the nation
VIII have their benefit in the future.
just as q farmer. after all his life
making his living from his farm. viii.
u ne IL an expert farmer. leave It al
an asset OF increased value to his son.
20 We should leave our national domain
20 our children. increased in value and
not not worn out. There are small Sec
IONS OF our own country. in the East
ana IN the West. in the Adirondacks,
the White Mountain. and the Appala-
cnians. and In the Rocky Mountains.
Wnere We can already see for ourselves
the damage in the shape Of permanent
injury to the soil and the river systems
Wnlcn comes from reckless deforesta-
ton. Il matters not whether this de.
iorestation 10 due to the actual reck.
less cutting Of timber, to the fires tina,
lnevitaoly follow such reckless cuttinl
=. timber. or the reckless and uncon
mleraeory banda Of sheep, the utl.
checked wandering Of which over tn
country means destruction to forests
Al. Ina disaster % the small home makers
Nothing should be permitted to
stand IN the way Of the preservation
or the forests. aad Il 10 criminal to
permit individuals to purchase I little
gam TOR themselves through the de-
ssruction OF forests when this destruc-
tlon ID fatal to the wellbeing Of the
whole country in the future.
INLAND Waterway.
Action should be begun forthwith.
hA
c0ngreas. for the Improvement Of our
inland INTERPRETATION which will
result 10 giving ~ not only nayigable
hut naviGated rivers. We have spent
hundreds Of millions Of dollars upon
tnese waterway. yet the trafIlc on
nearly all Of them 10 steadily declin-
Ing. This condition 10 the direct re.
sult OF the absence Of any compre-
nensive and far-seeing plan of water
way Improvement. Obviously We can
not continue thus to expend the rev
enuee OF the government without re-
| turn. It poor business TO spend money
for inland navigation unless we eet
Il.
until the work of river Improvement
is undertaken in modern way Il cam
not have results that viii NEST the
needs Of this modern nation. These
needs should b met without further
oily -dallyin9 or delay. The plan
which promises the best and quickest
results is that OF permanent COM
mission authorized to ordinate the
WORK OF the government departments
and supervise the execution Of COM
prehensive plan. Under such . com
mission the actual work Of construc.
!ion might be entrusted to the req
lamatton service: or the military
engineers acting with sufIicient num-
Der Of civilians to continue the work
IN time of war: or Il Ynight be divided
between the reclamation service ana
me corps Of engineers. Funds should
De provided from current revenues r
~ deemed wise-otherwise from the
sale OF bonds. The essential thing il
that the work should 60 forward
under the best possible plan. and with
.ne 'east possible delay. We should
have new type Of work ana = new
organization for planning and direct
ing II. The time for playing with on,
: waterways is past. The country de-.
mands results
NJ Pure Fsed.
inc pure food Regulation has al.
ready worked a benefit dlnicult Il
Postal Savings Oanks.
: ! again renew my recommendatio,
Tor postal savings banks for deposit
ing savings with the security or Tn,
, government behind them. The obtec
; Y 70 encourage thrift and economy i,
y the. wage Garner and person OF mod
l crate means. In fourteen state IL,
deposits in savinss banks as reporte.
: amount to $3.50, 24S,4es. or $50 me-
cent Of TIP entire deposits, while 4,
, the rematGng thirty two states Their
are only e7O.30s.643. or l.e per CEN
I showing c0nclusivsly that there an
many localities in the United state
where suficisnt opportunity IL M
n givcn 20 the people to deposit thei
: savines. The result IL that money /