The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-09

in the 6nal decisions Of cases make
in the aggregate a crying svil; and a
remedy should be devised MnSA NJ
This intolerahle delay il Aae - im.
proper regard paid 70 seShnscahsscs
which are a mere hiads&nee so sa>-
tiee. In some noted reSeas eases ssss
over.regaFd tor ,sSAniSahsss has sc'
suited III . striking lsaasl n gss'lcc
ana aagran, wroeg ~ sAs AesS Pcas.
,ic.
Preservatsoa q the ForxSsS
II there Is any OaS cary wsasA sasss
than another we cwv t. o@r chiAa.
ren and orr eaa&-cn's sA73rer ~ pec
form ii oace. Il Il 10 savs he sae'
ss,s al this oOuatry. soe tAsy oaos's'
tu,e the srSs and Eoss i.poesass s't-
rneut in the coasegvasics q the nai-
ural resoarceS a. The cc@atry- EAeFe
are a cc1rse twc kiras " aaearal &C.
sources Ore Is TIE ksnd whSeA can
only BE uso& as part q process q
exhaussioa: tbs Is uue of misses. rat
ural oil aa3 sas wrES ard the like,
The other. anA az c9G-ss rasazaately
hy Fac TIE -eoss az-aovt1rt- SaesGdes
the reserves wAlzA can BE Improved
IN she srecssx Sf wSss Sss: the soli,
the rivers and he sSrsssx some En-
der ihss bad Azy really ciTilSxed na'
ticu wiz 50 uss ali cf fhese three
Sreas ratic-Rl assets that the nation
vii have sheir besss; IN the future
Ius, as ! farmer, after al his hie ma
King his living from his farm. will,
If he is az expert farmer, leave i as
an asset 81 increased value 10 his
son, 80 we should leave our national
domain to our children, increased in
value ard no; worn cut There are
small sections Of our own country. in
the East and in the West, in the Ad-
ircndacks. the White Mountains, and
the Appslaehains, and in the Rocky
mountains. where we can already see
for ourselves the damage in the shape
Of permanent injury TO the soil and
the river systems which comes from
reckless deforestation. II matters moi
whether this dsfores,ation is due to
the actual reckless cutting Of timber
so that kres that inevitably follow
such reckless emitting Of timber, or q
reckless suI uncontrolled grazing, es-
peeially by the great migratory bands
Of sheep, the unchecked wandering o
which over the country means de
struction to forests and disaster 4
the small home makers, the settler,
OF limited means.
Secret Service.
Last year an amendments was ineor
porated in the measure providing 70
the Secret Service, which provide'
that there should be no detail from
the Secret Service and no transfet
/ therefrom. II is not too much to sa,
that this amendment has been OF ben
eft only, and could be Of benefit on
w. to the criminal classes III delib
erately introduced for the purpose Q
\ diminishing the effectiveness OF wa
against crime II could not have bee
better devised to this end. 1t forbad
the practices that had been follower
10 a greater or less extent by the ex
ecutive heads Of various department
for twenty years. To these practice
we owe the securing Of the evidene
which enabled US to drive great lot
teries out Of business and secure
quarter Of million Of dollars in fine
from their promoters. These prac
tices have enabled us to get some o
the evidence indispensable in orde
to secure the conviction Of the veal
thiest and most formidable criminal
with whom the Government has 4
deal, both those operating in viola
ton Of the antitrust law and Others
/ The amendment in question was 0
benefit to no one excepting TO thes
criminals. and it seriously hamper
the Government in the detection O
crime and the securing Of justice
/ Moreover, it not only affects depar.
ments outside of the Treasury but j
tends to hamper the Secretary Of tn
Treasury himself in the effort to util
ize the employees Of his department
so as to best meet the requirement
Of the public service It forbids hin
from preventing frauds upon the Gus
toms service. from investigating ir
regularities in branch mints and as
say Offices, and has seriously cripple
him. II prevents the promotion 0
employees in the Secret Service, an,
this further discourages good effort
In its present form the restriction op
crates only to the advantage Of tn
criminal, or the wrongdoer The chic