Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-12-11

passage of bill which shall author
lie redistribution of the bureaus
which shall best accomplish this end.
Government Printing Office.
I recommend that legislation be en-
acted placing under the jurisdiction Of
the department Of commerce and la
Dor the government printing office. Al
present this office is under the COM
bined control. supervision and admin
istratiYe direction of the president
ara Of the joint committee on printing
of the two houses of the congress. The
advantage of having the 1869 en-
ployees in this office and the expendi-
ture of the $5,761, 377.57 appropriated
therefor supervised by an executive
department is obvious instead of the
present combined supervision.
Soldiers Homes.
All soldiers homes should be placed
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 appro-
pirate executive departments. 1t is
unwise from every standpoint and re-
suits only in mischief to have any
executive work done save by the pure
ly executive bodies under the control
of the president, and each such execu-
tive body should be under the immedi-
ate supervision Of a cabinet minister
Statehood.
| advocate the immediate admission
of New Mexico and Arizona as states.
This should be done at the present SEES
sion Of the congress. The people of
the two territories have made it evil
dent by their votes that they will not
come in as one state. The only alter
native is to admit them as two. and !
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
Jn the great lakes we are now, under
the very wise treaty of April IL of
this year, endeavoring to come TO an
agreement for the preser-
walton and satisfactory use of the fish
cries Of these waters which cannot
be achieved Lake Erie, for
example has the richest fresh water
fisheries in the WorlG. but it is now
controlled by the statutes of two ma
tons. four states and one province. and
in this province by different ordinances
in different counties. All these polit-
zeal divisions work ut cross purposes, [
and in no case can they achieve pro
lection to the fisheries on the one hand
ard justice TO the localities and indi-
ON the other The case Is
similar in Puget sound.
But the problem is quite as pressing
in the interstate waters CT the United .
States. The salmon fisheries Of the
Columbia river are now but fraction I
of what they were twenty-five years
ago and what they would be now if
the United States government had
taken complete charge of them by in
between Oregon and Wash
ington During these twenty-five
years the fishermen Of each state have
tried to take all they could
get. and the two legislatures have
never been able to agree on joint ac-
ton of any kind adequate in degree
for the promotion of the fisheries. At
The moment the fishing on the Oregon
side is practically closed. while there
S no limit on the Washington side of
my kind. and no one can tell what
he courts viii decide as to the very
statutes under which this action and
result Meanwhile very few
salmon reach the spawning grounds,
md probably four years hence the
fisheries will amount to nothing. and
his comes from struggle between
he associated or Gill net fishermen
N the one hand and the owners of the
ishing wheels up the river. The fish
ries of the Mississippi. the Ohio and
he Potomac are also in a bad way
FOR this there is no remedy except for
he United States to control and legis-
ate for the interstate fisheries as part
f the business of interstate com
lerce. In this case the machinery
or scientific Investigation and for con-
rol already exists in the United
taos bureau of fisheries In this as
d similar problems the obvious and
nipple rule should be followed of hav-
lg those matters which no particular
tate can manage taken in hand by the
'nited States. problems which. in the |
eesaw of conflicting state legislatures :
re absolutely unsovable. are easy
nough for the congress to control.
Fisheries and Fur Seals.
The federal statute regulating inter
ate traffic in game should be extend :
l to include fish. New federal fish 7
ltcheries should be established. The !
of the Alaskan fur seal :,
'rvice should he vested in the bureau I
fisheries :.
Foreign Affairs. :
This nations foreign policy is based 4
| the theory that right must be done ii
.tween nations precisely rs between a
dividuals. and in our actions for the b
ST ten wears we have I'm This tnaftprsi.e,