New-York tribune., 1908-12-09

and from foreign countries, is able TO do that
with the distinct additional advantage that the
information thus obtained is used for the lulIns-
date benefit OF all our people.
With the limited means hitherto provided, the
bureau Of education has rendered efficient ser
vice, but the Congress has neglected adequate
ly to supply the bureau-with means 70 meet
the educational growth OF the country ne
appropriations for the general work OF the
bureau. outside education in Alaska for the year
1909 but $S1500-an amount less than theF
were ten years ago. and some OF the important
items In these appropriations are less than they
were thirty years ago. II IS inexcusable
waste of public money 10 appropriate an amount
which is so inadequate to make 1t impossible
property to do the wOTS authorized. and II Is
unfair to the great educational interests Of the
country to deprive them Of the value Of the
results which be obtained by proper appro-
priatOns.
/ earnestly recommend that this unfortunate
state Of affairs as regards the national educa-
tioual Office be remedied by adequate approprta-
tions. This recommendation Is urged by the
representatives of our common schools and great
state universities and the leading educators who
all unite in requesting favora BILE consideration
and action By the Congress upon this subject
strongly urge that the request Of the director
Of the census in connection with the decennlai
work soon to be begun ne
Census complied with and that the ap-
pOintments 10 the census force
be placed under the Civil Service law. waivlng
the geographical requirements as requested oE
the director of the census. The supervisors ana
enumerators should not be appointed under tne
Civil Service law for the reasons given by the
director I commend n the Congress the care
ful consideration of the admirable report Of the
director Of the census. and trust that his rec
concentrations will be adopted and immediate
action thereon taken.
It is highly advisable that there should he
intelligent action on the part Of the nation on
the question OF preserving the
Redistribution health of the country. Through
OF Bureaus. the practical determination in
San Francisco OF disease bearing
rodents country has thus far escaped the
bubonic plague. This IS but one Of the many
achievements Of American health officers; and
c-- -T1ar ran better
organization than at present exists The dan
gers to public health from food adulteration and
from many other sources. such
Public Health. as the menace TO the physical
mental and moral development
or children from cnlId laoor' shouid oS me- 60
overcome There are numerous diseases WHICH
are now known 10 be preventable. which are
nevertheless, not prevented The recent inter
national congress on tuberculosis mas MADE Us
painfully aware OF the inadequacy Of American
public health legislation. This nation cannot
afford 10 lag behind in the world wide battle now
being waged by all civilized people with the
microscopic foes Of mankind, nor ought we
longer TO ignore the reprOach that this govern
hogs and OF cattle than Of human beings The
first legislative step 10 be taken is that for the
concentration Of the proper bureaus into one OF
the existing departments therefore urgently
recommend the passage OF a bill which shall
authorize a redistribution of the bureaus which
shall best accomplish this end
recommend that legislation be enacted plac-
ing under the jurisdiction Of the Department
Of Commerce and Labor the
Government Government Printing Office. At
Printing Office. present this Office is under the
combined control supervision
and administrative direction OF the President
and Of the joint Committee on Printing Of the
two houses of Congress The advantage OF
having the 4o6s employees IN this Office and the
expenditure Of the S5,761,317 81 appropriated
therefor supervised by an executive department
is obvious. instead Of the present combined
All soldiers homes should be
Soldiers Hor1es. placed under the nplete juris
diction and control OF the War
Economy and sound business policy require
that all existing independent bureaus and COM
missions should be placed under
Independent the Jurisdiction Of appropriate
Bureaus and executive departments It is
Cor1n1issi unwise from every standpoint,
and results only in mischief, 70
have any executive work done save by the purely
executive bodies, under the control OF the Pres
ident: and each such executive body should be
under the immediate supervision OF a Cabinet
1 advocate the immediate admission Of New
Mexico and Arizona states This should be
done at the present session o.
Statehood. the Congress. The people Of the
two territories have made IL
evident by their votes that they will not come in
as one state. The only aIternat tive Is TO admit
them two. and I trust that this Will be done
without delay.
I can the attention Of the Congress 70 the
Importance Of the problem Of the fisheries in the
interstate waters. On the Great
Interstate Lakes we are now, under the I
Fisheries. very wise treaty Of April Il OF |
this year, endeavorfng to come |
ton and satisfactory OF the fisheries OF these
waters, which cannot otherwise be achieved /
Lake Erie. for example, has the richest fresh I
water fisheries in the world: but II Is now con /
troIled by the statutes OF two nations. four I.
states and one province and in this province BY I
different ordinances in different counties. All I
these political divisions work ar cross purposes.
and in no case can they achieve protection 10 |
the fisheries, on the one hand, and justice 20 :
the IocaI Iities and individuals on the other The
ease is similar in Puget Sound.
But the problem IS quite as pressing in the /
e~-T- .%1-- --T~
salmon fisheries of the Columbia River are now .
but a fraction Of what they were twenty-five /
years ago. and what they would be now II the /
United States government had taken complete /
'harge of them by intervening between Oregon
md Washington. During these TWENTY-FIVE
-ears the fishermen Of each state have naturally .
tried TO take all they could get. and the two
legislatures have never been able TO agree on .
oint action of any kind adequate In degree for
he protection of the fisheries At the moment
he fishing. on the Oregon side is practically
,losed while there is limit the Washing
on side Of any kind. and no one tell what
he courts viii decide as 10 the very statutes .
Iuder which this action and nOn-aCtiOn result
Meanwhile, very few salmon reach the spawning
grounds and probably four years hence the
rom struggle between the associated. or gill .
let. fishermen on the one hand. and the owners
# the fishing wheels up the river. The fisheries
Il the Mississippi, the Ohio and the Potomac
ire also in a bad way For this there is no .
emedy except for the United States To control
nd Ieg1sate Tor the Interstate fisheries as part
Z the business Of interstate commerce. In this
ase the machinery for scientific Investigation
md for control already exists in the United
states bureau OF fisheries. In this as in similar
problems the obvious and simple rule should be
ollowed Of having those matters which no par
iCUIar state can manage taken in hand by the
Jnited States; problems which in the seesaw OF
state legisls lures are absolutely un-
olvable are easy enough for the Congress 70
The federal statute regulating interstate traffic
n game should be extended 20 include FISH New
federal fish hatCheries should be
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