Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-08
inendations Will be adopted and linme-
Hate action thereon taken.
Redistribution OF Bureaus.

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ii;lfe action thereon taken.
Redistribution of Bureaus.
tt IS highly advisable that there
z Should be Intelligent action on the
iart Of the nation on the question of
preserving the health of the country.
Through the practical determination
III San Francisco Of disease bearing
rodents our country has thus far cs-
%GIped the bubonic plague. This is but
SC,l5e of the many achievements OF
american health officers, and 1t shows
what can be accomplished with 4 bet
ter organization than ut present exists.
Public Health.
The dangers to public health from
food adulteration and from many
other sources. such as the menace to
tic physical. mental and moral devel-
opIncnt of children from cliild labor,
should be met aud overcome. There
are numerous diseases which are now
known to be preventablc which are
nevertheless not prevented. The re-
rent international congress on tuber.
5culosis has made MS painfully aware
of the inndcquacy of American public
health legislation. This nation can.
not afford TO lag behind in the world
wide battle now being waged by all
civilized people with the microscopic
zoos OF mankind, nor ought we longer
10 ignore the reproach that this gov.
ernmcnt takes more pains to protect
the lives of hogs and of cattle than
of human beings. The first legisla-
live step to be taken is that for the
concentration OF the proper bureaus
into one OF the existing departments.
/ therefore urgently recommend the
passage of q bill which shall author.
ize redistribution Of the bureaus
which shall best accomplish this end.
Government Printing Office.
recommend that legislation be en-
acted placing under the Jurisdiction OF
The department of commerce and Ia
Dor the government printing Office. At
present tliis office is under the com.
bined control, supervision and admin
istrative direction of the president
and of the joint committee on printing
Of the two houses Of the congress. The
Of having the 4,069 eIf-
III this office ard the expendi-
ture of the $5,781,377.57 appropriated
therefor supervised by an executive
department. is obvious instead of the
resent combined supervision.
Soldiers Homes.
MI 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. j is
from every standpoint and re-
suits only in mischief 10 have any
executive work done save by the pure
~ executive bodies under the control
of the president. and each such execu-
tive body should be under the immedi-
ate supervision OF Il cabinet minister.
Statehood.
Advocatc the immediate admission
Of New Mexico and Arizona as states.
This should be done at the present ses-
sion Ur tile congress. The people OF
the two territories have made it evil
dent by their votes that they will not
tome in as one state. The only alter
native is to admit them as two, and I
trust that this will be done without
delay.
Interstate Fisheries.
call the attention of the congress
10 the Importance of the problem of
The fisheries in the Interstate waters.
On the great lakes we are now, under
the very wise treaty OF April ii OF
this year, cndeavoring to come to an
international agreement for the preser-
walton and satisfactory use of the fish
cries of these waters which cannot
otherwise be achieved. Lake Erie, for
example, has the richest fresh water
fisheries in the world, but 1t is now
controlled by the statutes Of two ma
.tions, four states and one province, and
in this province by different ordinances
i'll different counties. All these poit-
zeal divisions work at cross purposes,
and in no case can they achieve pro-
lection to tile fisheries on the one hand
aud justice to the localities and indi-
yiduals on the other. The case is
similar In Puget sound.
But the problem is quite as pressing
in the interstate waters of the United
States The salmon fisheries OF tile
Columbia river are now but n fraction
of what they We're twenty-five Years
ago and what they would be now It
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
naturally tried 10 take all they could
get and the two legislatures have
never been able TO agree on Joint ac-
tion 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
is no limit on the Washington side of
any kind, ana no one can tell what
the courts will decide as to the very
statutes under which this action and
nonaction result Meanwhile very few
salmon reach tile spawning grounds
and probably four years hence the
fisheries will amount to nothing. and
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