Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10

Philippines. The profits on foreign mail'
are perhaps q sufficient measure or tht
expenditures which might first be tentd
lively applied to this method of inducing
American capital to undertake the estao.
shme of American lines of steamships
in those directions in which we now Zee
1t most Important that we should have
means of transportation controlled IN ne
interest Of the expansion Of our trade
a bill of this character has once paSsec
the House and more than once passed the
senate. and | hope that at this session q
bill framed on the same lines and witt
the same purposes may become a aw.
New Mex o and Arizona.
The successful party in the last election
in ITS national platform declared in favor
Of the admission as separate states of New
Mexico and Arizona, and | recommend
that legislation appropriate to this end be
adopted. l urge. however, that care De
Exercised IN the preparation Of the iegisia'
liberation in the selection of persons as
members Of the convention to draft a con;
earnestly advise that such constitution
after adoption by the convention shall be
submitted to the, people of the TERRITORY
for their approval at an election in which
the sole issue shall be the merits OF the
proposes constitution. and If the consti-
shall be provided in the enabling act for q
new convention and the drafting of a new
constitution; think it vital that the Is.
should not be mixed up with the selection
Of state officers, and that no election OF
stdlt olIlCeTS SIOulu De ndu until dlleI
the constitution has been fully approved
I'D finally settled upon.
With respect to the territory of Alaska,
/ recommend legislation which shall pro-
vide for the appointment by the president
OF a governor and also of an executive
ing their term of office reside in the ter
r!tory, and which shall have legislative
the territory local laws adapted to its
present growth. l strongly deprecate leg
%islation looking to the election of a terri
torial legislature in that vast district; The
lack of permanence of residence of a large
part of the present population and the
small number of the people who either
permanently or temporarily reside in the
district as compared witt it's vast eX,
panse and the variety of the interests that
uniting in my judgment to provide for
a popular election of a legislative body:
does not furnish the character of local
control that ought to be there. TIL only
compromise 1t seems to me which may
give needed local legislation and secure a
conservative government is the one l pro-
pose.
Conservation of Resources.
In several departments there is presented
the necessity for legislation looking to the
further conservation of our national re-
Importance as to require a more detailed
and extended discussion than can be en-
tered upon in this communication. For
that reason 1 shall take an early opportu-
nifty to send a special message to congress
on the subject of the Improvement of our
waterways, upon the reclamation and irri-
cation of arid, semi-arid, and swamp
lands; upon the preservation of our for
ests and the reforesting Of suitable areas:
main with a view Of separating from agri,
cultural settlement mineral, coal and
phosphate lands and sites belonging to the
government bordering on streams suitable
for the utilization. of water power.
Consolidation Of Bureaus.
I request congressional authority to en-
ah1a the CaNratarv of rnmmprCa and 1n-I
Dor to unite the bureaus Of manufac-
lures and statistics, This was recon-
pointed in the previous administration
for the purpose Of suggesting changes in
ana ahs i is reeues 9e e SS fheS se sne efficiency
White Slave Trade.
I greatly regret to have to say that
immigration and other sources of infor-
mation lead to the the , IieW that n 2 III there .a r is
press the recruiting of the ranks Of pros
flutes from the streams ans Of Immigration
of a better name. has been called the
Of a better name, has been called The
the transportation of persons for
pna state Of iin psos and bH a aepqss nat1ona .
fund Of $4,000 to be used by the secre-
tary of and labor for the en- !
possible to bring. those responsible for
this trade to Indictment and conviction
under a federal law.
I have thus, in a message compressed
as much as the subjects will permit, re-
ferred to many of the legislative needs
of the country, with the exceptions al
country is in a high state of prosperity.
There is every reason to believe that we
are on the eve of a substantial business
and we have just garnered a
harvest unexampled in the market value
of our agricultural products. The high
prices which such products bring mean !
great prosperity for the farming COM
munity, but on the other hand they
mean a very considerably increased bur-
whose yearly compensation does not ex-
with the improvements in business
and the general prosperity. Various rea-
sons are given for the high prices. The
proportionate increase in the output of
which today is the chief medium
Of exchange and is in some respects a
measure Of value. furnishes a substan-
tial explanation Of at least part of the
in prices. The Increase in pop
WINS Of the people, which have not been
accompanied by a proportionate increase
in acreage production, may furnish a fur
Their reason. 1t is well to note that the
increase in the cost Of living is not con-
fined to this country, but prevails the
world over, and that those who would
charge increases in prices to the existing
the rise in prices has taken place almost
wholly in those products of the factory
and farm in respect to which there has
been either no increase in the tariff or
in many instances a very considerable
reduction.