The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-06

either directly or Indirectly. Is under
me same control It goes without say
ing that unless the people prevent IL in
ADVANCED the railways viii attempt 20
tsilie control or our WATERWAYS as fast as
Ihey are improved and Completed nor
would / llSE-e them, If We the people.
are sUDiue in TIE matter We must see
70 u that ADEQUATE terminals are Dro-
Flced II every city and town on every
improved waterway terminals oDen IN
der reasonable conditions 20 the use Of
every citizen. and riSidly protected
against monopoly and we must compel
The railways TO cooperate with the va
ierWays continuously effectively, and
under reasonable conditions
Unless We do 50 the railway lines viii
refuse 20 deliver freight TO the boar
lines either openly or BY imposing pro
aihitcry conditions. and the waterways
once improved VIII do comparatively lit
tie for the benCdt Of the people who
paw The bill
I believe furthermore that the railways
should be prohibited from owning, con-
trolling, or carrying any interest IN -be
the s-ricJcst regulation and control OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission
so that The shippers interest may be
fully protected
The National Forests.
The people Of the United States l.
Iieve IN The complete and rounded de-
velopment Of inlaud waterways fol all
the useful purposes they can be made
to serve. They believe also in forest
protection and forest extension
The fight for our national forests in
the West has been won; but the fEl't
TO create the Southern Appalachian AMI
White Mountain forests IN the East is
not vet over.
The BIN has passed the House and
will come before the Senate for a vCte
next February The people or me
United States regardless OF pay vri
section. should stand solidiy behind l.,
and see that their representatives do
likewise.
If any proof vzers needed tast fo-est
protection Is national duty, the reCzut
FIRE would supply II Even with the asd
of the army added to that OF the Forest
Service the loss has been sv-ere. With
out either Il would have bees vastly
greater.
But the Forest Service does more than
protect the national forests against RE
II makes them practically and incres-s-
inEiy useful as well Moreover. the ma.
1iOnal forests protect the water supply
Of a thousand cities and towns, about
500 irrigation projects. and more than
600 power projects, not counting the Use
Of water for these and other purposes
by individual settlers l think that here
after We may safely disregard any
statements that the national forests are
withdrawn from settlement and use.
A Country Life Institute.
The investigations OF the country life
commission have led the farmers OF
this country 10 realize that they have
not been getting their fair share Of
progress and al that II brings As yet
we know comparatively little Of the
basic facts Of rural civilization
The means for better farming we have
studied with care. but TO better living
on the farm and to better business on
the farm the farmers themselves have
given Scant attention
one Of the most urgent needs OF our
civilization IS that the farmers them
selves should undertake to get for them
selves a better knowledge along these
lines, and then to apply II.
Sir Horace PlUnkett, for many years
2 Wyoming cattleman. and now 6evot-
ing himself in Ireland to the country
life problem there, has suggested in his
recent book on the Country Life Prob
lem IN America the creation Of cOlIn-
try life institute as a center where the
work and knowledge of the whole world
concerning country life may be brought
together for the use Of every nation
am strongly in sympathy with this idea,
ana hope to see II carried out with the
cooperation and assistance OF our own
people
Last spring, while visiting the capital
Of Hungary, Budapest I was i'm
menSely impressed by the Museum OF
Country Life. containing an extraor6i-
nary series Of studies II agriculture.
in sCOck-raising, in forestry, in mining,
teal Importance and were also intensely
interesting and instructive
I greatly wish We had such q museum
IN washington. and some Of your farm
CT members Of Congress- ought to get
full and detailed report OF this Buda-
pest museum TO be printed for distribu-
ton in a public document
Human Efficiency.
As a people we have not yet learned to
economic one OF the virtues we Amer
leans most need is thrift. It is a mere
truism TO say that luxury and extrava-
gance are not gOod for a nation So
far as they affect character. the loss
they cause may be beyOund cOmputa-
ton. But in the material sense there is /
a loss greater than is caused by both
extravag ance and luxury put together
I mean the needless, useless and excess
sive loss TO our people from premature
death and avoidable diseases
Wholly apart from the grief. the
suffering, and the wTetchedness which /
they cause the material loss each /
year has been calculated at nearly /
twice WlaL II costs 70 run the Federal
Government. In addition to the State [
ard city health officers and OrganiZa-
tiOns. there is urgently needed q Fed /
eral Bureau OF Health. TO act. 50 far 4
as the National Government properly /
may, 70 relieve our people from this /
dreadful burden
National Conservation Commission
One Of the most important meetings
in our recent history was that Of the /
governors in the White House. in I
May, 1898, to consider the conserva- /
ton question By the advice Of the /
governors the meeting was followed !
by the appointment Of a national 4
conservation commission
But at the moment when the com
mission was ready TO begin the cam I
psign for putting its program into eff /
feet an. amendm snt 10 the sUndry 4
civil service bill was introduced by 4
a Representative from Minnesota /