Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-12-07

logical to maintain differenee betvs-,
government work done on eoveruneuf
sod and government work done = :
private establishment
Wsrkmsn's Compensation.
In New Of the keen, widespread -
terest now felt In the United State =
Q system Of compensation for induu-
trial accidents to supplant our prsssst
thoroughly unsatisfactory system 4
employer liability q subject the H.
portanes Of which congress has Z.
ready rscognized By the appointmsat
q . commission). I recommend IT.
n international congress on indus.
trial Insurance. b invited to hold in
meeting in 1918 in Washington ssl
that m appropriation Of $4,000 be
made to cover the necessary expenses
Of organizing and carrying on ths
meeting.
oasssy Appliances swd prsvisiena
The protection Of rsilrcad employees
from personal injury b subject q
the highest Importance and demaads
continuing attention
Negro gxpssisisW.
I also renew my recommenda he.
that steps BE- taken looking to the hold.
ing Of q negro exposition IN celebrs.
ZION Of the fiftieth anniversary Of the
issuing BY Mr.. Lincoln Of thu emas nd.
patton proclamation.
Conservation.
Nothing can be more important IN
the matter Of conservation than the
treatment OF our forest lantis SPEAK.
ing generally. the government has re-
served Of the existing forests about 10
per cent OF all the timberIands OF the
government. Within these forests lin.
Guiding $4,000. 0oO acres In two forests
In Alaska, are 192.000000 acres. Of
which 16f.00o.00O acres are In the
United States proper and include with
In their boundaries something like -.
10000 acres that belong to the states
or to private individuals We have
then, excluding Alaska forests. total
Of about ls4.O00oo0 acres Of forests
belonging to the government which
are being treated In accord with tie
principles Of scientific. forestry.
The hw now prohibits the reserva.
don Of any more forest lands In Ore
gon, Washington. idaho. Montana.
Colorado and Wyoming except ~
act Of congress- an Informed By
the dcpsstsnent Of agriculture that the
government owns other tracts Of tim.
bcsland In these statcs which should
be inciuAed In the forest reserves
recommend 10 congress that the lirni
Triton herrin imposed be repealed In
the present forest reserves there are
lands which are not properly forest
land and which ought to be subject -
homestead entry.
Coal LsedA
The next subject. and one most I'm.
portant for your consideration. In the
disposittca 81 the ccal lands In the
United States and In Alaska. AT the
beginning Of this administration there
were classified coal lands In the Unit
ed States amounting to 5.476o00 acres
and there were withdrawn from entry
for purposes OF classification II .s51 coo
.crcs since that tf>e ,herr hare bee,
withdra~n nv nv order from entry
for classification 7S.D77.74S acres. max
inr a tuts, witbar,v., os a, ssa 7x
acres Meantime n, the acre. tin,
vt,hdr.~n n, oss1 asp nav. h~.n c,,u-.
ses ana, scrna ~, ~ con,,,n coal nd
have hs-.n r..,ar,., 10 .rr,cp,,ur,, -.
nv ana I -os oaI 900. h,v. n.en c,,,.
Ia. s.,,. --,-u. 10 on. .,ous
acre. r~r,.,r w,,na,,w ,rov sr,rv
90 ..,, .,..~,e-.,,n. - .saI,,o.
a,- ~, go. -. s.~- .l...,ens -
-, 800 -. -. ,.,,har..,
,hr. ,.-.~.x,.. -" .,~.~,a.., .a.,I.. a.
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rh. ..,.a :. . 49, -
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