Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-12-14

TO tho magazines, costing many mil
lions In excess of the compensation
paid. An answer was attempted to
this by the representatives Of the
magazines. and 4 reply was filed to
this answer by tho postohlce depart
ment: The utter inadequacy Of the
answer, considered in the light of the
reply Of the postomco department, !
think must must appeal to any fair
minded person., Whether the answer
was all that could be said in behalf of
tho magazines is another question.
agree that the question is one of fact:
but ! inalst that II the fact IL as tho
experts Of the postoface department
show, that we are furnishing to the
owners OF magazines a service worth
millions more than they pay for, It,
then Justice requires that the rate
should be increased. The increase in
tho receipts Of the department result
ing from this change may be devoted
to increasing the usefulness Of the de-
partment in establishing a parcels
post ana In reducing the cost Of first.
class postage to one cent. It has been
said by the postmaster general that q
fair adjustment might be made under
which tho advertising part OF the
magazine should DO charged for at q
different and higher rate from that Of
the reading matter. This would re-
ueve many useful magazines that are
not circulated At . profit, and would
not shut them out from tho use Of the
malls BY . prohibitory rate.
with respect to tho parcels post, I
respectfully recommend it's adoption
on all rural delivery routes, and that
IL pounds-the international limit-be
made tho limit Of carriage in such
post"
Abolish Navy Yards.
The president calls attention to GER
tain reforms urged by the secretary of
tho navy which he recommends for
adoption, and continues:
THE estimates Of the navy depart
ment are $4,000. 900 less than tho ap-
preparations for the same purpose last
year. and included in this is the build
ing program Of the same amount as
that submitted for your consideration
last year. It is merely carrying out
the plan Of building two battleships a
year. with . few needed auxiliary yes
sells. I earnestly hope that this pro-
gram will be adopted.
The secretary Of the navy has
given personal examination to every
navy yard, and has studied the uses
Of tho navy yards with reference to
the necessities Of our feet. With a
fleet considerably less than half the
size Of that Of the British navy, we
have shlpyards more than double the
number, and there are several OF these
shipyards extensively equipped with
modern machinery, which, after inves.
tigatlon the secretary of the navy be.
lieves to be entirely useless for naval
purposes. He asks authority to aban.
don certain Of them and to move their
machinery to other places, where II
can be made Of use."
1.-THE complete success of our coun
try in arctic exploration should not re-
main unnotced. The unparalleled
achievement Of Peary in reaching the
north pole. April 8, 1909, approved by
critical examination of the most ex
pert scientists. has added to the dis
tinction Of our navy. to which he be
longs, and reflects credit upon his
country. recommend fitting recogni
ton by congress Of the great achieve
nent Of Robert Edwin Peary."
Conservation.
Tho subject Of tho conservation Of
the public domain has commanded the
attention Of tho people within the last
two or three years.
"There is no need for radical re
form in the methods Of dtsposine Of
what arc really agricultural lands. The
present laws have worked well. The
enlarged homestead law has encour
aged tho successful farming Of lands
in the aemi-arid regions.
Nothing can be more important IL
the matter of conservation than the
treatment Of our forest lands. It was
probably the ruthless destruction O.
forests In the older states that frs
called attention to the necessity for {
halt in the waste Of our resources.
In the present forest reserves there
are lands which are not properly for
est, and which ought to be subject t.
homestead entry. This has caused
Some local irritation. We are care
fully eliminating such lands from for
est reserves or where their elimina
ton is not practical listing them to1
entry under the forest homestead act
Congress ought to trust the execu
tive to use the power Of reservation
only with respect to land most valu
able for forest purposes. During thu
present administration, 62,26o.oot
acres Of land largely non-timbered
have been excluded from forest re
serves. and 100000 acres OF lani
principally valued for forest purposes
have been included in forest reserves
making a reduction In forest reserves
of non.timbered land amounting tc
2,75o,ooe acres"
Coal Lands.
"The next subject, and one most In,
portant for your consideration, is the
disposition Of the coal lands in the
United States and Alaska. At tho be
ginning Of this administration there
were withdrawn from antry for pur
poses Of classification 1885. 900 acres
Since that time there have been with
draWn hY nv order frarn an%r. -.