Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-12-09

| great plant and great oryzntxatica.
reaching into the most remote hamlet
Of the United States. and with this
machinery Il is aide to do 4 great
many things economically .that II =
new organization we're necessary 4
would be Impossible 70 do without ex-
travagant expenditure. That Is the
reason why IA, postal savings bank
Ecan be carried ia at small additional
cost and why u il possible 10 incor-
porate at vs-ry uncomfortable eY.
pense parcels post in the rural de-
livery sysieisi.
fsary.
Hnst' .''e;s ~. secretary In The rec
omMenua1io.i i..af an appropriation
be made to construct a suitable crypt
at Annapolis for the custody Of the
remains of John Paul Jones.
| The unparalleled achievement Of
Peary in reaching the north pole. April
g. 1909. approved by critical examine
uon OF tne mos. expert scieht'sts' nas
aooeo 70 tue eIsonclen OF our navy,
70 WINCH ne oe'onss: ana seHects efso's
upon his country. His unique success
has received generous acknowledgment
from scientific bodies aud institutions
Of learning in Europe and America. !
recommend lifting recognition by co,l-
IT.. OF TUG sIest Ac"'eyelhent u Asop
sft Ao"iH teaEy.
For Eight Hour Osy.
1t seems to me from the past history
that the government has been com,
United to . policy OF encouraging the
.inn,ts f,on ~ tho dav.s work to eiah,
honr, An n, wort. az construction init.
atei nv ft.e,f. and II seems TO me Il
logical to maintain difference between
government work done on government
soil and government work done ia 4
private establishment. scr
Werkmen's cempsnsa4isn,
In v..v NJ IN. kaen. vfaesnraaA in.
tere.t now felt In the vJntted states IN
q system Of compensation for indus
trial accidents to suppianf our present
thoroughly ENTHUSIASTICALLY syeteU u
employers liability q subject the IN
portance OF wnscn congress mas ~.
ready recognized py the sppoan.Men.
OF q commissions' EecoHh'ena .nas
tne internAtionai eo'sI sss " ,.1u. ~
nlai insurance % 'nv..ea 70 .o'o ~
meeuns IN ioi" IN w.s"l ~ n.o anu
eua. app.op. 49, 1oa :. s sSs...~
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s..atss~ s
9sp"~ ~
ine pfV'eetioa u 'aif"au e1'p'"
t.on personal INJURY ~ = soDJeet "
.nc msnee' ..l'ol.e"se anu 1e'"a"u'
c"l''A"1'ns a''e"'ioh
"ssre E*pss's's".
also renew my eecommeaoauon
that steps be taken looking 70 the noid-
ing OF q negro exposition IN eefepra'
non OF the nfneth anniversary OF the
issuing oy MI. -lAneoin OF she emehea-
pauon pFociamataOn.
Conservatives,
Nothing can be more important in
fhe matter Of conservation than the
treatment ef orr forest iands.a. spaak.
Sar generally. the government has r..
Z served Of fhe existing ferests abeut n,
per cent Of all the tfuberiands Of the
rcyerpmenf. Within these forests fin
Guiding $4,000. COO acres iuIkwe forest,
IN Alaska) are 10000. 600 acres. Of
which l68.OOOOOO acres arS In the
United States proper and include With
In their boundaries something like e.
100000 acres that belong to the states
Or to private individuals We have,
then, excluding Alaska forests. fetal
OF about l4A.e0e0ee acres ct forests
belonging to the xsveEnment which
are being treated n accord With the
principles OF scientific forestry.
The law ROW prAhibtts the resefva
ton OF any more forest lands in Ore
eon. Washington, Idaho. Montana.
Colorado and Wyoming except by
act Of congress. am Informed by
the department Of agriculture that the
government owns other tracts OF I'm
berland IN these states which should
Pc included IN the forest reserves.
recommend to congress that~tte iiai-
tadon herein imposed be repealed In
the present forest reserves there are
lands which are not property forest
land and which ought to be subject to
homestead entry. E
Coal Lands.
The next subject. and one naoat I'm,
portant for YOUR consideration. h the
DISPOSITION Of the coal lands in the
United States md in Alaska. Al the
beginning of this administration there
were classified coal lands in the Unit.
ed States amounting to +. 37s COO acres.
and tberA vere vithdra WIN from ensrv