Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-12-08


lions In excess of the compensation
paid An answer was attempted to
this by the representatives OF the
magazines. and q reply was filed to
this answer BY the postofRce depart
ment. The utter inadeQuacy Of the
answer, considered in the light Of the
reply Of the postohhce department,
think must must appeal to any fair
minded person. Whether the answer
was all that could be said in behalf Of
the magazines 10 another question.
agree that the question 10 ono Of tact;
but I insist that II the fact 10 % the
experts oe the postomce department
show. that We are furnishing 70 the
owners o( magazines Q service worth
millions more than they pay for II,
thea Justice requires that tho rate
should b Increased. The increase IN
The receipts Of tho department result
ing from this change may b levoeod
- taeTsasaag Tie usefulness Of tAs e.
Doxemsat in establishing . parcels
post aaA IN reducing The cost e 1rstr
class postage - one cent. Il Aas Doeo
aa1l BY the postmaster ge1eral that q
fair ad1ustrnsot might DO made under
which The advertising part q ~
magazine should b charged fpe u Z
different and higher rate from that q
tAe reading matter. This would 70.
6evo many useful nagasinss that aeo
~ circulated a q DeoAt. a2A veulA
~ nAnt tAAnn >a~< A.>s.n 49, 49, - ~
mails By DrohibitoFy rate.
with respect 70 he parcels DeoA
respectfully recommend Ito aAopaoo
On al rural delivery routes, and tAak
II pounds international Nnl~1o
made ths limit Of carriage IN suaA
posi-"
Abolish Navy Yar6a
The president calls attsntlon - CO.
tain REFORMS urged by the secretary e
the navy which he rooommsnAs for
adoption, and continues:
Tho estimates Of The navy Depart
mont are 100000 lees than the ap-
propriations for tho same purpose last
year, and included In this 10 tho build.
ing program Of tho same amount %
that submitted for your consideration
last year. It 10 merely carrying out
the plan OF building two battleships Q
year, with few needed auxiliary ves.
sells. earnestly hope that this pro.
gram will be adopted.
The secretary Of tho navy has
given personal examination to ov0ry
navy yard, and has studied the uses
Of tho navy yards with reference to
the necessities Of our feet. With .
aeet considerably less than half the
size Of that Of the British navy, We
have shipyards more than double the
number. and there are several Of these
shlpyards extensively equipped with
modern machinery, which, after inves-
tigation the secretary of tho navy bo.
neves to be entirely useless for naval
purposes. He asks authority to abau.
don certain Of them and to move their
machinery to other places. where 1t
can be made Of use."
The complete success Of our coun-
try In arctic exploration should not 70
main unnoticed The unparalleled
achievement of Peary in reaching tho
north pole, April 6, 1909, approved by
critical examination of the most OK.
pert scientists, has added to the dis.
tinction OF our navy, to which he be.
longs, and reflects credit upon his
country. l recommend fitting recosnt-
ton by congress OF the great achieve.
ment Of Robert Edwin Peary."
Conservation.
The subject of the conservation Of
the public domain has commanded the
attention of the people within the last
two or three years.
There is no need for radical re-
form in the methods of disposing OF
what are really agricultural lands The
present laws have worked we'll The
enlarged homestead law has encour
aged the successful farming of lands
In the semi-arid regions
Nothing can be more important in
the matter of conservation than the
treatment of our forest lands 1t was
probably the ruthless destruction of
forests In the older states that first
called attention to the necessity for a
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 to
homestead entry. This has caused
some local irritation. We are care.
fully eliminating such lands from for
est reserves or where their enmina-
ton Is not practical listing them for
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 the
present administration, 62,2o0,00
acres Of land largely non-timbered,
have been excluded from forest re.
serves, and 100000 acres of land
principally valued for forest purposes
have been included in forest reserves,
making a reduction in forest reserves
Of non-timbered land amounting to
I, 750, 900 acres"
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