The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-08

- the naeasiAss. essting many M
Hons in excess q the co0psnaa&1oa
padd. An answer vas a&foapasd -
his by the Representatives q tAs
magazines. and . reply vas ala1 70
ibis answer by the postomcs depart
oent The utter inadequsey q ths
answer, considered in the light q tAs
reply Of the postoGice Aepartnest. !
think must must appeal to any fair
minded person. Whether the answer
vas all that could be said in behalf Of
the magazines 10 another question.
agree that the question 10 one Of fact:
but l insist that IL the fact 10 a. the
experts Of the postoace department.
show, that vs are Furnishing to the
owners Of magazines . service worth
millions more thaa they pay for II.
then Justice requires that the rate
should be increased. fAs iDereass In
the receipts of the department. result
ing from this change may b devoted
TO increasing the usefulness Of the Ae-
partment in establishing . parcels
post and in reducing the cost Of Arst-
class postage to one cent. II has bsen
said by the postmaster general that .
fair adjustment might b. made under
which the Advertising part Of the
magazine should be charged for at q
different and higher rate from that Of
the reading matter. This would re-
lieve many useful magazines that are
not circulated at . profit. and would
not shut them out from the use Of the
mails by . prohibitory rate.
With respect to the parcels post, 1
respectfully recommend its adoption
on all rural delivery routes. and that
II pounds-ths International limit-be
made the limit Of carriage In such
post"
Absiish Navy Yards.
The president calls attention to GER
tain reforms urged by the secretary Of
the navy which he recommends for
adoption. and continues:
The estimates OF the navy depart
ment are 100000 less than the ap
propriations for the same purpose last
year. and included in this 10 the build
ing program Of the same amount a.
that submitted for your consideration
last year. II is merely carrying out
the plan Of building two battleships
year, with q few needed auxiliary yes
sells 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 the navy yards with reference to
the necessities Of our feet. With q
feet 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
shipyards expensively equipped with
modern machinery, which. after inves-
tigation the secretary Of the navy be-
neves to be entirely useless for naval
purposes. He asks authority to aban-
don certain OF them and to move their
machinery to other places, whore 1t
can be made Of use"
Tho complete success Of our coun-
try In arctic exploration should not re,
.Rain unnoticed. The unparalleled
achievement Of Peary in reaching the
north pole, April 6. 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.
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 well. 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 elimina.
tion 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, 62,250. 900
acres of land largely non-timbered.
have been excluded from forest re.
serves, and 3,500.0o0 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