The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-10
Stresses Need of Far-Sighted Policy
In Regard to q. S. Internal affairs

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The question OF communication also
IL one in which little progress has been
made and Gov, Riggs informed Mr..
Payne II was seriously handicappi!pg
shipped az freight or express ana ar
irving frequently In badly damaged
condition. The governor. however, be-
lieves this Is offset In a measure by the
army cable and naval radio service
portionately with the malls.
Liquor In AIaska.
The governors report declares that
intoxicsttng LIQUOR e ending its way
large quantities ana bootl.gsinE seems
liquor ara eShaustsd. T RI. ' sov.rno r.
reported that "distillation processes
are becoming we'll known. adding to
the monaco which he said existed. He
v9lstead act with respect TO the use Of
whisky for medicinal purposes % en-
tended TO AlnSka, claiming that many
lives could have been saved had Whisky
been available during the. emergency
denies IN the territory.
OF internal problems In the United
Statea, Secretary. Payne mentions as
one OF greatest Importance the ques-
lated to farming. The ,ecrs.ary cited
census figures showing that the rate
OF increase ~ population on farms was
only onc-ffth as great as that OF tho
nation as q whole. lie beieyed this
"rhe difficulty," no continued. "is
that people do not like TO live alone.
but prefer 20 live In towns and viii
comforts Of modern life which are be-
yond the reach OF a scattered popula4
tion living on large farms. Can this
Ihc remedied by the ownership and the
| formation OF neghborhood assocjntlons2
small farms, bringing the people nearer
together. and intensive cultivation OF
those farms may be the answer
| Secretary Payne advocated passage
OF the Smoot rural homes bill" which
he naid would give the interior depart
lportant work in farm development, and
to take steps to aid In the restoration
of farming population through in
oreSsed land ownership by those who
Along with the farm ne question,
the secretary took up the activities OF
the reclamation service Of his depart
mont. The interest In opportunities on
with the demobiiIEation OF the fighting
Handicapped BY tack Of funds, has been
Assembling "a large amount of val.
| uApl8 InIOfmhtlOn WnfCn Will ne OF
use to the country In the future.
The government had spent TO June
80 q total Of s12b, 000,00 on reciama-
tion projects tho secretary reported,
and approximately 2,1b0oO6 acres OF
the reclamation EFFORTS Of the govern
| ment.
The secretary declared that the gov
/ eminent should come forward with n
comprehensive scheme OF recla ation
AMHNtnnNnAnN ~ IA
sire OF thousands OF landlsss mon and
women who have become part Of the
movement forward % The farm "
Payne urged that citiHenship be en-
| tended 10 al indiana and said their
children should, where possible, be edu-
GATED with the white children and "en-
part ana parSsi Of our national s,ti-
The policy ID Issuing fee patents TO
| the Indians for their tands was etren-
uousiy opposed BY the secretary. Who
ins than In a position 70 sell Ia, in my
| Judgment. fraught with the gravest
dangers and VIII inevitably pauperina
thousands" Mr.. Payne believes that
have nave S bee sScustonsd through Ions
experience TO dealing with the white
people, they should not be permitted
| to deal with them on even terms.
During n: lsst fiscal year s,. the :, san n
| ts4.tei acres OF Indian and other pub
| Ito land. an increase Of approximately
1 100000 acres over the previous year
More than n,SoO,ooO acres we're pat
| ented IN tho year, an increase OF l,O00,-
600 acren over 1919.
Discussing the national park nysten
! Mr.. Payne said that q number OF prof.
cots involving tho use OF national park
49,
p ISsss a" but I tnst he had opposed them
on the ground that Il meant. the es.s
Establishment of . precedent which would
eventually lead 70 the oommerclaliza-
ton ~ 4. na un p parks
III mis- principle 10 not recoeniSed,'
he said 'and Standardization Ia al
lowed to creep In, L VIII be only
question Of time uutt our wild west
win be only memory and the rig
and these places and objects. now SO
wonderful WIN be seriously and per
manently injured.
''Ths conflict between the demands
Of commerce and the preservation OF
these wonder places involves constant
vigilance, In my view their prenerva.
ton In OF nrst Importance, II Ahould
be settled psliey q the o0 o,,1,S ,S S
when IN the wisdom Of congress- ma
ttonal parks or monuments are DEN
nnely set apart, they must be pre-
served In their integrity, forever free
from any form OF cumnercialiEatio ton"
Work Of the bureau OF mines during
the year included the extension OF as
slstpnea at 81 mine accidents, II At GOAL
mines and 10 Mt metal mines, The bu-
rSan also trained lO,iT7 miners in FIRST
Aid and mlne rescue work In the twelve
months, As compared with e,7Sl In the
previous yea. Tho bureau continued
It's investigation Of ventilation in metal
Al. ..g.rr - ia
mating dangers from rock dust and
humidity,