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?SArUrlDAY . . DECEMBER 10. 1904
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
(CONTINI ID l'ROM SKCOND PAGE.)
fbgfon's netter sortions "Is offset oy
T&ad conditions la her poorer neighbor?
hood^. A special "commissioner on
housing and health conditions in the
national ?capital" would not only bring
about the reformation of existing evils.
but would also formulate an appro?
priate building code to protect the
city from mammoth hrlck tenements
and other evils which threaten to de?
velop here as they have In other cities.
That the nation's capital should be
made a model for other municipalities
Is an Ideal which appeals to all pa?
triotic citizens everywhere, and such
a special commission might map out
and organize tho city's future devel?
opment In lines of civic social service,
Just as Major L'Enfant and tlie recent
park commission planned the arrange?
ment of her streets and parks.
It Is mortifying to remember that
Washington has no compulsory school
attendance law and that careful Inqui?
ries Indicate the habitual absence from
achooJ of some 20 per cent of all chil?
dren between the ages of eight and
fourteen. It must be evident to all who
consider the problems of neglected
child life or the benefits of compulsory
?education In other cities that one of
the most urgent needs of the national
capital Is a law requiring the school
attendance of all children, this law to
t>e euforced by attendance agents di
rocted by the board of education.
Public playgrounds are necessary
means for the development of whole
?ome citizenship in modern cities. It is
Important that the work Inaugurated
bere through voluntary efforts should
be taken up and extended through con?
gressional appropriation of funds suffi?
cient to equip and maintain numerous
eonvenlent small playgrounds upon
land which can be secured without
purchase or rental. It Is also desirable
that email vacant places bo purchased
and reserved as email park play?
grounds in densely settled sections of
the city which now have no public
open spaces and are destined soon to
be built up aolldly. All these needs
ehould be mat Immediately. To meet
them would entail expenses, but ? cor?
responding saving could he made by
stopping the building of streets and
leveling of ground for purposes larg??ly
speculative la outlying parts of the city.
There are certain offenders whose
criminality takes the shape of brutal
?B*a*J BBB*B crueYiy \owaru tne weak who
need a special type of punlahment. The
wife boater, for example, is Inade?
quately punished by Imprisonment, for
Imprisonment may often mean nothing
to him, while it may cause hunger and
want to tho wife and children who
bave basa ll.o victims of his brutality.
Probably some form of eorporal pun?
ishment would be th?? most adequale
way Of BaaotaBaaj this kln?l of cri max
Agriculture.
Tlie department of agriculture Torts
grown lut > an educational Institution
with a faculty of %JX0 specialist ?.
making re-??ar?h Into all 11.?"?? sc?i?nce
of ? i??! int Inn. Tlie congres:? apprnpii
aatSBj directly ami irnllrootly. $(.,o??>,000
annually to <>::rr.v SB thai work. It
reaches every state and territory In the
Union sad the Islands <>f the s??;t lately
come arader <>ur Bag. 0%operatkai is
hnd viiii tb?? stste expeiimeal staUoesi !
a.id with in.uiy other Inai Mutions :muI
lnt!l\ JduaN. The world Is can??
eeari'l ed fot* new varieties of grains,
fnifti frei tea, reajetablee, tree? and
shrr.l.-? su.tab!?? to varions bu-alitles In
our country, and marked benellt to our
producen bas resoli.?d.
' ? U' ? ?Il lilies of
research ba < <? reecbe I tbe tllb
?oil and Inspired Uiem with ambii
to know in.?;??? <?!" tbe principles
COTetII tb? I SS Of nature with which '
they bate to deal. Nearly balf of th?? ?
people <>f this country devote their en ?
orejase to growing things frota tb?? ? ? .
rnt?; :. recent data litti?? has been done
to prepare tbese millions for their Ufe
work In i.i-.st Unea of hiiiuan activity
colic.?;?? tremed men are th?? leaders.
Tho faJlUCJ had M opportunity for
Specls] training until the congress
mad? provision for it forty jeaiB ago, '?
Darlns these years proajreea has be in
made and teachers bare been prepared.
Over b\000 students nr.? in attendance
at our state agricultural colleges. The '
federal ajoreeauaeait expends $10,000.
?AH) iii.iiually toward this education
and fee research in Washington and in
thO aererai states and territori???*. Th??
department of agriculture has given
faciliti??* for postgraduate work to BOO
young BMW ?Un i.ig the last seven years, ?
preparing them f.,r advanced lines of
work In the department ami In the
atate institutions.
The facts concerning meteorology anil
Its relations to plant and animal life
are being systematically Inquired into. ?
Temperature and moisture are control- |
ling factors In all agricultural opera?
tions. The seasons of the cyclones of
the Caribbean sea and their paths are
being forecasted with Increasing accu?
racy. The cold winds that come from
tbe north are anticipated and their
times and intensity told to farmers,
gardeners and fruiterers in all south?
ern localities.
We sell C-J.~AOOO.000 worth of ani?
mals and animal products to foreign
countries every year In addition to
supplying our own people more cheap?
ly and abundantly than any other na?
tion Is able to provide for Its peuple.
Successful manufacturing depends pri?
marily on cheap food, which a?cconnts
to a considera Me extent fur our
growth In ?. tlon. The depart?
ment of agriculture, by careful in
tlon of meats, guarda the beali
people and | am bibs of h.
To ?reserving exports. Tt Is prepared to
deal promptly with imported diseases
of atitinais and maintain the excellence
of our flocks and herds In this respect.
There should be an annual census of
the live stock of the nation.
We sell abroad about $000.000.000
worth of plants and their products ev?
ery year. ?Strenuous eflOrts are being
made to Import from foreign countries
such grains as are suitable to our vary?
ing localities. Seven years ago we
bought three-fourths of our r'.ce. By
helping the rice growers on tbe gulf
coast to secure seeds from the orient
suited to their coudltlons and by giv?
ing them adequate protection they now
supply borne demand and export to the
Islands of the Caribbean sea and to
other rice growing countries. Wheat
and other grains have been Imported
from light rainfall countries to our
lands In tbe west and southwest that
have not grown crops because of light
precipitation, resulting In an extensive
addition to our cropping area and our
hornemaklng territory that cannot be
irrigated. Ton million bushels of first
class macaroni wheat were grown from
these experimental Importations last
? year. Fruits suitable to our soils and
climates are being Imported from all
I the countries of the old world?the fig
, from Turkey, tho almond from Spain,
the date from Algeria, the mango from
India. We are helping our fruit grow?
ers to get their crops into European
markets by studying methods of pres?
ervation through refrigeration, packing
and handling which have been quite
successful. We are helping our hop
growers by Importing varieties that
ripen earlier and later than the kinds
they have been raising, thereby length
i cuing the harvesting season. The cot?
ton crop of the country Is threatened
with root rot, the boll worm and the
boll weevil. Our pathologist.?? will find
Immune varieties that will resist tho
root disease, and the boll worm can be
dealt with, but the boll weevil Is a se?
rious menace to the cotton crop. It Is
a Central American Insect that has be?
come acclimated In Texas and has
done great damage, A scientist of the
department of agriculture has found
tbe weevil at home in Guatemala being
kept in check by an ant which has
been brought to our cotton fields for
observation. It is hoped that it may
serve a good purpose,
Tbe soils of the country are getting
attention from the farmer's standpoint,
and Interesting results are following.
We have duplicates of the soils that
grow the wrapper tobacco In Sumatra
and the filler tobacco In Cuba. It will
be only a question of time when the
large amounts paid to these countries
will be paid to our own people. The
reclamation of alkali lands Is progress?
ing, to give object lessons to our peo?
ple In methods by which worthless
lands may be made productive.
The Insect friends and enemies of
the farmer are getting attention. The
enemy of the San Jose scale was found
near tbe great wall of China and Is
now cleaning up nil our orchards. Tbe
fig fertilizing Insect Imported from
Turkey has helped to establish an In?
dustry In California that amounts to
from 50 to 100 tons of dried figs an
*::.-.? .'.'.?.?. t?? V* vx\*iu?'njg over tue Pa?
cific coast. A parasitic fly from South
Africa Is keeping In subjeetion the
black scale, the worst pest of the or?
ange and lemon Industry In California.
Careful preliminary work Is batBg
done toward producing OUT own n?lk
The mulberry is being distributed in
huge Bombera, eggs are being Imported
iiikI disti Hinted, Impr ?ved reala were
Importad from Banana aval rear, and
two expert reeler?t were br?night lo
\\ ashlngton ta Mai the crop af cocoons
and tUaCB the art to our own people.
The ???>? reporting sj'stcr.i af the tie
part men t of agriculture is being
brought closer to accuracy every year
It has ?????) reporters, Selected from
people in eight vocations In If ? It has
arrangements with most Europea n counv
trtea fur Uiturcnnngaof estimai??, s. uh it
our people may know aa nearly :is pos?
sible with what they must compete.
Irrigation.
During the two and I half year?? that
have chip?-??., since the passage ?if the
reclamai ?.??? net rapid progr?s?- baa
been made in the surveys and exami?
nations of the opportunities for
lamatlOB in the thirteen str.tos sod
three I west. Con*
airiH'tloa b ? already hem bagna ?a,
the ?arguai ind most Important of I ?
Irrigali!.? ? Orka, und plan are 1
completed for works which will ut
the funda BOW avail::!)!??. The ????*\?
tlons are being earrlad on by the r.
lamation ??? le*, a < ag I
aalected through < . ? . ?? ?
loa e. .
e ? pei lenirli ?
Ing eng! ? eer?
peris in mechanical tuul le :
and Is >? mi] >???.: ? ? -,
na ? ? ' In pi
ti? :. ! <? ;l
11.<? 1 .-_? ' probi? 18 buvi ilv.
and it now remains t.. - wi
tare, economy nnd thorough! - t.
Work which has been laid out. All in.
portant details are being carefully con?
sidered by boards of consulting en?
gineers, selected for their thorough
knowledge and practical experience.
Each project Is taken up on the ground
by competent men nnd viewed from.
the standpoint of the creation of pros-1
perous homes and of promptly refund?
ing to the treasury the cost of construc?
tion. The reclamation act has been
found to be remarkably complete ami
effective antl so broad In Its provisions
thnt a wide range of undertakings has,
been possible under it. At the same!
time rcOtUtwaj Is guaranteed by the
fact that the fonda must ultimately be
returned to be used over again.
Forests.
It Is the cardinal principle of the
forest reserve policy of this admiuis-j
trat ion that the reserves are for use. ?
Whatever interferes with the use of
their resources is to be avoided by ev-,
ery possi ble means. But these re-1
resources must be used In such a way
as to mike them permanent.
The fornai policy of the government
Is just now a subject of vivid public
interest through.?nt the west and to the
people ?if the United States In general.
The forasi ? ceci vea themselves are of
extreme value to the present as well as
to the futur?? welfare of all the wCrit
c::i pubi: des. They powerful?
ly affect the use and disposal-of the
public Tana's. TTSey are or special im?
portance because they preserve tbe
water supply and the supply of timber
for domestic purposes and so promote
settlement under the reclamation act
Indeed tbey are essential to the wel?
fare of every one of the great interests
of the west.
Forest reserves sre created for two
principal purposes. The first is to pre?
serve the water supply. This Is their
| most important use. The principal
, users of the water thus preserved are
I Irrigation ranchers and settlers, cities
and towns to whom their municipal
? water supplies are of the very first Im
{ porta nee. users and furnishers of wa
! ter power and the users of water for
? domestic, manufacturing, mining and
I other purposes. All these are directly
dependent upon the forest reserves.
Tho second reason for which forest
reserves are created Is to preserve the
timber supply for various classes of
wood users. Among the more Impor?
tant of these are settlers under the
. reclamation act and other acts, for
whom a cheap and accessible supply
] of timber for domestic uses is absolute?
ly necessary; miners and prospectors,
? who are in serious danger of losing
; their timber supply by fire or through
export by lumber companies when tini
| ber lands adjacent to their mines pass
into private ownership; lumbermen,
transportation companies, builders and
commercial Interests in general.
Although the wisdom of creating for?
est reserves Is nearly everywhere
heartily recognized, yet In a few locali?
ties there has been misunderstanding
| and complaint The following state?
ment Is therefore desirable:
The forest reserve policy can be suc?
cessful only when It has the full sup?
port of the people of the west. It can?
not safely and should not lu any case
be imposed upon them against their
will. But neither can we accept the
views of those whose only interest in
the forest Is temporary, who are unx
ious to reap what they have not sown
= and then move away, leaving desola?
tion behind them. On the contrary. It
is everywhere nnd always the Interest
) of the permanent settler and the per?
manent business roan, the man with a
stake In the country, which must be
considered and which must decide.
The making of forest reserves within
railroad and wagon road land grant
limits will hereafter, as for the past
! three years, be so managed as to pre
I vent the Issue under the act of June 4,
i 1S97, of base for exchange or lieu se
| lection (usually called scrip). In all
cases where forest reserves within
areas covered by laud grants appear to
be essential to the prosperity of set?
tlers, miners or others Uie government
lands within such proposed forest re?
serves will, as In the recent past be
withdrawn from sale or entry pending
the completion of such negotiations
with the owners of the land grants as
will prevent the creation of so called
scrip.
It was formerly the custom to make
forest reserves without first getting
definite and detailed information as to
the character of land and timber with?
in their boundaries. This method of
?G11,?,. afJcJBB -rw-JAvft '.... \,;i>Yiy cYioseu
boundaries and consequent Injustice to
settlers nnd others. Therefore this ad?
ministration adopted the present meth?
od of first withdraw in?.- the bin?! from
disposal, followed by careful examina?
tion BB th? ground and the preparation
of detallad maps and descriptions, he
ifore itiiy fOTOBt reserve is created.
I have repeatedly called attention to
the confusion which exists In govern
j ment forest matters because the work
I Is scattered among three Independent
? organizathms. The united States Is the
j only ?me of the groat nations in which
| the forest work of the government is
j not eoneiMitrated under one department
I In consona m-e with the plainest ?li??
; tatos of good administr?t ion and eom
| mon ama?. The present arrangement
Is batl from every point of view. Merely
j to mention It Is to prove that It should
be terminateti nt once. As I have re?
peatedly recommended, all the forest
work Of the government should be eon
| <Y#ntrnted In the department of ngTlcul
I ture, where the larger part of that
! work Is already done, where practical?
ly nil of the trained foresters of the
government are employed, where chief?
ly In Washington there Is coniprehen
' Pive Brat hauti knowletlg-e of the prob
s of the reserves acquired on the
ground. Where all problems relating to
' growth from the soil are already gath
' eretl and where all the sciences auxil?
iary to forestry are at hand for prompt
nnd effective co-oporati?~>n. These rea?
sons arc decisive In themselves, but It
! should be added that the great organl
! Battona of citizens whose interests are
1 affect? d by the forest reserves, such ns
the National Live Stock association,
the National Wool Grower??' associa?
tion, the American Mining congress,
1 the National Irrigation congress and
the National Hoard of Trade, have uni?
formly, emphatically and most of theni
repeatedly expressed themselves in fa?
vor of placing all government forest
work in the department of agriculture
because of the peculiar adaptation of
that department for It It Is tme also
that the forest services of nearly all
the great nations of the world are un?
der the respective departments of ag?
riculture, while In but two of the
smaller nations and In one colony are
they under the department of the Inte?
rior. This is the result of long and va?
ried experience, and it agrees fully
with the requirements of good admin?
istration In our own case.
The creation of a forest service in
the department of agriculture will have
for its Important results:
First?A better handling of nil forest
work, because it will be under a sin?
gle head and because the vast and in?
dispensable experience of the depart?
ment in all matters pertaining to the for?
est reserves, to forestry In general and to
other forms of production from the soil,
will be easily and rapidly accessible.
Second.?The reserves themselves, be?
ing handled from the point of view of
the man In the Held Instead of the man
in the office, will be more easily and
more widely useful to the people of
the west than has been tho ease hith?
erto.
Third.-Within a comparatively abort
time the rosei1 ? es will become s? :
porting. This is Important, beca ??
. Dually and rapidly
: iry ; or ll.e
proper care fi*aT ?zceedlngTy Iraporr
tant tataree tha? nation, and they
?can and ab be offset by retorna
from the t ? foresta. Under elm
liar clrcume a tbe forest posses?
sions of oth ??eat nations form an
Important ac of revenue to their
governments
Every adro txetJve offl?r?er concern?
ed is conrin of tbe necessity for
the propose*. ui ?rjlldatlon of forest
work in the ?l 'aient of agriculture,
and I myself urged it more than
once In fom.?:' ?aagee. Again I com?
mend it to th r and favorable con
elderatlon of ??tigress. The inter?
ests of the at large and of the
west In parti have suffered great?
ly because of u. '?lay.
Pubtf ? Lands.
I call the attention of the congress
again to the report and recommenda?
tion of the commission on the public
innde forwarded-ay me to the second
session of the pr?sent congres??. The
commission has rJPoeecuted its Investi?
gations actively luring the past s??a
Bon, and a seco.--?'report Is low in an
advanced stage t preparation.
Game ^reserves.
In connection 'With the work of the
forest rese ves I desire again to urge
u -urress the Importance of
? lie nt t ? set asa.,?
ce:. lift'? '1 aese re - > es.or oth?
er p; 'ile : refuge ?. for tlie
pre -c of e bison, the \vapi?i
nnd ? ? oiu e so abun?
dant in our woo? ami mountains and
on <>ur great pie .s? nnd now tending
toward extinction. Every support
should be given^' to the authorities of
th?? Yellowstone park In their success?
ful ?-?Torts at preserving the large crea?
tures therein, and at very little ex?
pense portions of the publie domain in
other regions which are wholly unsuit
<xl to agricultural settlement could be
similarly utilized. We owe It to fu?
ture generations to keep alive the no?
ble and beautiful creatures which by
their presence add such distinctive
character to the American wilderness.
The limits of the Yellowstone park
should be extended southward. The
Canyon of the Colorado should be made
a national park, and the national park
system should include the Yosemlte
nnd as many as possible of the groves
of giant trees In California.
Pensiona?.
The veterans of the civil war have a
claim upon the nation such as no other
. body of onr citizens possess. The pen?
sion bureau has never in Its history
been managed In a more satisfactory
! manner than Is now. the case.
Indiana.
The progress of the Indians toward
civilization, though not rapid. Is per?
haps all that could1, be hoped for in
i view of the circumstances. YVithln the
I past year many trlbert have shown iu a
: degree greater than ever before an ap?
pr?ciai ion ?if tbe necossity of work.
This changed attitu?. is in part ?lue to
' the policy recently ? irsued of roduc
I ing the amount of subsistence to the
I Indians and thus fon'' rig them through
! sheer necessity to >rk for a Hveli
? hood. The policy, t ?if?, h severe, is a
only with judgment, and with a full
understanding of the conditions which
exist In each community for which It
IS Intended. On <>r near the Indian n'?
en at ions then? is usually very lilt I??
demand for labori nnd If the Indians
are to earn their llvlmr and when work
cannot, be furnish*? 1 from outside,
which is always prefer;.ble. tien It
must be furnished by the government.
Practical Instruction of this kind
wouhl In ? few years result In tbe
form Ing of habits of rt\gular Industry.
which would render the Indian a pro?
ducer and would effect a groat reduc
tlon In the cost of his maintenance.
It Is commonly declared that the
slow advance of the Indians Is due to
the unsatisfactory character of the
men appointed to take Immediate
charge of them, and to some extent
this is true. While the standard of the
employees in tbe Indian service shows
, great improvement over that of bygone
! years, and, while intimi corruption or
' migrant dishonesty is now the rare ex
m, it ?s nevertheless the fact that
! the salaries paid liullun agents arc not
? h t.?? enough to attract the best men to
; ? Id .? work. To achieve satisfae
? lory results the otllclal In charge of an
j Indian tril?? should possess the high
I ?pialiticntions which art?? required In
j the manager of ? large business, but
, on'..?, in exceptional caaes i; it possible
' to scure men of such a type for tht^se
? pos M ions. Much better aervice, how
i ever, might be obtained from those
1 now holding the places were it practi?
cable to get out of them tbe best that
, Is In tieni, and this should be done by
bringing them constantly Into closer
[ touch with their superior officers. An
I agent who has been content to draw
his salary, giving in return the least
possible equivalent in oft*ort and serv?
ice, may by proper treatment, by sug?
gestion nnd ene?>ur-ig?mu?nt or persist?
ent urging he stimulated to greater ef?
fort and induced to take a more active
personal interest In his work.
T'nder existing comHtlons an Indian
agent in the distant west may be whol?
ly out of touch with the office of the
Indian bureau. He may very well feel
that no one takes a personal Interest in
him or his efforts. Certain routine du
th?s in the way of reports and accounts
are re?iuired of him, but there is no one
with whom he may Intelligently con?
sult on matters vital to his work ex?
cept after long delay. Such a man
would be greatly encouraged and alli?
ed by personal contact with some one
whose interest in Indian affairs and
whose authority in the Indian bureau
were greater than his own, and such
contact would be certain to arouse
and constantly Increase the Interest he
takes in bla work.
The distance which separates the
agents?the workers in the field?from
the Indian office In Washington is a
chief obstacle to Inlian progress.
Whatever shall moro closely unite
these two branches of the Indian serv?
ice nnd shall enable them to co-operate
more heartily and more effectively will
be for the increased efficiency of the
work and the betterment of the race
for whose Improvement the Indian bu?
reau was established. The appoint?
ment of a field assistant to the commis?
sioner of Indian affairs would be cer?
tain to Insure this ?pod. end. Such an
official if possessed of the requisite en?
ergy and deep Interest in the work
would be ? most efficient factor In
bringing into closer relationship and s
mon- direct union of effort the bureau
in Washington and Its agents In the
field, and with the co-operation of Its
branches thus secured the Indian bu?
reau would in measure fuller than ever
before lift tip the en vage toward that
self help ami self reliance which con?
stitute the man.
Jamestown Tricentennlal.
In 1007 there will be held at ITamp
ton Hoads the tricentennlal celebration
of the settlement at Jamestown, Va.,
with which the history of what has
now become tbe United States really
begins. I commend this to your favor?
able consideration. It Is nu event of
prime historic significance, in which nil
the people of the United States should
feel and should show great und general
Interest
Postal Service.
In tbe postoflice department the serv?
ice hns Increased In efficiency, nnd con?
ditions ns to revenue and expenditure
continue satisfactory. The increase of
revenue during the year was $9,358.
181.10, or 0.9 per cent, the total re?
ceipts amounting to ?$1-1&382,?21.G. I.
The expenditures were $l?2.3d2,llG.70,
an Increase of about 0 per cent over
tho previous year, being thus $8,979.
402.31? In excess of the current revenue.
Included In those expen.litttres was ?
total appropriation of $12.9r?d.fi37.35 for
tho continuation nnd extension of the
rural free delivery service, which was
an taatsuaaa of $ i.?k)lvj37.35 over the
amount expended for this purpose In
the preceding fiscal year. Large as this
expenditure has been, the beneficent
results attained In extending the free
distribution of mails to the residents of
rural districts have justified the wis?
dom of the outlay. Statistics brought
down to the 1st of October. 1904, show
that on that ila te there were 27.13X ru?
ral routes ??stahlishetl, serving approx?
imately t3,OOQj000 of people in rural
districts remote from postofJices, and
that there were piililllng at that time
8,<S59 petlthuis for the establishment of
new rural route?. Unquestionably
some part of the general Increase In
receipts Is due to the Increased postal
facilities which the rural service has
afforded. The revenues have also been
sided greatly by amendments In tho
classification of mall matter antl the
curtailment of abuses of the second
class mailing privilege. The average
Increase In the volume of mail matter
for the period beginning with 1902 antl
ending June, 1905 (that portion for
1903 being estimated). Is 40.47 per cent
as compared with 18.46 per cent for
the period Immediately preceding ami
1?.02 for the four year Burlad hume
alatali preceding that.
Consular Service.
Our consular system needs Improve?
ment Salaries shonlil be substituted
? for fees, and the proper classification
j grading nnd transfer of consular offi?
cers should be provided. I am not pre?
pared to say ?hat a competitive system
I of examinations for appointment would
work well, ho? !??? ' V
! provided that consuls should he fa
| miliar, according to places for which
?they apply, with the French, German
| or Spanish language and should pos
' ?ess acquaintance with tha resources
? of the Uniteti States.
National Gallery of Art
The collection Of Object! of art con?
template.! in section ??80 Of the Ko
visod Statutes should be do.-dgnutod
and BBtabllebcd as a national gallery of
art, und the Smithsonian institution
shoultl be authorized to accept any lul
iliUtiiis t.i aald collection that may be
received hy gilt, bcpiest or devis??.
National Quarantine Law.
It Is desirable to enact a proper na?
tional quarantine law. It is most un?
desirable that a state should ou its
own initiative enforce ?juaranline regu?
lations win. h are hi affect ? restric?
tion upon intorslato and International
commerce. Tha quotum should prop?
erly be assumed by the government
alone. The surgeon general of the na?
tional public health and marino hos?
pital service has repeatedly and con
vim ?ugly set forth the need for such
legislation.
Extravagance In Printing.
I call your attention to the great ex
trnvugaaca la prtathag ned him?ng
government publications ami especially
to the fact thai altogether too many
of these publication? are printed? Then?
Is a const:,m i< mlency to increase their
number ami their volume. It Is an un
daratatenant tu say that no apprecia?
ble burn WOOld DO caused by. and sub?
stantial benefit would accrue from, de?
creasing the amount of printing now
done by at leuBt one-half. Probably
the great majority of the government
reports and the like now printed are
never read at all. and, furthermore, the
printing of luii.h of the material con?
tained in many of the remaining ones
serves no usefui purpose whatever.
Currency.
The attention of the congress should
be especially given to the currency
question and that the standing commit?
tees on the matter in the two houses
charged with the duty take up the mat?
ter of our currency and see whether it
is not possible to secura an agreement
in tbe business world for bettering the
system. The committees should con?
sider tho question of the retirement of
the greenbacks and the problem of se?
curing in our currency such elaslicity as
Is consistent with safety. Every silver
dollar should be made by law redeem?
able in gold at the optical of the Bolder. I
Merchant Marine.
I especially ?oiui lend to your imme
diate attention tbe encouragement of
our meridiani malino by appropriate
legislation.
Oriental Markets.
The growing importance of the orient
as a field for American exports drew
from BLJ prciiecessor, President Mc?
Kinley, an urgent raqneat for its spe?
cial consideration hy the congress. In
his message of 1896 he stated:
"In this relation, as showing the pe?
culiar volume and value of our trade
With Chini and the peculiarly favora?
ble condii ions which exist for their
expansion in the normal course of
trade, I refer to the communication
add res sed to the speaker of the house
(CONTI NfKD ON SIXTH PACK.)
If You Wish to Accumulate Wealth in These Strenuous Timei .?
Ton most learn to take advantage of every opportunity that presents itself for
8afe and profitable investment.
Tilt] KNTKKl'KISK STOCK CO. IXC. OF ATLANTIC CITY, X. J.
offers an exceptional opportunity to the coloree residents of this oity, for suoh am
investment. This corporation is eugaged iu tho Coal, Flour and Feed ?usinets
and in order to secure ample capital for t.as winters business they will sell aX
once 100 shares of the Capital Stock of the aompauy at par value of $5.00 each).
Full information and booklet mailed apon application. Tins corporation also
wishes to gain the services of a reliable colored business mrn to act a?? their agen .
in Richmond. Man mast furnish good reference and be able to furnish surety
bonds. Apply by Letter To?EOTKRPiil?E STOCK COMPANY INO.
14ti> Meditterauean Ave , Atlantic Oity, N. J.
PHONE-577
RICHMOND. VA.
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t? ?.;?.<! I??? .?.? ? tings and nice entertainment* Plciitv of room with all nmxxxmay
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SUMME? COUKSE NOW IN SESSION.
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| Oiie o. e Finest Equipped Boarding Seminaries in the
North for Young Women Desirous of* Preparing
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Competent facnltv, new building, complete course, TWO YEARS. Special
course, ONE YEAR. TUITION, i?.?r annum. ??0.00, in advance.
BOARD and BOOK in bvttditia;, tll.OQ to $1.". 00 p? r mrath.
Hall Memorial Oostsaav iTOStT or Mosse, ettm special
aa*teaavaaejeaao those destru????; iusiiutuoiiiiii ?*ua
Voaal Training,
ee*?PHTSICAIa COLTURB Ci.ASSKS SPBCIAt For Teachers.
For further information, ad?lr-ss all ??otntnunications to
Frances A. Riley, Pr?s. JTrs. Leon? ra Wilson Polk, Cor. Sec'y
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VESTOKS. I'MTEl? All) IX
BUhVaJci ooMrurr.
Incorporated Inder the Laws of the
State of Virginia 1*94.
In order to place our business in other
cities and towns, we will make a special
offer to thos?? who want to invest and
will write as.
We have written more than sixty
thousand members in our Insurance De?
partment. We have more than twenty
five branches. We are planning to en?
large our business. We want to place
our business in every city and town in
the United otates, and we are going to
do that just as soon as the fonds of the
corporation will permit. We want to
establish a Loan Department, where we
can loan money to our policy-holders
and stock-holders. We want to make
a deposit of $10,000.00 in the Treasury
of the State. In that way, we will be
able to show to the world that we mean
business. In order to do this the corpo
ratiou is capitalized for twenty-five
thousand dollars (2.500 shares at $10.00
each.) Of this amount about 500 shares
have already bean subscribed for at the
par value of $10.00, making the present
?ubaonbad capital $5,000 00. The re
iiuiuuU-r, consisting of 2.000 shares is
now offered to the puntas ut $10.00 a
share. The terms are cash or part
cash and the rest installment. The
corporation has paid dividends of 10
per cent. It has declared within the
last few days a dividend of the same
percentage. The corporation has no
bonded debts, and ltd stuoie when tolly
paid is non assessable. All shares be?
come dividend bearing from dato of fi?
nal payment. Dividends are payable
July in each year. We want rehable
agents to handle onr stock. Write as
to day for stock.
J. ?. Rykd, President,
506 East Broad Street,
Richmond, Va.
or 619 F Street, N. W.h
Washington, D. 0.
GOOD FOR SHOES?
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Cor. 5th A; Itroad St. 4-!S L. Ilroad St.
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