Show WILSON OPPOSES INSPECTION LAWS LA WS Secretary of Interiors Report an Interesting One Onet t TALKS OF CATTLE INDUSTRY I I II REFERS TO WESTERN FORESTS AND A OF OP LANDS LS Washington Nov Noy 25 ELThe The annual re report re report p port of Secretary Sr of Agriculture Ag Wilson Wis tells tell tl of o the vast vt growth of all ail branches of the detriments de work An exten eten ales sica of the weather forecast to farm farmers farmer ers era er through the th rural free fe delivery delver is I contemplated Wireless telegraphy wilt Wire wi soon sn connect cne the th Toos Island Wash Washington ington with the ti mainland The secretary s suggests that it i might be b well wl for this thi country to follow folo the te example of Great Britain and exclude livestock from other countries en oft entirely e Th The T secretary set points pints out the serious evil evi resulting from a system s slem of state inspection which if it I became beme general generl would effectively prevent the te marketing of or livestock in some sections and nd would woul restrict much of the use usefulness of the th federal feden inspection He regards the present conditions as asso ass asso so s menacing to the interests of or the cat cattle catte cattie tie tle te industry in the west and southwest that he has requested the te attorney gen general generl J oral eral erl to cooperate in bringing the mat matter mt matter ter before the supreme court coull for de decision elsion as a to the th constitutionality of these the state sate laws lw This Thi request has been be favorably received and the as assistance assistance of the department of justice premised Loss Los to t Cattle Industry The secretary asserts that much loss has ba resulted to t the cattle catle industry in inthe inthe the west wet in recent years rs owing to the te teI injudicious management of ranges ranger The departments experiments show that tat I much could be b done done under the proper control to restore the ranges ran to their original conditions and he lie recommends action aton by congress giving the pres president pre presIdent I ident authority to secure seure or the ex experimental m tl needs nes of his deportment department such tracts of public lands as may be b necessary ner I II I I Fully 80 90 0 per pr cent of the date palms I introduced in recent years are now I growing vigorously in Arizona and andI I California This year y ar a eel col collection eo lection of or the choicest varieties in Egypt has ha been b obtained The Te secretary reports that the te bureau is ia cooperating with th the federal feder l gov government with wih the several states stute and I many private owners in handling their t forest fot lands land Altogether the assistance a I has been n asked ake for a total ares area re of 50 acres a re of which are ar arI I held bl by b private privat owners Considers the Forests I Forest FOll investigations InY Include the study tOy of commercial trees tre and econom economic ic Ie tree tr planting of forest foret tires fires fire j grazing lumbering forest productions I and aD ot important iPat lines lne The Th work w of o the experiment station in Alaska AIk with h headquarters at Sitka I and subsidiary stations at a t Kenai K on onI I Cook Co inlet Inlet and at Rampart in the Yukon Yuk valley vlY are recognized as a die dis distinctly I encouraging From all al the evi evl evidence deuce dence received rive at the department department it I i I seems dear cIar c that tt agriculture may be b established in this territory i to t serve r as an important aid to the thel l I I mining tries trl lumbering and aA fishery J F Ind During Durin the year er a station has lias been established in Hawaii Among the t first work wor at this station was wu Ae l e planting of taro tara with the th special Ial ob object joel jt of stIng su the diseases seriously serul affecting that tt crop Probably id i ti per percent pr percent cent CEnt of the working population in these thead depend on taro tro for f r their daily daly fO and on account of or these the dl disease and the te attendant deterioration of the I crop c the tb price of taro tare tr has increased 60 per p cent ct p in I the th last lat decade dede I Poultry in Hawaii Hawai Some Sm other diseases of or fruits and andI J I vegetables v call cal for study and poultry I experiments e have hv been ben Inaugurated with wt a view vw to Increasing the supply t f of poultry It is j reported re rte that live ye yeI I chickens chiken sell Hi In Honolulu at 15 1 a I dozen dosen doen and ad eggs gg at 40 4 to 50 iO O cents cent a dozen dosen den Hogs Hog bring from 10 to 17 1 cents cent a pound pun on the hoof bC and experiments have een n undertaken n in th the feeding of oC swine ai with wl various tubers tuber and had roots 1 t The secretary regards re rs It i as extremely desirable that investigations agricultural should be b undertaken in the Philippine islands under the war de department department and ad in cooperation with wit the te department of agriculture In further furtherance ance an e of this work the secretary roe rec recommends re I orend an additional appropriation of 10 for the fhe ensuing fiscal year yel I The secretary tr devotes devote a great deal del j of or space to t a discussion of oC irrigation irrig investigations These The have been oan On Ond f ducted d e through the th office of experiment stations sta and a embrace Discussion of at Irrigation First Studies of f irrigation laws th the social sial and industrial Indu institutions of irrigation and agriculture Second Investigation of the methods by which water ater is conserved distributed I and nd used u In JR reference rere to the te first subject the I secretary Star states ste that the character of a f titles to t water finally recognized rec will wil wilI I I do d more than all al other influences com coal combined cof I to determine deerin whether the west wt western western ern em farmers aner ought to be tenants tenant oT dr proprietors Naturally this makes maltee mal the te tedi disposal di 1 of the te water wat r resources reo cs of tire e eI west a matter of ot vital importance not no I only to the persons directly Inter but but to the th country ps at large The secretary star expresses th the be I that tha t irrigation will m in the near JUf future fu become a subject for 1 legislation I n by b congress there thre being important reas reasons reason congre bing ht re I ons on on why hy it I should aul have attention of that tt body by At the same r te he Ito says that those th best bt belev I that t t the tb uncertain character f if water wate J I rights can only be b remedied by a larger measure m of public control and the making of o certain classes of levi irrigation InI I gation g works worD Hon structures permanently pra UY public Congress Should Act These Te it is urged urge be owned own by b private privat parties and n the tiie ar art argument produced prou m in favor faor or te con constructing constructing reservoirs by t con oon gres gresa is the same some which IJ set setting setting ting hug aside ade forest reserves and the th maintaining of a fund to control themOn them themOn themOn On the other hand the secretary points out that an appropriation pC pf money by congress eon to construct Irrigation works will faring the try taco face to face fa it govern government g om ment policy and will wiD carry a larger target measure of or publIc control over the water resources of ot the west than has ha hitherto prevailed or been sanctioned by public sentiment He reviews the influence of the land landon laws on irrigation development stat stating tog InS that laws which control the die dis disposal I pasal of acres of arid public lands must have a vital influence upon the success of or the Irrigated agriculture agriculture ture He condemns tIe thin desert d sert land Jand act ad stating that lt t ilO tO acre a rel is ore than thana a man of ot moderate means meaDS can can cultivate I under Irrigation Cutting down the j entries from to ItO acres 1 jJ an 1 j improvement but he believes In the thet t repeal i ef of the desert Jana Att Attan rt I an in requiring settlers or home homet t i t to cultivate CUI I te as well as live upon their land I Lands Referring to the grazing gracing lands he says probably acres of the I public domain has no agriculture value except for lor pasturage It IB Is at present an open proposition with no laws for United States protection or disposal dispo al He refers to the frequent conflicts of or the Ule farmers employing Irrigation with the range stockmen n and recommends us M a remedy and beneficial measure the leasing of the grazing ing land in such sucha a way as all not to Interfere with the homesteader The result he believes would amount in the aggregate to a aa large a e sum awn which could be appropriately applied to the reclamation of the irrigable lands He lie points out It that such leasing is 15 tOt not an experiment as it has been en tried although ina In limited way in Colorado Clado Idaho Montana Nebraska ebra ka Utah and Wyoming He winds up the discussion dl of ot the subject by present presenting pre ent lag ing l g the following conclusions First That private enterprise will have to be supplemented by public aid aidin aidIn aidIn in the construction of certain classes of irrigation works if we are re to secure the largest development of or western ag agriculture agriculture agriculture Second That reservoirs located berated in inthe inthe inthe the channels of running streams should be Third That the tint first step toward na national national national aid for irrigation should be the passage of enlightened conditions tiona of water laws by the to be bene bone benefited beneA A Fourth That the land laws should be modified by repealing the desert act and by requiring cultivation as well as residence on a homestead Fifth That the grazing lands should be leased in small tracts ao SQ as to unite the irrigable and the pasture lands lantIs |