Show SAVE SAYE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS PUN PLAX PRESE PRESENTED TBD TO CONGRESS S BY WHICH MANY DEFICITS COULD BE BB AVOIDED During the P PA- PA PAt Past t t. t Five Years the thc Government Has fins Lost Over a Hundred Hun Hun- dred Million Worth orth of Timber The Remedy Ev Every ry now and then there Is a a. sharp passage at arms in Congress between the East and the West In fact some of the rather prominent men of Congress Congress Con Con- press gress still sUll seem to think that the West Nest Is a separate country and not In In reality a part hart of the United States and entitled to the same consideration that It shown the Mississippi Valley The Atlantic Coast or the New England States An Instance of this kind oc oc- cured the other day when Senator Teller Tel ler of Colorado was addressing the Senate He resented the intimations that the funds used in connection with 1 the he irrig irrigation reclamation service hadeen had bad been een given as a bounty to the West In InI Inthe the le first place since the money Is all ail I paid paid back to the government he stated that hat it was simply in the nature of a a. loan and further r he contended that the irrigation law was of as much importance Import import- Importance I ance to the east as to the west that it was national in character and that it would benefit not only the section where It was applied but every other section In fact the west was somewhat tired of this Idea which seemed to obtain among some eastern statesmen of being considered ered as an outside dependency of the nation That the commercial interests of the east J if not its statesmen are alive to the desirability of promoting the settlement settle settle- 1 meat ment and Internal improvement of ot the west is shown hawn by the very cry comprehensive sive action taken recently by the National National Na Na- Board of Trade in Washington a a. powerful association composed or representatives from most of the great commercial bodies of the United States The organization represents a a. combined capital of billions ns of dollars employing several hundred thousand workers it has been a strong factor in urging legislation on various important internal internal internal in in- works it was the first of the great co commercial bodies of the East to advocate the passage of the national irrigation law and It has bas a regular standing committee on forestry and irrigation The report of the organization this year is most interesting and reads as follows It Is gratifying to note that much of the legislation on Forestry and Irrigation Ir Ir- matters which has Las been consistently consistently consistently con con- urged by the National of Trade has bas been enacted Into law The National Board was the first organization organization or or- representing the commercial commercial commer commer- cial interest of the whole country to recommend recommend recommend re re- re- re commend a national Irrigation policy and June 17 1902 a National Irrigation Irrigation Irrigation gation law was enacted There is inthe In Inthe Inthe the Irrigation Fund at the present time about bout which is i Increasing increasing In in- l- l creasing from the sale lands at the rate of at least a 4 year In the matter of Forestry legislation the he National Board of Trade recommended recommended mended the passage of the b bill l providing providing providing pro pro- viding for the consolidation Q off of the various forestry branches branched o of the Government into the Bureau of Forestry Fores- Fores try ry of th the Department of Agriculture This bill was enacted Into law at the thelast thelast last ast session of Congress The National Board of Trade has stood against the practice of exchanging exchanging exchange ing worthless scrip II land in the national forest reserves for v valuable public lands outside of the reserves reserves reserves' and has repeatedly recommended the repeal of the law permitting this tice This law was repealed at the last session of Congress At the last meeting of the National Board opposition was expressed to what was known as the Acre Homestead Homestead Homestead Home Home- stead bills increasing bills Increasing the homestead entry in parts of South Dakota Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- Colorado rado and in Montana from ICO acres to acres these bills were all defeated at the thelast last session of Congress Much however r remains remains to be done 0 The National Board of ol Trade has con con- advocated the saving oC of the great public domain f for the use ot Ir f homemaKer o a land and timber grabb grabb grabber rari spee ator I Trade rade and commerce will Increase as population Increases Increases and our National land policy should be administered to preserve our bur remaining half halt billion t acres of public lands for who those those those- who will build homes upon them As laws which tend to overcome this po policy lcy the National National Na Na- Board has bas continuously since its meeting in January 1902 urged the repeal of the Timber and Stone Act the commutation clause of the Homestead Homestead Home Home- stead Act and nd the Desert Land Act in accordance with the recommendations f t t a j 4 Lucky Baldwins Baldwin's Irrigated Ranch Ranch- ti y Twenty Years Ago a Desert e r of the President In his annual Messages Mes hies- sages to Congress A Public Lands Commission appointed appoint appoint- r red red r- r ed by the President consisting of W. 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A Richards Commissioner of the General Continued on next page j I r 5 In Iii tho the early morning tho crowds crowd 5 which spent most of ot the night at th the bulletin board were gathering again 7 At no time had the place been entirely entire entire- ly deserted Several men had never neve been out of ot eyeshot of ot the bulletins One of them a shock headed youth in e- e overalls and wearing the cap of ot a government electrician c sat on th the stone curbing by the entrance to th the power station smoking a small blackpipe black pipe seemingly moro more occupied with wit with meditation than observation Most of ot the men who were now gath gath- eying about the board were coal miners on Ott their way to the shafts Here and there thero were electricians The vastness of ot the power station from which they i- i had ad co come e was no more moro than suggested j nom irom where the be crowd stood the buildings build build- ings being partially hid in a grove ol ot trees The groups of or miners and electric ians were almost silent They seemed to have exhausted comment and surmise surmise sur our mise and to be waiting for tor the tangible to o take place of ot conjecture On the Ver Verge e of or War In Washington tho the federal news editor editor edi edi- tor apparently had bad worn out himself and his staff aft in itt keeping up a detailed S ac account of the night all session of ot Congress Con Con- gress As daylight came the tha service and what had been a connected connected con con- n well well sustained sustained story of ot congressional congressional proceedings had slumped to a series of ot jerky bulletins of ot which the thelast i last t had come a hour half-hour before read read- iak fag ing Williams still has the floor He Re Is making no headway against the majory major major- f y ity War seems inevitable To the men starting starling for the shafts J this carried no news which they had hadn n- n no known before they had gone away a a. few hours earlier to get such sleep and rest as they could 4 While they stood watching another bulletin came camo I Congress has taken an hours hour's recess recess re re- cess eels for breakfast No action lr The coal miners in the crowd read this and then started for tor work Soon there were left only a few scattered of ot the r room o it H Hd He d did n ld-n not look ok up until the young electrician w was s standing beside beside beside be be- side his desk Then he ho glanced at him wise side Inquiringly Youn Young Inventor Busy Mr Shod Shod said the younger younger man I want a a. two weeks' weeks leave leavo of ot absence The elder cIder then looked squarely at him but did not reply merely brushing back his hair in an abstracted preoccupied preoccupied pre pro occupied manner The young man waited for an answer without repeating his petition Go back to work said Shod finally seeming to dismiss the request as pre pre- Ho lie had started to speak calmly but his manner changed and he ho brought his fist down on the desk as lS he added sharply you make me think your crazy razy Haven't you r read rad ad the bulletins Look here a hero a message from the chief Wo We expect you to run double capacity from rom the instant war is declared Leave of ot absence Man Ian go back to work worl be became beame me confused and awkwardly awkwardly awk awk- abashed but he persisted nevertheless urging great necessity If you even ask again cried Shod becoming thoroughly angry Ill have you locked up lip for attempting deser- deser tion ion Daring Plan Explained He wheeled around in his chair and busied himself with the wires leading ft the tho keyboard on his desk hesitated an Instant and then suddenly lost ost his awkwardness and became alert He e bent over his senior speaking rapidly rapid rapid- ly y energetically and sharply lie He dr drew rom roca the inner pocket of ot his blouse a print rint spreading it before Shod The anger of the older man gave way to astonishment He was held spellbound spell spell- bound by the youngers younger's vehement explanation ex ex- until finally Alamo ceased talking folded up his print returned it to his pocket and stood stoof waiting Shod contemplated him silently for several everal moments Then he said sald You have a chance It Is too great greata I a chance to lose It might be our sal sal- 7 I i n hL 4 n a I ht 1 r 4 4 4 f ft t I 5 T t I E i. c A f t L 1 4 k r HE tie WAS HELD SPELLBOUND BY DY THE VEHEMENT EXPLANATION I groups but the shock shock headed headed electria electrician a- a clan cian still sat eat on tho the curb and smoked his black pipe ti Mail 1 by Airship j A speck developed in tho the eastern sky sley and drew nearer enlarging rapidly l i Then the tho Washington mail came into i sight and landed at the tho station station sta sta- tion near the entrance to the power station A mail mall clerk came down the ther r elevator after the sacks sacks' had bad been thrown into the chute He Ho was questioned questioned ques ques- b eagerly by tho men still standIng standIng stand- stand Ing log about the bulletin board but had nothing of ot news later than that which the bulletins had given them As ho stood talking another message was flashed on the board Williams says that opposition to the majority will cease War will be declared before night At that the shock headed youth arose i suddenly from the curbstone walked k- k rapidly through the gates and on into tho grounds of the tho power station Vast Central Power Station The Susquehanna Coal and Power District supplying not only Washington Washing Washing- ton but New York with electricity for 4 r all purposes of light heat and power was the tho largest of ot the government n power areas arens into which the tho country was divided Its coal mines were of ot th the greatest gre t st extent Its power station gigantic and its employees an army I New York with Its millions and Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington with its institutions secured all aU l- l power from the wires charged by the tho dynamos of the tho Susquehanna District j- j The rhe shock headed electrician kept his I. rapid stride through the grounds until c he ho came caine to a one story one story brick building marked over oyer Its doorway with the word Administration It was surrounded surrounded sur our rounded by beds of ot sweet peas a gardner then was watering The hO young man went up the graveled walk without looking to right or left pushed open the door went the length of ot the Inner hall hail turned to tho the right and 7 knocked at a a. closed door s fl He WAS told told- to enter and did and did so taking off oft his 1 cap I A middle-aged middle haired gray spectacled spectacled spectacled spec spec- man sat at at a desk in the center tin V J 0 vailon Ill I'll inform the chief He lIe reached over over toward the keyboard jut Sut ut put out a restraining hand and held him shaking his head in vigorous protest Well I guess you are right there too the older man said do as you think best Catches Airship for Capital turned away instantly and again with rapid stride went through the grounds On at his watch ho lie broke into a a. run heading for the aeroplane station By quick sprinting ho reached the lift just as it was makIng making mak malt ing lug its last trip up to connect with the fast Washington mail mall ship It touched as he came me out on the platform and ho 10 was aboard just in time II In the tho early history of tho nation there had been a much applauded maxim In time of ot peace prepare for war The people had never deviated from their policy polley of ot applauding and ignoring this wisdom of one of their earliest statesmen The nation bad had never lost its complacency had complacency had never succeeded in disillusioning itself It imagined Itself peaceful but in reality It was ivan quickest to resent an injury fancied or real surest to raise a popular popular lar demand for war and least prepared to carry it on Nation In n a 4 Trance With the tho self-deceiving self theory that they thoy were not a militant people they had nd continued to delude themselves In inthe tho the v that war vir for them was next to Impossible Impassible Their history a record of conflicts ml do because undertaken undertaken undertaken under under- taken without ut preparation did not serve servo to destroy this Illusion it Illusion-it it was wasi i L of the national life lire Now popular outcry WM an an- I r war At any rno mont moment nt which had been een in the tho throes of for three days davs might open hostilities with Ji n Across the Atlantic as the military mt men n of ot the know knew n a l people pen peo plo were holding In re- re confident In their ability founded found found- ed on thorough preparation The nation nation na na- na tion In general knew this but allowed II itself no thought of ot the inevitable product of ot incompetence urged into action by rashness In all this unprepared country no noone noone noone one appreciated so thoroughly the impending im pending danger as did us the un un- commander chief of the small military forces Commander in Despair He had been dean of ot the Department of electricity in tho the national university sity when transferred to the military service having prior to this been an Instructor In one of ot the be national military mill mili tary schools In appearance ho he was scholastic his figure spare and bent his hair hair- and eyes gray and his face ain jin Ho o was alone in his bis office looking out of the window across the Potomac the the only inactive figure in the War Department when Department when one of his aides entered en en- ered the room Curtis had been located said the aide lIde He lie is at Kiel We got his signal signal sig sig- sig- sig nIh nal followed by some code which is being transcribed Another aide came in Curtis says he is effectually hidden and can send if we can ake them Where is he beT asked eager eager- ly Ir Scouting the Upper AltHe Alt Air He says he be Is out of the path of their scouts and thinks he is safely safey posted He must be bo above them Can you reach him We have but he warns us not to tory try ry often I suppose his position is precarious at best Tell him to send what he be can answered answered an an- Ill go into the tower to take It it itA A hundred yards farther us the Po Po- omac stood a gigantic tower the exact longitude and latitude of ot which was burned in the memory of every operative operative opera opera- tive in the secret service To this Montus l and |