THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, FKHKUAIIY 0, 1012. MESSAGE ON . CONSERVATION AND LABOR President Talt Reviews the Work and Approves the Recommendations ot th3 Interior Department. p, i .,! of coal Lands and Gov l n u: t r i , ,, i i crnment Owner hip of Ra Iroads In Alaska-Advocates Federal Control , of Water Power Sites Favors Inter- national Commission on the High Cost of Living Proposes a Commis sion to Investigate Industrial Dis- ; putes and Kindred Matters Affecting Labor. I To the Senato and House of Hcpro-1 seutatives: I There Is no branch of the federal Jurisdiction which calls more lmpera- ( tlvely for immediate legislation than , that which concerns the public domain ; and especially the part of that domain ; which Is In Alaska. The report of the aecietary of the interior, which Is transmitted herewith, nud the report to him of the governor of Alaska set out the public need in this regard with great force and In satisfactory detail. The progress under the reclamation . act has made clear the defects of its limitations which should be remedied. 1 The rules governing the acquisition of homesteads of land that Is not arid or , gcmlnrld arc not well adapted to the perfecting of title to land made arable by government reclamation work. I concur with the secretary of the interior In his recommendation that, after entry is made upon land being reclnlmed, actual occupation as a home stead of the same be not required un til two years after entry, but that cul tivation of the same shall be required nnd that the present provision under which tho land is to be paid for in ten annual Installments shall be so modi fied as to allow a patent to issue for the land at the end of five years' cul tivation and three year' occupation, with a reservation of a government lien for the amount of the unpaid pur chase money. This leniency to the reclamation homesteader will relieve him from occupation at a time when j the condition of the land makes it most burdensome and difficult and at the end of five years will furnish him with I title upon which ho can borrow i money and continue the improvement of his holding. I also concur In the recommendation of the secretary of the interior that all of our public domain should be classified and that each class should be disposed of or administered in the manner most appropriate to that par ticular class. The chief change, however, which ought to be made and which I have al ready recommended in previous mes sages and communications to congress 1h that by which government coal land md phosphate and other mineral lands contiiiiiintr linnmnintllfer nns mlnnrnl ! shall bo leased by the government, with 1 restrictions as to size and time, re- sembling those which now obtnln throughout tho country between the wners In fee and the lessees who work the mines and In leases like those which have been most successful in Australia, New Zealand and Nova Sco tia. The showing made by investiga tions into the successful working of the leasing system leaves no doubt as to its wisdom and practical utility. Re quirements as to the working of the mine during the term may be so fram-1 ed as to prevent uny holding of large i mining properties merely for specula- tion, while the royalties may bo made ' utile ient'.y low not unduly to Increase the cost of the coal mined and at the same time sufficient to furnish a rea sounble income for the use of the pub- j 11c In the community where the mining I toes on. In Alaska there Is no reason 1 why i substantial income should not thus be raised for such public works xs may be deemed necessary or useful. There Is no difference between the j reasons which call for the application of the leasing system to the coal lauds still retained by the government iu tho I United States proper and those which sxlst in Alaska. There are now in Alaska only two ' well known high grade coal fields of large extent, the Bering river coal field end the Matanuska coal Held. The Bering river coal field, while It has varying qualities of coal from the bi tuminous to the anthracite, Is very much lessened In value und usefulness by the grinding effect to which In geo logical ages past the coal measures have been subjected, so that the coal does not lie or cannot be mined In large ' lumps. It must be taken out In almost a powdered condition. The same diffi culty does not appear to the same ex tent in the Matanuska coal fields. The Iterlng rher coal fields are only twenty-live miles from the coast. They are within easy distance of an existing , railroad built by the Morgan-Guggenheim Interests and may also be reach ed through Controller buy by the con struction of uthcr and cotniK-ting rail roads. Controller bay Is not n good harbor, but could probably be made practical .with the expenditure of considerable money. The railroad of the Morgan Qugseuhelm Interests, running from Cordova, could bo tuntlo n coal curry lng road for the ilerlug river fields by the eonstruclloti of n branch (o those fields not exceeding llfty or sixty miles. It la practicable, and If the coal measures were to be opened up doubtless the branch would be built. In the present condition of things there Is no motive to build the road, because there Is 110 title or opportunity to open and mine the coal. The Matanuska coal Holds are n long er illstnnce from the coast. They are from 1D0 to 200 miles from the harbor of Howard, on Resurrection bay. This Is one of the llucst harbors In the world, and a reservation has been made there for the use of the navy of the United States. A road construct ed from Seward to the Matanuska coal fields would form part of n system reaching from the coast Into the heart of Alaska and open the great Interior valleys or me i uuon nnu ino i nnaua, ' wmcn nave agricultural us won us possibilities. Thc bc0I1 congtrctca somc seventy-one miles of Jm? distance from Seward north to the Matanuska coal fields, but tin con struction beyond this has been dis couraged, first, by the fact that there has been no policy adopted of opening up the coal lauds upon which investors could depend and, second, because there seems to be a lack of financial backing of those engaged In the enter prise. The secretnry of the interior has ascertained that the bondholders, who are the real owners of the road, are willing to sell to the government, and he recommends the purchase of the existing road, such reconstruction ns may bo necessary, its continuance to the Matanuska coal fields and thence Into the valleys of the Yukon and the Tanana. It would be a great trunk line and would be an opening up of Alaska by government capital. I am not In favor of government ownership where the same certainty nnd ofllclencv of service can bo had by prlv!1(0 ,.nterprisc. but I think the conditions presented In Alaska are of such a character as to warrant the government, for the purpose of en couraging the development of that ' vast and remarkable territory, to build 1 and own a trunk line railroad, which It can lease on terms which may be varied and changed to meet the grow i ing prosperity and development of the territory. There is nothing in the history of tho United States which affords such just reason for criticism as the failure of the federal government to extend the benefit of its fostering care to the ter ritory of Alaska. There was a time, of course, when Alaska was regarded J as so far removed into tho Arctic ocean as to make any development of it practically Impossible, but for years the facts have been known to those who have been responsible for its gov ernment, and every one who has given the subject the slightest consideration has been aware of the wonderful pos sibilities In its growth und develop ment If only capital were invested there and a good government put over it. I think tho United States owes it, therefore, to Alaska and to the peo ple who have gone there to take an exceptional step and to build a rail road that shall open the treasures of Alaska to the Pacific and to the people who live along that ocean on our west ern coast. The construction of a rail road and ownership of tho fee do not necessitate government operation. Pur suant, however, to tho recommenda tion of tho secretary of the interior, I suggest to congress the wisdom of pro- Vldillg that the president may appoint a commission of competent persons, in- ciuuing iwo army engineers, 10 exam- ine and report upon tho available routes for a railroad from Seward to the Matanuska coal fields and into the Tanana and Yukon valleys, with an estimate of tho value of tho existing partially constructed railroad and of the cost of continuing tho railroad to the proper points In the valleys named. This proposal is further justified by the need that tho navy of the United States has for n secure coaling base in the north Pacific. The commission ought to mako a full report also as to the character of tho coal fields at Ma tanuska and the problem of furnish ing coal from that source for mercan tile purposes after reserving for gov ernment mining a sufficient quantity for the navy. I have already recommended to con gress tho establishment of a form of commission government for Alaska. The territory Is too extended. Its needs are too varied and Its distance from j Washington too remote to enable con- i gress to keep up with its necessities In the matter of legislation of a local character. The governor of Alaska In his report, which accompanies that of the secre tary of the Interior, points out certain laws thut ought to bo udopted and em phasizes what I have said as to the Immediate need for n government of much wider powers than now exists there if It can bo said to have any government at all. I do not stop to dwell upon the lnck of provision for the health of the In habitants and the nbseuco or Inade quacy of laws, the mere statement of which shows their crying need. I only press upon congress the Imperative ne- cesslty for taking action not ouly to i permit the beginning of the develop ment of Alaska aud the opening of , her resources, but to provide laws i whhh shall give to those who come tinder their jurisdiction decent protec tion. Lower Colorado River. There Is transmitted herewith a let ter from the secretary of the Interior tettintr out the work done under Joint resolution approved .lune 2.", 11110. au thorizing the expenditure of $1,000,000 or so much thereof as might be ncces. snry, to he expended by the president for the purpose of protecting lands and property In tho Imperial valley nn elsewhere along the Colorado river li Arizona. The money was expended and tho protective works erected, hu tho disturbances In Mexico so delaye tho work and the Hoods In the t'olora do river were so extensive that a pan of the works have been carried awaj. and the need for further action and ex pendlture of money exists. I do not make a definite recommendation at present, for the reason that the plan to be adopted for the betterment of con dltlons near tho mouth of the Color. id river proves to be so dependent on n free nnd full agreement between the government of Mexico and the govern ment of the United States as to Join' expenditure and Joint use that It Is un wise to move until wo can obtain so-, c agreement with that government whli I. will enable us to submit to congress c larger plan bettor adapted to the exi gencies presented than the one adopt ed. it Is essential that we act proinp: ly. and through the state departtnc -i, the matter Is being pressed upon the attention of the Mexican government. Meantime a report of the engineer In charge, together with a subsequent re port upon his work by a body of ex ports appointed by the secretary of til Interior, together with nn offer by the i Southern Pacific railroad to do the work at a certain price with a guaran ty for n year, and a comment upon this offer by Brigadier General Mar shall, late chief of engineers, United States army, and now consulting en gineer of the reclamation service, are all herewith transmitted. Water Power Sites. In previous communications to con gress 1 have pointed out two methods by which tJie water power sites on nonnavlgablo streams may be eon trolled as between the state and the .national government. It has scorned wise that tho control should be con contrated in one government or the other as the nctlve participant in su pervising its use by private enterprise. In most cas-stf where the government owns what are called water power sites nlong uonnavlgable streams, which are really riparian lots, without which the power in the stream eannut be used, wo have a situation as t" ownership that may bo described as follows: The federal government has land without which the power in the stream cannot be transmuted Into ele -tricity and applied at a distance, while It is claimed that the state under the law of waters as It prevails in many of our western states controls the im of the water and gives the beneficial use to the first and continuous usei. In order to secure proper care by the i state governments over these sources j of power It has been proposed that (lie i government shall deed the water pow or site to the state on condition tint the site and all the plant upon it shall revert to the government unless the state parts with the site only by a lease, the terms of which it enforces and which requires a revaluation of tho rental every ten years, the full term to last not more than fifty years A failure of the state to make and en force such leases would enable the government by nn action of forfeiture to recover the power sites and all plants that might bo erected thereon. aim mis power oi pcuuuzing muse wuo succeed to the control would furnish a motive to compel the observance of the policy of the government. The secretary of the interior has suj; gested another method by which the water power site shall bo leased di rectly by the government to those who exercise a public franchise under pro visions Imposing a rental for the wa ter power to create a fund to be e I)cmku by tl)0 geIlerai government for tne lml)rovemeut 0f the stream and the bencflt of tlle local community where , tuo power slt0 isj and permtting the : stnt(J to vegulate the rates at which th -onvprtod nower fa Hold. Tho lnt- ! tor method suggested by the secretary Is a more direct method for federal ! control, and in view of the probable ! union and systematic organization and 1 welding together of the power derived from wnter within a radius of P.00 o 400 tulles. I think It better that th power of control should remain In the national government than that It should be turned over to the states Under such n system the federal gov eminent would have such direct super vision of the whole matter that an honest administration could easily pre vent the nbuses which a monopoly of absolute ownership In private persons or companies would make possible Bureau of National Parks. I earnestly recommend the establish ment of a bureau of national parks Such legislation is essential to the prop nfter they have arisen. , er management of those wondrous In spite of the frequency with which 1 manifestations of nature, so startling we are exposed to these dangers nnd in nnd so beautiful that every one recog j spite of the absence of provision for , nlzes the obligations of the government dealing with them we continue to as to preserve them for the edification and sutne with easy going confidence that recreation of the people. The Yellow stoue park, the Yosemlte, the Grand canyon of the Colorado, the Glacier National park and the Mount Rainier National park aud others furnish ap propriate Instances. Iu only one case have we made anything like adequate preparation for tho use of a park by the public. That case Is the Yellow stone National park. Every considera tion of patriotism and the love of na ture and of beauty and of art requires us to expend money enough to bring all these natural wonders within easy reach of our people. The first step In thut direction Is the establishment of n responsible bureau which shall take upon Itself the burden of supervising the parks and of making recommenda tions ns to the best method of Improv ing their accessibility nnd usefulness. International Commission on the Cost of Living. There bus been a strong movement among economists, business men and others Interested In economic Investiga tion to seourn the uunolntmeut of an International commission to loos: into the cause for the high prices of tho ne cessities of life. There Is no doubt but that a commission could be nppolnted of such unprejudiced and Impartial per sons, experts in investigation of eco nomic facts, that a great deal of very valuable light could he shed upon the reasons for the high prices that have so distressed the people of tho world and Information given upon which action might be taken to reduce the cost of living. Thc very satisfactory report of the railway ato.-k and bonds com mission Indicates how useful un lnvcs tlgatlon of this kind can be when un dertaken by men who have had ade quate experience In economic inquiries and a levelheadedness nud judgment correctly to apply sound principles to the facts found. For some years past thc high and steadily Increasing cost of living has been a matter of such grave public con--orn that I deem it or great public in tcrest that an international confer ence be proposed at this lime for the puriKJse of preparing plans, to be sub mitted to the various governments, for an international inquiry into the high cost of living, Its extent, causes, ef fects and ixissible remedies. 1 there fore recommend that to enable the president to invite foreign govern ments to such a conference, to be held at Washington or elsewhere, the con gress provide an appropriation, not to exceed $20,000. to defray the expenses of preparation and of participation by the United States. The numerous investigations on the subject, official or other, already made in various countries isuch as Austria, Belgium. Canada, Denmark, France. Germany, Great Britain. Italy, the Netherlands and the United States) have themselves strongly demonstrat ed the need of further study of world wide scope. Those who have conduct ed these investigations have found that the phenomenon of rising prices is almost. If not quite, general through out the world, but they are unfiled in tlie attempt to trace the causes by the impossibility of making any accurate international comparisons. This Is be cause. In spite of the number of Inves tigations already made, we are still without adequate data and because as yet no two countries estimate their price levels on the same basis or by the same methods. As already Indicated, tho preliminary conference itself would entail a com paratively small expense, and most of the subsequent Investigations for which it would prepare tho way could be car ried out by existing bureaus in this and other governments as part of their regular work and would require little. If any, additional appropriations for such burenus. Commission on Industrial Relations. The extraordinary growth of Indus try In the past two decades and its revolutionary changes have raised new and vital questions as to the relations between employers and wage earners which have become matters of press ing public concern. These questions have been somewhat obscured by the profound changes in the relations be tween competing producers nnd pro ducers as a class and consumers In otller worug by the changes which, among other results, have given rise to what is commonly called the trust problem. Tho large scale production characteristic of modern industry, however. Involves the one set of rela tions no less than the other. Any In terruption to tho normal and peaceful relations between employer and wage earner Involves public discomfort and In many cases public dlsnster. Such Interruptions become, therefore, quite ns much a matter of public concern as restraint of trade or monopoly. Industrial relations concern the pub lic for n double reason. We are di rectly Interested in the maintenance of peaceful aud stablo industrial condi tions for the sake of our own comfort and well being, but society Is equally Interested In Its sovereign civic capac ity in seeing that our Institutions are effectively maintaining justice and fair dealing between any classes of citizens whose economic Interests may seem to clash. Railway strikes on such a scale as has recently been witnessed In France and In England, a strike of coal mine workers such as we have more than once witnessed In this coun try and such a wholesale relinquishing of a public service as that of the street cleaners recently In New York Illus trate the serious danger to public well being nnd the inadequacy of the exist ing social machinery either to prevent such occurrences or to adjust them on nny equitable and permanent basis In each new case somehow or other tho parties to the dispute will find some solution which will be agreeable to themselves aud consistent with the pub He Interest. We all see the grave ob jections to strikes and lockouts, how ever necessary they may be In extreme cases, and we are ready to criticise the more extreme phases of the Industrial conflict, such us boycotts and black lists, but we leave the situation such thnt Industrial disputes lead Inevitably to a state of Industrial war In which these are the only weapons left to tho two combatants. No more clumsy or expensive method of determining tho rate of wages and the hours and con ditions of labor could well be devised. Tho successful operation of the Erd man act as between Interstate railroads nnd their employees shows how much good can be done by proper legislation. At the moment when the discomforts and dangers Incident to Industrial strife are actually felt by the public there Is usually an outcry for the establishment of some tribunal for tho Immediate set- tlomwit of tho particular dispute, hut what Is needed Is some system, devised by patient nnd deliberate study In ad vance, that will meet these constantly occurring nnd clearly foreseeable emer gencies, not u makeshift to tide over an existing crisis. Not during the rain storm, but In fair weather, should the leaking roof bo examined and re paired. The magnitude nnd complexity of modern Industrial disputes have put apon some of our statutes and our present mechanism for adjusting such differences-whore we can be said to have any mechanism at all a strain they were never Intended to bear and for which they nre unsulted. What Is urgently needed today Is a reexamina tion of our Inws bearing upon the rela tions of employer and employee nnd a enreful and discriminating scrutiny of tho various plnns which nre being tried In sovernl of our own states ami In other countries. This would seem In bo the first natural step In bringing about an adjustment of those relntlons better suited to tho newer conditions of Industry. Numerous special Investigations, of ficial and unofficial, have revealed con ditions In more than one Industry which have immediately been recog nized on nil sides as entirely out of harmony with accepted American standards. It Is probable that to a great extent tho remedies for these conditions, so far as the remedies In volve legislation, lie In tho field of state nctlon. But such a comprehen sive Inquiry ns is necessary to furnish n basis for Intelligent action must be undertaken on national Initiative and must be nation wide In its scope. In view of the results thnt have followed the activities of tho federal govern ment In education, In agriculture and In other fields which do not lie primar ily within tho field of federal legisla tion there can be no serious argument against the propriety or tho wisdom of nn Inquiry by the federal govern mjnt Into the general conditions of labor In the United States, notwith standing the fact that some of the remedies will lie with the separate states or even entirely outside the sphere of governmental activity In tho hands of private Individuals and of voluntary agencies. One legitimate : object of such nn official Investigation and report is to enlighten and Inform i public opinion, which of itself will often Induce or compel the reform of unjust conditions or the abatement of unreasonable demands. The special Investigations that have been made of recent Industrial con dltlons, whether private or official, have been fragmentary, incomplete and at best only partially representa tive or typical. Their lessons, never- . tholess, are Important, and until some- ' thing comprehensive and adequate Is available they serve a useful purpose, nnd they will necessarily continue to be made. But unquestionably the time is now ripe for a searching inquiry Into the subject of industrial relations which shall be official, authoritative, balanced and well rounded, such as ouly the federal government can suc cessfully undertake. The present wide this nn onnortune time for an invest!- gatlon. which ln uny event cannot long bo postponed. It should be nonpar tisan, comprehensive, thorough, pa tient nnd courageous. There Is already available much in formation on certain aspects of the subject lu the reports of the federal nnd state bureaus of labor and In oth er official and unofficial publications. One essential part of tho proposed in quiry would naturally he to assemble, digest and interpret this Information so far as It bears upon our present In dustrial conditions. In addition to this tho commission should inquire into the general conditions of labor ln our principal Industries, into the existing relntlons between employers and em ployees in those industries, into the va rious methods which have been tried for maintaining mutually satisfactory relatlous between employees and em ployers and for avoiding or adjusting trade disputes, and into the scope, methods and resources of federal and state bureaus of labor nnd the meth ods by which they might more ade quately meet the responsibilities which through the work of the commission above recommended would bo more clearly brought to light nnd defined. Misbranding Imported Goods. My attention has been called to the Injustice whkh is done In this country by the sale of articles in the trade pur porting to be made In Ireland, when they are not so made, aud It Is suggest ed thnt the Justice of the enactment of a law which, so far as the Jurisdiction j of tho federal government can go, would prevent u continuance of this misrepresentation to the public nnd fraud upon those who are entitled to use the statement in the sale of their goods. I think it to be greatly lu the Interest of fair dealing, which ought nlways to be encouraged by law, for congress to enact a law making It a misdemeanor punishable by fine or Im prisonment to use the malls or to put into Interstate commerce any articles of merchandise which bear upon their , face a statement that they have been manufactured In some particular couu try when the fact is otherwise. uilding For Public Archives, I cannot . lose this message without Inviting the attention of congress agaiu to the necessity for the erection of a building to contain the public archives The unsatisfactory distribution of rec - orus. ttie lack or any proper nines or guide to their contents. Is well known to those familiar with the needs of the government In this capital. The laud has been purchased, and nothing re mains now but the erection of a proper building. I transmit a letter written by Profossir J. Franklin Jameson, dl ector of Hie i1nurtiiieiit of liltrlal II1I3UIUU1UII. Ill M IlILMI lit! Mllt'lllvM 1111(1 4m.. nnnnlntml 1 1 . ,... n .u... I .... . . .... . . to brlncr thn mutter to (lie ntientlnn n the president and congress. WM. II. TAFT. The White House, Feb. 2, 1012. LITERARY FREAKS. Curious Styles of Composition Tha Amused Old Timo Writers. With many writers, especially Ii olden times, various curious styles o composition were much In favor. On nlitllnr fnr eriimtile. trnnlil imntnu verses with some particular lette omitted from every stanza. Other would write in such a way that Ih i in u ivau liiv. Duuit: uuv. iv i, ill li mill ill ward, and still others made nnnsrnm It wns fashionable at one time to writ verses In fantastic shapes. n1... .. f ., I ..... I .. .. was imitated, and this was done b lengthening or shortening the llnc3 a required, though with sad detriment t the verse. 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