St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1866-06-07
FORREST TREES.
Not long sirse, Hon: I. Dounel,y offered
in Congress- the, following resolution:

nnent, ana OF tnelY paramount importance III the
settlement and ooeuPaney'of the country, that tho
coinnstue public lands DO directed to inquire il
system, cannot be devised whereby the planting of
tue Of timber by liberal donations Of public LANDS,
to Individuals corporations by the reservation Of
the adjoining SECTIONS by the government at in-
lans granted or portion or part thereof to be
til. community. a 7''7'l '';s'''7 - 7}7'
,,Thereupon tho editor of the ST., Paul
Prev writes an article. !; He is given to wri:7'
ting articles; in quantity they are legion,
in quality, -. He is specially given to
writing articles coneerning, the Member Of
Congress from this District. He attacks
him as 6ercely as turkey gobbler does a
piece Of red flannel, and, with just about,
as much intelligence, (aad We do not, in
this comparison, mean any disrespect to
the gobbler aforesaid. ...f,..,. ,...., ....,
The outrageous article called forth BY
this resolution Of Mr.. Donnelly's may be
found In the Press Of May Goth. Although,
The date is somewhat remote-.-our columns
being too much; crowded at the time to ad-
nit Of any notice, and. indeed, they are al
most so yet-ws can assure our. readers
that The article is as fresh and. verdant rs
the day it sprouted from the prolific ed,-.
torial grass-patch. This is, q rare and
charming popularity Of oil the editorials
in that paper. They are Of the: perennial
Species They are green summer and win
ter and just rs green ten years after, as
the morning their tiny leaves first twinkled
with tie early dew and then y. - &C. &C.,. :.
"Their glossy green to shame might bring @i9. ,
The verdare Of the early spring.
We wish We could do better justice to
this marked characteristic of the. Pres ar
ticles,, for it is the only one they have. The
attack on Mr. Donnelly's resolution is with,
out pith. point. tense, argument, ability,
reason or any kindred quality. It there
fore presents, in itself, no opportunity for
reply but it has served the good purpose
of-calaing our special attention to the re-
marks Of leading journals, East and West,
on this resolution. One Of these, the Chi
eazo Daily Tribune, the ablest journal in
the West, in its issue Of May 9th, devotes
= leading article to the subject Of ..Forest
Trees" from which we make room for
several extracts. that our readers may
see how the matter proposed by Mr.. Don
nelly is viewed by men Of reason and abil-
.ny:2 t:a,s} Z 81. ,r.air- 80. il .g.5aasY
The question of tree culture beginning to attract
no little attention in the c"untry-not 80 much as
ought Sst enough to warrant the expectation that
nelly, OF Minnesota, has introduced bill In Con-
&ress to the growth Of forest trees on the
Of the Committee On Public Lands which the para
mount importance Of the subject invites Nearly ten
years ago. and from that time at intervals to the
t r'1 n,a1e es t the
necessity Of tree culture =; The most o,yiou.
fencing, fuel and building fs their shade, their
Ms,o s e =. 4 res We sh SI.
turs neglected Now and then a farmer defic. publc
BY planting forest but with the great BODY u
the '.se 70 , mot 70
nothing is being done to meet the growing want.y-
Agricultural societies pay premiums for giant radish
20, yltallzed ta0w monsters, patchwork quilts, and
tho Jim crackery upon which women waste their time
and ruin their eyesght but We have yet to hear that
any body Of has advertised limited atm
premium for the best grove OF trees planted by the
hand Of man, OF that they nave ofered prize. for
Tue o.t n ,s q s re
pays more Tor wood and lumber than Tor bee OF pork
or bread: 4 u, : ,s,ttt, rts, 49,. 4!
W conrse. when xe appeal ~ W. sfern
men ~ mass In this specuatlng aud naterialistc'
ago. the gains TO Ike gathered in following this course
or that must be put In tho prominent place. The
greater than those Of any other agricultural invest
mont. We do not mean that any ono may SOW locust
seeds thi. reap crop Of whip stocks trouting