Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-03-25
Secretary SchurZ on the
Timber Depreda-
lions.
Congress Preventing the
Execution of the
Law.
THE CONTRACT SYSTEM FOR LAND
SURVEYS.
Consular Charges on Chinese I'm.
migrants.
the COMING WAR AGAINST
PRESIDENT HAYES.
lsrsoiAL DisrArcu To u Com HILL
DAILY Naval
Consular Charges on Chinese I'm.
migrants.
the COMING WAR AGAINST
PRESIDENT HAYES.
lsrsoiAL DISPATCH TO THE Goi.D ~
DAILY NEws.l
Timber D%eprcda.Ions.

Il oshhA n IA ea ~
deprcdAtions. says the appropriation for
the discovery and prosecution OF timber
d~epredators. reduced as II has been to
81, 1000 by the Senate, will. under present
circumstances. not DO suficien, to prepare
tho necessary testimony for the trial Of
many cases now pending In the different
! States. In many instances II Will DO
| necessary, In order to complete the testi-
| mony, to employ surveying parties 10 TO
| trace tho lines whore deprcdations have
| been committed, 10 a. 10 enable the Gov
| eminent 10 show Authoritatiyely the par
ticular subdivision Of the public lands
| upon which timber has been cut, and this
| costs money. As q preparation this testi'
mony 10 the most Imperative thing to be
done at prosont. We shall have to apply
| the money appropriated 10 that purpose
and VIZ shall he Obliged to abandon the
investigation Of deprcdations. This Is
rather undertaking than oyerstahng
the case. I consider II my duty a. III Of
flcer 10 tho Government 10 execute the
laws by making an appropriation Tor the
prosecution Of timber depredAtions. hui
II Congress makes that appropriation so
small as TO restrict me TO & very limited
sphere OF action. such nm act will be con-
sidored "a virtually q proclamation TO tho
timber depredators OF tho country to 30 In
and make themselves comfortable, ii they
are assured that the Government will no
longer have tho means To interfere with
them. The amendment to the bill, pro.
| hibiting tho usc 81 tho money appropria.
| ton for the seizure Of any timber cut upon
the public lands Of the Territories, which
h not for expectation from tho Territory
of tho Unithd States where the lumber
grew, will. In my opinion. have this effect.
In the Territories Of Montana. Idaho,
Wyoming, Utah and Dakota, indiscrimi-
| pato destruction Of tho forests will 50 ON ~
heretofore, without any interference or
regulation on the part Of the Government,
unless further legislation bo bad, and i
am confident the time IL not far distant
when tho people, especially 81 mountain
Gus regions, will look with great regret at
their mountains, stripped Of their forest
growth, which, when once destroyed, Will
never reproduce itself, AMI remember the
effort made TO save IL from destruction,
and tho disastrous consequences which IN
eyitably must follow, which effort has now
been defeated. There Ia ono Territory
from which an extensive expectation OF
timber taken from public lands, especially
sbip building timber. has been going on
that IL, this Territory Of Washington. Even
II this small appropriation now made %
not absorbed by other necessities, u would
DO impossible To nso II with any considera-
effect 10 stop the aforesaid expectation.
Tho Department would not be able to use
the money for said purpose unless the in
tention Of expectation DO c0nclusively
shown. The difficulty In showing that In.
tcntion Ia apparent, II we are prohibited
from using this appropriation In making
seizures Of timber cut upon the public
lands on the spot where II is cut In logs or
| Blooms, or In the timber yards of dealers
| and speculators, and are restricted 10
seizures made where the intent to export
Ia clear, that IL to say at tho shipping
! places In the country. with 30 many inletS
| aud little harborsa N Washington Territory.
| We can succeed only In very rare instances
| ever with q larger appropriation. IL would
! DO impossible for us under snch restric'
! lions 10 prevent tho bulk Of thai He
| gitimats trade from going ON as before
and the stealing Of public timber will
therefore, In all probability. DO carried on
I upon q greater scale than before. with this
| announcement. II il noteworthy that the
law prohibiting the taking Of timber from
\ public lands Ia not repealed by this act.
\ What tho aot really does IL 10 render tho
| Government unable to execute the law,
| the Justice and validity Of which has ever
been questioned until the present time.
In my recent report TO Congress In rela'
4 lion 10 tho efforts made 10 suppress depro.