St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-18
MINNESOTA pine LANDS.
ANEAT ScHEME TO CLOSE OUT ALI
TRGT rs Left
MAJ. BALDWIN HN OPPOSITION.
An Innocent Bill Which Has Been
Transformed Into d Big Wood
chuck-An Apparent Intention
to Railroad 1t Through - 4
Complete Exposure of the
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SpecIsl to the Globe
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.-THE most re-
cent attempt at scheme for finishing
up the pine land remnants in Mime
sofa was found hidden away in most
innocent little bill introduced on the 4th
day of this month into the house of rep
reSentatlves by Mr.. McRea. 1t was
entitled "a bill to protect public forest
reservations" and provided as follows:
Section. l. That all public lands here
tofore set apart and reserved by the pres
ident Of the United States under The
provisions of the act approved March 3,
1891, or that may hereafter be set aside
and reserved as public forest reserva-
tons, shall De, as far as practicable,
controlled and administered III accord
ance with the provisions of this act.
Sec. =. That no public forest reser-
vaIions shall be established except 10
improve and protect the forest within
the reservation or for the purpose OF
securing favorable conditions of water
flow and continuous supplies OF timber
10 the people.
Sec. 3. That the secretary of the in
terror shall make provisions for the pro-
the public forest reservations set aside,
OF that may be set aside, under the SAID
act of March 3, 1891. ana he may make
such rules and regulations and establish
such service as will insure the objects
OF such reservations, namely, 10 regu-
late their occupancy. to utilize the tlm-
Der of commercial value, and to pre-
serve the forest cover from destruction.
Provided, That no timber OF commercial
value shall be sold except to the highest
bidder on sealed proposals after due aD-
praise ment, rs hereinafter provided, at
not less than the appraised value thereof.
Sec. f. That before any sale OF tim
Der Of commercial value on any forest
reservation shall be made. notice thereof
shall be given Tor at least thirty days in
a newspaper of general circulation
printed and published in the state or
territory, which shall be published,
Wien practicable, in the county III
which the same is situated, describing
by numbers the tracts Of land Oil which
the same is situated and the location
thereof, and designating the land office
of the district in which the land is stu
ated as the place where such sealed pro-
poSalS will be received, and stating the
time within when such sealed proposals
will be. received. All such sales shall
be for cash, payable at the time of sale
at the land Office of the district i'll
which the land is situated, and the pro-
ceedS shall he accounted for by the
receiver Of such land office in a separate
account, and shall be covered into the
treasury as special fund to be eX-
pended in the care and management of
such reservations i'll such manner as
congress may provide.
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hereby authorized to make such detail
of troops for the purpose Of protecting
said reservations as line secretary Of the
interior MAY tQuire.
Sec. q. That any public lands elm
braccd within the limits OF the forest re-
serve, which, after due examination,
Shall be found better adapted to agri-
cultural than forest uses, may be re-
stored 10 The public domain upon the
rec characterization of the secretary of the
interior, with the approval of the presi-
dent, after sixty days public notice in
TWO newspapers Of general circulation
Ill the state or territory where the
reservation Is situated.
The act as originally drawn and intro
duced ended here, and its careful Pc
ruSal will show that it was not merely
innocuous, but in many respects praise
worthy.
The intention of Mr.. McRea was to
protect the forest reSerYcS-Slmply that
and nothing more.
The bill Ill Its regular course was re-
ferred to the committee Oh public land,
aud the committee forwarded it to the
general lard Office for revision. AS it
went to the land office the provisions of
The bill did not affect any lands except
those announced as forest reserves, TO
wit:
in Colorado White river plateau,
Pixies Peak. Plum Creek, Wet Mount
ain, North Fork.
In New MeXico-Pecos River.
In ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Park ex-
tension.
In North Dakota-TurtIe Mountain.
In " aShiugton-Mountk Rainier.
In OrrgOn-Bull kuD. Cascade Mount
ain.
In California-San Madre, San Ber-
nardino. Sierra Nevada.
Making in all about 10000, goo acres.
There being no forestry reserves in
Minnesota and Wisconsin, those states
were not touched by the original bill.
When ii came back from the general
land office, however, the report drawn
and signed by Edward A. Bowers, dep
uty commissioner of the general land
Office) recommended the passage of the
bill, with the following sections to be
added:
''Section 7. That any timber on the
public lands, not within forest reser-
vatlOn, may be sold by order of the sec
Rotary of the interior in the same man-
her as is heretofore provided in this act :;
provided, that 1t shall be first shown
that such cutting will not be Injurious
to the public interests: And provided
further, that no timber on the public
LANDS shall be disposed of except i'll ac-
cordance with the provisions of this
act.
"Sec. s. That all acts and parts of
this act are hereby repealed"
The house committee on public lands
reported back the bill, UNANIMOUSLY rec
Ommending its passage, with the amend
ments as drawn by Mr.. Bowens.
When the report was read the hair be-
gan Ia raise on the venerable head of
Maj. Baldwin, who represents the Sixth
Minnesota district. The countepance
OF section was as familiar as that of
an Old friend. 1t was similar pro-
vision in the Chippewa treaty under
which the pine land ring in Minnesota
has gobbled, or is trying to gobble, all
OF The remaining pine lands in Mime
sofa. 1t was just this provision that
Maj. Baldwin denounced from the
stump all over the Sixth district during
the last campaign.
Following the recommendation in the
report of Mr.. Bowers was this child
like and bland paragraphs:
"'Ihls Office has received Information
from various sources, including men en-
gagged Ill the numbering business. that
law permitting the sale of public tim