St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-29

nor these suggestions.
of the section was to tie up the states
timber.
Section 13 was amended to read as fol-
lows: THE commissioner may sell such
Of the pine timber on the pine land in
this state, and such tamarack and cedar
suitable for posts, telegraph poles or
railroad ties as has been blown or SO
injured by fire that it is liable to waste,
and not otherwise, and nothing in this
act contained shall be so construed as
to authorize the sale of such timber
unless the same has been so injured SO
as to kill and destroy the same, and all
sales of uninjured growing timber here
after made shall be absolutely void.
When such sales are made said COM
missioner shall execute and deliver to
the purchaser a permit to enter upon
the land upon which the timber so in
jured is situated, and to take and re-
move such timber SO injured"
THE VITAL SECTION.
Mr.. Staples said the foregoing was
the vital section of the BILL and, as it
had been amended, the section was
as strong as it could be made. The
occasion for the amendment was that
all timber may be considered liable
to waste, and the amended section
would secure to the state the full con-
troll of its property. Millions of feet
of green growing timber had been
sold, and even now there were many
permits outstanding which ought to
be Cancelled.
Mr.. Mallette thought some plan
might be adopted whereby the entire
tract might be sold if a portion of
the timber only had been damaged.
Mr.. Staples objected to opening the
doors, and said while the state might
lose a few dollars because the grow
ing timber on a damaged section was
not sold, it would be better than to
run the risk of further timber steals.
The only question to be considered
was whether the states timber should
be tied up and preserved or whether
the state would continue to sell it, as
had been the custom in the past He
would like to see a provision inserted
in the bill, as suggested by Mr. NAL
lette, but it could not be done with
out destroying the vital part of the
section. ,ss,H
Mr.. Mallette again urged some pro-
vision under which all the timber on
a partly burned section might be
sold.
Mr.. Staples said far too much of
the growing pine had already been
sold, and he would like to see a bill
passed canceling all the outstanding
permits. The legislature should do
this, and then the holders of the per-
mits must come in and
DEFEND THEM.
Mr.. jacobson said the public lands
committe had tried to find a way to
cover the point raised by Mr. Mallette.
out were unable to frame a section
which would not leave the bars down
Ior future violations of the letter and
intent OF the law. He thought the
state could not make a better invest
ment than to hold fast to it's timber as
the increase of pine by growth is
about per cent per year AS the mat
ter now stood the legislature was
standing between the property of the
state and class Of men who have
made 1t a business and life study to de-
fraud and beat the state.
MI. Mailette urged the insertion of a
provision which would allow the lum
permen to purchase all the timber on
a partially burned-over tract,and main
tanned that the timber could not he
sold unless the entire piece was dis
posed of.
MI Staples said the section was in
tended to protect the state against the
class of men referred to by Mr.. Ia
cobson, and jokingly added: IF they
mad only stolen so per cent of the
states property nothing might have
peen said, but they were not satisfied
with the half and took 70 per cent
j. N. Jones, of Redwood, surprised
the house by the attack he made rpon
the bill and those who supported If
He said he was surprised that the gen
tleman from Dakota county CMr. Sta
ples) had admitted that nothing would
be said when the property of the state
was stolen. The Staples bill was not
perfect, and he believed there was a
loophole in the bill which would allow
the lumbermen to sneak in and get
their permits and take so per cent of
the states property as the gentleman
from Dakota had said He claimed
that there was
POWER BEHIND THE BILL
which woul allow the lumbermen to
steal millions of feet of timber in
Northern Minnesota during the next
four years.
Mr.. Staples sat quietly during the
TRADE which was aimed directly at
him, and when Mr.. Jones had ceased
speaking there was silence for a mo-
ment, then the member from Dakota
arose and said: ''Mr Speaker, I de-
cline to reply to such language"
j. d. Jones, of Todd, wanted some
provision for selling timber and was
opposed to the permit system, He be-
1eved that the proper way to dispose
OF the timber was to sell the land to-
gether with the standing timber.
The section was then passed over
and the balance of the bill was read.
A number of amendments, correcting
the references in the bill to CORE
spond with the remembered sections,
were adopted.
Mr.. Foss objected to the schedule
for scaling fees, and thought thew
should be the same per thousand nc
matter how much or how little timber
was to be scaled.
Mr.. Staples explained that the seal
ing is to be done on the land before
the timber is removed, and where only
few hundreds of thousands of feet
are cut the cost of scaling is greater
than it is where the cut runs up into
the millions of feet.
The time for recess having arrived
it was agreed that call of the house
should be had before a vote was taken
and the speaker declared a recess
until p. m.
Upon reassembling a call of the
mouse was ordered and at 2:20 all but
I'VE Of the members were reported
present. The special order was re-