Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-12-11

within its jarisdistion this us IS so t and
that END Rt ths same anne
time It must not be forgotten that our
h tn }Sa whcn
aows Nothing' could be more foolish i t than
the enactment :of legislation which would
unnecessarily interfere with the develop
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/ Gsss sAgricultura1 Interests.
The president cites the forest legislation
OF the past and the great good Of forest
Inevitably be Of still greater Value. Con- on.
IA present re +. protection Of the forest
Der With the United States geological sur sur
TIVE @ for their
eral ADVANCEMENT Of practical forestry in
tons Should Be United IN the i bureau n Of
forestry, to which, they properly belong.
The present diffusion. Of responsibility IS
+ that effective cooperation between the
government and the men who utilize the
res ct the ne wtheut WHICH
scientific bureaus generally should be put
under the department of agriculture. The
president should have by law the power
serves TO- the department. Of agriculture.
He already has such power in the case of
LAMBS LAM fh NEEDED by the Of war
| irrigation In connection with the waste
| lands OF the west 10 a question to which
makes sfos fo
waste lands by assisting in their irrig ga
ever that is possible and Of this he says:
| IN the arid region 1t Is water. not land.
wv a, measures Qsa Production The western
population greater than that Of our whole
country to-day it the waters that now run
TO waste We're saved and used for irriga-
perhaps the most vital internal questions
Of the United States. r.
In cases where natural conditions have
has again carpeted the ground, birds and
deer are coming back and hundreds of
persons, especially from the. immediate
the privilege of camping. Some at least
OF the forest reserves should afford per-
petual protection to the native fauna and
diminishing. wild animals of the larger
kinds and free camping grounds for the
ever-increasing numbers Of men and wom-
and recreation in the splendid forests and
mower-clad meadows of our mountains
Inc forest reserves should be set apart
forever for the use and benefit of our peo-
shortsighted greed Of a few"
| me forests alone cannot, however, fully
arid region. Great storage works are nee
esSary to- eQualize the flow of streams and
to save the flood waters. Their construc-
too to BE-
NOR can it be best accomplished by the in
| dlv1dual states acting alone. Far-reaching
interstate; problems are involved. and the
| resources OF single states would often be
| inadequate. It is properly a national
function. at least in some Of its features:
It is as right for the national government
arid region useful by engineering works
| Tor water storage as to make useful the
rivers and harbors of the humid region by
engineering works Of another kind. The
storing of the floods in reservoirs at the
headwaters of our rivers is but an en-
largement of our present policy Of river
the lower reaches of the same streams. .
The government should construct and
maintain these reservoirs as it does other
| public works. Where their purpose Is to
| should be turned freely into the channels
| In the dry season to take the same course
under the same laws as the natural now
| arid lands will enrich every portion OF
| our country, just as the settlement of the
Ohio and Mississippi valleys brought pros
| perity to the Atlantic states. The in
! creased demand for manufactured arti-
cles will stimulate industrial production,
while wider home markets and the trade
| of Asia will consume the larger food sup
plies and effectually prevent western
| competition with eastern agriculture: In
! deed. the products Of irrigation will be
tiers Of mining and other industries which
would otherwise not come into existence
at all. Our people as whole will profit,
name nal for the he upbuildine Of the nation"
He counsels against attempting too much
at the beginning, but advises that We let
e. on small Plan teaeh tae pG so
cites the conditions under which the set
tiers of the west are attempting to build
homes on these arid lands, and says:
created depend largely on the stability of
titles to water, but the majority of these
rest on the uncertain foundation of court
decisions rendered in ordinary suits at
law. With a few creditable exceptions,
the arid states Nave failed to provide for
the certain and just division Of streams in
have made it possible to establish rights
to water in excess Of actual uses or ne
and
equivalent to ownership. :,
whoever controls a stream practically
controls the land it renders productive, and
the doctrine of private ownership of water
apart from land cannot prevail without
causing enduring wrong: The recognition
Of such ownership. which has been per-
larger Recognition of the rights Of the pub
lie in the control and disposal Of the pub
conditions obtaining in humid regions,
where water Is too abundant to justify
boarding 1t, have no proper application in
dry country.
which should be recognized is that of use.
| In irrigation this right should attach to
land and be
rights to other than users without
compensation to the public is open to all
psnchsas p e to 5ubs
! ties Of the cities. A few of the western
states have already recognized this and
the doctrine Of perpetual state ownership
| Of water d
The Colonies.
| Considerable attention is given the col
| onies, and especially the Philippines. This
section Of the message begins by citing
the needs of Hawaii and Porto Rico. Of
which he says:
TN Hawaii our aim must be to develop
the territory on the traditional American
Estates tiled by y' cheap labor We 81 WISH iiiss
| healthy American community of men
who themselves till the farms they own.
All our Hesitation. for the is! islands should
being Of the average homemaker must
afrord the true test of the healthy devel-
Of the Islands Mhs 6s RGey
| on our homestead system"
| OF Porto Rico he says the island Is thriv-
| ing as never before, and is being admins
| tered efficiently and honestly He deems
| no legislation necessary except that con-
| corning the public lands Of the island.
He calls attention to the fact that in
| Island will soon be in control, and in the
| same connection urges strongly the need
| of reciprocal trade relations with the new
nation, upon which subject he says:
"In the case Of Cuba there are weighty
| reasons Of morality and Of national inter
est why the policy should be hell to have
| " ask your attention to the wisdom, ind eed
to the vital need. of providing for sub
l2stantial. reduction in the tariff duties on
| Cuba has in her constitution affirmed what