The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-12-06


E OF transferrirg lands for use as forest re-
serves 10 The department. o. africhturs;
| lie ALREADY has such power ~ the case OF
lands needed by the departments OF var
and the navy"
Irrigation In connection With the waste
LANDS vi the west 10 "A question 10 which
the pg cs.dtnt gives considerable attention,
and makes sliOng recUmmrf cations Tor
COVE 1Imtnt assurance IN ree.Aifning TIE
waste lands py assisting m lhelr iirisA-
ton and the control OF water rights wnsr-
ever 1hat Is possible. and OF this ne says:
lin the ard region IL Is water. not lane,
when meas uges production Inc western
hat Ql The United states would sustain a
! population greater than that Of our whole
country To-Day II the waters thar now run
TO waste were saved and USED iof lftiSA-
tion. The forest and water problems are
perhaps the most Nltal internal qGesllShs
" the United States.
In cases where natural conditions have
been restored or a few years vegetation
has again carprtec the ground. BIRDS anc
deer are coming back, ard huncrecs OF
persons, especially from tho immediate
neghborhooc, come each summer 10 eng ~
the privilege 81 camping some AZ lesfel
cf the forest reserves should afford per-
petuAl protection 70 the native fauna and
nora. sale Ravens OF refuge 70 our :. puiy
diminishing WIG animals of the larger
kinds ard free camping grounds for TIE
ever ncseassag numbers or men Arc wom-
en- VINO nave learned tp mo rest. htalth
and recreation IN the splendid forests and
hower-clad meadows Ok our mountains
The forest reserves should be set apart
tQrever Tor the use and benefit Of our pco-
PIE as whole and not sacrificed 10 he
snort lighted greed OF few.
The forests alone cannot. however. fully
regulate and conserve the waters OF the
arid region. Great storage works are nee
essary TO equalze the TOW OF streams and
70 save the Hood waters. Their construc-
ton has been concllsNely shown 10 be an
undertaking too vast for private effort
Nor can II be best accomplished by the in
dividual states acting alone. Far-reaching
inters ate problems are Involved. and the
resources Of single states would often he
made qGaie Ii IS properly a national
Junction, at least IN sumo OF its features,
II IS as right for the national government
10 make the streams and rivers or the
arid region useful by engineering works
rivers and hartors OF the humid region 10y
engine erng works Ell another KIND. The
storing Of the floods IN reservoirs al the
headw aters OF our rivers is but an en-
largement of our present lol.cN Of river
control under which leNets are built on
the lower reaches OF the same streams.
The government should construct and
maintain these reservoirs as IL does Oiher
public works Where their purpose Il 10
regulate the flow Of streams the water
should he turned freely into the channels
In the dry season 10 take the same course
under the same laws as the natural now.
The recla nation and settlement or the
arid lands Will enrich every portion OF
our county. JUS as the settlement Or the
Ohio and Mississippi valleys brought pros
pcrity TO the Atlantic states. The in
creased demand fer manufacturer arti-
Cles W III stimulate industrial production,
while wider home markets and the trade
or Asia viii consume the larger food sup
plies and effcCtually prevent western
Compe titlun Wlth eastern agriculture. In
deed. the products OF irrigation VIII be
consumed chI-Ny in upbuilding local ccn-
tiers Of mining and other Industries which
would o,herwis. not come INTO existence
at an. our pc ple as whole Will proNt.
for successful homemakius Is Dut another
name for the uNuuidins ~ the nation.
He counsels against attempting TOO Much
al the beginr.Ig bot ADVISES mat we lei
expert rec on smaA pan teAcA ~ pos
s!b!l!t.ss Of greater undertaking.. lie also
cites the conditions under which the set
tiers OF the west are attempting 10 bul.c
homes on .hese arid lands. and says.
THE stca:ity ard value OF the homes
create lepsrd largely on the stability OF
titles 70 water. but the majority OF these
rest on the uncertain iourcaton ot court
Gecls14r> rendered III Ordinary suits at
Jaw. MYTH a few crf ctta bic exec rtlors.
the arid states have failed 20 prov de for
the certain ard Just division OF streams n
times ~ scarcity. Lax ard uncertain laws
have made X poss bic ~ tstahliSh rights
cessitics, and mary streams Fave . lady
passed Into private Ownership or 4 control
equivalent 70 ownership
'Whoevsr controls stream practically
control the land II renders productive. ard
the doctrine 81 private ewr'fHhip ~ water
apart from lard cannot m san Without
causing enduring wrong The recoenition
NJ such ownership which has be- per-
ml,tec 70 grow UP N the arid regions
should give way 70 a mora enlightened ard
larger recorritior OF the ri-hts ~ the pub
lic water supplies Laws fanrcfe rrer
conditions obtaining M hum n re~i0r- ..
where water Is too ahrr6art ~ justify
hoardlrr II have no proper app cation IA
III tn aria states TIRE o~.v rfrr- Is wr-er
which ~hruc he rfcneh.ztd y that - use.
n frefrnn rsr,t.~ nefrr'uaI ,et
fi~ht~ NJ other tran Users without
cnnrs -a.ior 'o the puNiic .s w. in ESQ
rer-~ rrff tr4~ ci SEES "a he public mn IL
IDS ~ 70 GIFT \ ffw M tNr western
fevf -c'-po' tff In their ccrstitut!r~s
the c1-tr,te of perpetual state ownership
rbc Coionics.
Cons laerable attention is given the col
onies. and especially the Philippines This
section Of the message begins by citing
the needs u Hawaii and Porto Rico, or
which he says.
In Hawaii our aim must be TO develop
the territory on the traditional American
lines. We do not wish a region OF large
estates titled hy cheap labor. We wish a
ht althy Anne rican community OF men
who themselves till the farms they own
All our legislation fvr the islands should
be shaped wiih this end IN view. The Well
being Of the average homemaEe! must
aff0fl the tsIc test ~ the healthy devel-
opmc mt OF the Islands, The land policy
should as nearly as possible he u3aaiad
on our homestead system.
OF Porto Rico he says NE island IS thriv-
ing as never before. and is being admins
tered .fiicienly aid honestly lie deems
no legi station necessary except that con-
corning the public lands Of the island.
lie calls attention to the fact that IN
Cuba the Ind pendent government Of the
is.arG Will soon be tn COn.rul. arc he the
same connection urges strongly the need
OF IT, Yro'dl trade relat ons with the ne "
nation. upon which subject he says.
'.In the case 81 Cuba there are weighty
reasons ~ morality ard Of national inter-
est why the policy should be held 20 have
a peculiar application. ard ] most earnest
~ ask your attention TO the wisdom. Indeed
20 the vital need. OF providing for "A sub
startiai reduction in the tariff duties on
cuban imports into the United States
Cuba has IN her constitution affirmed what
we desired that she should stand I'm inter-
national matters In closer an more friend
IN relations with us than with any other
power. and we are bound by every corgid-
Grafton OF honor and expedisncy 20 pass
comm rclal measures In the Interest OF
her m q terlal well being"
For the Philippines he recommends much
In the way OF legislation. but again cotn-
sells caution that we 20 neither too far nor
with TOO great haste. lie says: I'VE hope
to make our administration Of the Islands
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