The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-07

ISaCu utuViN uttAef AtuVfcNeuu sHe tilei
as well as his business. when meeting
face to face, exchanging views. ant
reall4ing from personal contact ",
serve but one interest, that OF oui
mutual prosperity,
SERIOUS misunderstanding can mol
occur where personal good win exist
and opportunity FOR personal explana.
Itlon Is present"
The day has gone by when n eorpor-
Iatlon can be handled successfully IN
defiance OF the public viii. even though
THAT win be unreasonable and wrong
A public may be led. but not driven
and prefer to 80 with II and shape
or modify. In measure, Its opinion,
rather than be swept from my bearings
with loss TO myself and the interests
In my charge.
Publicity. and not secrecy. win win
hereafter. and laws be construed by
their intent and not by their letter,
otherwise public utilities viii be owned
and operated by the public which ere
ated them, even though the service be
less efficient and the result less salts
factory from financial standpoint"
Agriculture,
The department of agriculture has
grown into an educational institution
with faculty OF two thousand special
lists making research into all the
sciences OF production. The congress
Iappropriates. directly and Indirectly,
s6000Ooo annually to carry on this
work. II reaches every state and ter
ritory In the union and the islands OF
the sea lately come under our flag CO.
operation Is had with the state expert
ment stations and with many other
institutions and individuals. The world
is carefully searched for new varieties
Of grains, fruits. grasses. vegetables,
trees and shrubs. suitable to various
localities In our country; and marked
benent to our producers has resulted.
Our Forests.
II Is the cardinal principle OF the
forest reserve policy OF tnis admlnis-
tration that the reserves are for use.
Whatever interferes with the use OF
their resources Is to be avoided by
every possible means. But these re-
sources must be used In such way
as to make them permanent.
The forest policy OF the government
is just now IA subject OF vivid public
interest throughout the west and to the
people OF the United States In general.
The forest reserves themselves are OF
extreme value to the present as well
as to the future welfare OF all the west
.ern public land states. They powerful
ly affect the use and disposal OF the
public lands, They are OF special i'm
portance because they preserve the
water supply and the supply OF timber
for domestic purposes. and so pro-
mote settlement under the reclamation
act. Indeed. they are essential to the
welfare of every one OF the great In
terests OF the west
Forest reserves are created for two
principal purposes. The first is to pre-
serve the water supply. This Is their
most important use The principal
users OF the water thus preserves are
irrigation ranchers and settlers, cities
and towns to whom their municipal
water supplies are OF the very first Inn
portance users and furnlshers OF water
power, and the users OF water for do
nestle. manufacturing mining and
other purposes. All these are directly
dependent upon the forest reserves.
The second reason for which forest
reserves are created is to preserve the
timber supply for various classes OF
wood users. Among the more import
ant fthese are settlers under the re-
clamation act and other acts. for whom
cheap and accessible supply Of timber
for domestic uses is absolutely neces-
sary; miners and prospectors, who are
in serious danger of losing their timber
supply by fire or through export by
lumber companies when timber lands
adjacent to their mines pass into pri-
vate ownership; lumbermen, transpor-
tation companies, builders and COM
mercial interests In general.
Although ten wisdom OF creating for
est reserves Is nearly everywhere
heartily recognized, yet In few locali-
ties theer has been misunderstanding
and complaint. The following state
ment is therefore desirable:
The forest-reserve policy can be sue
cessful only when II has the full sup
port Of the people OF the west. II can
not safely, and should not in any case,
be imposed upo nthem against their
will. But neither can we accept the
views OF those whose only interest in
the forest is temporary; who are anx-
lous to reap what they have not sown
and then move away, leaving desola-
tion behind them. on the contrary, II
is everywhere and always the interest
Of the permanent settler and the perm
anent business man, the man with a
stake in the country, which must be
considered and which must decide.
The making Of forest reserves with
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