Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-06

forest reserves involves expense and
the law contemplates that those ag-
grega tons of capital represented by
corporations shall bear a part of the
burden where they are the direct BEN
Iefciaries. In other words the govern
ment gives freely to the poor and the
needy. the prospector, farmer and the
like but insists that prosperous cor
porations shall pay for what they re-
ceive. Such in substance is the policy
of the government in handling timber
on the forest reserves so far as actual
( consumers are concerned. Is it not fair
! and reasonable?
In addition to disposing of timber
/ to persons and corporations for their
own use as above indicated, the gov
eminent also sells reserve timber to
any one wishing to purchase condi-
toned only that the timber shall not
be shipped out of the state when
grown andt hat in the cutting and re-
moval care for the safety of remaining
forest shall be exercised. A firm of
business men right here in Lewiston
recently purchased large quantity of
timber from the Bitter Root reserve to
supply the demands of their manufac-
turing establishment.
compliant has been made regarding
the regulation requiring permits to be
taken ont by those persons ,desirous
of accupying and using forest reserve
lands for other than mining purposes.
If we consider the object for which the
reserves are established the reasonable
ness of the regulation will be apparent.
The lands are withdrawn from settle
ment and reserved for a specific, be-
neficent purpose, yet at the same time
it is fully understood that to satisfy
the demands of people, miners and 9TH
ers, rightfully within the reserves all
the various branches of trade and bust
ness are necessary To prohibit the
use of reserve lands in that behalf
would debar every one from entering
and prevent mineral development; to
allow the unrestricted use of such lands
by all who see fit /" occupy them would
practically abolish the reservation and
totally defeat the object of the law.
Wise is it, therefore, and reasonable, |
that those who wise to engage in or
binary trade and business within a
reserve should secure permission to do
so from the department to which is |
confided the care and protection of the |
reserves. To justify the presence of
any business or trading establishment |
on a reserve the fact that it is for
the convenience and benefit of the peo-
pie there should appear as should also
the fact that the establishment will not |
be an obstacle to the accomplishment |
of the very ends for which the reserve
was created The permit feature of the |
regulations is a necessary corollary of |
the law.
"Some applicants for permits object |
to provision of the permits requiring |
holders to aid forest officers in the |
extinguishment of forest fires when |
called upon for help. Such call is
never made except when the fire is in |
the immediate vicinity of the permit |
holders place of business. He is in
reality only asked to help protect his
own property from destruction. In the
absence of forest officers he would in
self protection. voluntarily do what
liipnC ohlNClo Sllilply noh I'LL W iCip W
do. No great hardship this. Viewed |
in another light the matter appears the
same: the maxim whatever is worth
having is worth paying for applies. A
permit costs the applicant absolutely
nothing in money, yet it is valuable to
him, and it would seem that service in
fighting a fire which menaces his prop
erty is q trivial cOnSidera ton in return
for a privilege which makes the very
existence of that property in that place
possible.
Another point of objection to some
reserves is that lands valuable for ag-
ricultural uses are included and con-
sequently that places which might be
made into comfortable homes are
closed to settlement. The objection is
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