The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-12-10

HHFNV ~ VuUH- tt VIII Only QuaEtI0H o
tins when the large amounts paid TO these
countries will be paid to our own people The
| reclamation OF alkait lands IL progressing,
/ to sive obJsct~lsssona 10 our people In meth
ods by which worthless lands may be made
| productive.
The insect friends and ennios OF the farm
cr arc getting attention. The enemy of the
san Jowe scale was found near the Great
wall OF China. and IL now cleaning up all
our orchards The ng-fertilixing insect Inn
ported from Turkey has helped to establish
an industry in California that amounts to
from 30 TO 100 tons OF dried ngs annually,
ana Is extending over the Pacific Coast. a
parasitic ny from South Africa 10 keeping
IN sub1ection the black scale. the worst pest
fornia
Careful preliminary work is being done
towards producing our own silk The null
Terry ~ being distributed In large numbers.
eggs are being imported and distributed Inn
proved reels we're imported from Europe
ianf year, and two expert reelers were
brought TO Washington to reel the crop of
cocoons and teach lie arr ia our own ueo-
pie.
The cro-reporting system OF the Depart
ment OF Agriculture is being brought closer
to accuracy every year 1t has $50 900 re-
portars selected from people In eight voca-
lions IN life. IT has arrangements with
most European countries for interchange
compete
During the 2M years that have elapsed
since tha passage OF the reclamation act
rapid progress has been made In tho sur.
seys and examinations Of the opportunities
for reclamation Ia the Is states and three
territories OF ths arid West Construction
,., has already been be-
irrigation gun on the largest and
most important of the
IRRIGATION Works. and plans ara being COM
nisted for works which VIII utilize the funds
now available The operations are being
carried on by the Reclamation Service, a
corps or engineers selected through eompeti-
tive ctsll-service examinations This corps
inc1udaa experienced consulting and con
strnotlns engineers ms well aa various ax-
pertH M mechanical and legal matters. and
~ composed largely OF men who have spent
most OF their lives In practical affairs con
iectsn with irrigation. The larger problems
nave been solved. and II remains to
execute with care. economy. and thorough
ness the work which has been laid out An
Important details are being carefully con
hlusfed by boards OF consulting engineers
selected for their thorough knowledge and |
practical experience. Each project Is taken |
up on the ground by competent men and
viewed from the standpoint OF the creation |
or prosperous homes, and OF promptly refund |
ing 10 the Treasury the cost OF construction |
the reclamation act has been found TO be
remarkably complete and effective and SO |
broad In its provisions that wide range of
Undertakings has been possible under IT, Al |
,,, same time. economy Is guaranteed by
the fhct that funds must ultimately be re-
turned 70 be used over again.
II ~ the cardinal principle of the forest
reserve policy OF this Administration that
tho reserves are for /
FORESTS use. Whatever inter-
feres with the use OF
.heis resources Is to be avoided by every
possible means. But these resources must
be used In Euch way as to make them,
permanent
the forest policy OF the Government is
lust now a subject OF vivid public Interest
throtghout the West and TO the people of
the United States In general. The forest re-
~, themselves are OF extreme value to
'n@ present as well as to the future welfare
or All the Wsrtern pubIgc-lsnd states They
powertuiy aFect the use and disposal of
VIZ pubic lands They sFs ~ special Inn
portance because they preserve the water
supply and the supply of timber for domestic
purposes and so pronote settlement under
'ne reclamation act. Indeed they are es-
acntiai to the welfare OF every one OF the
great interest of the West
Forest reserves created for two prin-
uipai purposes. The hrst' Is to preserve the
water supply This Is their most important
use The principal users OF the water thus
preserved are irrigation ranchers and set
l aaa,s, e'saes ana towns TO whom their mu-
noipai water supplies OF the very first
Importance, users and furnlshers of water
power. and the users OF water for domestic
!. Z, 9"ulAceurins, mining. and other purposes
'orest reserves ~
The second reason TOR which forest re-
serves are created Is to preserve the finhar
supply for various classes Of wood uaera
among the more important OF these are set
iers under the reclamation act and other
tets, Tor whom a cheap and accessible sun
ply of timber for domestic uses Is ahsoluteiv
necessary; miners and prospectors who are
n serious danger OF losing their timber sup
ny ny nre or through export by lumber com
,anies when timber lands adjacent to their
Mines pass into private ownership; lumber
nen, transportation companies builders, and
commercial interests In general
Although the wisdom of creating forest re-
erses Is nearly everywhere heartily recog-
lized, yet In q few localities there have been
and complaint The fol
owing statement Is therefore desirable.
The fore~t-reserve policy can be successful
My whom y has the fun support OF the peo-
lie OF the West IL cannot safely and should |
'ot In any case, be imposed upon them |
eanst their will. But neither can wa 49,
ept tho views OF those whose only interest
the Forest In temporary; who are anxious
o reap what they have not sown and then
move away, leaving desoiation behind them ,
m the contrary, IL Is everywhere and always
he Interest OF tho permanent settler and :
ne permanent business man. the man with ,
take IN the country. which must bs con-
idered. and which must decide
The making OF forest reserves within ratl
DAD ana wagon-road land-grant limits will !
ereafter as for. the past three years be so :
aanased as TO prevent the issue. under the |
ct OF June =. 1897. Of base for exchange or :
ECU selection casually called scrip) In All
asses where forest reserves within areas .
ovessa py land grants appear to be essen q
al 10 the prosperity OF settlers. miners or
thers. the Government lands within aueh I,
roposed forest reserves Will, as In the recent ]
asst, be withdrawn from sale or entry nend | ,
is the completion OF such nsgotlatlons Win :
ao owners of the land grants as will prevent !
ne creation Of so-cailed scrip
<9 l.
aserves without first getting dennita anH I
etailed Information as to the character ~ 2
nd ana timber Within their boundaries This "
'ethod Of action often resulted In hall, y
noaen boundaries and consequent intnsttce n
settlers and others. Therefore This Ad $
Illustration adopted the present method OF ?
~ Withdrawing the land from disposal =,
allowed BY careful examination on the II
round and the preparation OF detailed mans =
no descriptions, before any forest reserve
have repeatedly called atterttor % a.. h
which exists In Government forsst q
alters because the work Is scattered among h
Iee independent organizations. The United
u.s. ~ the only one OF the great nations
which the forest work OF the covarnmont
not concentrated under one department. cl
Son-onance with the plainest dictates Of W
.scnt a,.ra ana common sense. The y
's ,', "ransement Is bad from every point g
Ne". Merely TO mention Il Is to prove o.
ny y should be terminated at once ASH a
~ ~ ~ recommended, all the forest =
- ~ the government should be concen- 6
ateu IN the Department o. Arricolture O
M ane l"rker part Of that work Is already 70
rsxtars $500 ~ praetlcally all OF the trained m
.esso's OF the Government are emplovod IT.
nste smelly In Washington there ~ cam 70
~ " hfSt-hand knowledge OF the prob II
49, - Wy reserves acquired on the ground tr
80 ~ problems relating to growth from al
2 SOIL are already gathered ana ,vhero ~ In
I sciences auxiliary 60 forestry are NJ hand N
. I pso"ps ana effective cooperation These nc
e" ar" decisive In themselves hut AZ &C
Guild be added that the vreat orgsnt.asto y
vi.iaehs whose interests are affected nv tha en-
~ - ,ess,Fes. such as the National Live be
~ Association, the National Nvooirro,yers, oh
ISOLATION, the American Mintn~ ,s 80
Netionai Irrigation Congress a,sd ~ Ju
.uonai Hoard Of Trade. have ,,nIferuir I'd
nrc~s., y. 1no most Of them repeatedly ms
'' ,s'.'1 themselves In favor OF piaeins so
Government forest work in the fsnars les
my OF Agriculture because ~ ths n..,.,rt. str
" arus o. ina. Department for H. II tol
Nue. also. that the forest servfces - RET
FR All the great nations OF the ys,ris " Gu