Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-05

bN Adt ~ III my power lies zach Nnt
every such W~rong-doer shall be relent
lessly hunted down; In no instance n
the past has he been spared. in no I'm
stance In the future h he be spared
Ills crime Is q crime against every hon
est man In the nation, for IL is a Grim,
against the whole bod polite. Yet In
dwelling on such misdeeds, IL Is unjus
not TO add that they are altogether ex
ceptional, and that on the whole IN,
employees OF the government render up
right and faithful service to the people
Ihere are exceptions notably In one o.
TWO branches of the services; but at n,
time In the nations history has tn,
public service OF the nation taken as Z
hole stood on "a higher plane tina,
now alike as regards honesty and as re
] garus efficiency.
Condition Of Public Land Laws.
once again i call your attention to tn,
condition of the public land laws. Re
g gentc ~uepei9pmenIs have given new ur
Will fit these laws to actual presen
conditions. The honest DISPOSAL an,
rght use OF the remaining public landi
Is or fundamental Importance. The in
iquitous methods by which the monop
olizing OF the public lands Is beinI
brought about under the present lawi
are becoming more generally known, buI
the existing laws do not furnish effect.
I'VE remedies. The recommendations o.
the Public Lands Commission upon thil
subject are wise and should be giver
The creation Of small irrigated farm,
under the reclamation act is a powerful
offset to the tendency OF certain Other
laws TO foster or permit monopoly Oi
the land. Under that act the construc.
tion of great Irrigation works has beer
proceeding rapidly and successfully, tht
lands reclaimed are eagerly taken up
and the prospect that the policy of ma
tional irrigation Will accomplish all tina
was expected of II is bright. The act
should be extended to include the state
The reclamation act derives much of
its value from the fact that II tends 20
secure the greatest possible number of
homes on the land, and to create com
munities of freeholders, I'm part by set
Element on public land. in part by fore
Ing the subdivision of large private hold
nss before they can get water from
requires that no right to the use of the
water for land In private ownership shall
be sold for a tract exceeding TO acres
to any one land owner. This provision
has excited active and powerful hOstil-
lily, but the success OF the law itself
depends on the wise and firm enforce
ment OF II. We can not afford to sub
stitute tenants FOR f~reeholders on the
public domain.
The greater part of the remaining pub
lie lands can not be irrigated. They are
a. present anu will %prODably always be
or greater value for grazing ethan for
any other purpose. 1nis fact has led
to the grazing homestead of Gu acres
in Nebraska and to the proposed extern
sion OF Il to other states. IT is arB1tc
that a family cannot be supported on
100 acres of rid grazing land. This Is
obviously true; but neither car a family
be supported on $40 acres of much of
the land to which 1t is proposed to APP
blythe grazing homestead. To es-
tabllsh universally any such arbitrary
limit would be unwise at the present
time. II would probably result on thu
one hand in enlarging the holdings of
some Of the great land owners, and on
the other in neeuiess suffering and fail
IRE on the mart of "a very C~OnSidpTuD bile
of the BONA fide settlers who
give faith to the implied assurance of
the government that such an area is
sufficient. The best use of the public
grazing lands requires the careful eN-
and classification of these
lands In order TO give each settler land
more. While this work Is being done,
and until the lands are settled, the gov
m should a X control of the
open range. under reasonable regula-
lions suited to local needs, following the
policy already in successful OPP
Grafton OF the forest reserves. 1t is
probable that the present grazing value
more than half What IL once was or
what IL might easily be again under
careful regulation.
TIE forest policy of the administra-
ton appears To enjoy the unbroken sup
port Of the people. The great users of
timber are themselves forwarding the
movement for forest preservation. A
W aaA6 OpBC'hNAOh ~ Tvs .,
serves m the west have disappeared.
the consolidation of all govern
meitt forest work In the National For
est Service there has been a rapid and
notable gain in the usefulness of the
forest reserves to the people and in
public appreciation of their value. The
parks within or adjacent to
reserves should be transferred to
the charge OF the Forestry Service also.
The national government already does
In connection with the con-
NJ rttrftnn md UnnfnNnnn nnn nf tho uFanT
system OF levees along the lower course
Of the Mississippi; In my judgment 1t
90 much more.
Merchant Marine Needed.
To the spread of our trade in peace
and the defense OF our flag in war a
great and prosperous merchant marine
Is Indispensable. We should nave ships
Of our own and seamen OF our own TO
convey our goods to neutral markets,
and in case of need 10 reinforce our bat
tie line. II can not but be a source of
and uneasiness to us that the
lines of communication with our sister
of South America should he
chiefly under foreign control. II is not
a good thing that American merchants
mannfacturer have to send their
goods and letters to South America via
Europe II they wish security and dis
patch. Even on the Pacific, where our
have held their own better than
on the Atlantic, our merchant flag Is
now threatened through the liberal ala
by other governments IN their
own steam lines. ] ask your earnest con-
of the report with which the
It's long and careful inquiry.
jamestown Celebration.
/ again heartily commend to you fav-
consideration the tercentennial
of the settlement of James
town, Virginia. Approaching the deslr-
ability OF this commemoratlon, the CON
gress passed an act, March 3, lSS, au-
In the year 1907, on and near
the waters nf Hnmnfnu Roads I'm the
state of Virginia, an international naval,
marine, and military celebration in
honor of his event. BY the authority
vested In me by his act, / have made
of said celebration, and
issued, in conformity with it's in
invitations to all nations OF
naval vessels, and such military organi-
AS may be practicable. This
would fail of it's full pur-
pose unless IL were enduring in it's re-
lance of the event 10 be celebrated,
the event from whtCh our nation dates
ITS birth, / earnestly hope that this
Of the United States, and by
legislatures Of sixteen states since
the ACT of congress, Will receive such
aid AT your hands as will
make II worthy OF the great event IL is
intended TO celebratel and thereby enable
the government OF the United States to
make provision for the exhibition of It's
" resources, and likewise enable our
people whp have undertaken the work
al such "a celebration to provide suitable
and proper entertainment and instruc-
ton I'm the historic events OF our coun-
try Tor all who may visit the exposition
and to whom We have rendered our hos
pitality.
Care OF Confederate Dead.
II Is a matter of unmiXed satisfaction
1nce more 10 call attention 10 the ex-
cellent work Of the pension bureau. for
the veterans OF the civil war have a
greater claim upon us than any other
Ass uf our citizens. To them. first Of