The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-02
SCENE IN MINNESOTA.
T1mhor DEVASTATION After InmherinQ and Eipa

| Of 10000 day-$2. 100000 q month
| $25,OQ0,O00 year, and it Is much more
than that-wtll go right along and
the government has been stolen. That
Will be little over a year. according
to the report of the senate public
lands committee. And after the land
L. an gone-,after the horse has been
| mittee will awaken from its Rip Van
| Wrinkle slumbers and close the stable
door with q bang.
Some Things to Do.
Before ] close / wish to specify
some definite and specinc things which
should be done:
Ftrst-Repeal the timber and stone
act
| Second-Pass the consolidation bill
| putIlng the government forests under
the management of the bureau Of for
| estry.
ton that every acre of agricultural
land that can be reclaimed under the
national irrigation system must be
saved for the homemaker who will go
there and make home upon 1t.
! In that way you can break up the
timber combinations. and in that way
| only; because the land thieves Of
| North Dakota. under the communication
! clause; the land thieves of Montana,
under the desert land act; the land
| thieves under the timber and stone act
| in-well, perhaps I might be permitted
| to mention Oregon Qaughter) are
| working together. You will have to
explode some of those Japanese shells
among them to break up the combi-
To show you why we cannot depend
upon congressman from the timber
states of the west to correct this enor-
senators and both representatives
from Oregon were bitterly opposed to
| any change in the land laws. Repre-
| sentatives Hermann and Williamson
both went before the committee and
protested against any change. MIR.
Hermann was before the committee.
At that exact moment the Oregon
grand jury was in session in the city
of Portland, composed of men drawn
by lot from all over the state, and that
those laws--the timber and stone act
the desert land act and the commute
ton c!ause-and sent q memorial to
the public lands committee to that eff
feet Now the grand jury has had
some business with MIR. Hermann since
that time. daughter and applause)
In all those western states the state
has the power to form districts for
rigation districts, sanitary districts,
drainage districts or levee districts,
and ] for one do not believe that that
is the right policy that the national
government should assume the burden
owned by men who have gotten them
from the government for one-tenth of
their value. The state and nation
should cooperate to form forestry
on all private lands in the district and
every acre should contribute it's pro-
portion to the cost Of preserving 1t
from fire: (Applause)
There Is one more thing that I was
rrNi vDCr n a n ftArs nf
sonal opinion. In making the sugges-
tion do not speak for California or
for the National Irrigation Associa-
tion, but for myself alone. I have
ns y earlier my yes s ne a reau
ncan doctrine of a tariff for protection
in many political campaigns In my ma
tive state Of California from the Or
egon line to Mexico; but because be.
not In destroying them believe that
in order to preserve the forest indus
tries of this nation we should repeal
every tariff law imposing tariff upon |
timber or wood or wood pulp. at any.
rate for a limited number of years and |
until we shall have planted forests /
enough to harvest annually from our /
own forests all the wood and timber
There are number Of other things
that I have in my mind to suggest |
that ought to be done:
Pass the Appalachian Bill.
One is to pass the Appalachian for
estry bill, which is ready to be passed
Another is to stop now and for all
time all exchange OF lands in forest
reserves for other lands. II the gov
eminent needs any such land let It buy
them and pay for them their fair value
and NO more. All lieu land scrip
should be called in and Cancelled and
stances. The forest lieu land ex-
change law should be repealed
Tho bill providing for the consolida-
ton Of the government forestry inter-
ests Ia ready to be passed by the
senate and should be passed in this
session Of congress. It has already
passed the house; and II this session
of congress adjourns without the bin
being passed by the house which has
passed the senate. repeating the tim.
Der ana stone act. every member Of
the public lands committee ought to bA
held up to popular obIoquy ana
at the carts tail with lash