The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-02

s25,0oo.OOo a year. and II is much more
continue until ali the timber land of
the government has been stolen. That
VIII be little over a year. according
| lands committed And after the land
is all gone--after the horse has been
mittee will awaken from its Rip Van
| Wrinkle slpmbers and close the stable
door with a bang.
Some Things to Do.
Before l close 1 wish to specify
some definite and spec!nc things which
First-Ropcu the timber and stone
| second-Pass tho consolidation bill
| put,4ng the government forests under
me management OF the bureau of for
Third-Provide by national legisia-,
| ton that every acre OF agricultural
Land that can be reclaimed under the
| national irrigation system must be
1 saved for the home maker who Will go
there and mako a home upon it.
| In that way you can break up the
only: because the land thieves OF
North Dakota. under the Communication
under the desert land act. the land
thieves under the timber and stone act
in-well. perhaps l might be permitted
TO mention oregon uaughter) are
working together. You VIII have 10
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
| nous evil. year ago both oregon
senators and both representatives
any change in the land laws. Repre-
sentatiyes Hermann and Williamson
both went before the committee and
protested against any change. Mr..
Hermann was before the committed.
AT that exact moment the oregon
grand jury was in session in the city
IA n m u N
by lot from all over the state, and that
grand jury urged the repeal of all
those laws-the timber and stone act,
the desert land act and the commuta-
tion clause-and sent memorial to
the public lands committee to that ef-
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 Tor
local public improvements, such as ir-
rigation districts, sanitary districts
and l for one do not believe that that
is the right policy that the national
government should assume the burden
of protecting from fire forests now
owned by men who have gotten them
from the government for one-tenth of
their value. The state and nation
districts and have assessments levied
on all private lands in the district, and
portion to the cost OF preserving II
from hre; (Applause)
There is one more thing that ! was
going to urge as a mere matter OF per-
sonal opinion. In making the sugges-
tion l do not speak for California or
for the National Irrigation Associa-
tion but for myself alone. l have
been all my life a republican and in
my earlier years advocated the repuo-
liCan doctrine of a tariff for protection
in many political campaigns in my ma
tive state of California from the Or
eEon line to Mexico. but because be-
| lieve in preserving our industries ana
| not in destroying them 1 believe that
| in order to preserve the forest indus.
| tries of this nation we should repeal
| the products of the forest, whether
| 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
we may use in any one year,
! that l 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 ii az
reserves for other lands; II the gov
ernment needs any such land let 1t buy
and no more. All lieu land scrip
should be called in and Cancelled and
no more ever issued under any ctrcum-
stances. The forest lieu land ex-
change law should be repealed
The bill providing for the consolida-
tion OF the government forestry inter
senate and should be passed in this
| session of congress- 1t has already
passed the house. and Il this ,Sa sessfGi bi
, being passed by the house which has
J passed the senate. repeating the tim,
i the public lands committee ought to be
held up to poPg,lar ,, 9SlGfpy sSItS ,asS aaS