Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-07

10 NNN NNlfNNlN NNHIla
0wnrrsHlp Of Coal lands. 4
President Roosevelt and Senator
faFolictte have been working to-
goiher 90 save ths vast and aa yet un- /
touched government coal lands of the /
west, 20 be held aH n club over TIE /
coal trust ui the east ~ is proposed /
20 withdraw from public entry and /
sale all of these lands and retain them /
Tor future development, probably Cor
leasing t0 independent operators.
Before congress adiuurus CHS
scheme is expected 90 take definite /
shape. although the necessary leglsla- /
ton 20 make Dc effective VIII probably 4
not hu enacted until next year An
Orer from me president VIII be Issued |
soon Withdrawing from entry the vast |
areas of public land embracing coal |
deposits. and .n the meantime sonn-
tor iaFOllettc Val draft ard Introduce
bin dosIrncd to prevent the coal
mines from falling into Tie hands ~
Che trust
Thot are ahsss forty million acres Of
government coal lads situated
throughout the western states and
territories in Colorado. Washington,
Wyoming. oregon, idanu. Indian Ter
ritory. New Mexico and Arizona and
lesser tracts elsewhere. Il Is este
mated that the present bliuminOne
fields Of production In the east will be.
come exhausted within the lifetime of
persons living aud already the coal
combinations have their eyes on the
undoyeiopcd millions Of acres Ia she
west
Not hing that the president has done
since the Inauguration OF his anti
Ccruuration crusade is likely 90 cx-
cite more attention than the coal
move when ils full scope D. under
stood
Roosevelt's Program for Ncara.
Government ownership of the coat
mining properties of The future is
really the essence OF the latest thing
ON the Roosevelt programme. The
president began TO study the question
whun bis attention WIS called 90 the
suspected scheme hy VIII IA railroads
were going 40 gcf control OF the rich
coal lands in the Indian Territory al
the time The Five Tribes bin was un-
der consideration IN the senate.
simultaneously with that came The
exposure of the railroad coal mine
combinations in the cast-a revelation
of evils that already has had an In
| auenco on legislation. Then recnr-
ring strike situations In both the
hipminong and, anthracite regions,
with theil menace 20 tho whole
country also formed an element of
consideration
Germany viii be- pointed 90 as a
/ aucceasfui example uf government
control of coal mining. The compari-
son OF The Imporialigtic European
/ countries with democratic America
I probably wiz arouse some Of the
critics. bui tho policy advanced ia 20
be pat on tho basis of the good uf the
masses of The people and the now
accepted principle that the people
have something 90 say about The cor.
/ pOrat.ons that supply them With the
necessities Of me-
The popularity oi the policy. from a
political standpoint. has not aroused
any fears ln adminisiration circles.
Hot Ohio Campaign.
The coming campaign 90 Ohio VIII
hc a highly interesting affair with an
important bearing upon the republic
can presidential race TWO years hence.
Secretary Iaii has announced that he
eill take she stump IN this years
campaign at home on n platform hos-
tile 10 the two senators, Dick and
Foraker
n shall take the stump early In the
fall md make a series OF speeches
In Ohio on the Philippine tarin bill,
Is the announcement Of Secretary
Tart The significance Of this state
lment win be realized when Il 10 known
that senator Dick ia generally credit
cd With having beaten the Philippine
bill In Senator Lodges cOmmitieo.
Tafts whole ambition ~ conferred In
the adoption OF this law and the COM
plotion OK the Panama Canal, and he
will not spare the feelings of Dick
when he takes the stump. Secretary
Taft's speeches "a Ohio last fan
drought about the defeat OF Governor
Horrlck and the rout OF B0za Cox, 81
lCinc.nnati, and friends OF Foraker and
Dick are wondering what Will be- the
result OF this years onslaught,
There will be- another struggle be-
Tween tho administration, represented
10y Secretary Taft. and the Ohio sena.
tors over the platform IN the state
convention. Foraker and Dick viii
bend every energy "a prevent an In
dofsoment OF President Roosevelt, OF
az least keep q down 90 an ambiguous
and meaningless declaration The
reason for thia ~ obvious. lndorso-
mont OF the national administration
viii mean censurH for Mogars. Dick
and Foraker Foraker lead the fight
in the senate aglnat President ROOso-
lVclta rate regulation policy, and also
engineered the opposition "a the ad-
ministuiion' statehood ban. which up
% this time he has succeeded Ia beat
Ing. Dicks vote was 5he deciding
factor ln destroying Philippine iarin
legislation.
Thus three OF the Administrations
important legislative schemes found
the Ohio senators lined up against che
president With these things IN mind
the Ohio campaign from a republican
s,andpolni, Is bound 90 Dee highly In
teroailng.
saved His Comrades Life.
"Wflle returning from the Grand