The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-02

dents address yesterday and one Of
h hls sentences gel te , struck me very forcihly.
hope Of accomplishment to the knowi-
edge Of things done" II we ara go
Ing to do that we must have q clear
cut idea OF what we are going to do
and Of what we want Congress- to do
possibility Of any man being SO stupid
that he cannot understand It.
We have listened to these gentlemen
here today telling Of the necessities Of
tice brought. about by insufficient
laws. There In q most simple way to
get all the things done that they have
recommended, and more. too. The first
is to come to q perfect understanding
ment, II we can create such q bureau,
and the way to do that Is to pass the
bill consolidating the forest reserves
under the control Of Clifford Pinchot.
(Applause.l And after you have done
that and he has consulted with the
lumberman and the miner and the far
mer and understands what they want,
then back him up and make your con-
gresham help to get 1t done.
= A Case of Mastery Inactivity.
Let us look at the business end Of
that proposition. Other things be-
Sides bees have business ends. For a
I NUMBER Of years the president Of the
terror and the commissioner of the
general land office have been trying to
impress upon congress, without sue
cess. the necessity of repeating the
the exact facts. The president, in De-
cember, 1902, more than two years
ago, called the attention of congress in
the strongest possible language to the
necessity OF doing something to stop
the frauds and depredations upon the
public domain under the timber and
stone act. The secretary said in his
annual report more than two years
"The timber and stone act will, If
not repealed or radically amended, re-
suit ultimately in the complete de-
struction of the timber on the unap-
propriated and unreserved public
lands"
/ find these words in the report Of
the senate committee on the public
lands, and the date Is February 10,
1T can be plainly seen that all the
valuable timber lands Of the United
within three years If the opportunity
t to acquire them at $3.50 an acre is
That was February 10. 1908. It is
now pretty close to February 10, 1906,
and one year from that date the three
years will be exhausted and all the
timber land will be gone according to
this official statement
Has the bill been repealed? No!
Has the house Of representatives
done anything to stop this shameful
tmber Of and the sone acPf
They have done nothing whatever to
stop the abuses and frauds constantly
being committed under that act.
President Sees the Necessity.
Again the following year the presi-
m pn n mo "a
substantially the same recommends !
tions. They were reiterated by the |
secretary Of the interior. The senate
committee ON public lands recon.
stone act and the senate passed the
bill in the last session Of congress. It |
went to the public lands committee Of
the house of representatives. T. B.
tee and waved his magic wand and |
they gave two votes for the repeal Of |
the bill out OF eighteen members OF
the committee. Two votes! And the |
bill bill is lying there In that committee
In this session Of congress without |
waiting for anything. or for anybody /
to do anything, they passed a resolu-
the house continuing this whole sub
ject over until the next session Of
The. next session of congress win
convene Az a IlMG WlL0ln TWO LhOuInS
Of the expiration Of the three years
within which the senate committee
told congress that all the timber land
would be gone unless they got action.
In the two years that have expired |!
since the president has called the at
tention OF congress- to that timber and
stone law there have been located under
the timber and stone act over 5,0o0-
600 acres Of timber land, the greater
part Of II the magnificent timber of I
the northwest, which, according. to the
report Of the secretary Of the interior
ma the commissioners Of the general
land office, is worth anywhere from
$40 TO 500 an acre for the .h mere valve I've
youns timbsr o. The land itself |
Four MiIijon Dollar Loss.
In other Words % g result of TIE
eommittee az the house. instead Of
Savinx the value Of the stumpage rom
HAT S,e00,o00 acsss Of timber n Sne
rational trsasury we have parted witn
: H. A.