Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-01-27

of $4,000 a day-$2, 100000 a month
$25,0O0,OO0 year, and it is much more
continue until all the timber land of
the government has been stolen. That
will be little oyer a year, a &c nTh1is
lands committee. And after the land
is all gone--after the horse has been
stolen-the house public lands com
mittee will awaken from it's Rip Van
Wrinkle slumbers and close the stable
door with a bang.
Some Things to Do.
Before l close L wish to specify
some definite and specinc things which
First-Repeal the timber and stone
act.
Second-Pass the consolidation bill
putting the government forests under
the management OF the bureau OF for
eStry.
Third-Provide by national legisla-,
ton that every acre OF agrleultufa raj
land that can be reclaimed under the
national irrigation system must be
saved for the homemaker VINO VIII go
there and make home upon It.
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 1 might be permitted
TO mention oregon (lauShter) are
working together. You Will have to
explode some of those Japanese shells
| among them 10 break up the combl-
nation.
TO show you why we cannot depend
upon congressman from the timber
states Of the west to correct this enor-
| nous evil, year ago both oregon
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. Mr..
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 clause-and sent a memorial to
the public lands committee to that eff
feet. Now the grand jury has had
some business with Mr.. Hermann since
that time. daughter and applause.)
In all those western states the state
has the power to form districts for
local public improvements, such as lr-
rigation districts, sanitary districts,
| drainage districts or levee districts,
and 1 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 or
their value. The state ga and to nation on
| districts and have assessments levied
on all private lands in the district, and
every acre should contribute its pro-
| portion to the cost of preserving 1T
| from fire. (Applause.)
| There is one more thing that i was
going to urge as a mere rem mater tb s Oh per-
| ton I do not speak for California or
| for the National Irrigation Associa-
ton. but for myself alone. / have
| been all my life q republican and In
my earlier years advocated the repub-
lican doctrine of a tariff for protection
tive state of California from the Or
| egon line to Mexico; but because be-
| lieve in preserving our industries and
| not in destroying them 1 believe that
| in order to preserve the forest indus
tries of this nation we should repeal
every tariff law imposing tariff upon
| 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.
There are a 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: If the gov
| eminent needs any such land let 1T buy
| them and pay for them their fair value
| and no more. All lieu land scrip
should be called in and Cancelled and
no more ever issued under any circum-
stances. The forest lieu land ex-
change law should be repealed.
The bin providing for the consolida-
ton of the government forestry inter-
ests is ready to be passed by the
senate and should be passed In this
session of congress- IT has already
| passed the house; and IL this session
| of congress adjourns without the bill
being passed by the house which has
her and stone act, every member OF
the public lands committee ought to be
held up to popular obloquy ana
whipped at the carts tail with lash