The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-12-27
rhe fee places local cattlsmen upon a

The fee places local cattlemen upon a
footing unequal to rangers In adIoIn.
Ing territory, and the conditions 10
be exacted here will In many In
stances drive the pioneer proprietors
out OF business.
S. The prospectors and miners OF
Lemhi county will also be hlndered
In their operations And summing
up the whole matter, the forest re-
serves of this county will impose a
burden Of taxation upon the chief
Industries OF the county, In return
for which not the people, nor the
state, nor the general government
will receive any practical benefit
whatever.
o. The tax imposed for maintain.
ance OF the reserve Is made purely To-
cal, while the bsnens 10 be derived,
II any, are for the country at large
This Is also an injustice.
]. Wood for fuel In our popuIons
communities Is already very expen-
sive and bard tc yet. On this ac-
count, there Is no indulgence In
waste, and the added price OF the
government upon this timber will
make II So much more the difilcult to
obtain.
4. This thing has been done en-.
tirely without the knowledge or con.
sent OF the people directly affected.
With Implicit confidence In the
truth and justice OF our claims. and
believing In the fairmindedness ol
the executive, we most respectfully
) invite the forestry bureau OF the gov,
ernment TO send hitber an agent II
{ consult local men, and u investigate
the matter. To the end that thu
truth may be known. that the forest
reserves OF Lemhl county, Idaho ma,
he declared open, and that right ma,
= prevail toward the bonande settler
G OF this territory.
The injury TO Idaho aud TO Lemh
: county from the forest reserve sys
Q tenn OF the government cannot lie es
!, timated In dollars and cents. Il
= first placed the great timber resource
i Of the state In the ownership OF TN
u timber syndicate of the East an'
Q then removed even the domestic sup
u ply from demands Of the public
: This schenas.. was promoted by th
u timnaks nlooor1ly and the railroads
& Iboi N6G - nnde 10 the senti
I)6l - n - East that tn
l1rD<rr ~ I'M cC1en, and this ~
Y p<1y ~ YI9g6ot<d by the very peopl
uno M robbed the government an
The state Of timber that IL wort
~, 200, 900. This holding is mad
more valuable by tho Withdrawal
the low grade timber from the con
mon market. The foresters vi
preach that the reserve system Is ft
tn beneht OF the whole countr,
The timber ssndicates retain lobh
at Washington and support "rs
form" bureaus In ali the big easter
cities TO promote the sentiment
forest preservation after they ha'
secured all the timber 10 the conntr
that possesses commercial value
the present time.
The claim of the sentimental lol
byists and the deluded reformers thu
the reserve policy does not cau'
damage to the settlers is refuted !
the history OF the communities tbi
have been delivered into the merci'
OF the monopoly In other portions
the state. There Is u fuel famine
every town and city In the miod
west, where this forestry system III
been established. The history OF q
industry Is an advance OF hfty y
cent in the price OF wood and tin
ber. A loud howl has gone up as
result OF a general fuel famine.
far as the interior West Is eoDcefns
. this would haze been tmpossih
without this railroad ard lumb
monopoly scheme OF forest reserve
The fles of The Recorder reveal
cooslsLant course OF warning TO u
public about the danger to this COZ
muuity OF forest reserve extension
Had that warning been Needed
no united action might have saved
the effect OF this calamity. Not al"i
the added cost OF fuel. fencing st
lumber will he taxed against o'
ptoeress. but the Inconvenience az
M the impracticabilitY 0f the supp
4. huslnexS under restriction Is 10
"a. .mldabIs prohibition OF deHelop'nen
,e lbe individuals. sho are not suppof
of ed " tie monopolists are always .
stralmd ffom successful operation
ut the wood or lumber business III
ut settler. II Is true can 10 into the ~
.r. ests under the surveillance of ram
sir er and cut the sticks that are btan'
In. cd for him. THE small dealer vi
Is would supply the public has pfo'nis'
lie which hook easy on their lace u
,al they always rOtbed the business
ch prolit No small operstor can do ou
10 lneSs until he pays in advance u
MI the timber he wants 10 cut ou
=, ing the whole year. The saS nj
-, man ~bo hss a market for MINK
hc feet must advance a tboasAho uo''A