The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-05

~ oo,,ntvx and establishing homes on
III. sa-,,,s and it Is essential 10 thsil,
thaf .hev have the privilege OF tiie 80. .S,<
a15;ecas,t To their holdings upon VIM"
to Craze their stock tho ner-
..Tf the system of leasing OF ~
,,,;t svsteno. either one of when u ~
noxio,,s 10 our people is TO preNal =.
that country, you wouid NO s-,i-
homesteader to go on q piece u s.ss-.-
cultural land inside OF IoIese .s,1So mn
ton or a large leased tract u -" 81 II
Is as said before. that he is surToulIa-
"a nv a large area OF land w1tnora ~ =
as reserve or leased 70 some eng - -,
hans with large hocks or herds OF 49, es-p
ar cattle. He would be obliged 70 Nc -
an ineIosl,re of the part that woaio pS
allotted to him. and whenever els
his animals went OUTSIDE. thes 49,, 49,
mingle with those of the larger o"nss
whose premises surrounded MN al ls,
,,srbans he lost entirely or at least uhth
Tounding-up time. when. as a rule cat
flo belonging to different people are
senarated at the destination or snip
n1ent to market. where they are 1dehti,
God nv their respective brands ana sofa
without the knowledge of the owner,
and the proceeds probably sent 10 Nun
The whole system is vicious IN It's ehaI-
acter and will be absolutely unsaus-
factory.
Forests Not AnnihiIsted.
eNfr President. the senator from
Wisconsin, (Mr. Spooner) in a very e.o-
ouent speech deplored the fact that the
forest lands of Michigan-ahG sup
pose those of his own state nkeWIse,
although l do not think he mentioned
them-have been largely denudeu-
1--WE all deplore the denudation OF the
forest lands. In Montana we do not
like to see the forests disappearing, al
though there they have simply cut a
little ways into the edges OF them.
am not one of those alarTnists VINO De.
lieVe what has been said about the totai
humiliation OF the forests of the coun-
try and the total exhaustion of the eoai
deposits in the country within a snort
period of time. We deplore the uestruc-
ton OF the forests, but we CONSIDER
that we get more than value received in
what we take from them Is 1t to pc
held that a forest is something sacred,
never to be disturbed? l know that II
is beautiful thing to look upon great
forest There is something inspiring
about it. AS the poet said, Ihefe is
pleasure in the painless wood and
awakens our highest sense OF ldeaNty
when we look upon a great and noble
forest. 1t is said that the groves were
Gods first temples, but this. MI Pres
ident was away in the misty ages OF
the past when the Druids met in the
forests to render their homage TO their
gods. That was a period i'm the his
tory Of the human family when the
people were nomads and did not euiti-
waite the soil to obtain a livelihood.
When civilization sprang up and
spread out over the world, men began
to cut down TIE forests to utilize them
in providing shelter for themselves. In
building homes and cities, in building
ships and for the general uses OF an
Industrial people. So 1t is in Wisconsin
and Michigan and elsewhere. The for
ests are gone. but they have instead
magnificent cities all over those states
The timber was taken and utilized as
fuel. in the construction of railways
and construction of vessels that ply
on every lake anud stream, and IN the
building up of those great cities and IN
subscribing the requirements and needs
of a progressive and civilized people
They have the land left, and as has
been said here. land is sometimes more
desirable and valuable than timber
They have the land left, and by a prop
er system of reforesting IL they do moi
wish to establish agriculture. they car
doing in many instances, and in TWEEN
ty-five or thirty years the forests vii
be restored.
Compensation by Growth.
"An the Joss that is occurring
throughout the United States-what i:
called the destruction of timber which
l say is rendered necessary for th'
wants Of civilization and its yarieu:
necessary iildustries-is more than com
pensated by the growth of timber. Ths
greatest destruction comes from the ex
tensive fires that have been referred to
and if as has been contended by th'
senator from Indiana (Mr. Beveridge
the forestry bureau has been so sue
cessful as to quench all the fires in tn
yestern country, then / say we canno
| be too liberal OF magnanin1ous in ou
appropriation. We could afford 4
give s100.G0o,o0o a year. if they couls
accomplish 90 mitch. il it were neces
sary 10 do SO. but that contention i
! purely ina ginary.
Mr. President, forests have been Gu
out only as demanded for beneficial us
in the interests of industrial progress
| We are building for the future as wei
as for the present. In rearing the grea
structure of empire on this western
hemisphere. we are obliged TO avail
ourselves of all the resources at on
command. The requirements Of thi
great utilitarism age demand it. Thos
| who succeed US can well take care O
| themselves. As a nation we have ad
vanced farther than any other natioi
in the world, and we are going to kee
/ the lead.
Mr.. President, in the light of the de
velopment that has taken place in tn
ct rfp 0f a = 1r~ he.
of control and application of electricit.
I believe that although the forests ma
disappear and the coal deposits ma
become exhausted during the comm
century, the genius of man will provid
methods for developing econon1icaIr
both heat. light and power through th
medium of electricity that will supp.
all the needs and requirements of tn
| coming generations.