The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-09
The National Forest Policy
The Outlook.

II
Now from protests and complaints
against the policy under which
Some of these made good faith and should be
being carried OUT Others the result of knowledge that the theft
Ct timber land and minerals and monopoly of the will
r II. ara the 6Tst o,to " - $3.50 t, rt pG anu
taking shape the public mnhe conviction
forests waterways and land here be used
definite way, and that this must be all alike
National forests the homebulder
home industries perpetual supply timber the
watersheds and insure steady and
flow and to make certain the fair and Lawful range.
They persons with the sole restriction that their per-
shall be in
exhausted but will for the Of others the future
timber water and minerals ranges encouraged every
chief aim of their administration make them large
factors in the upbdng the West and in the permanent wealth
Perhaps the chief objection urged against National forests
that their locks the of the region checks
dustry, prohibits settlement fact exactly
opposite forests are open
enterprises welcome Stores hotels power
plants and mills be operated without
restrictions Pospecors and miners free travel forest
and explore locate and develop claims exactly they would
where on the PuDe DOMAIN i small areas
it. have listed build their houses and barns
gfaa o. an Rhq S OF sloa pp9paoh OF water Is ey
that they be for the best all
conform the law Mining claims be taken simply
the timber To agricultural patent
the claimant take the land for home for other
they right; large
These conditions hinder development
sary for it IN
Thus National forests way wall around the
Nor have who obey the laws anything
fear from them Though they touch place another
activities Of majority Of the people Of the West they first Of
he certain of steady supply of his stock
grazing ground while the Government protects the forest from fire.
which otherwise might his his life Upon
the builder depends the future of the West and helping
him. than any other way the National forests
best development of the regions in which they lie
Strong protests have in some been made against the charge
for permits stock National forests and for other special
The principle upon which charged quite clear
old form of The National forests
those who They belong
the people, who should derive direct benefit
he cost of the force who the forests from fire ard
espa and who that the used in the right
borne by the people whole only reasonable then
the forests belong the people, and they pay their
nance that the comparatively who have full
their should reasonable what
Fees excessive They merely balance the added
fits which National forests their The very
the charge that fees prohbve upon of
greater than before and than Of the forests
able to accommodate.
Some complaint withdraw
great deal OF land from taxation 1t that the National Gov
eminent taxes In their place however, each
the counties which the forests located of all
receipts from the sale of timber of and other So
large that the from this would
become that Congress provided that the
should not exceed forty of the counties receipts from
other Few well claim them that the would
been benehted well had the National forests
been created
To absolutely
sental it is have high To of the
pubic domain from falling the hands of nd
vduas with large the the
future inhabitants of the West shall be eeoders
put to those which is best adapted These principles
which each day coming be fully recognized Up
on them the National forest policyis based.