Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-14
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REVIEWS
The unseifishness Of Uncle Sam.

other monument to Americas high
sense of Justice, says Sir Chentung
Liang, the retiring Chinese minister at /
Washington, in referring to President |
Roosevelt's proposition to cut down |
the indemnity which China is to pay
the United States from $24 ,o00. 900, the
amount agreed upon In the Boxer af-
fair of 1900, to 81, 900, 900.
In all the great transactions Of the
United States the mercenary motive
has been absent When we extirpat-
ed the Algerine pirates in 1872. we
made the Mediterranean free to the
commerce Of all the nations and
abolished the blackmail which those
corsairs had been 1eYying on every
maritime power. Although, in the
war Of 1s46-4s against Mexico, we
made a conquest of New Mexico and
California, we paid Mexico $40, 00O,-
900 for these territories. We spent
several hundreds of millions of dollars
in driving Spain out of Cuba and the
| Philippines, and we handed Cuba over
to her own people as a free republic
| after we had established order there
and had given a chance to the Cubans
! to set up a government of their own,
and we gave Spain s20,000,000 for inn
provements which she had made IN
the Philippines. And now we are ad-
/ nlinistering Cuba again, at the request
of her late President, and we intend
1 to hand it back to her people once.
| more when they set up a government
I which has a chance to stay up.
At a cost which will probably run
up into the hundreds Of mi1li3ns, the
United States is building a canal at
Panama which will be open to the yes
sells OF all the world on the same terms
as to our own ships. Nearly three and
a half centuries ago Spain made a SUR
vey OF the isthmus with a view to
building canal there, and the entire
world has been wishing for such a
waterway ever since, but it remained
for the United States to construct it..
These practical applications of the
Golden Rule in. our international re-
lations make an impressive comment
airy on the stock taunt that America
IS the most materialistic and CONNER
cial of the worlds nations #
How the National Forests Serve the
Public I'll, /. ia
The Use of the National Forests. 81
a publication Just printed by the de-
partment of agriculture, is brief,
clear manual for public Information
as to the; forest policy of the national
government. d IS, s; n 335.5= ;s
It is too true, as the short preface
4 to the public says, that 1smany people
I do not know what national forests
are. Others may have heard much
about them, but have no idea of their
i true purpose and USE. It is the OBJ
i ject of this publication to explain just
j what the national forests mean, what
they are for, and how to use them. Il.
I In the first place, it is explained
4 how the forests are created and how
. their boundaries are drawn Next,
their direct use and value are shown
from the point of view of the home
q seeker, the prospector and miner, the
user of timber, the user of the range,
the user of water, and other users IF
| forest resources. Third, it is shown
how, the forests are intended for use,
4 for, the production of disable products,
q and for the establishment and main
Z tenance Of homes; how on all of them
the timber is protected from fire, the
/ water flow is kept steady, the forage
/ on the range is increased and guarded
4 from abuse; and how, in addition,
i they serve as great public play
i grounds and as breeding places and
u refugees for game. Finally, the man
Il agement. of the national forests is
Il described.
Here it is that the great usefulness
i of the forests is brought out most
clearly and strikingly;; for the forests
4 are managed by the people in their
own interests. and every means is
4 used to meet the desires and wants Of
all forest users half way by dealing
with them in the main directly on the
ground and in all cases with the MT
most practicable dispatch and freedom
i from red tape. 81
In a word. the special interest Of
| this manual lies in its showing that
| the forest policy OF the government,
8 both in principle and in practice. is
4. for the benefit Of the ordinary man,
i for the benefit Of every citizen equal
q ~. There is still a tendency to think
OF the national forests as preserves.
closed to use, and to leave the public
i Hands exposed to unregulated individ-