Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-13

The destruction OF the public range will
continue until some such laws as these
are enacted. Fully TO prevent the fraud
IN the public lands which. through the
Join. action oil the interior department.
and the department OF justice. we have
Decli endeayorlnE to prevent, there must
sufficient appropriation 10 permit the de-
partmont OF the interior 20 examine GER
tain classes Of entries on the ground De-
fore they pass into private ownership.
orests,
we have made q beginning in
is the fourth greatest industry
made a beginning in Forest preservation,
but 1t is only a beginning. At present
numbering Is the fourth greatest industry
In the United States; and yet, 50 rapid
has been the rate OF exhaustion Of tim,
Der In the United States IN the past, and
so rapidly Is the remainder being ex-
ably on the verge OF a timber famine
which will be felt in every household IN
the land. There has already been a rise
In the price Of lumber, but there is GER
tain 10 be 1t more rapid and heavier rise
In the future.
The present anauai consumption OF {:
4: lumber is certainly three times as great ::
as the annual growth, and if the con +:
SUMPTION and growth continue UNI :
changed, practically all our lumber viii F.:
be exhausted IN another generation, :
while Ions before the limit to COM q.
laete exhaustion Is reached the grow :
ing scarcity viii make Itself felt In :
many bliShtnS ways upon our national F.:
welfare. :
About 70 per cent. OF our forested terri
tory is now reserved in national forests
but these co not Include the most valuable
timber lands. and in any event ne pro
portion IS too small TO expect ina me
reserves can accomplish more than a init
CATION OF tic trouble which Is ahead loI
the nation. Far more drastic ACTON Is
needed. Forests can be numbered SO as
20 give - the public the full use or thelr
mercantile timber without the slightest
detriment to the forest. any more IMAM IL
is a detrirlcEt TO "a farm to furnish a mar
vest so that there is no parallel between
forests and mines, which can only be COM
nInteIv used by exhaustion. There are
persons who find IL to their immense pc
runiary benefit 20 destroy the forests by
numbering. They are TO De bianheu ior
inns sacrificing the future OF the nation as
n whole to heir own seit-'nterest OF the
moment: but heavier. blame attaches 70
the people at isrso TO- permitting such
action. whether n tn Whlte mountains,
I'm the southern hll-ghentes. or In the
Rockies and Sicrras.
Tariff en- Weed Pulp.
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Tbore sbouId he no tariff on any for (:
est product grown IT, this country; ana. !:
I'm especial, thcrc should be no tarln :
on wood pulp; due notice Of ihe change !:
being OF course SVEN 10 those engage
an TIE business SO as TO enable them 10 :
adjust themselves TO the new conui, .
lions, The repeal OF the duty on WOOD
: pulp should IL possible be aceonipanaeu
Isan agreement With Canada that :
,tcre shali be no export duty on can :
madam pup WOO. +.
49, judgement in. government should
va he rIrht 10 keep the lee OF the coat,
oil aud gas iieds III It's own possess.on
and 70 lease the rights TO dessaop th ,hs
,tm,ier Dr0per rCyulat.ons; or else. u .ne
onocs vii not adopt this method, the
eont deposits shouaa sc sold under limlta-
lions. 10 conscrre uem AS public nnr. rs
Sue IS ria 10 no so.!. The regulations
should permit coal lands n be worhso
In sufacisur quantity by iLs several cor
porations,