The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-18

IL VIII give the country resources in
! the years to come
Following his plea for the forests
he urged reclamation. and said II lea
with the west 10 make fertile. with
It's own labor. the vast tracts which
otherwise would be lost He promised
the aid OF the government in every
meritorlous enterprise looking toward
conservation.
The statutes relating to ana
authorizing forest reserves and tho
reserves and the reserve of reservoir
sites either in letter ir spirit confined
them 10 the close limits insisted upon
by some, but used broad terms suit
able TO the nature Of the subject mat.
ter in hand said General John w.
Noble, former Secretary of the In
terror In an address at today'S ses.
sion Of the Trans Mississippi CONNER
cial Congress.
And the more recent acts" he
continued did not contemplate tho
rellnquishment OF reserves and giving
them back to private settlement.
where they were needed OF useful for
sufficient water supply as contem.
plated by their original selection or
segregation.
1T thus appears clearly Gthet there
is no substantial ground To crlticlse
the seseryations as made. in view OF
the letter of the law. and none at all
In view Of the spirit OF the policy and
the well-known and admitted facts re-
lating TO the growth of timber. its
need of suitable and sufficient sur
roundines, and that the soil be kept
in place and be In itself reservoir to
be gradually and not precipitately eX.
hauSted and swept away by winds and
floods"
General Noble pointed out that
there had grown up public opinion,
almost universal in the nation. that
showed not only an intelligent. but a
determined purpose that the country's
natural resources. believed 10 he es-
sential to the nations vitality
and progress should be protected from
private and particularly corporate
greed and monopoly, and controlled
for the public welfare now and here.
after.
The speaker showed the present
benefits and future prospect from for
est and water reservations He dis
cussed the matter of protecting the
reservations from infringement and
their being gradually pared down By
the claims Of individuals and small
local communities who asserted that
the reservations were too large. and
that covered areas. which might he Of
use for grazing. should be turned back
to the public domain and he subject
to settlement and private ownership.
General Noble said that the system
as now practiced and being enlarged
was natural In its character. It's ben-
efts extending not only TO the first
state but reaching as the waters thus
preserved ran on, state after state
and whole sections of our country
from the source 10 the mouth of the
various rivers; and that the system
and policy were 10 be considered from
national point Of view. II was
matter relating 10 the public welfare.
and necessarily single communities
and individual citizens, however mer-
itorious and entitled TO such benefit
as might otherwise be within their
reach, ought not TO expect and. could
not be allowed to demand those al the
sacrifice of the common good. Where
there was a question Of what might
or might not be allowed without in
jury 10 the national system, the lesser
claim should be deemed subject TO and
limited by that which was so much
greater"
II was apparent, tho speaker con
tinued that these great benefits, II
they were allowed to fall into the
hands OF individuals and particularly
would be administered
for the greatest pecunlarY gain possi'
Bile TO the owners. He said that II the
national government or the several
state governments. where they had
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