The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-22

fore the states and the milton IN their
respective shares IN forest conseryn.
tlon the organization Of efficient fire
patrols and the enactment OF good tlrc
laws on the part Of the states
Tho report says further
Present tax laws prevent reforeasaton
Of cut over land and the pcrpeluation %
existing forests hy use. An annual tax
upon the land itself. exclusive on the tim
ber, aud tax upon the thhher when cni
is well adapted 70 actual conditions Of
forest investment and ia practicable and
certain. u Is far better that forest land
should pay a moderate tax permanently
than that it should pay hn excessive rev.
anue temporarily and then cease TO yield
at all
Second only IN Importance 10 good
llfe laws well enforced IS the enact.
ment Of tax laws which win permit
The pcrpctuation Of existing forests by
use.
Lands.
With our increasing population The
time Is not Ear distant when The prob
lem Of supplying our people with food
win become pressing The possible
additions 10 our arabic area are not
great, aud It win become necessary 10
obtain much larger crops from lhe
led. as is now done ia mere densely
settled countries. 10 DO this we need
botter farm practice and better gtralns
Of wheat. corn and other crop plants
with n reduction IN losses from soil
erosion and from insects. animals and
other enemies of agriculture. The
United States department Of asrIcul
ture II doing excellent work IN these
directions. and /, should be literally
supported
The remaining public lands should
be classified ana the nrable lands
disposed Of 10 homemakesa ln their
interest the timber and stone act and
the communication clause Of The home.
stead act should be repealed. and the
desert land law should be modified IN
accordance with the recommendations
Of the public lands commission.
THE use Of the public grazing lands
should be regulated in such ways as
to Improve and conserve their value,
Rights TO the surface Of the public
land should be separated from rights
to forests upon It and 70 minerals be.
Meath II. aud these should be subject
to separate disposal
The coal. Oh. aas aud phosphate
rights still remaining With tie govern
mont should be withdrawn from entry
and leased under conditions favorable
for economic Development
Minerals.
Tie accompanying reports show that
the consumption Of neaflt aIl Of our
mlneH products Is increasing more
rapiily than our population. our Hin-
eral waste ls about oDeslxth uf our
product OF nearly eiOOOo0 FOR each
WORKING day III The year The loss ol
structural materials through fire Il
about another million das. The loss
Of life IN the mines Is appalling. The
larger part Of these losses Of life and
property can bn avoided
Our mineral rcsoufeel are limited N
Quantllg nud cannot be lnefensed or
raprodu 81 with the faplals inefeas.
lng rate n consumption the SUPPLY wlll
Be exhausted while get The natiof Is ~
lis Infancy unless better flethcda are
devised b. substitutes nrp found Fur.
lher investigator Is argeutly leedcd
n order 10 Improve uelh4da and g d..
relop aud apply Substitutes.
II IS of the uimBsl lnip9fiaufe Ihht a
hnfenu of nilnes BE- established ID ac
rofdauce with ihe pendlas blll q ~
dnec TIC iuss 81 life ID ulilea and the
naHle II mlnefal resources and = IN
tesllHate he mQiAeds ard subsllsniea
for pfssDheiae the dnrathh q UtiE laln.
efaI supplies. pesa IAg nesd eaa Nv