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- ed ~ the reselAt,ons of h.a
- tmperIal amb,i,on 10 MAKE
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y .-s the citizen q seaan, under
m iii overisrding.
D. Clifford Pinchot Is Winning
81 -,iastIc Support for his ,ptsl
" and generous policy ,osard
~ Vest by usk,ng kigh -sosnd-
sas slAc'sl promalestioas. He.e ,s
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y hen a national forest Is created
~ hnmemaker Is not tntesetesed
VI IN the least. Con
Nress has extended the ho.sestesA
Nv shebtly modified, TO the nation
q lurests. The home
- S,r can travel all through . tor
- nick out the agricultural land
y wants for q home. apply for 1t,
Aage II listed, settle upon IT when
hsiet enter At. bsild h,s home, cul-
IVA has fields, patent 1t and spsad
til rest of his days there
4 national fores, then does not shot
out real settlement II encourages
1t
his is beautifully stated to foo.
the presiden, and congress and to in
Sure the entire Eas, and all sni-
formed people Of the West u regard
finchot as Lhe fulflIer Of the Law
and the Redeemer of the Land.
At the same time the forest ser
vice writes to q settler as follows:
Your application for
forest HOMESTEAD under the sct
OF June |, 1906, is on file o
and covers the following lssds.
(Here is q description Of l6O acrss
of the public domain.
Il would suggest that you take
out a special-use permit for forty
acres Of the tract applied for and ex-
pertinent spon it. You may select
the forty which appears best suited
for experimental demonstration, for
which permit will be issued BY
the office without charge. 1t is. be-
heved that two years should b. suf-
hcient TO demonstrate whether the
land will produce farm crops of
enough valse to Justify its listing
Tor agricultural entry. II results
are each that your application is ne
jected, but il you still desire to con-
tinue occupancy of the forty acres
under special-use permit, you may
be allowed to do so upon payment of
the usual annual charges.
Read that preceding paragraph
and if it does not enlight-
IN you with regard to the Pinchot
purpose to feudalize the West you
must be dun, indeed.
An American citizen is seeking
10 make homestead entry under ex-
vet compliance with an act of con-
yress. Pinchot, wiser than legisla-
,ors and more powerful than statute,
teclines TO accept the man as .
but instructs him 10 |
secome an experimentation pro
sation. Instead of lGO acres, he is
limited 20 forty. Instead Of apply
nG for entry, that he may become a
andowner, he is allowed to take
mt a special-use permit, T" that he
nay become tenant Then, after
erving his probation Of two years,
he free homesteader, as the law
Intends him to be, is nothing but a
oWuPant, as Plnchot
Wills him to be subdued to a prop
r degree of servility by his expert
nee under petty officials who can
make or break him.
The citizen may be satisfied with
is farm; his wife and children
nay be content All may wish to
old it as home and a heritage.
'ut IF his application is rejected,
nd if he still desires to occupy the
'ORrN ACRES, he may do 50 un-
er permit upon payment of the
sual annual charges. " II
In other words, if Pinchot thinks
is not enough of a farm for home
fead entry, the citizen is supposed
, think it is enough of a farm for ,
i'm to rent from Pinchot's bureau; I
r, if the citizen has made beauty :
pot of it, and Plnchot desires it for
ranger stead, the citizen can be .
riven forth after his wasted home
cad probation; or, if the citizen q
as been sufficiently plant, and bas ,
aimed the favor of the foresters. he !