The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-01

,or fences than he can ahord' anu ~
must leave every acre tnat Ct' -,
lied by bona-fide homesteaders ieei'
omen TO such settlement. -, =,
do not believe that single acIe VI
o,,r nubIlc lands should hereafter pass
~. nrivate ownership except for the
sinVIe purpose of homestead set'Ie-
rnent ard | know that the stockneh
land with me In their desire TO re-
move every obstacle from the pain VI
tho genuine homesteader ana 10 pun
everv possible obstacle in the pathway
Of the man who tries to get pupliS
lands by misrepresentation or Irhuu'
This is absolutely necessary on we
agricultural lands 1t is at least equal
I,9 ,,,C,ssorv ON the mineral lands. IL
would be a calamity whose Ddleiui ca
foot ON the average citizen we can
scarcely exaggerate, if the great stores
~ coal and other mineral fuels sun
owned by the people in Alaska anu
elsewhere should pass into the uhresu-
lated ownership of monopolisic cor
pOrations
The Forest Service.
You progressive stockmen nave stoou
heartily by the conservation move
ment. and with you have stood many
others throughout the West. TO whou
large credit IS due. such as the lum-
irrigators in California. and the sup
porters of the country life movement
in and around Spokane l want 10
make my acknowledgements In partlc-
ular TO the Colorado Forestry assocla
ton, which has supported the FOREST
work of the government with such uh-
selfish zeal The forest service mas
enemies because 1t Is effective some
Of it's best work has been met by the
bitterest opposition. For example IL
has done a real service by blocking
the road against the grabbers of water
power and again by standing like
rock against the demands OF bogus
mining concerns to exploit the national
forests. 1 have always done my best
to help the genuine miner. i oeneNe
that one of the first duties of the gov
eminent is to encourage honest mining
on >he public lands. But it is equally
important to enforce the law firmly
against that particularly dangerous
class which makes its living off the
public through fraudulent mining
schemes
Much of the opposition to the forest
service, like much of the opposition tc
conservation, takes the form OF direct
Misrepresentation. For example, the
cry is often heard that the national
forests inclose great areas of agricul-
tural land which are thus put beyond
the reach of settlement. This state
ment seems plausible only till the facts
are known. In the first place. congress-
has specially provided that whatever
agricultural land there may be in any
national forest shall be open. under
proper safeguards, to homestead set
tlement And in the second place. when
the opponents of conservation are ask
ed to point out the great stretches OF
inclosed agricultural land on the
ground and In the presence of experts
instead of in speeches in hall. they
fail.
Reclamation Service.
The National Irrigation Congress is
to hold session in the city of Pueblo
late in September. l am keenly sorry
that l could not nave accepted the
invitation to be present. l must. how
ever be in the East at that time. But
since l cannot be present then to eX-
press my keen. long-held. and deep-fel,
interest in the reclamation of arid
lands by the federal government.
desire TO do so now. There Is no more
effective instrument for the making OF
homes than the United States Recla'
nation Service. and no government bu.
reau while l was President had reach,
ed higher standard of efficiency, in
tegrity and devotion to the public wei.
fare.
Like the Forest Service, the Reclama
ton Service has clashed with certain pri
vate interests. and has had to pay tn,
penalty of Its service to the public in tn,
form of bitter opposition from those will
whose profit it has interfered The or,
has been raised against it that the gov
eminent must not do for its citizens at
less cost what private interests are read,
TO make them pay for at higher prices
NOW, l believe fully In the private de
Velopment of irrigation projects which tn
government cannot undertake. There 4
n large and Legitimate field for such work
But the essential thing is to make home
on the lands, not to enable individuals L
protit from tho necessities of the men VIII
make those homes. There Is no NOR
warrant for objectins to the reclamation
of arid lands by the government thai
there would be to protest against the gov
eminent for patentlng agricultural land
directly to the actual settler, instead o
through middleman. who could make
profit from the transaction The men VIII
assert themselves at the cost of the com
munity instead of by service to the com
munity we have always had with us, an
doubtless we always shall But there
no reason why we should yield to them
The Rcc'amation Service has not done sc
and that is the chief reason for the nj
tacka upon II.
| don't think that there is one anon
YOU who Is a better and more thorouph
going westerner than ] am There ha
heen no support given to the consrrva
ton policies 80 welcome as that whic
came from the west and none in m
west more welcome than that which cam
from Colorado. There arc men and or
gani2ations in Colorado, and | mentIo
Delta In particular. whose support of m
conservation policies has been OF IN
greatest value to tho Nation. II has ne
always been an easy thing for them ,
stand for what was right to stand Il,
the real ultimate good as against ~
seeming temporary good: but they hay
stood for II steadily nevertheless
From the standpoint OF conservatio
the east has wasted much of its ov,
! superb endowment; and AZ an America,
! as lover OF the west ! hope that N
west viii profit by the casts hitter Ia,
| son. and VIII not repeat the mistakes r
the east The east has wasted its p,
sources, II suffers from the effect NJ m
! waste, which now pu.s II at a disadvar
| taGe compared to the west. and II
sorry. Most ~ the capital and var
| ma'N Ct the men now attemnting ,
| monop0l'2e your western resources u,
| from the east, The west should lam
| the lesson Of the casts mistakes. and
should remember that conservation (
| the west Will help the west first n,
most. and that the movement for 20,
| serNetion is most earnest. most viu,ro,,
! and most effective IN tile west and n,,o,,
! western men. That Is one strong rensn
why the conservation policy has come