Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-01-20
INTERVIEW FROM
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
GOVERNOR BRADY TELLS PEO-
PIE OF EAST ABOUT THE
GEM STATE.
Insists That State Shall Benefit From
Conservation of Its Natural Re
sOurces-Praises High Standard of
Idaho Citizenship.
lFrom the statesmanl


Conservation of our national re-
sources as set forth by Pinchot is a
matter of great interest to the people
of Idaho according to an interview
given to the New York Sun in a re-
cent issue by Governor James H.
Brady. The Gem States chief ex-
executive was in the country's me-
tropolis on his way to attend the con-
ference of governors at Washington
and also to be present at the accep-
tance by congress of the statue of
George L. Shoup which occurred rec
emily. In his interview, Governor
Brady stated that Idaho people are
very much interested in this move
ment of conservation, and their view
is somewhat different from that of
the people of almost every other
state
''You see," the governor ex-
planned, Idaho probably has larer
national forest reserve in its borders
than any other state. She has suf-
ficient waterfalls, if properly har-
messed, to run every train and turn
every factory wheel that is in opera
tion today west of the Mississippi
Our phosphate beds are the oOly
ones west of the Rockies that are ac-
tually producing, and in our coal
fields, which have not been fully de-
veloped, we have plenty of fuel and
of just as good quality as Wyoming
furnishes to the market
I'VE believe that our natural re-
sources should be conserved as much
as possible for the benefit of the
state in which they exist. and at the
same time that there should be the
utmost harmony between the nation
al and state governments in handling
them.
"It has been felt by a very large
number of our best citizens that Gift
ford Pinchot was attempting to cen
tralize the power of administration
too much in Washington and that he
was handling the 100000, 900 acres
of land under his control too much
by authority from bureaus instead
OF by enacted laws. On the other
hand. the people of my state seem to
have every confidence in Secretary
Ballinger's intention to administer
the laws as he finds them on the
statute books and that he is Just as
honest in his desire to conserve and
protect the country's natural re-
sources as Mr.. Pinchot We in Idaho
believe both men to be both honest
and capable
What we don't like about the con-
servation laws is that three-fourths
of the net proceeds of the sale OF
land and water rights goes to the
federal government. The people oi
New York, Ohio-in fact most of the
states in the east-have devastated
their forests, have taken up or sold
all the water right privileges, with.
out paying the federal government
a cent. On the other hand, Idaho
has paid $14S,0OO this year to the
federal government as it's share oi
the proceeds from the forest reserve
alone. At the same rate, if the de
velopment of the state continues a.
1t promises, within 10 years we shall
be handing over a million dollar,
a year tribute to the federal gov
ernment.
1--WE are absolutely in favor o
conservation, but we want to find
way somehow to keep a reasonabl,
part of this money in our state fO
schools and good roads.
Il don't think here in the east /
is realized what we are doing on
there. In the last five years ther
have been built and are building
S30,0O0,0O0 worth of canals Dur
ing that time we have constructe,
canal that would carry a fair size
body of water from New York al
the way to San Francisco, puttinl
under cultivation 100000 acres o
land We have more land unde
irrigation than California, Utah
Montana and Wyoming combined
Farmers are pouring into the coun
try, and fully 90 per cent of ther
are Americans, mostly from tn
middle west.
Boise is just erecting a stat
capital and they have lately finance
big eight-story building, which wi
be our tallest building so far. Tn
population of Boise has doubled
the last % years. The railroad dc
velopment of the country is going o
at a rapid rate. Some of the me
who had made a lot in the Coeu
d'Alene decided that as they ha
taken so much money out of tn
state, it would be only a fair return
so they built a railroad from Coeu
d'Alene to Spokane. a distance of 3
miles.
None of them knew anythin
about railroading. and they were pr,
pared to sink their money, so M
body was more surprised than the
when the little road paid a dividen
of is per cent the first year. TIL
result was that the people in tn;
part of the state went into railroa
building extensively and the norther
part of Idaho is now a checkerboaI
of railroad .tarcks.
Eastern people don't realize,
think. that the class of citizens v
have out there is of a high orde
Why. in a family where there ar
say. five sons. three of them ms
elect to stay with their father. TT
other two decide to leave home al