Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-14
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Git-ea kFessi aste. AiSs Aasrse
hlraer gosersar oi goisraaio. ye-ser-
tiss assej the lssfsd fsachas g,oia-
gsss II tsress CONSERVATION. tss sa-
gl-ea the n.s.o...l xoserumeui ~ g.
aai u ahe land bsssaers and uraed
lhat she hsme-eeker- se gwen
chance D. conserve the west by
5aIla4ng happy and eoasiertat.ls
F,soaacIIvs hos,es Mr.. Adams said
"a part.
The best way - cosserve our
i1Fesis ,s 10 build homes 9th the
timber The t,ess sse we con make
II vacant land Is to put . sestler up
va 1t The best sse we can make of
essl sni aroa ls ~ basla merehsas
shIPs. ,o run new hines of railroads.
% make piows, and all the tools 81
Intelligent industry The mo~s
was,efsl sse 10 which they can be- pot
Is IN making eannoas and baildlng
patrie ships. The eo~i ef the North
Dsko warship alone wosld have
das three Gsnalsoa tunaels or bsllt
another Roosevelt reservoir. These
euterpr'ses are the climax of coassr-
satIan- Let oar public lands be
Sid for Psrpoeee 1T this Kind and
generstIons after us will bless and
not csrse us for wasting their pstri-
mopy Make 1T easy and not diff
cult Tor iamllses 10 get footlns up
on the land. The sovernment
should be more Interested in locat-
Iae eatlzees spon the soil than in
collecting rent from the public do
main. The nStson receives the best
paw from the land it gives AWAY. To
hold vast Tracts In reserves for pas
ture rents and mine aud timber
royalty is waste, not conservation
ID is saving st the spisot and lo~iEg
at the 5Hne.
Some economies are dangerous 10
extrsvaGance, just ~ wlse expendi-
lures can he the best ECONOMY, not
tenants and rent payers, but land
owners, is what our country wants,
the debt- free home 10 the strongest
anchorage of free government LIB
erty 10 safe where men sleep under
their own rooftrse. los csn trsst
the citizenship of those who plow
their own lssd sad plant their own
tpoes.
"WiAkia Colorado these sse pow
5000, 900 scsss spoa which 70 pssss
. foot, range q calf OF cot chip
slock would make . citisea tpes-
pssser. This 10 the Bew Pinchot
disPensstioa. Ii 10 NO dosbt legal,
perhaps necessary, il the govern
meRt 10 10 derive the mssiHsm rev.
ease frosa its tax exempt estate, bot
it does ssem more or less restrictive,
il not oppressive, 10 the old pioneers
Who have in freedom rsnss-ridden
th4se reserves and who in risk, hard
ship and danger drove out the red
man, bros4ht in civilization and
gave value 10 the wilderness. Com.
plant is 0seless, these are the penal
ties Of progress and TO them oil must
bend, bot ! would sse the bosndarles
of our reserves elastic, they should
bend to the convenience of every
honest man who would pillow sn scre,
drop q seed, plant y tree or build a
home. Where ever our reservations
are fitted for settlement they should
be thrown open; the true aim should
be TO see how much can be cult
waited, not how much can be kept
wild and primitive.
so expensive has been the spoila-
tion of the national domain that the
government 10 suspicious and re-
CARDS all applicants for land as
grabbers and thievee; technicalities,
detectives, all the machinery and
cunning of criminal prosecution
are invoked to upset fling and titles
to those who have bought, pre-empt-
ed or homesteaded claims. All are
regarded % criminals until innocent
and honest intent are established by
delays and trials that are humiliat-
ing and exhaustive Laws intended
to restrain the spoilation of bad citi-
sens become lariat to entangle and
embarass the good citizens.
Land laws should be made and
extended 30 that citizens may be en-
coaraeed and aided 20 become own
ers. Rural home~, csltlvsted fields,
owned by those who plow and plant
them are of more worth to the repub-
lie than game preserves, forest will
derness or scenery. The family
alter raised upon debt-free land is
liberty's hope and defense" l."