Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-09
California Men Clash on Power Sites

Appalachian and White mountain for
ests, and the state forests of New
York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and
other states.
"Second-The protection of forests
against fire is the first duty in forestry
of states and nation alike. The way
to stop fires is to get men to them as
soon as they begin. The maintenance
and extension of forest fire patrol by
the nation, the states and their sub
divisions, and by associations or pri-
vate citizens who own timber lands,
is absolutely necessary.
"Third-The protection of existing
forests " wise use is the first step
in forestry. Ref .-estration is the sec
ond.
"Fourth-Land which bears forests
should be taxed annually on the land
value alone, and the timber crop
should be taxed when 1T is cut so
that private forestry may be encour-
aged.
'Fifth-The private ownership of
forest land is a public trust, and the
people have both the right and the
duty to regulate the use of such lands
in the general interests.
"As to lands:
81. Every acre of land should be put
to whatever use will make it most use
full to all the people.
MAKE HOMES PROSPEROUS
"2. The fundamental object of our
land policy should be the making and
maintenance of permanent prosperous
homes. Land monopoly and excessive
holdings must not be tolerated.
"3. Settlement must be encouraged
by every legitimate means on all land
that will support homes. Thus the
tillable land in public ownership with
in and without the national forests
should be disposed of in fee simple to
actual homemakers, but not to specu-
lators.
"a The first and most needed thing
to do for our cultivated lands is to pre-
serve their fertility by preventing ero-
sion.
90. The non-irrigable arid public
grazing lands should be administered
by the government in the interest of
the small stockmen and the home
makers until they can pass directly
into the hands of actual settlers.
"6. Rights to the surface of mineral
lands should be separated from the
forest upon 1t, and each held to sep
arate disposal. The timber and stone
acts should be repealed.
PROTECT MINERALS
"As to our minerals:
81 Those still remaining in govern
ment ownership should not be sold,
but should be leased upon terms fa-
vorable for their development up to
the full requirements of our people.
Until legislation to this effect can be
enacted, temporary Withdrawals of
lands containing coal, OIL gas and
phosphate rock are required in order
to prevent speculation and monopoly.
'2. 1t is the clear duty of the fed
eral government, as well as that of the
states, in their sphere, to provide,
through investigation, legislation and
regulation against loss Of life and
waste Of mineral resources in mining.
with regard to national efficiency:
81. The maintenance of national and
state conservation commissions is
necessary to ascertain and make pub
lie the facts as to our natural re-
sources. Such commissions supply the
fundamental basis for cooperation be-
tween the nation and the states for the
development and protection of the
foundation OF our prosperity.
"2. A national health service is
needed to act in cooperation with sim
| liar agencies within the states for the
| purpose of lengthening life, decreasing
suffering and promoting a vigor and
efficiency of our people
TELEGRAM FROM NEwLANDs
Senator Newlands of Nevada was
invited to address the conservation
congress on the subject assigned to
him, Laws That Should Be Passed" :"
Being unable to attend, he has sent a
telegram, which read in part:
Conservation legislation necessarily
involves harmonious action by forty
seven sovereigns-the nation and the
states-each acting within its juris-
diction. As the legislative bodies can
not confer together, it is necessary
that there should be some interme-
| diate organization which will bring
about team work. There should be a
national commission and state COM
missions, which can act together as
well as separately in recommending
needed legislation. A reactionary con-
mendations on this subject, but the
progressive sentiment of the country
will not brook further resistance, and
| the bill for the appointment by the
| president of a national conservation
commission. composed of publicists
and experts in civil, hydraulic and
electrical engineering, in arid and
swamp lands, reclamation In trans
| portation mining and numbering, re-
ported by the senate conservation
committee at the last session, should
surely pass.
with Roosevelt as chairman and
! Garfield, Pinchot, Newell and the
| chief engineer of the army as mem
| bers of this commission, we would
have the men who in practical admin
| istration have become more thorough
ly informed regarding the natural re-
sources of the country than any
Others"
RESOURCES INFLUENCE BUSINESS
"There seems to be ample evidence
that business activity follows prompt
ly upon the intelligent development of
natural resources, and decay with
equal certainty follows the neglect or
wasteful use of the capital which ma
ture tenders US, and for our steward
ship of which she holds us strictly ac-
countable," said w. D. Simmons OF
st. Louis in his address at todays
session of the conservation congress. +
I'm spite of exhaustive reports is
! sued by the departments-in spite OF
scholarly and illuminative articles on
the subject, the people generally dc
not yet understand the real object OF
| conservation.
"When this nation of business peo-
pie understands that conservation is
simply another term for business man
agement of the peoples capital the
pressure of public opinion will be sc
strong behind this movement as to
brook no interference or delay in the
passage and enforcement of the laws
needed to begin at once a business
| administration. How to spread more
widely a correct understanding OF
such facts is today a most important
problem. How shall we reach the
people who have not yet been reached
and who in all probability will not be