Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-09-08

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Importance Of water r5wsr sites -
ne future iasustris, development Of
This ese1s-y has only ssaa realized
within 8 very few ye4-s Unfortunate
= ,hs RS !iza,ion has sane TOO late IS
regards many q tie power sizes. bu.
nasny yet remain With which OF.
hands s-e frse 10 dsa, We should
make il orr duty TO see ,ha. hereafter
the power SITES are sept under the con
,-ol - the general government for the
nss Of the people IS Z Whole
Tie tes should remain with the peo-
PIE as 3 whole. while The uSe IS leased
ca terms which shat. secure an ample
reward - the i.ssees. which shall en-
courage the Development and use Of
the water power. ba. which shall not
create r-arnanen. monopoly or per
Nit the devsiopmen, TO be anti-soc.a..
70 t-e IN any respect hostile 70 the pub
lie sosd
The nation alone has the power TO
do this Effectively. and il is for this
reason that you VIII ind those co-po-
ratioas which wish 70 gain improper
advantage and to BE- freed from eff
Gent control on the part Of the public
doing all that they can TO secure the
substitution Of state for national ar
ton
There Is something fairly comic il
the appeal made by many OF these
men in favor OF state control whom
you realize that the great corporations
seeking the privileges OF developing
TIE water power in any given state are
at least as apt TO be owned outside
that state rs within il IN this coun-
try nowadays capital has national
and not a state use
The great corporations which are
managed and largely owned in the
older states are those which are most
IN evidence in developing and using
the mines and water powers and for
ests Of the new territories and the new
states from Alaska to Arizona
have been genuinely amused dur
ing the past two months at having ar
eur,cnts presented to me on behalf Of
certain rich men from New York and
Ohio, fur instance. as to why Colorado
and other Rocky mountain states
should manage their own water power
sites. Now. these men may be coed
citizens according 10 their lights. but
naturally enough their special interest
obscures their sense of the public need,
and as their object is to escape al Ell
Gent control exercised in the interest
OF all the people OF the country. they
clamor to be put under the state In
stead Of under the nation.
II we are foolish enough to grant
their requests we shall have ourselves
to blame when we wake up to find that
we have permitted another privilege
to intrench itself and another portion
Of what should be kept for the public
good to be turned over to individuals
for purposes Of private enrichment
During the last session OF congress
bills We're introduced to transfer the
water power sites in the national for
ests and the public domain to the con-
troll of the states. l cannot state too
strongly my belief that these measures
are unwise and that it would be disas-
trous to enact them into law
In substance their effect would be to
free these great special interests from
all effective control. The passage of
such a bill would be victory Of the
special interests over the general vel
fare and long backward step down
the hill OF progress we have OF late
been climbing
Coal Lands.
The same principle applies with pc
culiar force to the coal lands, and es.
pecially to the coal lands III Alaska,
whose protection and ownership by
the federal government are so neces:
sary both for full aud free industrial
development in the west and for the
needs Of our feet in the Pacific.
The coal mines should be leased. not
sold. and those who mine the coal
should pay back part OF the profit TO
the people. 1t is the right and duty
OF the people to demand the most Wig
liant trusteeship on that part Of that
branch Of the federal government in
charge OF the fuel resources OF the
Cnited States