The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-10-08
SENATOR THOMAS H. CARTER
OPENS THE LOCAL CAMPAIGN
in AN ABLE, EARNEST SPEECH

United States Senator Thomas Fl.
Garter. speaking at the Harnpis thea
ter last evening before IL large audi
ence, opened tho republican campaign
for western Montana. Senator Carter
wasted no efforts on oratory, out de-
livered an address full of party argu-
ment citing the record of the repub-
licans and contrasting it with the ae-
compllshments and shortcomings of his
democratic friends" The senior sem
ator from the Treasure state took oc-
caslon to declare his position on state
rights and conservation In no uncertain
terms and praised the party's candidate
for congress. Charles n. Pray, In hearty
words
Il believe" said Mr. Carter. "in con-
servation. | wrote the first section of
the law that looked toward the crea-
ton of q forest reserve. am In favor
OF the saving of our forests, but ! take
exception to some OF the methods used
toward this end"
The speaker went on To tell of the
disposition Of the $2O,DO0.0O0 appropri-
ated for conservation of the foesis and
to intimate that but a small moiety"
of that snm had been used for the real
purpose for which II was intended. Mr..
Carter expressed himself as being In
favor of applying 10 per cent OF tile
appropriation to general expenses and
the remainder To forest improvements.
He commended the men and officials
Of the forest service for their work In
the face Of tho calamity Of fife that
fell upon the west this summer, and
regretted that there was not more
money available for fire fighting and
that there We're not more rangers Oh
the ground. more men Of experience
and special training. He insisted that
all dead and fallen timber In any For
est Is q menace and suggested that 1t
would be no more than right that
every man should have the privilege
of removing such without being re-
1ulred To pay for IL. Now" said the
senator, "tlc forest service sells this
timber mt 80 cents a cord That's not
much, I'll admit, but there are many
settlers who cannot afford to pay SO
for 90 cords Of dry wood. especially
as the purchaser is ren,,'"ei 10 haul IT
away and split 1t himself. III doing
this he has earned $40 and has surely
In and till every 40 acres on which n
home can he built and maintained
object to the appropriation of money
by congress to make II. hard for tho
prospeetor, who has spent $500 worth
of elbow. grease on his claim, to conn
pei him to go through "A lawsuit, with
the government as plaintiff, TO get
whak he has honestly earned. The pros
pcctOr and settler should be encour-
aged and not discouraged. Once they
were the only fire fighters and they
fought because they wished to save
their homes. New, there should be
| friendly corporation between them
and the forest people In times Of
stress
State Rights.
Senator Carter emphasized his be-
iefs In regard To state rights. paving
especially attention to water power. He
introduced this phase In his address by
telling of the factories run by eastern
streams, saying that those benefited
paid no tribute to the federal govern
ment. "fhe water flowing In the
streams of any state belongs to that
state, TO the exclusion of the federal
government, with the exception of pur-
poses of navigation. ! do not want the
citizens of Montana to pay royalty for
the use of the water In the streams oi
! their state We should not pay a tax
that the people of other states are not
4 asked to pay"