The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-30
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power TO act. I have done all ] could
10 get II to act In the most advanced
manner: and where the nation could act.
have done all / could TO get national
action in the same direction, Unfortu-
nately. In the east we have In this mat
ter paid the penalty Of not having our
forest land under national control; and
the penalty has been severe, Most OF
the states-although they are old states
have not protected their forests, each
failing to act by itself. because the &C
ton was really the common concern OF
all; and where action is the common con-
Germ Of all, experience has shown that IL
can only he profitably undertaken by the
national government,
AS a result of the iTnpossloility OF get
ting such wise action by the several
state governments IN the east. we are
doing our best to get national legislation
under which the national government.
nj The expense OF millions Of dollars.
shall undertake TO do as regards the Ap-
palachian and White mountains OF the
cast what II is now doing IN the Rocky
mountains here out west II would be
both a calamity and an aOsurdity for
the national government not 10 do In
the west the very thing that. at heavy
pecuniary cost, IL is trying 10 undo In the
east BY actual experience In the east
We have found 10 our cost that the ma
ton. and not the several states, can
best guard the interests OF the people In
thc matter OF the forests and the wa
tors ana that If il falls 10 attempt this
duty at the outset IL Will later on have
10 pay heavily in order 10 be allowed 10
take UP the work, which. because II is
done so late. cannot be so we'll done as
II 1t had begun earlier.
Water Power.
Take the question OF the control OF the
water power sites. The enormous import
ance OF water power sites to the future
industrial development OF this country
has only been realized within very few
years. Unfortunately the realization has
come too late as regards many OF the
power sites; but many yet remain with
which our hands are free 10 deal We
should make It our duty TO see that here
after the power sites arc kept under the
control OF the general government. for the
should remain with the people as a
whole. while the use is leased on terms
which shall secure an ample reward 10
the lessees. which shall encourage the de-
velopment and use of the water power
but which shall not create permanent
monopoly or permit the development 10
be AM mnn,i-soGial, 10 be in any respect hostile u
the power 20 do this effectively ind IL is
Tor this reason that YOU will find these
corporations which wish 10 gain improper
advantage and to be freed from efficient
control on the part OF the public, doing
all that they can 10 secure the substitu-
lion OF state for national action
There is something fairly comic In tht
appeal made by many OF these men ir
favor Of state control when you realize
that the great corporations seeking tho
In any given state are al least as apt &C
be owned outside the state as within II
In mis- country. nowadays. capital has q
national and not state use The great
corporations which are managed and
largely owned in the older states arr
hose which are most in evidence in de-
1c!oping and using the mines and water
powers and forests OF the new territorie:
md the new states, from Alaska 10 Ari.
iona iona, have been genuinely amused
luring the past two months at havnt
urgumcnts presented 10 me on behalf o
certain rich men from New York anc
ohio, Tor instance, as 10 why Colorado
ana other Rocky Mountain states shoulC
manage their own Mater power sites
NOV these men may be good citizens ac
cordlng to their lights. but naturally
enough their special interests obScur,
tnelr sense Of public need: and thei
object Is To escape an efficient control
exercised In the interest OF all the people
oi the country, they camor 10 he put un
aer the state Instead Of under the nation
II We are foolish enough 10 grant thcl
REQUESTS. we shall have ourselves to blame
When we wake up and fnd that We hav
permitted another privilege 10 iutrencl
itself and another portion of what shoul,
ne Kept for the public good to be turne'
over 10 individuals for purposes OF prl
vate enrichment. During the last session
OF congress bills were introduced TO trans
ier ,hc water power sites in the nationa
forests and the public domain 10 the con
lrol OF the states, | cannot state to-
strongly my belief that these measure
are unwse and that & would be dIsas
stance. their effect would be 10 free thes
great special interests from all eirectiv
control The passage Of such bill woul
be Il Victory OF the special interests owe
H the general welfare: and long bnckwnr
step down the hill OF progress we hay
Of lato been climbing
<4<Our people have for many years pro
&c@ed upon the assumption that the ma
elDn should control tho public land
is to tins assumption OF national outloo