The Prescott daily news., 1910-09-06
o,.,ident Taft's Address Before
 Congress at St. Paul.
HANGER IN CONTINUED WASTE
.o,,tive Outlines Plans Which ''. ". Believes Should Be Adopted '" ....is,jcs Make Speech Com
 orehensive to Hearers.


 ..iol,v it was as follows:
 c.r,lemen of the National Conservation
 esn,,otion as all economic and po-
 OO,'. .arn, has come to mean the preser- h'ea. nf our natural resources for 'a"a,,cal 'auvr use. so as to secure the great Y. noos to the greatest number
 esr SIS sVSa sarcer to the state and to the peo-
 lorSe from the waste and dissipa- pe 0f onr national wealth is not one uuI usIob oncklv impresses itself on the peo- N', WI nf inc older communities, because It's obvious instances do not occur in
 a.I 1.I. heehborhood, while in the newer @ s.r, of inc country the sympathy with ssnorsion and development is so strong ~f. Ina danger is scoffed at or ignored.
 .w0ng scientific men and thoughtful ob- ..rrsrs however, the danger has always saor nresent. but it needed some one to tring home the crying need for remedy Z, Ais evil so as to impress itself on the rrhIc mind and lead to the formation of mbc opinion and action by the repre- septatiyes of the people. Theodore Roose- velt took up this task in the last two years of his second administration, and well did he perform 1t.
 As president of the United States have as it were. inherited this policy, and reioice in my heritage. l prize my high opportunity to do all that an ex- ecltiye can do to help a great people realize great national ambition. For conservation is national. It affects every man of us, every woman, every child. I What can do in the cause l shall do. | not as president of a party, but as presi- l dent of the whole people. Conservation | is not question of politics, or of fac l tons or Of persons lt is question that affects the vital welfare of all of us-of our children and our children's children. urge that no good can come from meet |hgs of this sort unless we ascribe to l those who take part in them, and who are apparently striving worthily in the cause all proper motives and unless we judlcialy consider every measure or method proposed with d view tO it's effec- tyeness in achieving our common pur- | pose and wholly without regard to who proposes 1t or who will claim the credit | Nr It's adoption. The problems are of very great difficulty and call for the camest consideration and dearest fore sight Many of the questions presented have phases that are new in this coun- try, and 1t is possible that in their solu- ton We may have To attempt first one way and then another What I wish to emphasize, however. Is that a satisfac- mry conclusion can only be reached promptly if We avoid acrimony. imputa- tons Of bad faith, and political contro- 1 Iyersy
 The public domain of the government ol the United States. including all the cessons from those of the thirteen states nat made sessions to the United States shd including Alaska. amounted in all to about l.S0oQ00.000 acres. Of this there ia hi' as purely government property out sue or Alaska something like 70O, ,o00. 900 of @res' Of this the national forest re- s.Ises m the United States proper em- "aee f4'0"o0 acres. The rest Is largely mOun.aih or arid country, offering some uplor'uhity for agriculture by dry farm ms ana by reclamation. and containing .0s ~'@s as well as coal, phosphates. oils, au na'sral gas. Then the government ssM many tracts of land lying along the masihs of streams that have water n ,VSe'' the use of which is necessary in Is evuVerslon of the power into elec- 1@lV and its transmission.
 snall divide my discussion under tbe S ot iD agricultural lands; (N min ms.. al ,.ahds-that is, lands containing l 'allierous ln as minerals; (S) forest lands. A vpai lands (5) oil and gas lands: and " phosphate lands.
 agricultural Lands.
 vur land laws for the entry of ayr,o,, "ai ma lands are now as folIows.
 l reoni,0,l U.isihal homestead law, with the . for raiehts s',a of residence and cultivation forced th' wars much more strictly en-
 Seu rsa 'han ever before
 l h no,' 'eniarged homestead act. annlvine years "'raigaole r lands only requiring five | ton os 'esluehce and continuous cultiva- Tba ao ple-iourth of the area.
 | the nsr, st Ser',iand act, which requires on l Of n,o VI the purchaser the ownersbin 1 ton ot a.er . right and thorough reclama- paymen, ne land by irrigation. and the T'aI Tho or N.25 Der acre. '"o ! the s,a.l "ation or Carey act. under which ! for s e r selects the land and nrovides l the set,le. ,lsiaination. and the title vests in cutvataa' Who resides upon the land and fecamator" :" and pays the cost of the
 
 law, ren,aIal na.onal reclamation homestead cultya,,oui five years residence and | figated h, ny the settler on the lana ,r- l by him ~ ,ne government. and naymant ~s T, Exclamation T '' h'neht Of the cost of sreat imnor." congress passed a bill of Of coal by ,h iance severing the ownership from tb' the . ,ne government in the promnd sead entriss 'ace and permitting home and, whioh upon the surface of the settler "a,ch, tsS when perfected s,va oa ,he .he while th the right to farm 'eu, , give the alned io in coal coal beneath the surface sacs ,s rs iand may " ho ownership by the 9overrrar. m ae avs ''sposed of by 1t under other form in iSa tS no crying need for r.,,o.,
 are really methods methods of disposinx of whe, ,sat laws ha' hsasricultural lands The m Mraa. wna. arsed S homaarv.e nave worked well Ths Te pres suecessful lssead ss.ad law has encourase, , .hs tho a sssssions Of soUr.s Ur lands ,s in the semi ,Ae'e .ubar,s .ub.Sral department 'n,nss as .o so or @s son prssan % lands may be treatad .Uw anS eoasery,ssrry essence of eonsan su,ul culture are " srigation' reclamation of arid iands | should devote a few