The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-01

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wAatsvss sysesa q rsAss esasrol
thiass u must not - Il asss aot
hanlieaS q sxeiU4s The soAu 0Aa By
requiring hin - sDeal mere 0eosy
fer fsaces thaa hs caa s9eeA, ed it
nust leave every acre that csa - ost-
tIsA by boAa-aAs hoOsstssAss0 fposly
o0sa - such settis0sot.
- act bsiisvs that slAgis sers Of
our public lands shoul1 hsssaftss pass
iato private ownership sxcspt ter the
single Durpess of Homestead settle
nsst. asA kAov shat the stssknen
staal With Ne II tAeis AesiPs - re-
asvs every obstacle frea the patA Of
the gsasine homsstsaAss. saA e put
Of the aaa who tries to get public
lasAs by aisrsersssatstisa es fraud
This 70 absolutely necessary On the
a6riesltural lssds. II 10 at least sNual
~ necessary on the mineral lAnAa. II
would - calamity. Wheos bAlsful ef-
scarcely sKaSgsrats. II the great stores
OF coal aAA other mineral fuels still
owned by the psopis in Alaska and
elsewhere should pass late the unrsgu-
lated 0Wnsrship Of ReseDolisets cor
poratioas.
rks Fs~sst sssvIss.
You progressive 0&ocknsa have stood
heartily ~ the eonsssvatioa aove-
meat. aad with you have stoo1 many
cthsrs throughout the West. to whom
large credit 10 due. such - the lum-
esrmsn IN Washingtoa And Oregon. the
irrtgstors In California, and the sup
poStsrs Of the country life Rovsment
In aad around Spokane. WaAt to
make ny aeknowlsdgnsats in Dastio-
ulsr 70 the Colorado Forestry assoeia-
tisa. which has supported the feesst
n
ssldsh seal The forest service has
enemies because IL 10 elective. Ooms
Of IL bs0t work has been met ~ the
interest opposition. Fer sxa1pls. Il
has aons . real service by blocking
the road against the Grabbsrs OF water
rock against the demands OF bogus
mining concerns to exploit the national
forests. l have always done my best
to help the genuine miner. believe
that one OF the hrst duties Of the gov
ernmsnt 10 to encourage honest mining
on the public lands. But II 10 equally
important to enforce the law nrmly
against that. particularly dangerous
class which makes its living OF the
public through fraudulent mining
schemes.
Much Of the opposition to the forest
service. like much of the opposition tc
conservation. takes the form of direct
cry 10 often heard that the national
forests incloss great areas Of agricul-
tural land which are thus put beyond
the reach Of settlement. This state
mont seems plausible only till ths factP
are known. In the frst place. congress
has specially provided that whatever
agricultural land there may bs in aay
national forest shall be open. under
proper safeguards. to homestead set
tlsment. And in the second place, when
the opponents Of conservation are ask
ed to point out the great stretches Of
inclossd agricultural land on the
ground and In the presence Of experts.
fall
Reclamation Service.
The National Irrigation Congress 10
to hold . session in the city of Pueblo
late In September. 1 am kesnly sorry
that could not nave accepted the
invitation to be present. must how
ever. be In the East at that time. But
since I cannot be present then to ex-
press my keen. long-held. and deep-fslt
lands by the federal government.
desire to do 30 now. There is no more
effective instrument for the making Of
homes than the United States Recla-
nation Service. and no government bu-
reau while I was President had reach
ed q higher standard Of enaciency, Ia
tegrity and devotion to the public vel
fare.
Like the Forest Service. the Reclama-
ton Service has clashed with certain pri-
vAte interests, and has had to pay the
penalty Of its service to the public In the
form OF bitter opposition from those with
whose proflt It has interfered. The cry
has been raised against II that the GOV
ernment must not do for its citizens At .
less cost what private interests are ready
to make them pay for at higher prices.
Now. I believe fully in the private de-
velopment of irrigation projects which the
government cannot undertake. There il
. large and legitimate neld for such work.
But tho essential thing 10 to make homes
on the lands. not to enable individuals to
profit from the necessities Of the men who
make those homes. There 10 no more
warrant for objecting to the reclamation
Of arid lands BY the government than
there would b to protest against the gov
ernment for patenting Agricultural lands
directly to the actual settler. instead Of
through . middleman. who could make .
proft from the transaction. The men who
assert themselves At the cost Of the COM
munity instead Of by service to the COM
munity We have always had with us, and
doubtless We always shall But there 10
no reason why We should yield to them
The Reclamation service has not done so
and that u the chief reason for the at
tacks upon II.
dent think that there ts one among
you who 10 . better and more thorough
going westerner than an. There has
been no support given to the conserva-
tion policies 80 welcome a. that which
| came from the west. and none in the
west more welcome than that which came
from Colorado. There are men and or
ganisations In Colorado, and meatioa
Delta in particular. whose support Of the
conservation policies has been of the
| greatest value to the Nation. 1t has not
always been an easy thing for them to
stand for what was right. to stand for
the real ultimate good a. against the
seeming temporary good; but they have
stood for II steadily nevertheless.
Fro0 the standpoint Of conssrvation
the sa1t has wasted much Of its Swn
superb enAowmont: and a. an American
a. . lover Of the west, hope that the
west will peedt by the casts bitter lss.
son. and will not repeat the MISTAKES Of
ths east. The east has wasted its re-
| sources, II suffers from the effect of the
waste. which now puts 1t at q disadyaa-
tass compared to the west, and II b
sorry. Nest Of the capital ana vsry
many Of the men now attempting 70