The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-01-12


other markets or will be compell
10 reduce hln prizes.
i The great west IL able. whom d
yesSped. for many years 10 take ca
sat the growth OF the United State
to furnish food and material for clot
| Ing the rapidly increasing city pop
l<suons OF the east With me rap
Increase III population In the Units
/ States. II will not b. very long b
fore every acre OF land within o.
! bordCss available for cultivation al
I crop production Will b. taxed to /
utmost to provide for our own pc
pie. Even now IL has become n dit
| cult matter for the American farmer
1 to raise sufficient foodstuffs OF ce
tain varieties to satisfy the pationa
| demand In the interest OF the d'
! velopment of the west, feel that th
| proposal to lease the public domai
should meet with refusal. 1t is nc
| fair 10 coming generations TO stop fh
development Of the west, the settle
msnt Of the present waste place
aud the erection Of homes where nov
only cattle roam.
While on the subject OF leasing o
public lands, 1 feel II would be wei
to cali the attention Of the ctnyen
ton to the question OF what tns
tfaddEats torn the conservation Oh
natural resources. Apparently whal
these people mean III that the ma
tional resources should be nearly az
possible preserved In their tsnsent
form. no that although people OF
this generation may suffer and be
retarded In development. those OF
some future time may have these
resources for their use and benefit
In undlmInished form. Concretely
stated, the proposition Ia to lease the
public lands and the water powers
belonging to the various Rocky noun
tain and Pacific coast states and TO
permit the public timber to be cut
and manufactured and the coal la
these states to be mined and used
on the payment OF al
royalty only. 1t Is proposition To
stop the growth OF the west now and
20 keep 1t In a state Of vassalage to
he treasury OF the United States
throughout the future.
This program OF the conservation
SIS 10 neither wise nor just. The
,reatest duty that can confront you
lther as indisidnals or as a nation,
! to provide comfort and happiness
nd prosperity fog those now living.
he fulfillment OF this duty is not I
compatible with true conservation. I
70 should not only use natures re-
,urces In accomplishing this duty,
at should improve and develop r
ese resources wherever 1t Is posi- /
g to do so. There Ia no reason 9
by this generation cannot make :
oper use of all the natural resources /;
Id then leave to posterity better :
ID more productive country than /.
} now have.
Let us engage In practical conser-
tion-providing for those now here l
well as for those who are to come q
'nserve our public lands by favoring
Q homeseeker, and our timber by c
its cutting and manufac-
re. Conserve our coal resources by q
@ development of our water powers &
1t us construct dams for the storage s
otherwise waste water--thus TAX
g of the peaks Of the floods of our
estern rivers, preventing havoc and
providing water during
10 low water season for the irriga-
on OF our arid lands and the de-
elopment of electric energy. Water
: not diminished by use. Let us |
My use this and other resources
wisely and there will be an abund
nee for the future.
Il feel that 1t would be impossible
% accurately estimate the actual loss
IT sheep from the depredations of
coyotes, Wild cats and other predatory
In the United States yearly.
70 give some Idea Of how great this
loss must be, the experience OF my
own state OF Idaho is told During
the past year the State OF Idaho has
paid bounty for the destruction of
10000 coyotes and other predatory
If 1t IL admitted that eacn
of these animals killed six sheep prior
tu being destroyed. 1t would make a
total loss OF 10000 sheep In Idaho
during the past year from this source
acne. | do not think any western
sheep man will feel that these fig
ures are too high. II we allow for
only 10 dlstinctively sheep growing
states In the west. the loss would
amount to half million sheep ana
lambs annually.
Nor Is this the only, nor possibly
the greatest loss suffered from the
debredations OF Wild animals. Game
birds and game animals, the eggs o
birds, domestic fowls and other liv,
stocks are all preyed On by the pre-
datory beasts. II Is estimated tina
coyotes, wolves, wild cats and othe
Wild animals every year kill NOR
game than Is killed by all the hunt
ers In the United States.
Under the bounty laws at presen
In force In a number of the western
states, the bountIes paid are take
entirely against the livestock IL
dustry. This ! feel Is matter whic
should be remedied. The destructio
of these animals is general bench
and should be accomplished throug
general effort and paid for fror
funds created by general taxation.
1T Is not difficult to find excellen
reasons for making uniform the La
providing for the payment OF bountie
on the killing OF predatory animals
As Is now the case, In one state. tn
feet OF the animal are indications {
It's destruction, In another the seal
Ia taken. while In perhaps third III
tail Is called for. Because OF TIL
lack Of uniformity. Il has long bee
known that two or more bounties al
often collected for the death OF on
animal and the slayer is still lett wit
the pelt 10 sell"
S234. A7O.76o Fire Loss.
Chicgo -Statistic made public her
show that losses by fire in the Unite