The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-01-12

re timber lands. But the agrtc1lt-
raj lands ought to be open to entry
nd it us a menace to the reserves
D keep them as they are.
when they say to you that
under the law a man may take
agricultural lands In the reserves,
| say yes, under the law he may.
But under the rules and reguIa-
tiohs Of the department he can
not as a practical proposition.
| can point you to many pieces
Of land In the forest reserves
where homesteaders have been
denied filings and even In some
instances driven off by almost
cruel methods where they had
been making good living and
had the beginning of good ranch
plenty Of such Instances. For all
practical purposes the law permit
ting filings In the forest reserves
Is a dead letter and the settlers
have practically ceased to- con-
tend with the situation.
suppose Chief Forester Graves
has to overcome that hereditary
prejudice Of you good eastern
peopIe-that only the bad, the
dishonest emigrated to The west
and that those who do not need
jail sentence need guardian
We feel entirely different toward
and that you are splendidly
equipped to govern your own af-
fairs as Is evidenced by your in
surance and legislative scandals,
but that you are spIendldIy
equipped and have plenty Of time
to look after our local affairs
and shape and direct our local
Institutions. Yes. we, feel that
way.
For instance, | will give you al
of how we'll fitted you ar
to run your own affairs even in con
matters and of how thor
oughly you have attended to your ma
crs before you undertook to lool
after ours: Farms in some of the bes
parts of New York state which sol
for $3.50 an acre so years ago are no'
cling for $50 and $40 an acre. i
1882 New York had a wheat area Q
772 400 acres: in 1907 you had 416
900 acres. There are 10000 soil el
hausted farms in your state for sal
today. In 1895 your average whes
yield per acre was 21.2 bushels; q
1907 1T was 1913 In an article paIl
lished by a distinguished educator {
one of your beading educational inst
buttons he said: i have been astol
ished at the evidence of general d
cline in the farming industry in tn
state
Need for Eastern Conservation.
my friends, here is a great fie
for practical conservation. | know
Is much more delightful to conser'
the west, to make hunting parks al
dedicate vast territories to the ow
and bats, to instruct us how to tai
care of our natural resources, to di
play your superior wisdom by an q
tack upon our improvidence and OF
western lawaessness, but 1t win
vastly better for you and for yo'
children and your childrens childre
much more in harmony with good C
lzenship, If you will here and now 4
about to conserve your own natur
resources. 1t may not be SO exh
arating for convention purposes b
it will be FAR more beneficial to Il
country. And If you are not goil
to take care of these farms and 7
store the soil then certainly you W
agree with me that II the human ia
| lily Is to be fed we must have mo
farms in the west. II you shut up t
agricultural lands of the west and
poverish and abandon the agricultr
al lands IL the east you will have
struggle with the high cost OF lfvil
long after the tariff has been rev
ed"