Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-02

! ignutcs as the east the suuth. N"
north and 10" west. aud then he Pile
lures uut tho three first mentioned
us having received and spent their in-
I heritaucos and then seized upon a."
lurphau heir called th, acsi To- have
his estate held Tor the Joint benefit
"f tli of the h",rs
NoO it did NOT happen in that wa,
i.t Ul Thct, was in effect no vest
when a., east ana the south and the
north w,r, grst inhabited and dis
! tributcd. and b, was even question
as on, ut a., riumincnt Hpsnkers re-
marked n'r. whether the so-rallcd
desert aud mountains of the west
should h' madr part of the family.
| But tha r,-t uf The country went
ahead and did actually acquire the
lands which nov constitute many of
| these western states They paid mon
Icy Tor them ard they fought and shed
| blood iur Thorn. Sow would YOU have
this convention believe that AFTER
! wards. because people from the east
moved over into this acquired terri
TORY. that th,y thereby became the
owners uv inheritance or otherwise.
i"f the federal treasures which were
/ tied up Boa those possessions
4 N,rt abb. speaker on TINS floor
/ has referred tu the mauuor 100 which
/ the lands W.r" distributed ln the older
Z sections uI tho country and then he
| SAYS the, should be handed uut in the
same manner iu these western states
/ Now The facts are. they are dis:rihut-
! cd IA the same manner. except such
To-, these treasures as are deemed nee
J ossarl Tor the maintenance of the led
oral union pr such of them a. cannot
for obvious reasons be- distributed
! go begin with. It was not so much
| q question OF the future In settling up
this cauntrt. but b. was question
! how 10 gct people 90 come ana D.. a
I part Of the union Then as the couu-
'tr> grew and became crowded. and
the natural resources bcclm, limited
th' question arose how shall all
these people be- protected and main.
rdrrd iu an" future Aud a. tfne
passes "n that question shall forever
orDumc more and more serious In
England TODAY Il ~ predicted bN pN-
p'r's ana people who know that the
r'ul supply 81 that nation viii bee
( m" exhausted in lZ5 wears anu IL
| is looked upuu as q national calamity.
I the import cot which 40 yct irV realize
tn" United states b. still au infant
NATION, but IL b.. being hullt upon per
manrut lines ana 10 - proper that
such nation shsil be- founded not
Tor tomorrow cor next year or fpi e
/ frw years hence. but for aiI time Co
come. ia order that the Anglo Saxon
faDc shall forever D." the predominant
ing one upon this rarth
Sow q; b. we'll understood that such
resources 49, fuel for heat and power
and other PURPOSES. tho water powers
ot q nation, and the uU aud ether min
erals are the Likelihood Of nation.
and that thcs" Resources iu some man.
nor must bc preserved by some form
"t government some. government
must De- trusted iu this Important
task. ana whore AN the people of the
entire nation ~" interested and de-
pendent upon thiS preservation. docH
not that seem 10 br good reason for
the federal goyoritwcnt 10 undertake
to act av the custodian of this treas.
urr'
Pictures have been drawn before
this convention ~ untold weRith run
ming into the billions founded upon
these treasures These pictures are
not uvrr-cstlmatod. but II h not
question of dollars ana cents a. the
people noW here. as much ~ IL il a
question ~ the preservation for the
futurc IN some safe maunrr OF such
of the resources as shall be needed
TOR the maintenance "f ia. whole ma
iiun
To begin with tho people burned
iho timber for fuel. Witch timber
they nov wish had not been so con.
stunned They did not understand nor
anticipate what the future had IN
store, ana IL behpoyes up a. stop and
think what MAY be ahead Of this na-
ton To- future centuries. II has been
charged ON this floor that some thlngp
proposed are not IN harmony with
ih" intent ~ the original constitution
When the necessity comes for such
action the constitution viii ana must
b" amended 20 provide for the ncccs-
stiles of the people. sav advised,
NECESSITY. for that ~ the turning
point whore any law must give IN and
new ones come forth.
'ihfr quite extreme eases have been
pictured out before this convention.
Let us assume another extreme in
stance where, u these natural re-
sources were put up for sale. as many
here would propose 10 DO. and they
we're bought 40 by residents uf nus.
sia, Germany, England. Japan. China
and others. in cas-" OF actual necessity
would tho people 81 this cOuntr, re-
speet such ownership u II not het-
ter to prevent such an extreme emer-
gency rather than having To- face Il
some duN
Then someone said here on the
floor that state ownership tended 20
Development, and la proof Of that sta
tittics We're introduced here. Hut
from these statistics II was shown that
leases had been executed hs the state
"f colorado on mineral lands hut that
only per cent of these lands 80
leased were bcins worked This nn,
pears to me 10 De- evidence enough IN
rofuiation 1T that particular claim.
would Ike IL add lust one more
word. namely. that white ~ ! under.
stand n. stand alone here from New
McSico IN defense " the principle
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