The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-01-12
THURSDAY, JANUARY II, 1911
CITRUS FOR EFFETE EAST.

I'll MO rOH EFrGtG EHoi.
Senator Borah has a way all his
own OF doing things; but he prob
or more effective turn to his friends
and home and native land than when
he delivered that speech on conser-
walton last week before the Insti-
tute of Fine Arts at Brooklyn, N. Y.
He was expected to make a great
speech, and he did, the members OF
the learned assembly were gathered
to hear something new and different
from what they had ever had, and
they did. But--we don't always know
just what we want, nor just what we
need, nor just how to take 1t nor
just what to do with il when we get
1t. However, that's the other fellows
business the senator did his duty,
and the western people are ready to
do theirs, and 1t is up to the eastern
er to assimulate what he called for
and got The senator said In part:
Il ann aware of the conditions un-
der which western man addresses
an eastern audience ON the subject
OF conservation. It is assumed upon
the part of the audience to begin
with that we are not in favor OF con-
servation. The west has been Islander
ed and maligned by the uniformed
and the malicious until we appear
before you as despoilers and maraud-
ers of the public domain. Ordinarily
IL would be presumed that men who
go into the wilderness, submit to all
kinds OF hardships and Universities in
& building up homes and making set
dement's would be the best strain od
citizenship.
1.-THE criminal does not seek the
desert and tie himself to barren
tract Of land for five years-the
criminal hunts for New York and
Brooklyn, where the Job 10 easy
and where, II successful, he can
become a great political powera
From the beginning OF time the
best and truest and most sturdy
and most patriotic have been upon
the line Of the frantier and among
the home builders of the desert
and In the forest. The sturdiest,
most home-Icving people In the
country today are found In the
great northwestern states. This 10
true Notwithstanding the cheap
and venai literature with which
the public mind has been satu-
rated for the last 10 years.
I'VE have among US in the west
those who do not believe in conser
walton But the vast majority of oui
people accept in null faith all the un
DERIVING principles OF the great move
ment. We are neither uninformet
nor disinterested. We know the val
ne OF these vast resources of wealth
and we recognize fully our obligation
both to the present and to the future
The west, in my opinion, will gladly
favor any policy which will preven
waste of these resources, their extra
giant exploitation or which viii
prevent their being gathered into thu
hands of few monopolists.
I'VE want policy of conservation
which will indeed conserve the who'll
people From the most careful In
vestigations which ! have been abb
to make | believe there are 10000.
900 acres Of good agricultural land
An our forest reserves and not coyere'
by merchantable timber and neye
will be. There are at least 3,0O0.00'
acres OF lands In the forest reserves
in my state which are as good agri
cultural lands as are now untakeI
Why not throw open these lands t.
entry by the homesteader? 1t seems
to me shod-tsighted. II not worse
to withhold from the homesteadel
and the bona fide home builder thes'
agricultural lands. The real timber
lands should be held in the reserves
and there may be here and there 9
piece OF hand not now In the reserve
which should be because such lands