Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-08
NATURALIZATION
OF RESOURCES ASKED
Secretary Franklin Il. Lane Issues
Annual Report for Interior
Department.,
APPEAL For EDUCATION
Consideration OF Water Power and
Petroleum Deposits Is Advocated
and Claim Is NIado That 40 Per
Cent Is in West.
my A.aocla,od Press /,

WASHINGTON. Dec 7.--Fuller u.ili-
cation Of national resources In coal. OIL.
water power. land and in human beings
is urged by Secretary franklin X
Lane. OF the Interior Department. in
| his annual report issued today. From,
the observation post that his Office az
fords over varied governmental sc-
Tar beyond all our possessions ;. !. is
the American man." In "A strong appeal
for Americanization and education.
ITO him. to his spirit and character.
TO his skin and intelligence is due ali
the credit for the land In which we
live" Mr.. Lane said. That resources
cent Of the 100000 men between
twenty-one and thirty-onc years OF age
who were iirst drafted into our army
could neither read nor write our Ian
GunEe and tens of thousands could not
speak II or understand it,"
turning to the motive power facili-
''e .sr, OF the nation, the rcport says:
The measure OF a peoples industrial
GG.apacities seems to he surely fixed by
us us motive power possibility, and tho
LIT, ,.9rt uS inc disturbing fact that we live
virtually by unanimous consent Let
n eSs n 0n mn,i of per cent Of our
combines horrors OF pestilcnce and
Discuhses Fuel situation.
Mr.. Lane asks adequate provision TO
collect statistical Information about the
Industry, paving tho way to better util-
ization OF fuel In future
Consideration of water power and ne
;roleum deposits takes Mr.. Lane to the
Wider spaces OF the West. Hc states
that 20 per cent OF the available horse
Mississippi. and places total oil pro
duction in 1918 ,at 356,00O.o0o barrels.
Passage of public landileaslng iesisia-
supplies. he says. and eventually the
deposits OF oN shale '''can be made to
Weld vastly more oil than has b.cn
found In pools or sands"
Yet with all the optimism that can
De Justified" the report says. II Mould
urge a policy OF saving ne to petroleum
VIC arc long to enjoy the benefits OF a
petroleum aSc. We must save this Oil"
Ships using fuel oil should be
tors, Mr.. Lane believes. and not be al
lowed TO burn oil to make steam. =
sorsiEn oil G Snnply should also b,
means used 10 develop It.
New Baais OF Operation.
a new basis for the operation OF th,
Reclamation Service. which has chico:
4 Total Of I.Sos.ooo acres made irrist..
BILE. is suggested.
The day has come when IL freclama-
tion) must be nationolizcd and extend
Lane says. TO tho deserts OF the west
we have brought the crestive touch OF
water. and VIC must nnd way TO con
t'nua the work. But II Ia equally import
ance that NC shouiG iiberatc rich areas
now held in bondage by the swamp.
convert millions OF acres OF idle cut
over lands to profitable use, and raise
from the dead the oncc-vsorous uHri-
cultural life OF our abandoned farms"
This does not mean more Federal an
preparations, the report explains. bUt
assistance 10 local districts which Viii
provide funds by .pledsing tho value
OF lands within them.
10000 Ask fbr Land.
Mr.. Lane &ys that 10000 dcmoh,.-
lied soldiers have applied for public
lands. lie rcssscrts his belief that the
government is justified In doing Tor
soldiers what it would do for no o.hcr
class. as he has proposed in pending
measures -tE
The Alaska Railroad. Secretary Lane
says, has hcen we'll and soiidly buzz,
could build a." Though total costs
have been rising. due 10 general price
situation the eod report pdls"Sas.s expendi-
mile. so far as compared TO $4,000
vatc roads in-the United states.
In summary of the department..
work the report shows that the Usage
tribe OF Indians collected last year
$1,000 900 In returns from oil and gas
aea mesd ssno i ons 81 INC soa in
Washington the Patent Onico issued 81
sion Office paid ont S2e2.159.2e2 to vct-
Grams OF the Civil and Spanish wars
Many Visit National Parks.
At the national parks 755.527 visi.
tors were recorded during the year. and
elk in wyoming and the control OF
virrolic gases around Hawaiian vol.
canoes came up for settlement.
On irrigated lands last year. $4,000
600 In Agricultural products were
grown. and Mr. Lane remarks that
Fsde5al expe nditure 6 Of 5 sn 100000 has
valuation Of Western States. The salt
River project Of Arizona. where cron
values totaled SIS,1SS.No0, was the han
ner producer of the Reclamation Ser
vice.
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