The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-01-31


m these lands wcfe ceded 10 the
states, their sources 81 revenue would
thereby hc largely Increased. the
burden q losHiivn npon ~ IN
habitantr would be materially ui-
unfinished. ana the work 81 Develop
ment woald b. advanced ven mater
tally Ne west oHera to the people Of
the whole countfy a natural scenery.
tar beauty o. which certainly h not
surpassed anywhere IN the world, and
the main thing that IL needed TO put
al this within reach Of the tourist Il
rood roads This tourist often be-
ZONES a resident or an investor In a
state which appeals to him for M
reason o. another.
~One OF the objections raised 10 the
cediuE Of these lands - TO the eject
thar the public domain belongs to the
nation and tinlt Il ehould he kept BY
the federal seventeen; a. a
producing fuud FOR the benefit Of the
whole country. This. 10 q rather ar
row minded argument. because, in
deed. " the thing u looked At in its
proper light. Il Is 10 the Interest OF
the whole country that Us natural re-
sources b. fully and t~horoughiy de-
Neloped. regardless OF that part % the
republic where they may live. be-
cause this nation a. a whole ~ ben
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tion OF Il. and 10 likewise injured by
anything That retards the growth and
development Of any part % the sane.
'.GrantinE that the argument ~
sound, / would b. willing 90 ccncede
hal there n merit In it u Il were
true hal the public domain Ia n
source Of ven in the hands Of the
federal government; but Il - a teci
hat cannot be ~contradictet that u ~
a NInAINIHU and NOT An INSET In The
hands Of the government. In 1854
the congress appointed a committee
to Investigate the management OF the
public domain. and after a thorough
Investigation that committee reported
thai from the inception o. the ere
alion Of the public domain 70 b
year 1858. covering a period Of over
Ice years, there had been expended
hy the government In IT, manage
ment he sum OF tsbt.ssi, ieo. s2, and
during the same period of Inns there
lad been received from hat source
the sum OF tsgb.5b2.s1e.2s. leaving q
deficit for that 4eriod OF sies'tzA,-
Annual Deficit.
II Is a act that there has not been
one single year from the BEGINNING
10 date, covering a period OF over 40
years. when the handling OF the pub
lie domain by the government has not
resulted IN a deficit OF from one mil
lion and a quarter To two and one
half million every year. which deficit
has becn covered by appropriations
BY congress. In my state. We came
In possession OF 1900. 900 acres OF
land when we were admitted 10 state
hood. n we still own over 1000
600 acres; We have managed these
public lands az o total expense OF "a
per cent In 1915, 10 ) LIS per cent IN
1919. OF The total ven derived
from them. and We nave been able 10
pay into our state treasury consider
ably over 81. goo. 00e a year from that
source. Comparing n two manage
ments. the results speak for Them
selves.
considerably more could he said
on thia subject. but feel hat ] have
Sufficiently explained this matter 20
show the justice Of our plea and p
sure Advantages that Will result 20
the whole country BY granting these
lands TO the states where they are