Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-12-06

Si4. .ooo. 900. 900 It per cent royalty
$3.50. 100000.
Potash 100000 tons At s75.
$1,000, ,oo0, 900 at per cent royalty
$so.oo0.ooo.
Waterpower. 100000 horsepower
at 10 cents per horsepower per year
81, 100000.
indian reservations: Oil soo,ooo,ooo
barrels at So, $500. 100000. Phos-
phate 1000, 100000 tons at 81. $4,000
100000.
Alaska: Coal 10000, ,ooo, 900 tons. all
grades at five cents royalty $1,ooo.-
100000. Oil 25.ooo.ooo barrels at 81,
s25,OoO,ooo at 10 per cent royalty ST.
100000. Waterpower. 100000 horse
power at 10 cents per horse power
per year $25o,0o0.
Surface value Of public lands out
side of national forests: Desert and
semi arid lands 1o0,0o0,o00 acres at
81. 100000, 900. Grazing lands, 49,
100000 acres at 50. s15o,ooo.ooo. Graz
ing and forage lands, 100000 acres
at 81, s60.000,o00.
National forests: Grazing lands,
100000 acres at 81. s275,ooo.ooo.
Timber s5so,00o,ooo. Other resources
$145, 100000.
History Is now repeating ITSELF"
says Secretary Fall, "and after a
period of unlimited expenditure in
war measures and in preparing for
war, In the creation Of navy. ETC., it
has been found necessary to curtail
such expenditures to the very utmost
I am justified in calling attention to
the fact that the department of in
terior-the home department-is fuAly
equipped and prepared to do its part
in the development Of those great
natural resources which must be SO
developed II the tax burden upon this
and future generations Is to be borne
at ALL"
Secretary Fall devotes a consider
able part Of his report to reclamation
projects and in this connection he
urges that IAN affirmative strong pol
icy he announced by the executive"
"The necessary advances can be
made from year to year without be-
coming an excessive burden upon tie
taxpayers" the secretary says. land
! as has already been proven by ex-
perience. one years crop upon one
acre of reclaimed irrigated ground
will be of a value largely in excess of
the total amount expended in render
ing such acre productive. Under thu
present system. or any proposed
Legislation. Of course the cost of such
project will be repaid and meanwhile
the added wealth yielded will tighten
the tax burdens upon all the taxpay-
ers OF the country"
Referring to pending bills providing
for further reclamation activities, Mr..
Fall says that il they are enacted ad-
ditional opportunity for labor Will be
offered the unemployed and at the
same time homes made for those who
desire them.
This department." he adds, ''is
thoroughly organized with sufficient
force and Is ready to carry on any
work which such an enlightened
policy as suggested might be assigned
to it in reclamation or other develop
ment OF our national resources"
Discussing the situation in Alaska
the interior secretary declares the re-
sources of that territory and "the
wealth to be drawn therefrom in the
future are almost incalculable."
"There are 21,oOo.00o acres of lands
in forests in that territory" he says,
''and many millions of acres upon the
public domain upon which settlers
may depend for mining timbers, lum-
her for houses, etc. There are mil
lions of acres of land fitted for agii-
culture and the agricultural resources
are such that large population can
be supported in Alaska without the
importation of foodstuffs from the
United States or other countries.
+Alaska's resources have not been
developed for various reasons. among
others the lack of transportation and
largely because OF the fact that these
resources are administered through
some SS bureaus and various depa rt =
ments of this. government. In my
opinion authority to administer the
laws relative to Alaska's natural re-
sources must be vested in some one
department of this government that
the activities charged with the ad-
ministraton of such laws may be
properly coordinated.
Transportation is necessary. of