The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-02-06
FORESTRY LAWS
now PENDING.
PUBLIC DOMAIN AND TAX COM
MlTTEES HAVE NEW BILLS.

Northeastern Minnesota through
the action of the committee on re-
forestration of the Civic and Com
merce Association of which A. L.
Richey, supervisor of the Superior
National Forest is chairman, made
recommendation to the Association
which if put into practice Will spell
the life of the timber industry Oh
the state and especially this section
thereof.
The matter had been thoroughly
gone into by the Association and
especially the refores tration COM
mittee and the views are embodled
in bills now before the Public
Domain Committee and the Com
mittee on Taxes and Tax Laws
Valuable information was CLEANED IN
the matter from Senator Fred Vlbert
and others of Cloquet, where wood
products conversion has occupied
the attention of all organizations
for many years and where wooo
products industry has been built up
second to none in America.
What is true of Cloquet can also
he made to apply in Ely and 1t rs
the duty of every citizen to dig In
and make the dream of great IN
dustry in this vicinity come true.
What Cloquet has accomplished by
unity of action in its far-seeing busl-
ness men can also be accomplished
here. We have the timber and the
power tributary to this city to Gre
ate a perpetual timber supply for an
immense industry With the assist
ance of the measures now before the
committees in the legislature, should
they become law, several Stun
bling blocks in the way of timber
culture is removed. The Clarke Nc
Nary law makes the acquiring OF
lands for timber culture already APP
plicable and with the addition of
taxation measures proposed in the
following bills the Objectionable
features of previous proposed legis-
lation has been removed.
The first of these is House File
No. 235 and Senate File No. 1913
and is now before the Public Domain
Committee. This amendment reads:
Authorizing the enactment OF
laws encouraging and promoting for
estation and reforestation of lands
in this state, whether owned by pri-
vate persons or the public, including
the fixing in advance of limited
annual tax on such lands, for a
term of years and yield tax at or
after the end of such term upon the
timber and other forest products so
grown, but the taxation of mineral
deposits shall not be affected by
this amendment"
The Forestry Amendment submit
ted at the last general election will
probably be re-submitted with the
following changes:
"Authirizing the enactment of
laws encouraging and promoting for
estation and reforestation of lands in
this state, whether owned by private
persons or the public, including ir-
repealable provisions for definite and
limited taxation Of such lands dur
ing a term of years and for a yield
tax at or after the end of such term
upon the timber and other forest
products so grown"
To cover the taxation of minerals
and timber reserved on lands that
may be decided to the U. S. Govern
ment under the Clarke McNary law,
House File No. 226 and Senate File
No. 236 have been introduced and
have been referred to the Commit
tee on Tax Laws. The bill reads:
"Section l. Whenever lands are
conveyed or transferred to the
United States of America, to the
state of Minnesota. or to any gov
ernmental subdivision of either, for
national or state park purposes, or
any other purpose, and the owner
reserves any right or interest in the
timber upon or minerals in such