Show BALLINGER REPORTS RTh SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TELLS OF WORK OF HIS DEPARTMENT ENT STILL AFTER LAND ND THI THIEVES VES Urges Continuation of Vigorous Prosecution Prosecution Prose Prose- cution and a Reclassification of the Public Domain Issuance Domain Issuance of Recia matlon Fund Bonds Bond Advised The Advised The Indian Bureau Washington Nov The 29 The The annual report to the president of or Richard A A. Ballinger secretary of the interior interior was made public today day and makes In reading The report covers a portion of ot the time under the administration administration administration ad ad- ministration of or James R. R Garfield and Mr Ballinger gives him credit for his earnest and efficient services Secretary Ballinger comments on the he old public land statutes and continues continues con The liThe liberal and rapid disposition of the public lands under these statutes and the lax methods of or administration which for a long time prevailed naturally naturally nat nat- provoked the feeling that the public domain was legitimate prey for forthe forthe forthe the unscrupulous and that it was no crime to violate or circumvent the theand theland theland land and laws It is to be regretted that we as a nation were so tardy to realIze realize real- real Ize ze the Importance of preventing so large arge a measure of our natural natural resources resources resources re re- re- re sources passing into the hands of land pirates and speculators with no view to development looking to the national welfare Must Continue Prosecutions It may It may be safely said that millions of ot acres of or timber and other lands have been unlawfully obtained and it is also true that actions to recover such lands ands have In most Instances long since been barre barrei i by the statute of or limitations imitations The principal awakening to our wasteful course came under your four predecessors predecessor's administration The Thebold Thebold Theold bold old and vigorous prosecutions of ot land frauds through Secretaries Hitchcock and Garfield Garfie d have restored a salutary respect for the law and the public mind has rapidly grasped the importance importance tance of ot safeguarding the further disposItion disposition disposition dis dis- dis- dis position of ot our our national resources Inthe in inthe the he public land in the interest of ot the public good as against private greed Notwithstanding this it is necessary to o continue with utmost vigor through all available sources the securing of Information nf of violations of the publIc publIc- land and laws and to follow such violations violations viola viola- lions with T rigid prosecutions Use Private Enterprise In this present policy polley of conserving the natural resources of the public domain domain domain do do- main while development Is the keynote keynote key key- note tho the best thought of the day is pot that development shall be by national national na- na lonal agencies but that wise utilization utilization utilization tion shall shaH be secured through private enterprise under national supervision and control Therefore if It material progress Is to be made in securing the best est use of ot our remaining public lands congress must be called upon to enact remedial legislation Mr Ballinger then gives in det detail J his recommendations for the classification cation of public lands and the features features features fea fea- tures of a measure which he advises for or the direction of ot the d disposal of water power sites The Reclamation Service Concerning the reclamation service the report says in part In view of the importance of or a speedy completion of existing projects of the and their proper extension and necessity in 1912 of ot an adjustment between be e tween the states by which the major portion of the funds arising from froin tho the sale of public lands within each state and territory shall have been expended expended ex ex- so far as practicable p wit within ln such state or territory and in view of at the Importance of making a beneficial bene bene- tidal use of or waters already appropriated ap ape or capable of appropriation I tion to which rights may be lost for nonuse I believe an urgent appeal appeal appeal ap ap- ap- ap I peal should be made to congress to authorize the Issuance of ot certificates I of Indebtedness or of ot bonds against tho tha reclamation fund to an aggregate of not exceeding or so BO much thereof as may be needed Energetic reorganization of the Indian Indian Indian In In- dian bureau Is In progress says Mr that Ballinger and he recommends the Indian warehouses at New York Chicago Omaha St. St Louis and San Francisco be closed as soon as pos pos- advanced policy respecting respecting respecting re re- re- re aible sible A more the maintenance imp improvement improve ove- ove ment and operation of the and Yosemite national parks Is u urged on tho the government |