Show ASKS LAWS FOR H N OF OUR rn special message Is sent to congress by president urging action by lawmakers lawm ak rs O 0 F WATER POWER executive recommends leasing of valuable privilege privileges on govern anent domain to private interests under conditions that would pr prevent monopoly question of fo bering soil solis moat most important reclamation and irrigation of arid lands LandA aiso 4 treated upon breser of our it lor orests cit washington the president transmitted to congress A d special message on tho the subject of the of the nations nation a natural resources in it was aa as follows follow to the th senate and rul komae of tives I 1 in III my n Y annual n essa I 1 r refried 0 arved the subject of 0 the tt I 1 n tt 0 f our na tion bonal 11 resources tor for in a ape peel cial message am 4 follow follows in everal several departments there ie in prey anted ilia th noc comIty for or looking to the further of our national resources and the subject Is one ot of uch as a to require a avore du e I 1 end and extended discussion than can be entered upon in this tion vw for that reanon reason I 1 hall shall take an arly parly opportunity to end send a special tn sago to congre congress on the of the th ot at our waterways water woys upon the reclamation and of arid semi ml arid a annl ni 1 swamp ur am p land lands upon the preservation ol 01 0 our fores oreta a and the re ro for eating ot of suitable ul table area areas upon the re tion of 0 the public domain with w th a view ot of separating from agricultural mineral coal and phosphate phoe phate land lands and sites alte belonging tor to the government bordering on ima suitable ulta bl for the cutill salton of rater water power in IM 1160 we hd a public domann of I 1 kf HIM acres we have now across aar confined largely lar irely to the mountain ranges and the arid and and semi ml arid plains we have in n addition acre acres of landin landlin alaska disbursement of public landi lands the public landa lands were during the aarli aril eat at administrations treated as A national auxt for the liquidation of the public debt and as a source ot of reward for our and allor later on an they were donated in larr larre amount amounts in aid of the con trulon if of wagon road roads and rail syn in order to open up region regions in the went then almost 11 inaccessible all the principal land statutes ta tutee wore enacted anore than a quarter of A century arc ago f th the aft liet the pro pre emption and time alin ber berent ture act the coal land and t the he act were kmonk these the fraudulent titles ehst truth lii IA that title titio to of acred of public land lands was fraudulently 0 obtain and that the right to recover a 1 arsts part pa ri a cir asia ik land lands for the government long since beast I 1 by reabon 0 C tat ute tes of limitation limitations there had ha developed in recent year rears a deep concern in the cuttle mind respecting the preservation ant an 1 proper ue use of our natural resources reao ahle thi b ami been boon particularly directed toward the conservation of the he resources reeo of the public domain A vast amount of has ha appeared in the public print prints in gener cenera ahus lize lliel I 1 form on je sub lib eject but there hu been little practical 11 it hae pe een easy to nay that he Ina natural resources in fuel supply in oreita forests in wata power and in other public must be aved saved from monopoly monor oly and other si hisses sli 1 the general public c Is I 1 in accord with this preposition of a they are with moat truisms ulima tr the problem pro bem however in how to ti bave save tin I 1 how to utilize how to con serve and etall develop for no man eane po pr por p r on son can contend that it Is I 1 for the corn cam moo good that natures naf uree blessings are only for or unborn generations noteworthy reform reforms arang the moat most re reforma lorma initiated by my predecessor were the vi florou cerous o 0 of land vand frauds and the bringing 1 to public itten atan on rs ot t the necessity nee elty for yIng the public from front further for the and ex r of our forest aret reo orre ani and for the enactment of laws law amending the ot oh olete delete statute ta tutee A a s to retain govern mental control met that part ft ef the too pub etc in which there are valuable alu able depo deposits alt of CM coed I 1 ot of oil and of and in thereto to pr irve eon ton arol under condition conditions favorable to bolha the public of the lands along alon the str earna in hi h th the fall of water ian can be bo made to iren erate I power to be in the 1 of electricity many mue miles to the point 0 of t if is use known as a awater water power kites sites the prevent statutes ta tuten except noi so far as a they dispose nt the precious pre clou mettle and the purely agricultural landa lands ay ure not adapted to carry out ont the modern 11 few of the bt beat disposition of bublis 1 zda to private ownership under con ditinno offering on the one hand dufft dent clent Indu camen to private capital lo 10 tah take thern over for proper develop ment with restrictive conditions on art the other which ahall secure to the public that character of control which will prevent A monopoly or misuse of the land lands or their product the power of the otere tary of the interior to with draw arra the operation of vil stIng sil atutes I 1 of rach under under uch such ati tau e be to tl t pubic ln treta Is 1 not elemr or v d factory thie this power hail box n everel sod in the of a the public with the hope that wini curmi eress might aff affirm Irris the action of the executive br if laws adapted to the new condl eions Ln fortunately angress cn gress hj hae aut vt thue thus f fa rf rully ully acts an t the th noeo enmen batton hf 61 th the executive acu t and find th question it sis to what th the executive Is to do Is under the th birc of 4 difficulty 1 ua t y it to we that it le Is th it t du 1 r ailt it congress now by a statute to validate the h hawseen haw been road andt by the so secretary e osithe kid and lh to the secretary of the interior temporarily to 10 withdraw 41 at to Jeci to meet conditions or or VROnI ja am they ale 1 jt 1 1 i 4 nubile land along streams WIT mao which lies along the streams offering to convert water power I 1 r to aa elf elect electricity city nether another apo p phase has c oc t tb the e public land n Is pre presented ended there are vid chis water power sites through all 11 II f 1 I the opinion la h held id th that t the transfer trap at 0 sovereignty biora the he fedrial government to the it territorial r tort go as a they become as atia intrude the th water power in av rivert ft ao far as an that owned V by riparian I 1 do not stink think it ace to sa go into dirc melon bt this no ow hat mooted orl 0 of f law it ax leeis G 91 ta to tiff DIV sufficient to eay may flint lat th the tram whoa tans and control nis ane land lank thol n tream from shirb the h powe fa f f be inverted and brahs mittler which la in Indi spens elble to the conversion end and ue use of that ste p power I 1 sta cannat n N t c conceive O 0 ye bow how the p power in stream am flo w 1 ng t through pub lla ila land lands an be bal land available lable at alt all 0 except 1 1 by br The land itself as the 81 site T bhul mpr for ads construction of the plant b by which t teiei t power to t trene rated and ani reou converted alid tinK a R right ot of way ther th croover coytr clr lines un der theme tl it the he g government ove rement owna the ada acerit lan ian t ind indeed eed it th the 0 is tile riparian ri owner it inay sty control theae th eje of 0 ilia water power r by imposing Impo ein proper fluid and eions on the of the and land in the creation re atton and utilization of the water power value of water power the in electrical apall ances for or the of the water power into tic to be transmitted long distance has ha progressed so 0 o far that it 1 Is I 1 no langr 1 problematical but it la in a ter bertain inference that in the future the power odthe of the wat water fir falling in the streams iram I 1 to a large 1 extent will take the SI pace X of t natural fuels fusil s i i la in the of the do domain ain already granted Kr anted many water bover bower itee sites have come undre absolute an and ank k mair drift into one own worship to 0 o all the water power under private ownership owner hip hall shall be a monopoly if it however ilia water power sites alte now ancl nail by the government and there are of the thorn mahall shall be disposed dl pod of to private persons for the of their capital in uch such a way as a to prevent their union for purpose purposes of monopoly with other water power sites and under conditions condl tlona that halt shall limit the right oun i not riot exceeding thirty year years with renewal privileges and some equitable mean means of fixing terms of rental and with proper foasis for determining a reasonable graduated um ted rental it would seem entirely poe a ble to prevent the absorption of the these moet most useful lands by a power monopoly As an long as it 11 ita a government retains control and can prevent their improper union with other plante competition must be maintained and price prices kept reasonable soils solis mut must be se conserved in considering the conservation ot of the natural resources of the country the feature that transcends tran rend all others including wood waters minerals Is to the soil of the country it Is in incumbent upon the government to foster by all available mean means the resources of the country that produce the food of the people to this end the conservation conser ratton of the soils kofl of the country should hould be ared eared tor for with all means at the s disposal their productive powers should have the attention of our that we may conserve the new olle improve the old soils drain wet soils all ditch swamp soils oils levee river ovar overflow soils motto grow row trees on thin soils molls pasture hillside hlll elde soils 11 rotate crops on all olle alcove di dl cove ei methods for cropping dry land noila molls find grasses and legumes for alt LIT soils feed grains and mill feed on the farms viere they originate origins to that the salli fram from chith they come nay be enriched A work of the utmost Import importuno uco to inform and instruct the he public on this chief branch of the pf our resources la Is bobinc carried on om in the department pf but it ought not to publio attention that state sic aton in sea addition on to that of the de pa apartment part rement ment of agriculture 1 as for instance in the drainage of swamp lands Is I 1 vs enolal to the tent ant ot of the balls in the manner mariner above indicated the th net by which in aerni add td parts of the public damain domain the erea area of the home horne 1 has ila been enlarged from to ifft acres hae has resulted requited mot most beneficially in the fite extension naton of dry end and in the demonstration w aleh has been armile of the feasibility possibility through variation in the character and rood of culture of raising substantial crop crops without the presence of such a s supply u pair of ater asi ai has been heretofore hereto hersto for foro th ought ta to be nece sary eary for agriculture sa no one cat sit tilt the fsr for west and the roli of arl aril I 1 ano ii semi arid lands with out vilt belne being that this Is one of the mot most important methods of the con sr atlon of tour bur natural resource Ir that the government has ban entered upon pon it would appear that over 30 projects ha have ve ben been undertaken and that a few of these ahre likely to be unsuccessful be rauie of lack of water or tor for other rea yi but generally Kone rally the work which has len n done has been well done end lind many important problems pro blema have been met and solved fund funds inadequate for service one ons of the th difficulties which whick has arisen le to that too mars projects in lw low of the available aval lable funda funds have been set et on foot toot the funds available under unde the li nation statute ar are inadequate e to R complete these 1 projects within n a rexton able time and yot yet the tha projects he bein begun settlers have been to take up and in many in ata tieta have taken up if the dumic lind vind within the projects relying their prompt completion the this fiill fill ur to complete the projects for their ben at is am in effect a breach of faith and it gravee aves them in a most distressed con ditton I 1 urge that the nation boucht to alord alford the means to lift them out of or thop lh very depe besperat de rats condition in which they now are thil condition doea doos not indicate an waltg wate or any corruption on the pert lart of the reclamation bervice tt it only tAl leates an overzealous over lealous lesire to extend the bencat of mitlon to he a miny salerm and as many states an pos possibly I 1 recommend therefore that authority be iriven to esaue not exceeding of bond bonds from tame to time as the setret secretary eiry of the interior shall find and it necessary nee eary the to 1 lip applied to the compit tion of the projects already begun and their proper extension and tt the ht tono tone running ten ton yearn years or nor mors to be taken up b the proceed of return returns to the reclamation fund which return returns as the years go on will increase rapidly in amount new law requisite i tte tile comparatively small timbered area on an ilia the politic doas 11 IM a not n ot included Inc ludel in national foresta forests because of their or 1 thir th ir value for agricultural or Vit mineral noral purposes pur poxes it in 1 ap parent from the evils resulting by virt 6 tue jf the imperfections of existing I 1 law A w 1 p for or the dio position of lands t that h a t taft aati 2 3 1 should be b r repealed and SL law enacted for the alipo sr pluton of ot the h tamber at public salo the t b e hailds land attar abo tb removal of the ilia timber timbe r to be subject to appropriation unior the or mineral and land law laws NN hat I 1 have IA really an am epitome of the recommendation recommendations of the secretary of the interior in respect to the future fute conservation ron ef of aiho bubile domain in his present annual report lie ile has ha alven doe close kra to a the problem leris of di discont tion of these land lands under such condition conditions as a to invite the private capital necessary necea sary to their development on the one ha hand nd ano aej the maintenance of the restriction restrictions necessary tu to provi prevent monopoly and abuse from absolute to ownership owner nhip on the iha other elwe recommendations are in incorporated corp orated in bills h he has prepared anil and they are at the disposition of the congress I 1 earliest earnest ly that all the which he has ha made mada with respect to inca lands shall be embodied em bodi in statute statutes and especially that the withdrawal withdrawals already made shall be vallia vall ted so for an a ary sary and that doubt an a authority of the of the interior to with draw landa lands for the purpose 0 of submitting recommendations as six to future disposition of them where new legislation is I 1 needed thau shoo b t made complete and unquestioned disposition of 0 forett forest reserves the threat le ie serveS served of the united states some WO acres in extent are under the control of vt the department ot of agriculture with authority adequate to them thern and to extend their growth it tar far aa as that may be practicable th the of the maint ance ot of our forests cannot be exaggerated the ability ot of a scientific treatment of forests so 0 o that they ther hall be enado to yield a large return in timber without really reducing the tile supply has been demonstrated in other countries and we should work toward the standard met et by then them as a far aa as their methods are 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