Show Great VIf Wealth In Public Domain On the public domain says sa s 's the Geological ical Survey there are arc acres of coal land which contain tons of fuel for the future This single item gives ives an idea of the latest values that still remain in owned owned Government land While the area of land still stin remaining in public ownership said aid President Coolid Coolidge e ein in his recent message e to Congress is small smaIl compared with the vast area in private ownership the na- na natural natural na natural tural resources of those in public ownership are arc of immense present and future value alue This s particular particular- particularly I ly y tru true as to minerals and water waterpower waterpower waterpower power There are arc half a million acres or of phosphate land says a statement from the De Department of the Interior that can supply tons of this essential fertilizer as its need needon needon needon on American farms is better realized There is an undetermined acreage of potash deposits the best of which yet discovered are on public lands There are 65 developed oil and ind gas fields with an annual production of barrels of oi oil oil There are acres of oil shale from which possibly barrels of oil can be extracted when high arrive to warrant the higher cos cost t I The general policy of the Federal Government as reflected in recent e is to ret retain in the ownership i 1 of the principal natural resources of its remaining public lands permitting j l the development of those these th se resources I I If Ionly I In order permit only under lease or f is necessary out this policy it s to carry the pub pub- I Ito to examine and classify all pub with reference to their high high- highest lie lands This work of class class- II I est use or value |