Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-24 | Page 2 | Register Urges Land Office be Moved to West

I ILAND lAND OFFICE Of BE M MOVED VU 1 t Denver Man Elected Chairman of Conference Confer Confer- ence tHere ere The removal of tho gen general ral I land d office e from Wash Washington n ton D D. D C C. C.- C. to some western city was was was' advocated by Eli F F. Taylor F Taylor ray register of f f. f the tle I lo local al land office at the theland land of office of f fice ice registers' registers conference which opened tn in t they the O federal building Tuesday Mr Taylor explained all aU of or the thc affairs of the land office are centered centered cen cen- In the public land states s. s and that b business could be greatly facilitated if If the the office were vero In a n. anoro amore more mora central l location Walter Waller SJ Spencer en er of I Denver was as elected chairman of ot the conference and Mr Taylor Talor was chosen secre secretary secre- secre tar tary The public land states are today paying uh economic that the ho remainder o of the states tates of C th the country did not have havo to pay Congressman Con Con- gressman ress E. E O. O Leatherwood told ola tJ the the- lie members The Thc eastern states secured tho right t to all natural re resources resources re- re sources cs while WI most of ot thc the money moncy from tails source tn the western west west- eril erh ern states goes into the general und fund fund to the benefit of 01 tho remainder remainder remain remain- der of 01 the the- country countr- The government ha has no control over the coal and oil all fields fields of of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania and other eastern states tates yet as ns soon eoon as the western states start the development mt of r th their lr natura natural nat nat- ura ural resources restrIctions are are pu put on them By lock locking up ui the the- natural resources re resources re- re sources of r the west through the conservation n policies o of ot the thc government government govern govern- ment the tho great development of ot the thew w West st is hampered STATES COMPETENT COMPETENT Utah h and th the the other other lan land d states are as competent a as the gov government v. v to l the natural re re- re sources our cs H However the tho public sho should lId give careful consideration to to the proposal of at President Hoover to take ake ov over r the public lands ds The surface rights rights' alone alon would would- be bo of ot little value l e t la Utah as the wealth otho orthe state Mate lies under the surface and in in- tho the national forests The uThe representatives Ues o of ot the castern eastern cast cast- em ern ern stat states ate ue arev tr trying to lock up everything e of at value In the west so sa so that lt Jt help lp reduce their taxes through gh the the- lt f derived from t these eSe sources thy bf the ro t. Milton H. H Welling 8 se 0 of s state te welcomed the registers rs to Salt Lak Lake and Utah Matters pertaining to the administration admin n. n oj Of ol public lands land will be discussed Tuesday y afternoon n and the subject of or the tho public Domain in willbe willbe will will- be tak taken n up W Wed Wednesday d S. S