| Show THE FORESTRY reservations the latest phase of forestry reserva tion affairs la Is the favorable report by a senate committee on thursday Thu raday of the proposed amendment providing for the restoration reiteration to the bubile domain of the lands land embraced to la he abe Pres identa enid forestry fore itry reservation orders in ID connection with this lit feat ure it la in well weil to recall the fact that anen the lat last reservation was wa made the pressure upon the united senate donate was wag snob buob as ai led to the adap ilon clon of a clause in we the sundry civil appropriation bill at once restoring the to to the public domain bak the ibe boa house of representatives would nut not consent kaough that abdy al 1 awed BD an amendment empowering the h president to restore reversed reer rever Ted ved lauds it if he be deemed it advisable this bill failed because president cleveland OleT eland would not sign it IL reviewing the situation it does not appear probable that the house will lope the me senate proposition an a it now in ii if indeed it will agree to any aay part of it nor does doea it appear clear that the senate proposition would be a proper thing in the interest of the western forests or ultimately of any western interests inte reaf so tar far as aa utah to concerned it certainly oena would not be it if we understand the description given of dahe reservation within this st state to with regard to utah it if the presidential orders are revoked as aa the senate to la now attempting god to do and nothing of a similar c ohara oter be made to take their plum place it would be a great areat misfortune mia fortune to the stage slate it Is te ie probably the he oae case that left just fust where the matter now li in there way may be in justice in some of the otner state but bt ehst never was contemplated in the plan by which the reservations were made it wa intended to te withdraw be abe areas named and then than secure their heir regulation tor for the benefit of the he public to a way that would protect the he fore forbat growth yet make no unnecessary interference ter with other Inter interests seW it would appear that to the pro pm ceol to the extent of this modification would be fr fair better for the ultimate welfare of be west sod and much left ie to the charge of blind selfishness than is the course now advocated in the senate and ardently or even radically supported by moot of the western sona senators tors A statement of the history and hatae of this shia forestry by the hi president way may be riven given briefly six years year ago congress Cooer eeB enacted a law pro that ti tie 9 government should own and hold bold in perpetuity certain lends other than those needed for lie its immediate purposes or those met et aside tor for perks among them were ends for forest reier reservation abi was waa a departure in an important item from the former policy of the government holding the public domain only until it could be disposed of to actual settlers ettlene ett lere it woo was taken upon the theory that a forett forest cover oo on slopes and mouri moun must most be maintained to regulate the flow of streams st to prevent erosion ero elor ano and thereby to maintain favorable condition eon the and in the valleys below this woo the theory hold jbell in utah and this abla departure rom from the old policy was waa advocated stead tautly eastly it was waa held to be a necessity for future safety atey that the hill timber be reserved by the ibe government yet when that theory la Is given practical application in the west a great protest protect is i raised railed against it by some borne of she very people who had bad been its ardent advocates por for a score of years yeara or more the Savero government went interior department and especially the general land office has hae urged ased this departure pointing out that an enormous moui devastation of pub ate timber by theft and fire was waa going she absence of care and through a lack of any rational method of permitting the utilization of the wood material by the resident real deat population at the fiftieth congress at ao fiort was waa made to withdraw all tim bar landa land from entry or disposal but failed later there here won wai some ome le glela man in 10 abe direction indicated then in 1891 came the law first named which provided that the president of the united states state may irom from time to time set riot apart and reserve in any state or territory having public land bearing fores fore tsin any part of the public lands wholly or impart in part covered with timber or undergrowth whether of commercial value or not as public reservations and the president shall ahall by public ablio proclamation declare the establishment lish went ment of such reservations reservation and the emits thereof under ebli low law there have hare been eighteen reservations sixteen by president harrison Harr loon and one by president cleveland in ia 1898 1893 aggregating acres and a second one by president Preal dent cleveland in feb 1897 of acher there wae ao out cry against all of those these and especially against the be last laet hence we attempt to kotore all these reservations to the public bublic domain A chief cause of all the she complaint Is that secretaries of the interior have construed the reservation act to mean a withdrawal of there theme nut not only from ale and entry but from all use whatever thle this feature never was waa intended by the advocates advocate or projectors of the tb forest foreit reservation policy and it to 1 thin misapplication of the treal real policy that should beald aim to change it kunold not destroy the reservations as ae would be the case it if the present senate proposition succeeds what in ia needed to la a regulation by which the timbers urn ben on these reservations and other uses uee of the area may be made available to the people under a that will preserve pre erve the loleat growth by its if renewal rea ewal the senate proposition to la to ahl the goose gooe that lays laya the golden sag eeg instead of raring caring for it and securing its product every right of the minor miner the agriculturist toe the manufacturer or the be lumberman can be preserved by pursuing the reservation policy through proper regulations regulation not by KB its revocation As ae it has been and now la in outside of these reservations vat ione ions the public bands have been plundered dered of timber and to restore obese tt eee reserves ree erves would rr crake eke them fields for wastefulness yet the be forests are needful on the higher elevations and eloper to hold bold book back the now and rain waters from inundating agricultural ends below to preserve pree erve the be scanty water supply by impeding evaporation and to supply the domand demand for timber and the trees therein should be cut wilb due regard to the future and to reproduction this thia can cad be only under a rigid goverD governmental me cital rital reservation system it Is ie not to the interest of utah or of the country to restore the forest reservations to be abe public domain on OB the other hand it to la for the count rys welfare to keep them in the govern ment charge and to make them available by a rational system of control and use that will permit valuing mining and other occupations under regulations that prevent unnecessary waste to tn allow the cutting of timber in such manner as aa to secure a renewal of forest growth to provide against unlawful destruction or occupant to make aoh such exchanges as may be necessary to preserve vested ti and to restore to public entry lands JD in the reservations that way may be found fit for agricultural purposes they should be kept by the govero government ment in use for the public good not ot be thrown open to ultimate waste n and ruin druio |
