Show TIM THE FORUM A department in which our readers are invited to espres their ts air ideas an and d offer suggestions for the up building of roosevelt and the ment meart of civic pride address communications to forum editor roosevel Koo sevelt t standard roo sevelt utah area would supply all the western area of the country say eight states for several centuries and the navy too this federal reservation of our coal lands is one of selfishness not really and truly demanded by national welfare or state progress for instance why do they mot permit the craig coal to go on the market yes dear reader why oil reservation is perhaps justified but as governor geor george geore e II 11 dern has toll told them in washington it is rather fundy or peculiar or something like that to stop oil drilling in utah on public lands I 1 because utah has no oil except a little down near st george we have some gas natural anid unnatural but mighty little oil yet on hand and should be permitted to explore to drill to find out whether or not we have any in the lie uintah basin and elsewhere wily why reserve all the mineral rights yes why Is gold becoming dangerously scarce could we not get along without gold if necessity demanded it tin is becoming very scarce and some control might seem essential but zinc lead copper and other metals are still being mined in ample quantities there are certain rare metals in great demand anid some isome supervision should be de danl mandod d in controlling the output however cannot the estates baates do this could the th states not agree to follow low certain elementary rules demanded by congress jai ia the disposition of these highly essential m metals t many will say bay yes but what about the forests the states could never handle the forests forss ts only washington could do that and then the watersheds where we keep back the th water ater so california may have her supply when she needs it or sheds on which we should do this tar far better than we do and where ailabo and wyoming help make mak the Colum columbia bli river more useful aad erosion they say is simply awful it f we lont have uncle sam take charge of it we wont have any dirt left on the higher levels and grazing in depleted Y ys yes es about gons one the grass rass roots a ars ar re s rapidly being killed out and where water held back nicely when the pioneers settled gorges are now cut and washington just must have charge of it why admitting as we must that forests are necessary that watersheds should be better controlled 1 must washington do it I 1 dont really believe that all the brains all the wisdom and all the authority are in the district of columbus even with lobbyists hobbyists and journalists and congress and the Cab Cabi laet and the Pre president they are respected and vitally necessary when they play fair and square but this is a big country forty eight states are the elementary and really powerful units of it t as the U S senate indicates even more than the lower house these western territories tarri lories during the early periods lacked supervision and even now 6 teong ame of the th states should do better than they do but when i uncle sam had control of ten times as much public domain land as lie has today hy did con arees not help protect the be timber and the grass then this road question as the utah automobile association indicates is worrying people it if we take lack back the lands thy they say we shall get no more cwb out 0 of the federal treasury rea sury tor for such purposes that is all bosh when california mn cam get about threet hundred for boulder dam etc we should not teel feel taint faini hearted just juat prick up our ears take more interest la in political activities and we shall get a square deal and mot otherwise when denver can get a tunnel bored and them other interests may prevent its use as was intended intend sd by the people it indicates that the people are the real negative fact factors oro the dear people are very positive powers to get legal OR OK but after that they just let bosses operate it federalization bureaucratic government has gone too far towards that which jefferson warned the statesmen that is too much tion of cf power hoover see sees s it and governor sees it and all rational folks surely should teco see th this Is danger uncle sam should say to the eleven cleven elevates lend st elates ates hore here is the patent to your land take it god bless you |