. Conservation. Forests and forestry. 214 FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION April Under the present National Forest policy, the home builder will be prop- erly taken care of when he can find land suitable for cultivation. We of California are just beginning to real- ize what a protection to our interests the National Forest means. It may be true that there are iso- lated cases where the management of the National Forests works a hard- ship, not only on the stockraiser but on the miner; but I say, give the For- est Service a chance—it is yet young, monopoly, and to be continually con- fronted with the si
. Conservation. Forests and forestry. 214 FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION April Under the present National Forest policy, the home builder will be prop- erly taken care of when he can find land suitable for cultivation. We of California are just beginning to real- ize what a protection to our interests the National Forest means. It may be true that there are iso- lated cases where the management of the National Forests works a hard- ship, not only on the stockraiser but on the miner; but I say, give the For- est Service a chance—it is yet young, monopoly, and to be continually con- fronted with the sign, "Keep off the grass. I see much trouble ahead in the not far distant future for the people of this State, and particularly the north- ern portion of California, unless the Government, and for that matter, the State, provides means to properly con- trol the monopolistic tendency to ac- quire not only our timbered lands, but our water supply as well. The miner, agriculturist, horticulturist, and ir*. Hillside and irrigating ditch in perfect condition, undisturbed by fire—In the absence of trees, brush does much to hold the soil and the rain water and I believe, from my knowledge of the system of conducting these hold- ings, that any wrongs with which it may be afflicted will soon be reme- died. The complainants might well be ask- ed which they would prefer—Govern- ment supervision, or private ownership of the timber lands in the hands of a fact, the people generally, will have their most valuable public utilities con- trolled by a few individuals. Therefore, as a check to our mon- opolistic friends I can see no better method to adopt than strengthening National Forests and lending our aid towards the present policy of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Fores
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