They cut much of the timber offabsolutely denuded the land. and the interest of the public is a larger interest than that of an individual. We must guard against a possible repetition of this wholesale plunderof the remaining public lands. Much has been said about Canada and the liberal character of its land laws and their tendency to induce emigration from our own country. It is questionable if the Canadian laws are any more liberal than our own. but the law there is not the sole cause of the present migratory movement. Briefly. their laws provide that(1) Only agricultural lands are open to homestead there. and timber reserves are created and maintained there as here.
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