San Carlos Dam Site, Gila River, Arizona 



will be relinquished to forest reserves 

 without a struggle. In every state 

 which has attempted to create forest 

 reserves on sandy land a bitter fight 

 has been waged against the withdrawal 

 of such lands from agriculture. 



This opposition springs naturally 

 from both the settlers in such districts 



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and the speculators in farm lands. The 

 interests of the settler are promoted 

 by more rapid settlement, since a 

 denser population not only reduces the 

 taxes for roads and other improve- 

 ments, but creates better markets for 

 produce. A suggestion that a portion 

 of any region is unfit for agriculture is 



