Creator
R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
New York,
October 8, 1906.
My dear Muir:
I wonder if you know, or can find out, anything about the Trinity mine (Copper) in Shasta County. A friend of mine who, on strong recommendation of it has invested in it wishes "to know, you know." It is reported that they have staked out $4,000,000 worth of ore, and as copper is higher now than for forty years, this looks favorable. Do you know anybody up there who can tell you the condition and prospects, and something about the management?
You may remember an editorial I wrote in the Century eighteen months or two years ago entitled "The Next Steps in Forestry Reform" advocating
1.The Recession of the Yosemite -- or rather its acceptance.2.The transfer of the reserves to the Agricultural Dept., and3.Setting on foot plans of cooperation between the generalgovernment and the Eastern states, looking toward the reservation ofthe whole top of the Appalachian Range, so as to do preventively forthe East what we have done remedially for the Sierra.
Well, lately I sent it (again) to the President, asking him to consider whether it would not be practicable and useful to call a conference of Governors of these states to consider the subject. He replied that in such matter he must wait for local public opinion -- that being the thing I wish him thus to create -- but said he would take it up with Pinchot. I've written the latter more fully, and I hope something will come of it. As I grow older I cease to be interested in little schemes. The large schemes seem more worth while. I shall keep at this one till somebody gets active in it. Unfortunately my three secretaryships -- Copyright, National Institute of Arts and Letters, and Keats-Shelley Memorial -- are taking all my spare time. I have been at my desk steadily since June 4, but Mrs. Johnson will soon be home from Europe -- next week, and I'll break away for a few days.
It seems an age since I saw you, my dear Muir. Do send me news of yourself and the young ladies. All my brood are well.
Doesn't your breast swell with state pride to know that Hearst has a fighting chance to be Governor of the Empire State? We wish you 'd kept him at home. I think he'll be beaten, but he'll poll a big workingmen's vote, having succeeded in putting class against class in his malicious and hypocritical way. But pray for us !
Ever faithfully yours,
R. U. Johnson
What are you writing these days. I hope your Muse is in commission.
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Location
[New York]
Date Original
1906 Oct 8
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Robert Underwood, "Letter from R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson to John Muir, 1906 Oct 8." (1906). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3575.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3575
Resource Identifier
muir16_0375-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 16, Image 0375
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
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Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Pages
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
