Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[C. Hart] Merriam
Transcription
To Dr. C Hart(Eligible)
[Jan. 1902]
My dear Dr. Merriam,
I send these clippings to give a few hints as to the sheep and forests. Please return them. If you have a file of "The Forester" handy you might turn to the Feb. and July numbers of 1898, and the June of one 1900, for solemn discussions of the "proper regulation" of sheep grazing.
With the patronage of the business in the hands of the Western politician, the so-called proper regulation of sheep grazing by the Forestry Dept. is as hopelessly vain as would be laws and regulations for the proper management of ocean currents and earthquakes.
The politicians in the interest of wealthy mine, mill, sheep, and cattle owners of course nominate superintendents and supervisors of reservations supposed to be harmlessly blind to their stealings. Only from the Military Dept., free from political spoils poison, has any real good worth mention been gained for forests, and so, as far as I can see, it will be no matter how well the Forestry Dept. may organized, until the supervisors, superintendents and rangers are brought under Civil Service Reform.
Ever yours,
JOHN MUIR
Location
[Washington, D. C.]
Circa Date
[1902 Jan]
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [C. Hart] Merriam, [1902 Jan ?]." (1902). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4593.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4593
Resource Identifier
muir12_0155-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0155
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
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
