The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-04-08
FORESTRY MEN DIFFER
As to Means to Protect Forests and Prop
erty Rights at the same Time.


Washingtn. April Some additional
liyht is throtAn on the attitude ot the ad-
miaistration on the forestry reservation
question by the stenographic report os
the conference OF the national forestry
commission with Secretary Bliss Mon
day. Chairman Sargent OF the co minis
sion and General Abbott were particular
" anxious that no action be taken.
pending the commissions report. T. bs
submitted in May.
Secretary Bliss expressed his IDEAS as
follows:
''Of course. IL Is impossible tha. these
reservations go on as they are. They
work a hardship 10 the people The peo-
pie mus ge. timber ans develop on the
old "a well as the new claims The peo-
pie desire Immediate relief In regard IN
various valuable industries. They seem
To consider that they are Withdrawn
from their business. IL anything can
BE done 10 relieve them by the issuancs
OF a proclamation. IL should he done.
They make rather serious claim upon
US. which Is backed up by welghty tn
fluenca and f. seems almost necessary 10
Go something
AS to delaying all action pending the
formal report. he added:
''By the time report Is submitted con-
gress will be approaching close. In 9TH
er words. you would have no hope OF do
Ing anything until next December. II
seems We are not going 10 have any RELIEF
unless We do something 81 once. !; seems
to me We are all agreed upon what we
want: il is only 70 find a mere method
Cpon which we can all agree. ~ carry
out the provisions ot the commission. All
the senators expressed themselves In IA
vor Of the general action we propose 10
take IA regari TO these suspensions"
Professor Sa-gen; claimed that n
practical working the suspension % the
operation % :hep reclamation would
amount 70 nothing. The ola reserva-
tons. he said have sawrnllls on them:
they cu: timber and do just as they Ike
and the secretary of the interior has not
a particle cf control on one Of these rvs
ervaiions.
Certainly" he went on "there has
been morel and Included IN these res
srva;.ons than g really essential 20 for
estry. We Intended 20 take out al land
that is suitable for agricultural purposes.
o. any large tracts of agricultural or min
ersi lands wlu be taken. out We VII
n5r interfere WITH mining Industries. Ths
i1ea a not 70 stop mining but 70 improys
and encourage 81. II would allow man
% 20 IN there and ind his mining claim.
Some % our members want a perna-
nent forestry service.
"Can the special agents az this depsr,-
ment which you can hire ror 5000 pa
troll the vast extent of these reservations
and protect them >"
Comn'iss onsr Herrpan 0, re general
land ofnce IN reply said:
'They d. effective aervIce now anf The
force can De increased - 70. sufficient.
II IL Proyi1e1 in the ansnimeut that
there shall be a survey 80 that the strict
ly forest lands may be So gpart. and ne
mineral and grazing lands ikewise. then
20 have :; PLACED under Ere strict sur-
vsiIlancs of the agents of the interior o.
partalelt.
III we discover BY t7iE tsmporary sy--
.san tat the civilian force - insufscient
20 DO ms then we vii 20 20 congress ara
ask 10 authority ~ the Ear 1spsr;rn-n
% dssal the troops % help n ne pr0,-o-
fson. A 20 practical serniuis;r1,ion. no
secTe:ary xiI 70 ~ FAR "a the iaw VII
,ern.; hlm as - ds;aii: a; tas sane rna@
& wiu prevent destruction - fhs for@ss
remaining TIE amsncnsn;. = lrc0rpor-
s.e5 n ne ~undry civG biIi. wlli heoon-
;be iaw and give authority % make s5>a
-gies as the c.r-gnstancs1 require. 7,
ESQ gives sgpervlslon over thsss Tsss--
vzticus ma. re secretary almost -
ONES paramount IA au:honty % Fiars
yuaT;fs or whatever officeFs 10 -s~ts. =
5.hsr words. - preserve thsS@ Fa-
.iens mac This a1oso1nsnt - f1ft -
n.tls:.-y nsoTsrusnt % a grszisF 1ooT--
nsn, foSand 7srnznsnt 9fessfss2as
:. me forests"