Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30
PEN PICTURE OF PINCHOT
Forester OF the United States Who is Leaving an F.
during Mark On the Country's Economic Life
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OF r labor has seemed a complete or..,
me nrst step In the new nIon VlseL
sne settlns aside o. millions OF "cro1 was
Forest reserves. This excited In, as
opposNion IN many localities It !,
'onlehded that much land which ~, vas
naule l0r the purpose was manu- ,a NJ
Mllnin the reservations, and tha, 't tt.ll
sIaHlhs ana the settlement ~ uoh
cultural soil would be unreasonn,, ssIl'
'eiiered with in consequence '''' IN
Mr' Plhchot replied BY savir, =,
hese boundaries were ONLY ,eni ,H't
ana That when accurate lines IVA a. l'..
ali lahd not valuable for reservss W.
DE excluded; further, thar ~. W
WI ne allowed TO Craze In the ros,r'..'
uIluer permits providing FOR tbo
Iorveneht OF reasonable regulatio-"'
lhtre We're many Influential Nor ,.a
asserted that the forests are not uo
aDle ~ conserving water SUNNY 'u,
Ciallileu that they absorb morn ,,, wv
tlah they save. Furthermore. thev "sg,
,nat the Forest grows again very G,,,.Ii.u
W and that the brush which Hu'eN'
up almost MS soon as the treo. p'"'ss
holds the snow better than tbo s = ,uI
itself ' "'e FOREST
IN answer TO this formidob,, Oft.
llon, Mr. Pinchot replied thai tho Icy
put II forth are simply mistat',, VINO
,hD .Hp'ilence OF all mankind ahov,
snIt the forests do regulate the strI',"s
l"S experience IL definitely confirm,
Wy lCcal studies made in various n'r,.
ol Inc west and is c0ncuelyclv
''Pled by the highest authorities NJ. ~,
subject IN the United States ' we
but tie most serious mlsapprsbars,.-
vas The notion that the setljnc s "'on
OF reserves, and the scientific r.,io''.
OF forestry to follow, would ,,5 ''0'1
largely curtail the NUMBERING hjr.,...
ON mountain watersheds. To h,y ~
Jtttloil, the forester made the fo,lngin,
notable response. ''"s
/ am rot a prcserver OF treee 49,.
q futt'r-down Of trees. II ls Ma wa
sence OF forestry to have trees h,r,..,
ed Nhen they are ripe and follou5 ~.
successive crops. The human ,o.. y,
not destroyed because the nllytj,l,
dies, Every individual mus de ' I".
the race lives on So every ,ra' ,, "n.
die. hut the forest viii be eyfs,5..j. . '''
,UltlpHeu' u by no means follows tbat
NE race OF the land shall b. dcuuJ.I
80 th1t me character of the watoy.h.i
Shall be altered, with the resultno In
Jury to streams and To agrlculmal
Ilnds dependent upon them
II Is not necessary for the paop,.. IN
understand the real object OF Tho rs,y
poligy 10 appreciate the fact thai IN u,
really conservative Of all the trr,
economic interests OF the coiiBtry
OF agriculture, Of mining, OF pr,2ir,
ana or numbering Itself, as We'll ss -
an the commercial interests which dSD
pend upon the prosperity of tbns. finn
damental industries. SUNS
Thctc is an Inspiration I'm the vorr.
70 which Clifford Pinchut has H., Ii'
hand, lie Is not only aiming IN wv,
taDliSh a forestry system under rhict
existing timber belts shall Weld tbst.
product forever in regular crops but IN
MAKE trees spring into life where t1,y
nave Deen Wantonly destroyed and even
where they have never grown within
lhe memory of living men.
Ihefe are now 5S reserves. coyarir,
me enormous area of G2,35l,gG5 acres
y oil now pending In Conur,-. ami
layorably reported IN the house nno.
Woes FOR the transfer Of these w..
serves to MI PlnchOts bureau o( fol.
estry In which IS to De consolidated
ell the forestry work Of the gwen.
ment, now divided among In. several
bureaus. WV"
But the government, looking to H.,
present welfare, as well as fl" G,Ms
generations, should 20 further EVEN
imam TINS. II should quit the prcwn,
practlse' under the timber ami ston,
Jaw. OF selilg at $3.50 an acre. timber
laIlls winch are worth IN many m.
stances $50 ana even 500 an acre. AMI
pace all the public timber In the lp.
erNes, To be forever owned by the
government allowing the government
Forester TO Of course sell the timber
thereon, but under regulations which
VII insure the perpetuatlon of the for
eF'u and prevent the dcnudatlun Of
vast areas. and preserve our water
supply by selling government timber
at It's real market value the govern.
mcnt will obtain million dollars
where II now receives a thousand dol
lars, under the operation Of the timber
and stone law
The first duty Of Congress, then. Is to
repeal this act, along with the desert
lani act and the commutation clause OF
the homestead act under which am
equal squandering Of the great land re-.
sources Of the government is occurring
month by month.
The official statement Of the commits
sloner Of the general land office that
the government has lost IN actual cash
between $lOO000,0OO and illj,0O0,Ol0
through the operation Of the timber
aud stone act must be a powerful areu-
ment IN favor Of the repeal of this un'
wise law,
GUY lE. MITCHELL