The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-01-12
FAILING FORESTS
Attract Attention of the Agri-
cultural, Industrial and
Comm ercial interests.
Affairs at Panama Give Adminis-
tration Concern Because Of the
Contention Between Experts
and Slow Progress.

cred in Washington from all parts of
the country, for the purpose of dis.
cussing the preservation of the Amer
ican forests at the headquarters of
the great rivers so that the rain fall
may be abundant and American farms
may be normally supplied with that
greatest of all fertilizers, water. The
Congress is the first of its kind held
In the United States and the interest
1t has attracted Is general among
men engaged in all agricultural, in.
dustrial and commercial pursuits. The
principal speakers of the sessions
have been President Roosevelt, who
had given his approval to the move
ment, and Secretary Agriculture
Wilson. The latter quoted the re-
mark of President Roose velt that "the
forest problem is recognized as the
most vital problem of the United
States" Other speakers we're Repre-
sentative Lacey, of Iowa, DR.. Andrew
White, commissioner of crown lands
of Canada, Representative Reeder, of
Kansas, ex-senator Henderson, DR..
Albert Shaw, editor of the Review of
Reviews, Senator Reed Smoot and
Senator Warren, of Wyoming.
In addition to his speech at this
congress President Roosevelt will
make number of addresses on great
variety of subjects at meeting both in
and out of Washington in the near
future. Many of these gatherings are
important and two or three of the
Presidents speeches will be of notable
significance. On Monday, January 30,
he will speak at the Naval Academy
In Annapolis, the occasion being the
graduating exercises of the senior
class. In his audience will be not only
the officers and students of the Acad-
emy, but distinguished party from
Wash Dgton including Secretary Nor
ton and members of the Naval Affairs
Committee of the House and Senate.
In view of the recent agitation of
general Naval reforms any express.
ions of the President in elaboration
of the subject as treated in his mes
sage will be heard with eager inter.
est.
The same afternoon the President
accompanied by number of friends,
will 60 to Philadelphia to attend the
Union League Club dinner given In
his honor. His speech on that occas-
ion will be the feature of the following
mornings paper and may be expected
to deal with some interesting ques.
tions
On Monday, February l3, the Presi-
dent will speak at the Lincoln Day
banquet of the Republican Club of
New York and the following night at
the Hungarian Club also in New York.
The engagement for this dinner was
made when Theodore Roosevelt was
Governor of New York. Some one at
a banquet OF the club, laughingly said,
"Whcn you. are President of the
United States you will not come to
our dinner" Roosevelt replied,
"When | am President | shall come
to the Hungarian Club dinner and
nothing shall prevent me-"
After returning to Washington and
spending few days in work and in
entertaining he will go to Philadel-
phia to take part in the celebration
of Westinghouse birthday arranged
by the University of Pennsylvania
lie will make speech on the life and
achievements of Washington, which
may not add muth to the information
about Washington, but which will
certainly be of interest for its treat
ment OF subjects not mentioned in the
title.
Following this he will deliver an ad.
dress on st. Patrick's Day before a
New York society and later he will 60
to San Antonio to attend the annual
reunion of his Rough Rider regiment.
These engagements, together with
the active part the President takes
in the soclallife of Washington would
serve to keep him busy for the entir e
winter, even though he did not have
congress on his hands.
There Is renewed agitation of an
extra session of congress to deal Nth
the tariff question. The President is
no less determined that the Republi.
can party shall fulfill its pledges to
reform the tariff, made during the
campaign, than he was before his
election, and the standing patters
are apprehensive of an extra session
to be called in perhaps sixty days af.
ter the adjournment on March 4. 1t
is not agreeable to many members of
congress to remain In Washington
during the summer. Many of the
member prefer their districts; others
have the mountains, the seashore or
Europe in view, but the tariff qie :
tiOn will not down and the President
is insistent that something must be
done.
Tine condition 0f affairs on the 18TH
mus of Pana ma Is giving the Admin.
istration much concern. 1t is evident
to everybody that little progress is
being made In building the canal and
that the gifted expert builders are
wasting their energies In contention