The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-06
MAXWELL WOULD
LASH V[STERN[RS
At CARTS TAIL
Declares They Should
Be Held Up to Pub
lie Obloquy-
STRONGFORESTRYSPEECH
Blames Congress for Delay
Of Legislation on I'M
portant Bills.
STRONGFORESTRYSPEECH

he CioSlHS Jay VI Lie -AliiCitSttil Va
est Congress began this morning with
series of papers on the relation be-
tween public forest lands and mining.
The feature of the session was short
speech delivered by George H Max
we'll executive chairman of the National
Irrigation Association.
Taking two features of the Presidents s
address of yesterday as text, the
first, that we are at the beginning of
things in forestry work, Mr. Maxwell
laid down plans of immediate action
this winter.
Would Create Reserves.
F'irst-Create at once into forest re-
serves every acre of public forest land
more valuable Tor timber than for min
reserves for use rather than destruc-
ton
Second-Pass the bill consolidating ali
Government forest work III the Depart
ment of Agriculture, as recommended By
the President
Third-Repeal the timber and stoae
act. as recommended by the President,
and thus stop gigantic timber steals.
Fourth-Pass the Appalachian bill
Fifth-Piant trees on the great plains
Appropriate as much for forest planting
as for forts and navies. Forests are
our safeguards against encroachmeats
of desert. more dangerous than foreign
foes.
Sfxth-Bys cooperation. Sta1e assa ma
tion. create forest Districts. ana as-
sess all private forest lands within dis
triet to pay share of cost OF protection
from fire
Repeal Tariff Laws
Seventh-Repeal all tariff upon wood.
lumber. pulp. and forest products Lurn-
Der tariff protects manufacturers but 5
sapping the blood of one of o1r cra:,+-
est resources. 1t is not question uf
the tariff but of seIf-prese-yatIor
Speaking of the timber and stone
act, Mr. Maxwell holly scored Congress
for refusal to consider the measure. He
laid the blame or the House Public
Lands Committee. controlled by West
ern men and in this took issue with the
Presidents statement that Western men
must be depended upon to preserve our
forests If the forests We're left to the
West, they would continue to be
skinned
1t was to Eastern sentiment and such
men as Grover Cleveland and Theodore
Roosevelt that we have forest reserves
and protection.
Stumpage in Minnesota.
Last year with $4,000 acres in the
Chippewa Indian Reservation Mime
sofa, the stumpage alone was sold and
the Government realized Sl5.06 an acre
still owning the land. AT this rate, the
Government has lost. under its disposal
of 100000 acres through the timber anG
stone act. at $50 an acre, since Presi-
dent Roosevelt's message in December
1902 recommending its repeal, S3S. SIS, 900
But the majestic timber of the IA,
northwest, where the timber stealing Is
now. centered is worth double that o!
Minnesota. and in these TWO years tn,
Government has lost over S15.O9o. .010 OIL
s3.000.000 a month.
THE blame attaches to Western meT
on the Public Lands Committee of the
House, who have deliberately prevented
action, TO allow the stealing to continue
The guilty members of this committed
should be held up TO public obloquy and
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