Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-05

10 eXnduSt 1tSeu IN the Iu0le TO
Introduce conservative methods by any
other means. The department gives add
vice and assistance which it will be worth
while to know more about, and it's policy
is one of helpfulness throughout and
never of hostility or coercion toward any
legitimate interest whatsoever. In the
very nature of things it can make little
progress apart from you. Whatever it
may be possible for the government to
accomplish, its work must ultimately fail
unless your interest and support gives it
permanence and power. 1t is only as the
producing and commercial interests OF
the country come to realize that they
need to have trees growing up in the
forest not less than they need the product
OF the trees cut down that we may hope
to see the permanent prosperity Of both
safely secured.
= National Forest Preservation.
This statement is true not only as to
forests in private ownership. but as to the
national forests as well. Unless the men
| from the west believe in forest preservation
| the western forests cannot be preserved.
| The policy under which the President Gre
| ates these national forests is part of the
general policy of the administration to give
| every part of the public lands their highest
use That policy can be given effect in the
| long run only through the willing assistance
! OF the western people, and that such assist
ance Will be given in full measure there
| can no longer be any doubt.
(! WALL " duQ WOTu dS TO the creation
| of a national forest service, which 1 have
| recommended repeatedly in messages to
1 the congress, and especially in the last. 1
| mean the concentration of all the forest
work of the government in the Department
/ of Agriculture. AS have had occasion to
| say over and over again, the policy which
| this administration is trying to carry out
| through the creation Of such a service is
| that of making the national forests more
| actively and more permanently useful to
| the people of the west, and 1 am heartily
glad to know that western sentiment sup
| ports more and more vigorously the policy
| of setting aside national forests; the policy
| of creating national forest service, and
| especially the policy of increasing the per-
manent usefulness of these forest lands to
all those who come in contact with them.
With what is rapidly getting to be the I'M
broken sentiment of the west behind this
| forest policy and with what is rapidly get
ting to be the unbroken support of the great
| Industries behind the general policy of the
conservative use of the forest we have a
| right to feel that we have entered on an
| era Of great and lasting progress. Much.
| very much, yet remains to be done; but the
| future is bright and the permanence of our
| timber supplies is far more nearly assured
/ than at any previous time in our history.
/ To the mer whom this congress contains
| and represents this great result is due
| The following speeches are scheduled to
! be made this afternoon, besides those of
I President Roosevelt and Ambassador JUS
serand: Dependence of the Business In
/ tClCotS CPOu tie howard ElllOtt,
/ president Northern Pacific railway: 1.-The
| numbering interests and the Forests F.
/ T. WeyerhaueSer, president Weyerhaueser
Lumber Company; THE Forest; a Resource
| of the South, F. Mel. Simmons United
States senator from North Carolina; 'sAtti-
tude of Educational Institutions Toward
| forestry, T. l.. Virgins, vice chancellor
University OF the South; Importance of the
| Forests in Irrigation" Thomas r. Bard
United States senator from California: 1.-The
| Use of the Public Forest Lands by the
| Live Stock Interests" F. J. Hagenbarth,
! president National Livestock Association;
| Importance OF the Forests to Agriculture -
| John Lamb member of Congress from Vir-
| ginfa; The Patrol of the Forest Reserves, -
Francis E. Warren, United States senator
| from Wyoming.
! President J. ]. Hill of the Great Northern
railway was expected to be present and
| speak, but he was prevented at the last
moment by business of Importance
Carelessness in Dealing With Forests.
| Clifford Pipchot, United States forester.
opened the first session today by intro
| ducing Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale who
| represents several New England states in
4 the congress. DR.. Hale was emphatic in
| his Pronunciation of cdrelessness in dealing
with forests in this nation. He said he
4 had lived to see many grand. old forests in
/ New England despoiled, and declared that
1 King George the Third knew more about
| today know judging from appearances He
/ urged the congress to recommend the es-
| adjustment of a national forest reserve in
| the White mountains.
National Legislation Necessary.
| DR.. Hale said the problems of forest pres
ervation cannot be successfully dealt with
| by the Individual states. He wished he
| might have an hour to explain why nation
/ al legislation is necessary.
| When DR.. Hale had concluded Mr..
| Pinchot introduced President Howard Ell
| lott of the Northern Pacific railroad who
/ spoke briefly on the relation of forestry to
! the railroads, before introducing the reader
| of the first paper, Gen. Charles F. Mander-
| son OF the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
| Railway Company.
! To give some idea Of the amount of wood
| used by RAILROADS Gen. Henderson stated
| that over $45.Ooo.0O0 is spent in ties each
year, exclusive OF the cost of the labor for
placing them. Timber is an absolute need
10 the railroads. he declared, and therefore
1 do the railroads favor preservation and re-
planting of trees.
! "Sentimentalism and commercialism go
| hand in hand in the saving of forests"
said the speaker.
When he advocated the repeal of the
| of previous speakers, the audience applaud
| ed heartily. His appeal, made In closing,
| was for the planting of more trees under
state and federal direction.
Tree Planting by Railroads.
| The work of the Pennsylvania railroad in
| planting trees for cross ties was described
| by J. T. Richards, chief engineer for the
| maintenance of way of this system While,
according to Mr.. Richards, the Pennsyl-
vania railroad is not attempting to raise
| enough timber to supply all its cross ties, a
great part of them will be furnished In this
way. 1t is also hoped, said the speaker,
| that this action of the company will stimu-
/ late other concerns and individuals to like
| action toward saving and growing trees.
| President L. E. Johnson of the Norfolk
| and Western Railway Company answered
| affirmatively the question: Is it practicable
for railroads to hold forests for future sup
| plies of timber? But he declared that rail-
| roads cannot acquire enough forest land to
| supply the entire need without changes in
existing laws. Mr.. johnson pointed with
| regret to the gradual disappearance of
| cypress and pines in Virginia, making it
necessary for his road to look elsewhere for
| its timber.
| Another phase of the timber question in
| its relation to railroads was considered by
| Hermann Won Schrendk of the bureau of
! forestry, who explained the methods Of
| chemical treatment of the so-called infe-
4 rior woods to preserve them for railroad
| use.