The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21
Especial TO The HERALD

Washington. May Ex-senator Fred
T Dubois, United States senator for
Idaho, is taking sharp issue with his
colleague, Senator Weldon B. Hevburn.
on the subject Of forest reserve crea-
ton generally, and Of the creation of
Idaho forest reserves particularly. The
forestry bureau of the department Of
agriculture recommended to the presi-
dent that he create six new forest re-
serves in Idaho. the aggregate area TO
approximate 5000, 600 Of acres. Senator
Hepburn placed himself on record as
opposing the creation of the proposed
reserves He protested against creat ting
them TO the bureau of forestry and To
the president. and he has written and
spoken his opposition in no uncertain
tones or language. Recently the rec
concentrations of the forestry bureau
and the protests Of Senator HevbuTn
were sent to the White House for con
slderatiOn by the president upon his re-
turn from his Colorado outing At the
invitation Of Forester Pinchot. chief Of
the bureau of forestry. Senator Dubois
was given an opportunity to State his
views i'm reference to the deSira biIity of
creating the proposed Idaho reserves
and he has in response written the let
ter which follows 10 President Roose-
welt
With the endorsement given by Sen
ator Dubois to forest reserve creation
and taking into consideration the arEU-
mentS he presents in favor Of such ac-
ton. the president sustained the con-
tention of the forestry bureau rather
than that of Senator Hepburn and the
reserves probably VIII be established
Senator Dubois Letter
Senator Dubois letter is as follows.
Washington, May .. 1900
To the President.-Sir- 7 propose to
discuss the question of the establish
ment Of forest reserves by the national
government directing my attention es-
peclaly To the proposed new reserves
III Idaho
Il am a strong advocate of the policy
OF forest reserves and specifically en-
dorse the national administration i'm its
proposed reserves i'm our state I do
this after very careful consideration Of
all the interests involved In taking
this position 7 differ radically with my
colleague Senator Hepburn. who oh
jects TO the csta blishment of each one
OF the proposed forest reserves in Idaho.
I understand from the Bonuer's Ferry
Herald and other publications in Idaho
that Congressman French and Gov
erHoT Gooding endorse the position
taken by Senator Hepburn. Assuming
this to he true. 7 differ radically with
Congressman French and Governor
Gu0diuE also
Fought CIeveland's Policy.
when forest reserves were first Gre
atcd and that policy first entered upon.
and especially during the admiuistTa-
ton of President Cleveland. the west
eru representatives III congress bitter
y aSsailed the creation of these re-
serves. | Joined with my colleagues
from the Rocky mountain region i'm this
opposition. and we continued the fight
almost Unitedly and with great earnest
ness for a number of years We dis
claimed always any objection To the
policy. but oontended against the meth
DDS which were used in creating. main
tanning and controlling these reserves.
During those years reserves were Gre
ated without sufficient investigation.
and there were not sufficient safeguards
10 protect stock raiSerS. miners. lUm-
b0TWoD- dCTIculJuTI~tS and people of
OUT section generally. The fight Of the
western men was constant and united.
Our demands were set forth in UUmpT-
Gus speeches and finally were acCedcd
to- The policy which controls the cTea-
1ioU of forest reserves TODAY and their
administration is sUbstantfaIy-the poi
ICY which the representatives. of the
western states iu congress have con-
tended for and is substantially what
the west. through its representa- rves.
demanded
The passage of the national irriga-
tiou act and the construction of large
irrigation works by the government all
over our western country. which viii
reclaim millions Of acres of desert land
has made the further extension Of for
"St reserves already existing and the
creation of new forest reserves a ueceS-
Sity- Forest reserves and iTriEatiC 80
hand i'm hand You cannot separate
one from the other.
Heyburn's Mistake.
''The trouble with my colleague. Sen
afro Hepburn Is. 7 think that he is
making a fight based upon conditions
which do not now exist. He Is con-
tending against evils which the united
effort of the western repre-eHtatives in
congress successfully comhaffcI and
removed before he became senator.
If in any proposed reserve any
where any particular Individual OF a
few individuals suffer. adequate COM
pensatiou IS made 90 them. All that
any such individual OF class of iudfvid-
ualS has TO do Is tD cali tho attention
Of their congressman OF senator 10 the
facts in his individual case and the
proper remedy and relief viii be af-
fOTded.
Senator Hepburn has mad. specific
objections To each Of the ururn-sE re-
serves in Idaho, vr Indicated that he
would do So ] must assume that he is
opposed to the general policy Of forest
reserves unless they are created and
governed under such ciTrrm~--ILed
rules and regulations as viii make
them ineffective FOR the puEpo-. sought
seven proposed new forest reserves
81 Idaho have been recommended by
forester Clifford Pmchut to- the secrc-