East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-28

Clifford pinchot, chief forester Of
the United States, was q guest OF
Pendleton this forenoon In passing
through the city from the Denver
public land convention to northern
Idaho and Montana, where he goes to
look after forest reserve interests.
To the East Oregonian Mr.. Pinchot
briefly outlined the policies Of the
forestry department and expressed
the hope that the government would
have the hearty cooperation of the
people, and especially the stockmen,
in adjusting the new conditions made
by the creation Of forest reserves con-
tanning over 121, 1,o0o.00 acres In the
United States.
This is big proposition, and IL
will take time to adjust the new con-
ditions created by the reserves" said
Mr.. Pinchot, but the department Is
using every possible means at hand to
make it both agreeable to stockmen
who must use the reserves and satis-
factory to the government which is
determined to save the forests and
the ranges for the benefit of the bona
fide settlers and stockmen.
There is an infinite number Of de-
tails and local conditions to be met,
and we are working them out as rap
idly as opssible. Next year we hope
to adopt the plan of making direct
appropriations for the support of the
forest reserves in each state and thus
increase the interest of the people in
the management of the reserves.
"A separate appropriation should
be made for each state and then that
sum, or such part of 1t as might be
needed, should be wholly applied to
the management of the reserves in
that state. In this way we will be
able to pay higher salaries for fores-
try superintendents and rangers and
better men can be employed from
year to year and the service will thus
be kept on basis of the highest eff
ficiency at all times.
Last year we expended $1,000, 1000
in support of the forest reserves and
next year it will require almost
double this amount to adequately
manage them. A large part, if not
all of this immense sum will be de-
rived from the sale of range and
timber in the reserves and will there
fore be expended directly in the states
and counties from which 1t was COL
lected.
Money Stays at Home.
"One complaint which has been
made to me frequently on my present
trip to the west, is that the money
derived from the sale of range and
timber is sent out of the states from
which it is collected to become a part
of the general fund of the govern
ment. In one way this may be true,
but on the other hand the govern
ment is spending almost as much as
is collected in managing and con-
Quoting the reserves, right in the To-
calities from which 1t was taken in
rentals for range
THE same money which Is collect
ed from your stockmen for range is
turned back into your local circula-
ton again through the salaries of the
superintendents, rangers and other
forestry expenses. 1t is not taken out
of the country entirely. 1t costs a
very large sum to conduct the re-
serves.
I'VE expect the income from the
reserves to increase very rapidly in
the future, from the sale OF timber.
This feature of the reserve income
this year was very marked and prom
ises to be largely increased from year
to year. The income from range leas-
ing will not necessarily increase ex-
cept by the creation of new reserves,
as the range in the reserves is now all