Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-05
TH|R1Y-TWO new
FOREST RESERVES
President Issues ProcIamations
Setting Aside Seventeen Mil
lion Acres of Land.
UTMOST CARE EXERCISED.
Failure to Act as He Did Would Mean
Lumber Syndicates Would Gel
Timber Tracts.

Washington. March 4-Seventeen
million acres of forest lands have been
added TO the forest reserves OF the
United States by procamations issued
by President Roosevelt and made pub
lie today. Thirty-two forest reserva-
tons are created or increased in area
by these proclamattons.
The following memorandum bearing
on the subject was made public at the
White House today:
These forest reserves were deter
mined upon and the preparation OF the
necessary papers ordered some months
ago-in two-thirds of the cases come
years ago--in the exercise of the duty
imposed upon ME by act of Congress OF
March g. 1891. The utmost care and
delibersltion have been exercised in de-
Gliding upon the boundaries OF the pro-
posed reserves in all but very few
cases long continued and detailed field
examinations have been made, and In
the remainder examinations amply suf-
flcient TO Justify the proposed action.
The necessary proclanations under
existing law come before me- and the
question Is presented whether l should
refrain from acting under the existing
law because there is now under con-
alteration by Congress n proposal 10
change the law so as to require con-
gressioni action upon the establish
Inent OF such forest reserves. II ! dld
not act, reserves which consider very
Important for the interests OF tho
United States would be wholly or IN
part disslpated before Congress- has an
opportunity again to consider the mat
ter. while under the action which ]
propose 10 take they viii be preserved;
and if Congress differs from me In this
action II will have full opportunity IN
the future to make such protection as
IL may desire anent the dIseontluuance
OF the reserves, By rssorlnatlve action.
taken with the fullest opportunity NJ
considering the subject Itself and on It's
own merits II by any chance land
more valuable for other purposes than
for forest reserves rs shown To have
been included In those reserves forth.
with shall restore Il Ia entry.
"Failure on my part 10 sign these
ordinations would mean that Inn
mense tracts OF valuable timber would
fall INTO tho hands Of the humber syn
dcates before Congress has IN oppor-
tunity 10 act where as the creation OF
the reserves mean that this timber VIII
he kept In the interest OF the home
maker: for our entire purpose Ia this
forest reserve policy is TO keep the land
Tor the benefit or the SEXUAL settler
and hone-makeT. 70 further his inter-
ssts IN every way and while using the
natural resources OF inh country for Tho
baneft or the present generation, also
10 use them IN such manner as 10 Keep
them unimpalrcd for the benefit ~ the
children NOW growing up 10 inherit the
land, This is the final and exclusive
object. not merely az oar forest policy.
but Of our whole public lang policy.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
"rho White House, March :, 1907"
follows;
Tolyobe reserve, Nevada; Fanaha
forest reserve oregon and Washington
Las AnImas forest reserve, Colorado
and NeAv Mexico Colvills forest re-
serve. Wyoming Holy Cross forest re-