Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-02
Tucson citizen.l

fTucson Citizen.)
Clifford Pinchot. chief forester OF
the URited States. who has frequently
been described as President Roose-
velts warmest personal friend. was
last evening the guest of honor at
an informal banQuent given at the
Santa Rita by DR.. X. c. Babcock and
DIR. d. T. MacDougal 1t was the pur-
pose of the banquet to bring Mr.. Pin
chot In personal contact with the
large cattle holders OF Southern Arr
ona--men whom Mr.. Pinchot had ex-
pressed a desire 10 meet, because
among them are many who are
strongly opposed to the governments
forest and land policy and the CHIEF
Forester desired to win them over
to his way of thinking. or at least
10 innseSs nDon them that the gov
ernment's policy. while IT may be a
seeming injustice to the few, in real
ity means the square dear for the
many.
Immediately following the banquet
proper. Mr.. Pinchot. at the request
of DR. Babcock. gave a brief outline
OF the forest and land service from
its inception in 1891. when 22,oo0,00o
acres of forest reserves were set
apart Until tUc pltSCEI llAhSs
included peep into the future.
Right acre Mr. Pinchot brought up
the matter OF the present policy OF
the forestry department, which is pri-
marily devoted to settling up the gov
eminent lands and at the same time
protecting the timber supply and the
water sources of the nation. The
speaker declared that at the present
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thirty years supply OF timber left.
He predicted famine prices in timber
in a few years, and said that it was
because of the scarcity of wood that
it was the governments policy 10 pro
tect even scrub timber, and also all
government land. which even though
bare now, is capable of growing tim
Der.
Before beginning his address Mr..
Pinchot expressed desire that those
present question him on any of the
matters under consideration. When
he reached the subject OF the lands
included in the forest reserves he
found that many of the cattiemen
had not before understood why land,
practically treeless, or having only
scrub timber, had been included in
the boundaries of the reserves. Mr..
Pinchot said that the shortage of
timber made it absolutely necessary
TO protect even the scrub timber and
that the treeless land included in the
reserves had all been reported as ca
pable of growing trees.
He stated, however. that doubtless
some mistakes had been made; that
some land Yaiueless for forestry had
been included in the reserves and
that IN due time there might be, and
likely would be, certain readiuss
ments Of the reserve boundaries so as
not to include land of this descrip
ton
Coming down to the question OF
the settlement of government land
Mr.. PiRchot was given a rapid fire d
questions The small cattlemen were
referred to as being frequently I'm
desirable citizens" men who clIns
to the grub wagons" and did little
real work with the outfits to which
they attached themselves. II was al
legged that they were in the habit oil
spiriting "sleepersv from the round
ups OF the big herds and altogether
the big cattlemen seemed TO think
that the government protection now
extended the small fry was doing q
distinct injury to the larger industry
Mr. Pinehot, however, put himself
very positively on record in this mat
Ter.
He said that the government policy
was and would continue to be, in fav
or of settling as rapidly as possible
the government lands. Even where
the water supply had been taken III
by the big cattlemen and was nc
more than sufficient for the use o
their stock. he declared the govern
ment policy advocated the advent o
the small cattlemen, though it obliged
the big cattleman to reduce his hero
to make way for the new neighbor
Il would rather see ten cattlemeI
in Ariznna with herds of 100 cattl'
than one cattleman with a herd o
1000 cattle That is definitely The
policy of the government, said Mr.
Pinchot 1T is our policy to encour
age the coming of the small settler
Speaking further OK the policy 0
the forestry bureau, Mr.. Pinchot sal
that il was not the intention q
harass the cattlemen, but rather &
cooperate with them in the establish
Ynent of such regulations as woul'
prove OF mutual benefit to the cattle
man, settler and government HI
said that the tendency of the bureau
will be more and more to restrict tn
reservations to actual forest land
suitable for agricultural use.
George Atkinson, cattlemal
from Caiabasas. informed Mr.. Pin
chot that be had a personal example
of the forest bureau giving VIVA
seemed not altogether a square deal
He had purchased water right year
ago and had put up pumping equiv
ment by which his cattle were give
water The forestry department dc
sired the place as a forest Statioi
and offered Mr.. Atkinson merely a
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