The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-09-26
.pIN(HOT SMOKED OUT 5!


That was rather an awkward situ
alton for Mr.. Pinchot, whose fores
preservation yagaries have so hypno
tixed our chief executive, when on,
of the delegates to the national irri
CATION congress which Is IN session
at Sacramento asked him II he wen,
Ia favor OF admitting lumber free IN.
to this country.
The question cane after Mr.. Pin
chot had pictured the timber famine
which now confronts the country an !
after making his argument for the
conservation Of the forests. presun,-
ably with the idea of convincing his
hearers that the protection OF the
little fellow" is the underpining OF
bis system, his reply will add but
little to the sentiment and favor OF
the oid-world paternalisu. In the ad.
ministration OF cur public domain, a
sentiment which Mr.. Pinchot is In.
dnstriously seeking 10 create,
through personal appeal and the ex.
tensive ramifcations OF a splendidly
administered bureau paid for out OF
the common treasury.
Mr., Pinchot's reply will 90 a long
ways towards convincing folks gener.
ally that tie forest reserve system Is
just what the lumber monopolists
want. And when IL comes to dish
Ing up tie rot about the national for.
ests being protection for the '.little
fellow" AS against the big lumber
concerns our system OF public educa.
tion has been working too long TO
convince tina people that this Is SO
when the man at the head OF the sys.
TEN tells US that the system couldn't
succeed without the cooperation OF
the lumber barons. who own, he
says, four.iifths of the timber. IL
will he more readily believed that the
lumber barons are humorine Mr..
Pinchot for the purpose Of coralline
the other fifth.
This is the way the play came up
at sacramento. as reported In AS.
sociated Press dispatches;
"Are you In favor OF admitting
lumber free into this countryYr
asked a delegate from Fresno.
To which Mr.. Plnchot replied:
"You have smoked me out. II the |
forest service had declared itself In |
favor OF the admission OF lumber free |
into the United States IL wonld have |
secured the united opposition Of the |
lumber interests instead OF what II |
has now the united support OF these
Interests, who own four-hfths of the
forests OF the country
Evidently the Fresno delegate
wasn't much impressed with the pro.
position Of Che government paying
y, 0O0, 900 year to preserve our for.
ssts and then Offering bonus Of "
! thousand TO have them DESTROYED
Mr.. Pinchot's little fellow for
whose protection we are advised the
orestry system is equipped, mean.
While paying the freight both ways.
Mr.. Pinchot has let the cat out OF
he bay. There has been a suspicion
u the minds OF many that all this
'urrah about the forestry people
with the lumber barons In
death struggle To save the people"
vas largely tinsel, aud Mr.. Pinchot's
rguarded statement that his depart
len and interests "who own four.
fths OF the forests of the country
re working IN harmony. rather robs
he struggle OF much of its intensity.
When men like Charles W. Fair.
anks and Mr.. Weyerhauser, two OF
he biggest lumber owners In the
ountry patting Mr.. Pinchot en- The
ack and assisting him In every way !
0 protect the little fellow" against
he timber barons, II ought not take
be people forever 10 realize the oh.
ect Of the meeting, as IL we're.
The chances are that Mr.. plnchot's
latement at Sacramento Will do
,ore toward convincing the people OF
be actual reason why so many mil
ons OF acres OF the public domain
ave been taken and tied up In the
ational forests than volumes oi ar
The reason why the national for
sts were created is because those
who own four-tiiibs OF the forests
the country wanted them. And
ow IL keeps the chief forester and
Is assistants and press bureau In
onstant agitation trying to convince
$ that IL Is good thing. Libby