Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-05-07
IDAHO SENATOR SAYS EXPERTS
ASSUME MORE WISDOM THAN
THE SAGEs OF OLD.
INSISTS THAT TREES ARE GROW
ING AS MUCH TO-DAY
AS THEY DID.
HOUSE HAS A LIVELY DEBATE
ON THE SuNDRY
CIVIL BILL.

Washington, May 6.-An extended
speech in opposition to the forestry
service was maze yesterday by senator
Hepburn of Idaho, while the ugricultur.
al appropriation bin was under consid-
Grafton He ridiculed the charts of the
forestry service, one of which he had
exhibited ON the wall of the senate
chamber marked With such legends
as about 20 years supply left" and
declared the forester had undertaken
to prophesy concerning the life of the
forests in a way that would require
more wisdom than was possessed by
the sages of old. He said that such
men forget that forests grow, and
added that there is rs much forest
growth today as there ever has been
in the history of the world He crlti-
cised the practice of speaking Of any
mans policy,-sal ing the only policies
of the government that are not ficti-
tious are those that are written in
the laws of the land.
Senator Hey spoke on his
amendment excepting the forests of
Idaho from those in which timber may
be cut by the secretary of agriculture
and exported from the state.
Senator Warner of Missouri con-
tinued his speech on the Brownsville
affray, but did not conclude.
Reports La Folette's Bill.
Senator Teller from the committee
on private Land claims made a favor
able report on Senator La Follette's
bill for the relief of certain purchas-
ers of lots in the Fort Crawford mill
tary tract at Prairie du Chen Wis.
Mining Safety Proposal Lost.
A lively debate was kept up all day
in the house on the sundry civil APP
preparation bill. Repeated efforts
were made by Messrs. Gaines of Ten
nessee and CLANCY o. Indiana. sup
ported by many other members, to pro-
cure an appropriation for an investi-
gatiCn looking 10 increasing safety III
mining and they had out got Chair
man Tawney to the point where he
would consent to an appropriation of
$4,000 when Mr.. Underwood of Ala
bama objected and the proposition,
for the time at least, was dropped.
A provision in the bill for the pur~
chase of over 5000 acres of land rs
an addition to Fort Mckinley, Phil
ippine islands, based on a recommen-
dation by General Wood, elected Sc
we're criticism of that officer by
Messrs. Fitzgerald of New York and
Butler OF Pennsylvania, the former
continually referring to him as Or.
Wood" The provision, on the motion
of Ma. Hay of Virginia, was stricken
out by unanimous vote
Additions to the bill were 100000
for a military prison at Fort Leaven-
worth Kas and $4,000 for an addi-
ton to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia,
making the total increase 10 date
$1,241 900.
Succession of Roll Calls.
The three remaining hours Of the
session were taken up almost entirely
by a succession Of roll calls, caused
bv the refusal of the house to take
recess at 5 o'clock as the result Of a
Joke on the part of some republicans
to hold the democrats in the house
until the time the republican caucus
was scheduled to be held. IN this
they were successful, the house fin
ally at TAT o'clock recessing until
11:55 in the morning.
Cornerad Canadian Supply.
John Norris of New York, repre-
sentative of the American Newspaper
Publishers association, repeated his
statement before the house 'ommit-
tee investigating the wood pulp and
print paper industry that the Ameri-
can paper manufacturers have bought
large tracts of wood land in Canada
and charges that instead of cutting the
timber on this land, (which they have
bought with almost recklessness,
they have gone into the market and
artificially marked up prices on them
selves. He protested that American
consumers should not be 5addled
with the penalties OF any such spec
ulation. Mr. Norris figures to show
that there has been reduction in the
price of pulp wood exported from
Canada