Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-03
BRANDEGEE'S BILL
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Washington. Dec 3.--That the ad- vocates of the federal government establishing two immense parks in the Appalachians of the south and the White mountains of New Eng land will carry on their fight in con gress this winter with unabated vigor is indicated by the plan to be- gin activities on the third day of the coming session. On next Wednesday friends of the project will come again before the house committee on agriculture asking that the Brande- gee bill, or a similar measure author izing the establishment of these parks be reported favorably to the house at an early day.
 Although the Brandegee bill pass ed the senate last session, it made no progress in the house. The project for the purchase of lands to estab- ,lish these reservations was given Ja blow from which it did not recover during the session, by the house con- mittee on judiciary. That committee reported to the house that the Unit ed States government could not pur- chase lands for the purpose of con- serving the forests of the country. The committee allowed the propos- al chance to live by adding that the federal government may purchase forests or anything else in order to protect the navigability of streams.
 Many of the arguments produced Tn the hearings before the house com- mittee on agriculture have been with view of conserving the forests of the United States.
 Now that the project is declared to be illegal if taken up by the govern ment with that end in view, it is desired to present arguments to show how the establishment of these parks will protect the navigability of streams over which the federal gov ernment has jurisdiction.
 The hearings were requested by Philip w. Ayres, state forester of New Hampshire. Acting thereon Representative Charles F. Scott of Kansas, chairman of the committee on agriculture has called a meeting of that committee for next Wednes- day in which large number of members of the National Forestry as- sociation will participate.
 Washington, Dec 3.--Although 1t is not proposed to report the new tar fir bill which will be framed by the house ways and means committee to congress until the special session which President-elect Taft will call in March, 1t is evident that the ques- ton of tariff revision will be the principal one under discussion throughout the winter. While the ways and means committee has not determined whether to continue the present hearings, the general feeling among it's members is that there ! should be further opportunities of fered interested parties to appear before the committee and present their views on the proposed revision
 One republican member of the committee declared recently that the committee would ask congress for power to subpoena witnesses at sup elementary hearings Representative Champ Clark of the minority went step farther.
 It would be better," he said, If 1 we be given power to suppoenae wit nesses and have them sworn in and made to answer questions when they | appear before the committee"
 Representative Crumpacker strong ly fayors the continuation of the ! hearings throughout, the short ses- sion of congress, the committee to l meet for this purpose once or twice a week
 There has been some criticism in | he newspapers of the methods being | pursued by the committee in con- 1ucting these hearings" said Mir | 'rumpacker in discussing the work | s II IeF1slHS lHc ldIlH. HIS IS pFOD- ably made with the object of discred- ting in the public mind anything the committee might do. MT Taft was little concerned regarding this crit icism when saw him at Hot Springs but it is very evident that the com mittee is unanimous in it's desire to | go into the matter thoroughly"
 While it is generally believed that some members of the committee are not in sympathy with the movement for thorough revision of the tariff. 1t is generally regarded as certain that such revision will be embodied | in the bill which will be presented to | congress at the special session, for political. if not for economic reasons.
 The hearing on wool and wool | products was continued to-day, Rep- resentatives of the National Wool [ Growers association, which it is 1aimed. includes 75 per cent of the wool growers of the United States, | add. essed the committee to-day re- questlng the continuation of the pres ent schedule.
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