Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-14

scribed by the forestry department
and assess the cost thereof against all
timber lands proportionately.
Second, conservation and reforestation
| could be practiced along such lines as
the government might lay down. as out
! lined above. and the timber owners pro-
tected in the prices of all lands eeze over
| and handled under the conditions pre-
scribed." -'--~-
Destruction Of Timber.
Disclalming all partisan or political
Of economic conditions as he found them.
Mr.. Long said that the "wasteful de-
| struction Of hundreds OF thousands Of
acres of timber annually" is due largely
| to the pernicious effect of class Of legis-
| lation which. by its application, has
| placed IAN absolute prohibition upon
| every form of agreement looking to con-
servation." Similarly. he declared. ban
| has been placed on all meetings and dis
cussions having for their object the pres
ervation Of this great natural resource,
and he deprecated the unfair denuncia-
| ton OF the so-calfed lumber trust"
| which. he said does not and never did
+! exist. This condition in the lumber
| trade has led to the reduction Of the wage
| affecting several millions of people" he
| continued. "and unless relief Is secured
| these troubles will increase and others
will follow in their wake"
Compulsory Competition.
Attempts Of compulsory competition
are our present commercial nightmare, .
said Mr.. Long in closing. "such compe-
! tition Is not healthy, but disastrous. and
serves only, in the end. to create the most
pernicious monopoly by destroying all
competition-it means the survival Of the
| strongest and not the 'httest.'
rs 1t not sufficient for all that our re-
| sources should be conserved and saved
for all generations? Is 1t right or just
that a great industry should suffer and
generations to live hereafter be deprived
/ of an adequate supply of lumber in Oh Jer
| that a prejudice be vindicated and the
| consumer of today buy his lumber at less
than cost?
The American people have common
| sense. are patriotic and fair. and full
understanding of the real conditions con-
| fronting us will appeal to their good sense
| and sentiment. and they will support any
| measure of true relief
Secretary Wilson's Warning.
At the close Of Mr. Longs address Gov
! johnson invited Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson to speak. 1.-The greatest asset we
have in the United States is our soil. =
i
ing that as promptly as we can: and the
older settled parts Of the country have
made the greatest progress in the de-
struction of our SOIL"
J. S. Whipple. forest. fish and game
| commissioner Of New York state. en-
| Unused the conference with a brief state
ment of the work being done by The EN-
pire state toward the preservation OF Its
| forests. He preceded this with the re-
mark that within twenty-five or twenty
| three years. unless preservation mernoos
were continued, there would not De q
saving stick of timber standing In that
state He said that New York had plant
ed more trees than all other states and
the national government combined.
New York Congratulated.
Before introducing Gov. Fort of New
! Jersey Gov. johnson remarked that nc
was glad to hear the record OF New
York. 1t has been the general impress
sion,'' he said, that the people of New
York have been exhausting the energies OF
| the people for a long time. / am glao
they are putting something back into the
SOIL
Gov Fort gave very satisfactory &C
count of the forestry work being done II
his state. He reviewed the state laws
which he said were working satisfactorily
| told of an appropriation of $25.OD by
which the state would purchase 5000 OF
5000 acres of land ,or forestry purposes
this year, and closed with the statement
that 1t was the intention Of the people Of
that state to make 1t the playground Of
the nation.
Prof Hadley. president Of Yale Univer
sity, was called on by Gov. Woodruff o,
Connecticut and made the statement that
| within twenty years. II the present rate o,
progress of teaching forestry continued
the people of the country would take care
of that vital question. He described
briefly the forestry school Of Yale Uni
| versity. which was graduating between
thirty and forty men trained in agricul
! ture and forestry each year.
/ The climax of the morning session was
produced by Gov. Glenn Of North Caro-.
lima: who made q vigorous appeal fol-