Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-27
HOT DEBATE ON
FORESTRY SERVICE
Senator Teller Led the Attack
And EmphatoaIIy Condemned
Clifford Pinchots Policy.
SENATOR SMooT DEFENDED IT
Clark OF Wyoming Took Issue With
Him on Method of Estimating
Firc Losses In Forests.

washington. Fob. 26--After an en-
| tire day devoted TO discussing tho for
cstry provision OF the agricultural APP
preparation bin, the senate tonight
possed the measure.
The senate rejected the Increase ol
500, 900 in the appropriation for Tn
forestry service as recommended Joy
the committee. aud then a curious par
liamentary situation arose. Mr., Hey
burn had offered an amendment direct-
ing tho secretary Of agriculture 20
eliminate from all forest reserves tho
public lands not timbered, and 20 re-
store such public lands TO location and
purchase under the land laws OF tho
United States. and tho amendment had
been accepted By Senator Warren, In
charge OF the bill
When the amendment was laid be-
fore the senate. Mr.. Flint Of California
made a point OF order against It, which
was sustained by the vice president
II / had known that the amend
mont would not be voted on / would
have never concurred to the unanimous
consent agreement" declared Mr. Hey
burn.
The vice president then put the dues-
ton % the senate, which declared the
amendment out OF order.
Senator CHrters amendment 90 rec
duce the forestry appropriation from
s39s6o00 as passed boy the house, Co
S31600oO. was laid ON the table by M
vote OF 81 Co 26
ATTACKED BY TELLER
During the discussion Of the bill SEN
Itor Teller called attention to tho de-
nunciau0ns made against men who
have cut timber ou the public lands an
mining districts. lie declared the TIM
her had been cut legally and had yield
ed tho government iu precious minerals
many times the value of the timber
io said ne had drafted and procured
the passage of the act of 1875. which
allowed the people of the west % DO
what they had been doing without any
law In the cutting Of timber on publ.
lands Tor mining camps
THE men who swept these hills bare
of timber" he said. "vere not public
robbers, but they acted in accordance
with statutes. and they returned o.
the government much more than the
timber was worth There has been uo
Wilful destruction NJ timber ln Colo
RADIO. The people of that state are
more interested in the conservation of
their timber than any people outside
OF the state could possibly bo."
Condemning the forestry bureau sys-
tenn, Mr.. Teller said n Pinchots plan
had been applied 90 Colorado during
the days OF IFS development. that state
would stil be the home OF the coyote,
the panther and the bear. The sys-
tenn. he said. was destroying the pros
poets for settlement in the future.
Beforestation ne said. has been a
failure I'm Colorado. The farmers raise
more timber iu that state than is raised
by the forest bureau.
81 would rather be declared. have
an American home and an American
family than 90 have a. forest as big as
AN out Of doors. ] do not believe there
ls "a moral or any other claim upon me
90 postpone the use OF what nature has
given me-
Mr.. Teller insisted that the predic-
tions concerning the exhaustion OF the
coal supply are very far from carrect.
Colorado alone. he said could supply
the world with coal for $50 or 200 years
DEFENDED BY sMOOT.
MT smoot defended the service. de-
claring the cost of an lectures before
various societies last year had been
only S5.O22 The lectures he regarded
as entirely Justified.
Every time. he said, information
Is given about lengtheuing of life of
a railroad tie the American people the
benefited"
MI Smoot took mp cases cited Ono the
senate 10 show injustice t1 settlers who
had disposed OF their land within forest
reserves, and m $50 doing became lu-
volypd Boo "a controversy with Senators
Clark carter and others.
NIr Smoot said tho forestry service
hre patrol system had saved 53t00O000
worth OF timber
Senator clark Wyoming declared
that MT Shoots system OF estimating
fire losses wac fanaci0us. as 10 was
based on the idea that fire once
started would burn until oxtuguisheI
by 20 forester whereas many OF the
fires, even ln the reserves. are stopped
by settlers
Senator Flint california asserted
that iu his state alone the losses iu the
past year from forest fires would have
amounted t0 tZ)0oJOO0 ~ II had not
been FOR the eNertions of the f0resters.