The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-27
DAY DEVOTED
ORES TRY
ME- ASSURE
Bill Passes With Increase
of Five Hundred ThOuS.
and Rejected.

Washington. Feb. 26.-After an en-
tire day devoted TO discussing the for
estry provision OF the agricultural ap-
preparation bill, the senate tonight
passed the measure.
The senate rejected the increase OF
100000 in the appropriation for the
forestry service as recommended by
the committee and then curious par
liamentary situation arose.
Mr.. Hepburn had offered an amend
mont directing the secretary of agricul-
ture TO eliminate for all forest reserves
the public lands not timbered and to
restore such public lands to location
and purchase under the land laws OF
the United States, and the amendment
had been accepted by Senator Warren,
in charge OF the bill.
When the bill was laid before the
senate, Mr.. Flint. California. made
point of order against it which was
sustained by the vlce-presdent
IF had known that the amendment
would not be voted on. | would have
nevor concurred to the unanimous con-
sent agreement" declared Mr. Hey
burn.
The vice-president then put tho ques-
tion to the senate, which declaredthe
amendment out OF order
Senator Carters amendment to re-
duce the forestry appropriation from
S3,S96O0o, as Dassel by the house, to
s., 5000, was laid on the table by
vote of 80 to 26.
During the discussion of the bill
Senator Teller scal'e1 attention TO tho
donlnciatIons made a ainst men who
nav c cdt>tiriber on the pnbllc lands in
uu'jag litricts Fe dec a5ed the
cmber had been CIT le ally an Yield
e1 tbe goye"nnen Ia precious min
sfa,8 many inc ths alle II he I m
be-. Ee saii re haI srgfted an pro-
cured Che passage OF the act OF 1878.
which allowed the people of the west
to do what they hal been doing With
out any law In the cutting Of timber on
public lands for mining camps.
THE men who swept these hills
bare. of timber" he said. were not
public robbers, but they acted in ac-
cordance with statutes and they re-
turned to the government much more
than the timber was worth. There has
been no wllful destruction of timber
in Colorado, The people OF that state
are more interested in the conserya-
ton Of their timber than any people
outside of the state could possibly
be-"
Condemning the forestry bureau sys-
tenn, Mr. Teller said, il Pinchot's plan
had been applied to Colorado during
the days of its development that state
would still be the home OF the coyote,
the panther and the bear The Sys-
TEN, he said. was destroying the pros
poets for settlement in the future:
The farmers raise more timber in
that state than Is raised by the forest
bureau
Il would rather" he declared, have
an American home and an American
family than to have a forest as big as
all out of doors / do not believe
there is moral claim on me to post
pone 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 correct
Colorado alone, he said. could supply
the world with coal for $50 or 200
years
Mr.. Smoot defended the service.
declaring that the cost OF all lectures
before various societies last year had
been only S5.022 The lectures, he
regarded as entirely justified.
Every time" no said. Information
is given about the lengthening the life
Of railroad tie. the American people
are benefited"
Mr. Smoot took up cases cited in
the senate TO show injustice TO settlers
who had disposed of their land within
forest reserves. and in so doing be.
came involved in a controversy with
Senators Clark. Carter and others.
Mr.. Smoot said the forestry service
fire patrol system had saved $4,000
900 worth of timber
Senator Clark (Wyomins) declared
that Mr. Smoot's system of speaking
of fro losses was based on the Idea
that fire once started would burn