The Glenwood post., 1909-10-02
Saturday, October 2. 1909.
FORESTER P1NcHoT WILL STICK

Just as the anti-forest reserve men
We're shaking hands with themselves
and making ready to kill the fatted
calf in honor of the return of Chief
Forester Clifford Pinchot to the ranks
of those not employed by the govern
ment, President Taft comes out-in a
statement made in Salt Lake pape:
a few days ago-and dispells whatever
hope there may seem to exist looking
toward the removal of Mr.. Pinchot
from the office of chief foTrster.
During the past two or three weeks
certain papers have been running scare
heads over stories telling of the ap,
preaching day when President Taf.
would - fire Mr.. Pinchot' and thus
make a clear field for the forest de-
stroyers to get in their work. The af-
fair was started over controversy tha.
arose between Secretary Ballinger and
Mr.. Pinchot and is the outgrowth of tn,
latter s efforts to curb the securing of
power sites by gigantic corporation
iiat dli put eoubloip btsl PV"F'
sites between the Atlantic and the Pa
cifc. 1t was alleged that President
Taft dictated a letter to Mr.. Ballinger
in which he took a few shots at NJ
Pinchot. OF course, the imagination of
the papers was used overtime and as a
result the friends of forest preservation
were beginning to believe that there
was something to the reports being
sent out.
During his recent visit to Salt Lake
City, President Taft and Mr.. Pinchot
met and had several long conferences
and again the anti-forest men were
jostling each other in the ribs and
winking what they believed to be a
knowing eye. But what drop in their
ardor when the real friendship between
President Taft and Mr.. Pinchot was
made known in the statements made by
the president after the conferences. 1t
will be noted that the antis laid special
significance on letter sent by the
president to Mr.. Ballinger at the time
he sent letter to Mr.. Pinchot Ex,
tracts of this latter letter have been
made public and since their appearance
the antis have been silent. Here are
two paragraphs from the president IS
letter to Mr.. Pinchot
81 wish you to know that I
have the utmost confidence in your
conscientious desire to serve the
government and the public, in the
intensity of your purpose to achieve
success in the matter of conserva-
tion of national resources, and in
the immense value of what you
have done and propose to do with
reference to forestry methods of
conservation; and that l am thor
oughly in sympathy with all of
these policies and propose to do
everything that l can to maintain
them, insisting only that the action
for which ! become responsible, or
for which my administration be.
comes responsible, shall be within
the law.
81 should consider it one of the
greatest losses that my admins.
tration could sustain if you were to
leave it, and / sincerely hope that
you will not think my action in
writing the enclosed letter to Sec
retary Ballinger is reason for your
taking step of this character"
Try as you will you cannot find an
iuta of foundation in the above for
claim that President Taft is against the
forest reserve policies. On the other
hand it is evident to all that President
Taft will follow the lead of Mr.. Roose-
welt and will make even greater efforts
20 protect for future generations the
natural resources of this country
In the course of his speech in Salt
Lake City the president spoke of con,
servation of the forests and said:
"That brings me to the subject of
the conservation of our resources 1
don't intend to discuss that in detail
this afternoon, but there has arisen
within the last seven years, and in less
than that time deep feeling on the |
part of the people that we must con-
serve the resources that the Lord gave
to this continent in order that our pos
terity may not be embarrassed, straight
ened and even starved. A man says:
Well, what did posterity ever do for
us?' Well, don't suppose it has done
anything for us, but we are here and
we have got to work out the problem.
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