Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-09-04
Big gun" AT WASHINGTON
SAYS A few THINGS.
Sends Newspapers a Roast" on
Roosevelt and His Policies-It Is
Thought Charges Are of Such Nature
That Taft Will Take Immediate Ac-
tion-Lauds Standard Oil Methods.

Of the campaign in the Pacific north
west, acting in conjunction with r. A.
secretary of the interior,
speaking recently in defense of the lat
ter, threw off all restraints in de-
nouncing Roosevelt policies as the prod
uct of an idealistic dream. He referred ,
to Roosevelt by name, and said: cap &
parently he thought he was the Lord.
Anyway, he acted as though he were
for several years around here.
Conservation came in for ridicule,
forestry and government reclamation
being condemned as visionary. Among
other things he eulogized the Standard
Oil company as a benefcent creature.
NIcHarg's statements were given to
the newspapers.
Common comment here is that Taft
must take notice of McHarg's violent
statements. McHarg leaves the depart
ment October 1 to take a position with
a New York firm. Tonight there is talk
that the president will compel him to
leave his Office before the time hereto
fore set, thus placing the administra-
ton right before the country and up |
holding the Roosevelt policies to which
he was pledged.
McHarg in his statements added to
the gravity of the situation by citing
that he was officially placed in charge
of seven or eight western states by
Hitchcock last year during the cam
paign. His remarks were based large
ly on observations of men he came in
contact with during his visits TO the
Pacific northwest.
Mr.. McHarg handled vigorously the
subject of the uplift movement, de-
claring that to have directed a govern
mont of uplift among the farmers
was an insult to the finest element in
the country body polite, and the
Habsurdest Of absurd dreams.
Plenty of Timber He Says.
Mr. McHarg, in the interview, fatty
lcontradicted the assertion of the forest
service that the lumber supply of the
country was virtually exhausted in
another generation if the present rate
of cutting is not curtailed.
"'There is enough timber standing
in the state of Washington alone to
supply this country for so years, he
| said.
Criticises Reclamation Service
''Vast supplies remain in other
states - said the assistant secretary,
"sufiicent to maintain n supply for a
much longer period, which could not
{ and need not be estimated The
; abundance of the forests was such
that the alarmists statements as to
5 the approaching exhaustion of supply
Z was utterly unfounded, he asserted.
Furthermore, " said Mr.. McHarg
t the forest service has been put in
possession of facts and figures proving
Y the truth of what l say and it has
r Called to make them public.
s "Methods too dreamlike are being
t pursued in our forest administration
|. 1t is attempted to designate which
e trees the logger may cut down and
3 which he NAV not cut. No knowledge
t of logging is applied. Men who are
n doing the practical developing of the
f work of the west are hindered and
c thwarted,> and you hear nothing bu
= cursing from them for the presen
d methods Of forest conservation.
n Out near Cheyenne recently
e woman settler went to a forest re
serve to cut rails for small corral
The forest service would have had he
indicted for this heinous crime. VIVA
', do you think the attitude of every ma
h in the community is toward the fores
Il servicei That's the feeling you en-
# counter throughout the west.
'sIeave the west alone. Let it g
p ahead and develop. Let the red-bloode
ct men out there do the work. 1t won
$. be long then until the east win be tn
v backdoor of the nation"
Complaints" Against Reclamation
-e Mr.. McHarg said there was niue
f. complaint in the west against the II
he clamation service as IL has been col
Of Quoted
Extravaganza and incompetenc
or are the charges that have been made,
no lhe explained. "and these are now bein
II. investigated, I am informed, in d
m present tour of the west by Secretal
IN. Of the Interior Ballinger and the Sc
re ate committee Mr. McHarg said
knew of engineering projects m q
ns. state of Washington where it had bee
70 assured settlers that the cost would
M no more than $35 an acre.
ck "The cost is already SIS an acre.
m said the assistant secretary, "and t
ass end is not YET"
w. McHarg Resigns.
Beverly, Mass.-President Taft Su
day accepted the resignation of Orn
~ by McHarg, assistant secretary of {
al department of commerce and labor.
ad Secretary Nagel, head Of the depai
&C. ment, had a conference with Preside
be Taft and discussed the question of
he successor to McHarg. Secretary Mas
OF received a letter from the assista
secretary saying that he must adhe
~ to his first intention of remaining