The Glenwood post., 1909-02-20
Saturday, February 20. 1909
COME ON WITH YouR KICKS

"It seems to me an extremely wise
thing to meet these detractors on the
ground and to remember every single
justifiable complaint that has been or
can be made. / want to remove every
reason for objection. Doubtless there
are some. and with reasonable certain
ty they can be removed.
The above is section of letter
recently written by Chief Forester
Pinchot to a gentlemen of Denver.
Thus it is up to the hckers of this
state to jump to the front with real,
mot imaginary complaints, and such
facts that they will have no trouble
proving them, and facts that cannot
be disputed by the forestry depart
ment.
No matter how prejudiced you may
be against the forest preservation sys-
TEN, no matter how much you may de-
pend on kicking against the forest
system, to land you in political place
you must acknowledge that the fore
going is sincere desire on the part
of Mr.. Pinchot to remove whatever
real wrongs that may exist under the
present plans of managing the affairs
of the department of which he is the
head.
While much has been said in the past
few years regarding the forest policies
no one has ever said that Clifford Pin
chot held the plans to be perfect. He
realizes that some wrongs creep into
every great movement, such as the
preservation of the forests of the
country. He says: 81 want to re-
move every reason for objection. /"
Could any man make I clearer state
ment of his position and can the peo-
pie of this state continue to kick and
not make known their foundation for
the kicksl Surely it behooves every
land owner and stock raiser in the
state to come to the front like Q man
and let the forest department head
know of the condition But there
should be no monkey business, nor
should the foolish ehatterings Of the
past be allowed to continue. This mat.
ter should be a question between men,
who are capable Of explaining where
a wrong exists, and if they can do this
they will already have studied out a
plan for remedying the bad conditions.
But there is class Of people in this
state who are not seeking to better
conditions. They want the people to
believe that some great wrong exists
and that the homebuilders of the west
are made to suffer untold hardships
all because some men with forethouRht
have taken the lead in preserving the
forests of the mountain districts.
These men would be the last to face
Mr.. Pinchot in an honest discussion Of
the subject. They welded the club
of "Pinchotism, over the heads Of
the people last fall and misguided vot-
tiers to the extent that Denver's Speer-
Hughes corporation gang were able to
turn the electoral vote to Mr.. Bryan.
They know that to mis- statements re
garding the forest reserve sdministra-
tion and to thai alone is due the dem.
oeratic victory in several Of the coun-
ties of the state, and they hope to use
this club just as long as possible, at
least until the people get wise to them
and turn them down cold But TO re-
fer to the action of the lower house
of the legislature when it refused to
give Mr.. Pinchot a chance to face the
legislators on the question
Men who fear to face M1. Pincho.
must have good cause for that fear,
and the only logical conclusion at this
time is that the democrats realize their
utter lack of solid footing, and that
the advocates of forest preservation
have the preponderance Of proof on
their side and that the enemies would
be routed if the forces ever met.
The days of the antiforesters are
numbered, and the action Of the lower
house has done more to turn the tide
of public opinion than anything else.
Let's have another memorial from
Barney. -s..-