Gunnison news-champion., 1909-03-26


$3.50 sAis wssk. ssceisiaG the adsls-
tioas q his trssads and boa .hot
fsosa Ais soeasses As he los, the
sopS6lscsn sscket sosae i've tho0
seaA v01ss In The state last fall
vogA eos seat out that it was up 10
hin - aake good, aud the resSl,
kas kaoa that any one who had q
SriesanOs wss reGaled with all maI-
nsr of psUsnises. No one ever heard
of fi.chet keeping a promise, even
whea AOwp IN black and white rs in
the Light case, but he continues to
dsceive. As q matter of fact the
nan 10 excsedingIy able in his way.
snd his word being absolute Law
vitA practical life or death to stock
EaAn's kseaness ON the range gives
him treusendous power In Denver
Joha Brisbane Walker openly
chaassl him Is b uilding upa poll
tical machine that Richard Croker
would - With terrific effect. PIN
chot dsn,ed it as he has denied
every other indictment, claiming
that he Was under the "civil service.
The famous editor and statesman
rstortod, well, | have been fami-
lisr with civil service and big poll
ticians fer forty years, and in my
opisi0a it would be exceedingly
sosy to build up such a political
nachiss." Walker closed with
wsrniaG 20 60 slow and investigate
this ncv system of government very
closely, calling it un-American and
coasrsry TO a republican form of
government.
The debate with Senator Ammons
before the Legislature lasted three
hours. Both speakers were at their
best and it was give and take. 1t
scems the opinion of three out Of
four who heard the debate that
Ammons had far the best OF it,
Before the Denver Chamber of
Commerce and the Mining Congress-
J. A. Eddy and Judge Beaman
hercely attacked Pinchot. lie utter
ly failed to justify his system or his
methods, or to answer for the multi
tude of individsal cases Of despot-
ism and interference with industry
and development Of settlement and
mining but as News-Champion
predicted based his whole case on
the alleged necessity of preserving
the reserves for timber aud water
conservation.
This is indeed the pith OF the
controversy. The system is wrong
full of gigantic and growing evils,
hindering the growth OF our
commonwealth and tax upon IN
dus ry But Pinchot has had the
advantage of spending millions of
our public money to educate the
false doctrines on whic h his pro
poganda is based into the minds of
the people, and no matter what you
prove against him, he falls back up
on this strength.
As a matter of fact his premises
are false. Granting that a certain
percentage of forest reserve is
desirable for mountain timber for
local use, the forest service can
neither plant nor grow timber in
the mountains on commercial
scale. They have not planted it,
they cannot do it, it would take 200
to 500 years to grow if they did
plant it, and the resulting timber
would If thus grown it not he worth
the cost
The idea of water conservation
SO FAR as the sparse timber of the
Roc les is concerned can be proven
neither by scientific observation, nor
orestaolIshed facts of any kind.
Such conservation is practicable to a
certain extent in eastern forests, but
not mere. But, granting every con-
tentlOn they make, IN this land OF
irrigation we can by reservoirs in
available sites and by mountain
meadows for the flood waters, do "A
better job OF conservation in one
tenth the time and at one tenth the
cost. and build up a prosperous
community while the operation is
going on.
Tnat Is why Mr. pinchot is wrong
why his present system OF forest re-
serves Is mistake and why even
tually he mast be defeated.
MAY GUST PINCHOT