The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-11-19

A report was read at the Payette
| meeting from the superintendent OF
1.-THE Children's Aid and Home Find
1 ing society, covering the history, aims
! and results SO far achieved by that
institution, and the new home about
| to be erected. It was suggested that
clubs might greatly assist III this work
| by providing single pieces Of furni-
Iture, which would be suitably mark
ed to commemorate the donors.
In conclusion ! would like to en-
phasize the necessity for an immediate
report to the district secretary Of all
ichanges of officers and chairmen OF
lcommittees of the various clubs. I'm
less this is done the work Of the dis
trict cannot be properly handled.
Very sincerely yours,
ALICE PITTENGER,
President.
Martha G. Kinyon, Secretary.
4. 4. +
REPORT OF FORESTRY COMMIT
TEE
| (By Mrs. G. Il. Bowerman Of ST.
/ Anthony.
! / wondered the other day when |
was writing this report, how many
club women are interested In Fores-
try. Roosevelt says. The life OF this
nation depends upon the preservation
/ Of our forests. Club women are
patriotic when they realize the need
and danger: but, they say, How
lean we help?" We can inform our
selves about this question, we can
!! talk 1t in our homes, in society. In
short, we can create public opinion.
| Forestry is not new thing, over a
| thousand years ago Switzerland. Ger
many and Japan possessed a forest
system. France did not awaken to
this need until 1t was too late. Now,
she and Italy are reforesting their
water sheds at a cost of $34 and $40
lper acre, respectively.
Cleveland rightly gets the credit
1 for national forestry In America. The
name forest reserve was an unfortu-
nate one, for the national forests are
not reserves, and upon this misnomer
has hung great deal of criticism and
opposition. The Yellowstone National
Park is forest reserve. The name
has been changed to National For
ests, and more descriptive term.
Our National Forests are national
farms Of wood, of water power, of
grazing, all for the public benefit.
Every stock Of timber fit to be cut,
is there for cutting; every acre Of
pasture is there for grazing; thew be-
long to the people. Any man living
near National Forest can have $40
worth of timber free. If he needs
more than this, he has to make his
application in form. The forester
marks the trees for him, for under
stand, this is timebr on the stump.
Men who oppose the forestry policy,
would have us believe that all tim
Der land has been reserved. Do you
know that four-fifths of the standing
timber of America is owned by own
ership? Our own Senator Hepburn,
who has been and is now, very much
onnosed tc the governments forestry
policy, complains that it is men we
want in the West, not trees. And the
government agrees with him there.
II in national forest there Is land
settler can homestead it, miner can
file. on mineral land.
You know that the west has led the
opposition against our national for
ests. The state of Washington has
been the most opposed possibly on
account of her vast forests. And you
ran see how these men could be actu-
ated by purely selfish reasons. Dur
ing the meeting of the national Con-
servation Convention at Seattle this
summer. the change of sentiment as
regards the forestry and conservation
policy OF the government was the
most remarkable that ever occurred
In the history Of any country. Mr..
Pinchot says: 1T is because the
people have begun to understand the
objects and intentions of the govern
ment, and are convinced that their
interests are not only being protec-
ted. but are being promoted wisely
and efficiently" So you see how
/, public opinion changes when the peo-
Pile understand the issue.
Roosevelt says, s'We are mighty
poor American citizens If you care
for the well-being of this country is
limited to hoping that well-being will
last out our own generation. No man
here or elsewhere is entitled to call
himself decent citizen II he does
not try to do his part toward seeing
/ that our National policies are shaped
/. for the advantage of our children and
our children's children" We want
active and jealous help of every man
and woman far-sighted enough to
realize the Importance from the
standpoint of the nations welfare
! in the future, Of preserving the for
ests. But that help by itself will not
prevail; 1t will not even be the main
factor in bringing about the result
toward which we are striving. The
main factor must come from the in.
telligence of the business interests
concerned, so that the manufacturer.
the railroad man, the miner, the lum-
herman, the dealer In lumber. shall
appreciate that 1t is of the best in
terest to them to preserve through
use instead of waste, the great re-
sources upon which their business
depends.
Do you know that our vast recla-
nation projects In the west absolutely
depend upon the perpetuation of the
forests? And think what that means
to Idaho. When you read of great
NAnAc ~ va, .na yyu, that fhat, 80